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[[fi:User:Tuomas Toivonen]]
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(Note to self: information dated, update!)

I live in [[Kauniainen]], [[Finland]]. I work at [[Fishpool Creations]] where we, at the moment, mostly subcontract for [[Comptel]].

I've been involved with the [[Suomen Partiolaiset|Scouting movement]] since the age of eight (so that makes nineteen years by now). Nowadays though I pretty much only attend the once-in-four-years [[World Scout Jamboree]] events. I was in [[Holland]] (1995), [[Chile]] (1999) and [[Thailand]] (2003). I am most definetely going to be at the [[Eurojamboree]] in England (2005) and also at the follow-up World Scout Jamboree at the same site (2007). The troop I belong to is [[Toimen Pojat]].

In Jun-Jul, 2001 I backpacked solo in [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Argentina]]. My [[Spanish language|Spanish]] isn't terribly good, but I plan spend some time next Autumn with Latin American studies at the [[University of Helsinki]] where I've been enrolled in the [[Computer Science]] department since 1995.

I am not affiliated with the band [[Giant Robot]]. Their lead singer and I are simply involved in a namespace conflict.

Science fiction authors whose work I've especially enjoyed include [[Orson Scott Card]], [[Iain M. Banks]] and [[Neal Stephenson]]. In my teens I used to be a great [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] fan. Inspired by [[Peter Jackson]]'s excellent work on ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' I recently re-read the book. I also like Latin American ([[eg. Gabriel Garcia Marquez]]) and Japanese (eg. [[Murakami Haruki]]) literature.

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