About Me
I’m Cairnarvon, also known as Koen Crolla. Hallo.
I was born in Tienen, Belgium in 1985. Lived in Brussels for a few years, then moved back to Tienen. I like Tienen. Brussels, not so much. Also lived in Ghent for six months, I guess. Compared to Ghent, my love for Brussels outshines the sun.
I’ve been to France, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy, and Morroco. I don’t particularly like travelling, though Italy and the UK were fun.
I intend to go to the US for a bit somewhere in the next year, depending on the political situation.
I’m an atheist. I’m antitheist, even. I don’t care that much if you’re religious, but don’t expect me to respect beliefs just because they happen to be dearly held.
I’m a liberal democrat, probably (try not to confuse that with American liberal, or, worse, American Democrat), with some socialist ideas. I tend to vote VLD, mostly because I like what the liberal movement stands for. That doesn’t mean I necessarily agree with every position the VLD supports, though I do agree with most.
I’m pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-gun-control, and anti-capital-punishment. I don’t see why gays shouldn’t have the same rights as heterosexuals, including the right to marry. It makes me happy Belgium is mostly a civilised country. I like the idea behind the UN, though I don’t particularly think the UN is doing anything resembling a good job. I dislike anti-intellectualism, and the war on science going on (mostly) in the US.
I speak two languages fluently, and three or four more adequately. I can make sense of about a dozen more.
I’m a “college” student at the Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (Applied Computer Science). My class schedule is here, in case you’d like to follow my every move.
I used to be a Japanology student at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, which is an altogether more impressive place to study at. I intend to get my Master’s in Computer Science there eventually.
I probably don’t like you.
Have some contact information:
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cairnarvon |
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Of these, I’m almost always on MSN and AIM, and almost never on Y!M or G-Talk. If you want to mail me largish files (say, more than a megabyte), send it to my Gmail, not the Rotahall.org address, but probably ask me first.
If you try to call me either on Skype or G-Talk, I will decline and block you.
I’m also on IRC a lot of the time, in #rotahall on irc.synirc.net. I’ll be Cairnarvon, obviously.
Also, if you do e-mail me, feel free to encrypt your message.
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Finally, if you have Facebook, feel free to add me. I’ll be invisible to you if you’re on a regional network or no network at all, so message me somewhere else if you want me to add you instead.
About this Blog
This blog uses the WordPress blogging software (self-hosted). The theme is my own creation, though the /prog/snake was blatantly stolen.
We also use Martin Laine’s Audio player plug-in, GaMerZ’s WP-Stats plug-in, Andrew Sutherland’s Democracy plug-in, and Tzafrir Rehan’s Next of Kin plug-in.
Regarding my commenting policy: while I see free speech as a fundamental human right, I don’t particularly feel the need to guarantee it on Rotahall.org. That doesn’t mean I’ll delete your comments and posts if I disagree with your opinion, but do expect me to disemvowel them if you can’t or won’t back it up rationally.