My real name is Norbert Varga. I was born on 4th December 1983 in Tata, Hungary. I’ve been living here since then, because I love this city.

I’ve started using and programming computers when I got my Commodore 64 when I was 7. I love this machine, I still have all my C64 stuffs right here in my living room, so I can play Wizard of Wor whenever I want. :)

My favorite C64 games are King’s Bounty, Elite, Defender Of The Crown, North & South, Bruce Lee, and (of course) Wizard of Wor. I’m also a big fan of old NES games, I’m playing Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3 on my PC using original NES controllers with USB RetroPorts. Of course I also have an original NES with some of my favorite game cartridges.

My PC career began in 1995 when I got my 486. Since then I’ve had a lot of PCs. I’m a big Debian/Linux fan since 1998, but I’m using it in console mode only on my servers.

I have access to the internet from my home since 1997. I’m on IRCNet since May 1998, and I am – to be honest – addicted to it. We have founded a channel named #qka in September 1998. The channel’s (hungarian) blog is at www.hullahaz.hu (you shouldn’t click on this link unless you have a strong stomach, there are many disgusting stuff :).

I love programming. My favorite programming languages are C and C++, but I like PHP and Javascript very much, too. I’m good at HTML and CSS, and I can code in Java or C# if I have to :).

Currently I’m studying computer science at Budapest University of Technology and Economics and I hate school.

Social networking

Check out my IWIW and my Facebook page! (requires IWIW, Facebook access)

Movies

I love movies. After watching a movie I always rate it on IMDB. You can see my vote history here.

Music

I’ve always loved music since I was born. First I liked electronic music only (rave/hhc, house, trance, progressive house) but since about 2004 I’m almost always listening to chillout/new-age/ambient/classical/rock music. Now I only like electronic music released in 2004-2005 and before. I hate today’s “atari-sounds-inside” electro-house music.

Check out my last.fm page!

My favorite artists/bands are: Mystic Diversions, Pat Metheny, Thomas Newman, Steve Reich, Alan Menken, Missy Higgins, Bliss, Chicane, Kings of Convenience, Hammock, Steve Roach, Brian Eno, Solar Fields, Max Corbacho, Afterlife, Bent, Blank & Jones, Ohm-G, The Egg, Slovo, Windy & Carl, Slow Dancing Society, M83, Lamb, Mandalay, Martha Wainwright, Everything But The Girl, Paco de Lucia, Michael Hedges, Tommy Emmanuel, Earl Klugh, Vargo, Jose Padilla, Ulrich Schnauss, Zero7, Nacho Sotomayor, Erik Mongrain, Lyle Mays, Gavin Bryars, Marjan Mozetich, Lemongrass, Air, Grandabob, Imogen Heap, George Benson, Helios, Michal Urbaniak, Album Leaf, Ennio Morricone, Craig Armstrong, Dustin O’Halloran, James Horner, Rachel Portman, Crisopa, Decoder Ring, Jóhann Jóhannsson, John McLaughlin, Led Zeppelin, K. D. Lang, Sarah McLachlan, Neil Young, Miles Davis, Zoe Johnston, Unkle, The Radio Dept., Gregory and The Hawk, The Sundays, Nils Landgren, Peter Broderick

I love the sounds of the Cafe del Mar and Global Underground Electric Calm series.

My favorite electronic dance music producers/djs: Lank, Hernan Cattaneo, Snake Sedrick, James Holden, Sasha, John Digweed, Terry Lee Brown Jr., Timewriter, Kevin Yost, Nikos Diamantopoulos, B.I.G., SCSI-9, Cassino & Laben, Hybrid, Dousk, Forteba, Moshic, LSG, Jimpster

I’ve been interested in composing music since I was a child, but I’ve been doing music making since about 2004. You can listen to music I made on my MySpace and last.fm page.

I love sounds also. I upload my field recordings to Freesounds. Listen to them here.

I love the sounds of the Global Underground series.

Filming

I’ve always wanted to make short video clips with filmish look and nice music. Now I have an HD video camera with an 35mm DOF adapter. You can read more about my gear here.

Watch my videos on my YouTube channel, and on Exposureroom!

Ham radio

I love communicating with people, especially using a radio. :)

I’ve done an HAREC type (recognized by CEPT member states) radio amateur exam on 17. April 2008, so finally I am a ham officially. :)

My callsign is HA2NON. My QTH is in Tata, Hungary, QTH locator is JN97dp63gw, GPS coordinates N 47.641.23 E 18.30.252.
If you want to send me a QSL card, you can find my addresses at QRZ.com.

My QSL cards are here. Look at my received QSL cards too.

You can read about my ham radio experiences here, and about my gear here.

Contact

My email address is nonoo@nonoo.hu. On IRCNet, I’m always using the nick Nonoo, feel free to chat with me!

If you are a ham, you can talk with me using your radio transceiver on 145.525 or 145.550 or 145.500 and 434.475 MHz FM (around Tata, Tatabánya) and (when I’m in Budapest) on repeaters HG5RUG or HG5RVB.

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