INTERESTS

Here is some information about my interests.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Digital signal processing
• Blind signal processing
• Computer graphics programming
• Computer hardware, especially collecting old hardware
• Neural networks
• Low-level programming
• Systems programming
• Hacking

COMPUTER GAMES

• Doom2
• Half-Life, I have designed many maps for Half-Life, see some screenshots below
• Half-Life2
• Quake 1,2,3,4
• Metal Gear and other stealth actions
• Other FPS

MUSIC

• Hard Rock
• Instrumental Rock
• Playing the acoustic guitar
• Playing electronic synthesizer
• Songs composing (7 songs already composed)

LITERATURE

• Science fiction
• Fantasy
• Detective

OTHER

• Electronics
• StarWars
• Travelling, especially camping trips
• Digital photography

The following photos refer to my interests (please, click a photo to enlarge):

Learning a music piece with my friend's wife. May, 2004.	My work place at the office. March, 2006.
USSR IT hardware collection: soviet 3-button mouse (on the left) and an ordinary mouse (on the right). March, 2004.	At the camping trip near Moscow. September, 2004.
At a New Year's party. December, 2004.	At a water trip in Karelia. August, 2004.

Half-Life maps screenshots: