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Stian Husemoen's personal home pages
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Welcome to my small corner of the Internet. All views expressed here
are strictly personal and not in any way associated with my employers or
any other organisations I'm connected to.

My name is Stian Husemoen and I currently the head of IT services at
|guc|, and live just south of `Lillehammer
<http://www.lillehammerturist.no/english/>`__ in Norway with my two
children.

This website is mostly just a place for me to put information about
my projects, views, and experiences. It also contains my resume_,
and some useful `background information <diary.html>`_ if you are a
potential employer or customer googling_ for more info about me.

I can best be described as a person of many passions with computers
being the most time consuming. I've been around computers for over 20
years, and it's still a substantial part of my life.

One thing I'm very passionate about is free speech, and the sharing of
information. This is one of the reasons I support `Open Source
<http://www.opensource.org/>`_ and Linux_. I'm currently member of
`Lillehammer Linux User Group <http://www.lilug.no>`_ and a sponsor of
the `Gjøvik University College Linux User Group
<http://linux.hig.no>`_.

I'm against all types of software patents because they threaten
innovation and prevent fair competition. Fair competition is essential
in any free markets, and needed if we're to have a healthy
economy. This is also why I'm against all kinds of monopoly behavior
and thinking.  I have no problems with copyrights or proprietary
software as long as they don't try limit the consumers right to use it
as they see fit.

Basketball is also a passion which I've practised for over 15 years as
a player, coach, referee, and volunteer. I'm now the chairman of
`Lillehammer Basketball Club`_ which I founded
in 1992. I'm now mostly retired as a player, but I used to play for
`Lillehammer <http://www.lbbk.org>`_ and `Oslo University
<http://www.osi.uio.no/basket/>`_.

I also have a past as a amateur musician, and still frequently play
the guitar, sing, and write songs. I used to play guitar and vocal in
a local blues rock band in the 90s called *Wanted*, but now no longer
play in public (well `almost <bilder/rockinrobin.jpg>`_)

In later years I've picked up a hobby in `beer brewing
<brewing.html>`_, and brew beer for every occasion like; births,
weddings, Christmas, and Fridays.

Since the late 80s I've been a supporter of `Everton Football Club
<http://www.evertonfc.com>`_, and for the last 8-10 years been a
passionate `Evertonian <http://www.evertonfc.no>`_ that visit
Liverpool at every opportunity I have to see them play.

I'm also into Italian cooking and sciences fiction movies when time
permits.


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