Get To Know The Team: Aaron

[Aaron]

Name: Aäron van Geffen
Age: 19
Location: Ammerzoden, The Netherlands
Favourite Quote: "And patience is about the most useful thing you could ever have. That and backups." - [Unknown]
Position: Developer

1. Do you have pets?
Not anymore, sadly.

2. What is your favourite colour?
blue

3. What kind of music do you like?
Any piano or acoustic music, rock, symphonic metal

4. What do you do on your free time besides spending time on SMF?
I design and script for websites and maintain my own (SolarSoft being the most time-consuming).

5. What are your goals/dreams in life?
Well, I'm not sure what I want to do in life, so I'll get back to you on that later.

6. What got you involved in SMF?
After setting up a few SMF forums myself, I started replying to support topics in the community. I was recommended for the support team and accepted their invitation to join the team. Shortly before leaving the team for health reasons, I started to focus more on developing mods and themes, and after meeting Compuart in real life and - apparently - impressing him with my programming skills, I was invited to join the development team, an invitation I happily accepted.

7. Who do you admire? Why?
Compuart, for his great programming skills.

8. Are you into sports? If so which ones?
Nope, none at all.

9. What is your dream job?
See 5.

10. What was your first screen name?
Aaron. Nothing fancy.

11. Do you have any piercings?
Nope, and not planning on getting one either.

12. Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous?
I'm right-handed.

13. Do you have any tattoo's?  If not do you wish/plan to get one?
Nope, and not planning on getting one either.

14. Do you have any siblings?
I've got two sisters, aged 17 and one aged 13, respectively.

15. What is your favourite website?
SolarSoft.nl and Simplemachines.org make up the most of my http traffic.

16. Do you play computer games? If so which ones?
Not often, but I like to give games like RollerCoaster Tycoon, Rayman and Tomb Raider a shot every now and then.

17. Do you play video game consoles? Which ones?
Sure, I've played Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts (I and II) on the Playstation 2.

18. Are you married or planning to get married?
In the future, perhaps.
  a. If so do you have any kids?
  b. How many kids?

19. How many languages do you speak?  Which ones?
Programming languages aside, I speak two languages fluently: Dutch and English. I also took German and French in school, but wasn't too interested in them.

20. Do you drink?
No - no alcoholic drinks, that is.

21. Do you smoke?
Nope.

22. Did you play hooky from class?
I overslept every now and then, but aside from that - no.

22. Do you have a license?
Nope, not yet.
  a. Do you own a car?
  b. Have you ever been stopped for speeding?

23. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily?
Depends on the day, really. I do most of the time.

24. How do you sleep?
On my back.

25. Have you ever been on an aeroplane?
Yep, both my trips to Rome and London were by aeroplane.

26. Have you ever broken a bone?
Not ever, fortunately.

27. Do you wear jewellery? If so what jewellery do you wear?
Nu-uh.

28. How do you dress?
Casually, most of the time.

29. How many keys are on your key ring?
Three.

30. What time do you go to bed?  What time do you wake up?
Depends on the day, but most of the time I got to bed at 11 PM and wake up at 7 AM.

31. What's the freakiest thing you have done?
I really wouldn't know.

32. Do you live alone?
No, I live with my parents and sisters.

33. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer?
About 5 to 10 hours.

34. How many hours a day do you spend in SMF?
1 to 4 hours, my own forums not included.

35. What is your favourite beverage? Coffee, Tea, Soda, Beer, other?
Either Fanta or Sprite will do.

36. What do you hate?
Spam, slow internet, wet socks

37. What do you love?
Music, SMF

38. What is your religion?
I don't believe in the existence of omnipotent beings.

39. What is your hair colour?
dark brown

40. How tall are you?
1.74 metres

41. How much do you weight?
51 kilograms

42. What's the feature on SMF you can't live without?
  a. As an administrator?
  The permissions system.
  b. As an end user?
  Quick moderation and quick reply.

[Prasad007]

Ever tried Irn Bru?

Ever watched star trek?

[Trekkie101]

Ever tried Irn Bru?

Ever watched star trek?

I now consider you my worst enemy.

Well yet again someone stole my questions.

What is currently keeping you occupied programming wise?
What do you hope to achieve.

[Prasad007]

Ever tried Irn Bru?

Ever watched star trek?

I now consider you my worst enemy.

well theoratically,
worst enemy = best friend

[Trekkie101]

How does that one work out?

[Prasad007]

How does that one work out?

ummmm... well enemy and friend are "properties" and best and worst are "levels of intensity" . best is highest and worst is lowest.
so comsidering friend to be positive and enemy to be negative.
so a worst enemy would be the opposite of negative (enemy) being positive.
so its like - * - = +
so as an enemy if someone is worse then that means he's not being good as an enemy . so the worst enemy = best friend.

well atleast thats what i read somewhere

okey dokey, lets not steal aaron's thread

[Aaron]

Ever tried Irn Bru?

I'm fundamentally against the usage of alcoholic drinks, so no.

Ever watched star trek?

Captain of the USS Enterprise-D of course!

What do you think?

What is currently keeping you occupied programming wise?

I'm currently making a Website CMS in PHP for PHP-powered websites, as you do very well know.

What do you hope to achieve.

Basically the same as the question below?

5. What are your goals/dreams in life?
To get a good job and become a happy person.

[Prasad007]

wat kinda death would you prefer?
your girlfriend suffocating you to death with a pillow while your asleep
OR
your best friend dropping an anvil on you

(taken from an internet death calculator)

[Aaron]

wat kinda death would you prefer?
your girlfriend suffocating you to death with a pillow while your asleep
OR
your best friend dropping an anvil on you

Neither.

[Prasad007]

wat kinda death would you prefer?
your girlfriend suffocating you to death with a pillow while your asleep
OR
your best friend dropping an anvil on you

Neither.

aint that obvious
but what if you HAD to choose one (without a 3rd option) .. im just asking for fun

[Aaron]

but what if you HAD to choose one (without a 3rd option) .. im just asking for fun

I won't, since I think it's a ridiculous question.

[Trekkie101]

How does that one work out?

ummmm... well enemy and friend are "properties" and best and worst are "levels of intensity" . best is highest and worst is lowest.
so comsidering friend to be positive and enemy to be negative.
so a worst enemy would be the opposite of negative (enemy) being positive.
so its like - * - = +
so as an enemy if someone is worse then that means he's not being good as an enemy . so the worst enemy = best friend.

well atleast thats what i read somewhere

okey dokey, lets not steal aaron's thread

Words are not equations.

Irn Bru isn't alcoholic Aaron, its a soft drink thats luminous orange and doesn't taste of orange, a Scottish drink!

Oh I meant what do you hope what yuor developing to achieve, sorry my mistake.

Aaron wouldn't need to die, I'd say him, then drop the anvil on whoever tried and suffocate his girlfriend The Science officer is needed!

What's your favourite language?

What's your favourite school subject?

[Prasad007]

but what if you HAD to choose one (without a 3rd option) .. im just asking for fun

I won't, since I think it's a ridiculous question.

okay lol

[Aaron]

Irn Bru isn't alcoholic Aaron, its a soft drink thats luminous orange and doesn't taste of orange, a Scottish drink!

Ah, I see. Well, I've never tried it (yet).

Oh I meant what do you hope what yuor developing to achieve, sorry my mistake.

At the moment that's finishing my Website CMS, but I really have no clue what the future might bring.

What's your favourite language?

Either Dutch or English, difficult to choose from. Dutch because it's my mother tongue and English because... I like it.

What's your favourite school subject?

That'd be chemistry.

[eriktm]

Do you live in a big house?

[Aaron]

Do you live in a big house?

No, just a regular house. My own room is about 8 m².

[eriktm]

No, just a regular house. My own room is about 8 m².

I have our top floor for myself

[L.G.S]

Ever tried Irn Bru?

I'm fundamentally against the usage of alcoholic drinks, so no.

Ever watched star trek?

Captain of the USS Enterprise-D of course!

What do you think?

What is currently keeping you occupied programming wise?

I'm currently making a Website CMS in PHP for PHP-powered websites, as you do very well know.

What do you hope to achieve.

Basically the same as the question below?

5. What are your goals/dreams in life?
To get a good job and become a happy person.

ehhhhhhhh isn't Irn Bru a soft drink?

[Aaron]

That's what Trekkie said a few posts above too.

[L.G.S]

lol sorry, didn't pay attention