(lynx dump of http://yargo.freeshell.org) Home Page of Yargo C. Bonetti Welcome to my home page! Do not expect fancy graphics or similar stuff here. I love pure text - except where images are the message. I'll try to give you some information about what I'm doing and what I like. Since I'm quite busy these days, changes will not occur too often. But you can always [1]send me a message if you have questions or comments, and I'll try to respond quickly. :) What I'm doing After having finished my Ph.D. thesis in 2000 (just in case you're interested: I was born on August 12, 1970) at the [2]Laboratory for Micro-&Nanotechnology of the [3]Paul Scherrer Institute and a [4]group of the Laboratory for Technical Chemistry of the [5]Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) in Zürich, I started work as a research and development engineer with [6]Alpes Lasers SA in Neuchâtel (western Switzerland), helping in building semiconductor lasers. I'm doing there also some computer system administration (currently including «webmaster» activities) and electronics. It's still a quite small company, therefore «everyone does everything». What I like Sailing In 2000, I achieved the 1000nm needed for the Swiss «B-Schein» which qualifies for sailing near coasts, like in the Mediterranean Sea, where one can navigate using terrestrial navigation. Since 1996, I regularly went sailing with friends, so far only on the Mediterranean Sea (and on Swiss lakes, of course). Unfortunately, I did not have much time lately to go sailing, but I hope this will change not too far in the future again! Amateur radio Since 1992, I'm holding the Swiss amateur radio call-sign HB9KNS. I'm member of the Union of the Swiss Short wave Amateurs [7]USKA and of the amateur radio society [8]HB9ZZ at the ETHZ. My main interest is hand-keyed and ear-received telegraphy (called CW among the radio amateurs), using the so-called Continental Code. For simplicity, it is often called Morse code, which is not fully correct, since Samuel Morse invented a system of number groups (transmitted by electrical impulses) that were translated into words and characters. The internationally used (however with diminishing importance) telegraphy code was defined about hundred years ago by a conference of European communication administrations, based on a system invented by the German telegraphy clerk Gehrke and others. Concerning Morse code, have a look at my [9]project further down! Physics I'm an experimental physicist, and my main interests are with electrodynamics and optics, semiconductors and surfaces. However, I'm not a theoretician, so don't ask me too complicated things. ;) Computers I prefer systems like UN*X, NetBSD and [10]GNU/Linux (which I use at job and at home, currently [11]Debian "woody"). I'm no friend of Windoof and the like... In a world without Walls and Fences, who needs Windows and Gates? Nevertheless I'll do my best to help friends and relatives who are using such systems! Computers are tools, not religious items. At work and privately, I use a [12]Handspring Treo600 PDA, for appointments, notes, calculations, communication (e-mail, ssh and SMS) and even reports and programming. I'm quite happy with it. Concerning programming: I know BASIC :), Pascal, C, some C++, some Forth, some machine code (65** and 8088/Z80 families) and script languages like those of shells (bash, csh) and [13]Perl. Script languages and C/C++ I use quite often, at home and at work. I like terminals and other text based stuff, and of course command line controlled programs. Therefore I like [14]grex, and [15]freeshell.org of course. :) Another great place (IMHO) is [16]FIX, a Norwegian BBS which is telnet based. And if you'd like to read some Swiss German, go to [17]swixchat, a telnet chat located in Switzerland. Books and Text I love books, especially older ones. Nothing beats the look, feel and smell of a well made real book... well, no thing at least! I like to read and write, also real letters, although I don't often find the time for it. Various Links + Free encyclopedia: [18]Wikipedia + Politics: [19]The ForeignCorrespondent, [20]Strategic Forecasting AMBROS [21]Automatic Morsecode BROadcasting System is a project I opened on [22]SourceForge.Net. Its aim is to create a system allowing for automated transmission of news, bulletins, whatever, by Morse code for human listeners. It is still in an embryonic stage - but contact me, if you're interested! There are a lot of other things and activities that I like, for example classical music (mainly baroque), hiking, the sound of silence, apples, Bauhaus style, shoes, Pop music, violins, mechanical typewriters, cats, radio, newspapers, swimming, spacious appartments, trees and chocolate. But enough of noise - [23]talk to me, if you want to know more! Say it loud, say it clear! You can listen as well as you hear. It's too late when we die, to admit we don't see eye to eye... Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life. _________________________________________________________________ [24]DHMO.org This page is DHMO free! 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