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Overview

  • 31 references 27 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hungarian; learning German
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • UI Design. Striving to make it pretty and smart.
  • Highschool and self-taught
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Work hard, be nice to people and go to asia.

ABOUT ME

Moved to London recently, I'll update my profile later.

PHILOSOPHY

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind." - Kurt Vonnegut

"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. It goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride..." But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. Jesus - murdered; Martin Luther King - murdered; Malcolm X - murdered; Gandhi - murdered; John Lennon - murdered; Reagan... wounded. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace." - Bill Hicks

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” — Isaac Asimov

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to host as many people as possible. Will see the rest.

Interests

Cycling, sailing, vegetarian cuisine, graphic design, UX, IxD, computer-human interaction, music.

  • design
  • graphic design
  • vegetarian
  • running
  • clothing
  • music
  • cycling
  • sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, world and experimental electronic music, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Béla Hamvas and many more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycling trip in Wales in November with a fixed gear.
Bobsleigh in Sigulda (Latvia), which means 100km/h in a half-open ice tunnel.

Teach, Learn, Share

Interaction design (mainly web).

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary

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