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.