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My name is Peteris Krumins (pronounced as Peter-is Kroo-mins) which directly translates to English as Peter Bush.
I am 23 years old and I am from Riga, Latvia. I am currently studying physics at the University of Latvia. I am getting my physics degree pretty soon - June 2008. I have specialized in theoretical physics. I chose to study physics just for fun, I have no intentions to do physics in my life. Of course, I find physics interesting but I am much better with computer programming and hacking.
There is a good reason why I did not choose computer science as my major. By the time I finished high school I already had great work work experience as a programmer, linux sysadmin and a white hat (computer security). If I had chosen CS, I would have wasted so much time studying what I already knew. Instead I chose physics, so now, not only I know computer science but also physics and mathematics.
When signing up on various website I love to write “I love mathematics, physics and computer science!” in ‘about me’ field. (Frankly, I love Google even more! :))
In my previous version of this page I wrote that I am going for a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science. I dreamt of studying at MIT. I applied, but they rejected my application! I am angry and confused. They never told me the reason.
I am no longer dreaming about MIT, now I just want to hack and program my entire life! I feel that I have more than enough knowledge to be successful.
My hobby is watching video lectures. A few years ago I started a Free Science Online blog where I post all the video lectures I can find. I also started Free Science Video website where I post interesting science clips.
I have programmed in a bunch of programming languages such as Awk & Sed, Assembler, C, C++, Javascript, Perl, PHP, Python, Prolog, VBScript and probably a few others. I am fluent in C, C++, Awk, PHP and Perl.
I hope to put all my ideas out for everyone to read on this site. I have so many of them and it would be foolish not to blog about them.
I am passionate about what I do and I have this little dream that my site gets as popular as coding horror or the old new thing.
To let you know how passionate I am about computers, programming and hacking here is a fact about me - during summer 2006 (2.5 months) I left my house just two times. Spent all the time programming, reading about programming, learning programming, hacking and also reading about a new topic I found interest in - internet marketing!
Enjoy my posts and I hope to read your comments and feedback!
Sincerely,
Peteris Krumins
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August 3rd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I liked your web site.
All the best for your future!
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Thank you!
August 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
I spent some time trying to figure out how to use xmlhttp to pull a binary and write it out to a file. Your YouTube downloader did the trick. Nice code.Thanks.
August 18th, 2007 at 7:54 am
I’m older than you (only 1 year), but I’m not as mentally efficient as you are.
Like Pradeep says: all the best for your future!
OK, and now, back to work
August 21st, 2007 at 4:38 am
Your pretty amazing man, no doubt ull be working for google in no time.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Amen to that…
August 21st, 2007 at 8:34 pm
meow! i’m in your site, viewing your life goals
Personally I wouldn’t have thought to do theoretical physics for fun …
August 29th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
WOW! Just wow… I am now 23 and feel old and unefficient compared to what you have achieved. Your determination inspires me.
Keep up the good work. I will keep checking back on your blog to learn of your new accomplishments.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:16 am
I have greatly enjoyed visiting your free science blog online website. Thanks, Wade
September 3rd, 2007 at 6:23 am
” during summer 2006 (2.5 months) I left my house just two times” - that says all
All the best for your future!
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
A Google fan should be using their service instead of StatCounter, don’t you think?
(I switched as soon as they launched the service.)
Same here!
September 4th, 2007 at 2:30 am
You are a very talented guy, I wish you the best in all of your endeavors!
You should consider throwing together a mailing list for those of us who are interested to get updates on your projects.
September 4th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
All the best for your future. I hope you will get into MIT.
September 4th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Thanks everyone!
September 17th, 2007 at 6:31 am
aw. you sure are very passionate on programming. keep the excellent work coming in!
October 16th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Good luck for getting int MIT. Very prestigious institute, but I’ve heard from one romanian that just returned from there that there is a bit cold (emotionless … don’t know how to exactly express it). Hope you’ll find it diffrent.
October 19th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Hi Peter,
I sent you an email with the following questions but seems like it might have landed in a SPAM folder or is lost in cyberspace.
First of all, Thank you very much for sharing such great how to do stuff. I am a programmer and mainly work in Java, but new to perl and php. I have few questions, if you could answer i would be very thankful.
If the following questions might sound foolish but if you could answer them i would be grateful.
1. What OS do you use, i assume linux ( which flavor and version).
2. Seems like you are hosting www.catonmat.net on your home server as it times out a lot.
3. I am using windows XP media center, can you please tell me how can setup the scripts on laptop
to run my localhost /localserver.
4. What domain service should i register to.
5. If i do choose a hosting service, how can setup your scripts on it to test?
6. What are the best resource to learn perl and php (quick and comprehensive tutorials).
I know you are very busy with studies. If you could give me 10-15 mins of your time by answering these questions
and if you have an advice for me, i would be thankful.
I wish you all the best for the future, please keep sharing your information and keep on creating cool web app,
when you can.
Sincerely,
Shahzad
October 20th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Dear Shahzad, thanks for your questions. I replied back to you by email!
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:35 am
Thanks a lot Peteris.
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:35 am
Thanks a lot for getting back to me Peteris.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 am
You’re welcome, Shahzad!
October 31st, 2007 at 5:01 am
Hey there Peteris, sounds like you have the right idea about stuff! I have very similar goals and also love everything about computers, open source, and programming, and have recently started my own blog along similar topic lines. I don’t have it locked down to a specific purpose, but I do have some useful, informational, humorous, and other posts so far. I would like to collaborate with you and others in the scene and would love to trade links, information, and networking opportunities. I am trying to make a popular site as well, and have a few viewers, but I need more traffic and need to meet more people. Please check out my site and let me know what you think. One thing I think could benefit both of us is a review of eachothers site. I would gladly post a detailed review of your site if you’ll post a review of mine, bonus points for encouraging people to take a look
Please email me or leave a comment on my site and we can work out something.
Thanks,
Locke
November 13th, 2007 at 6:44 am
Best of luck to you! You’ve really been an inspiration and you’ve got great blogs! I wish you luck with getting into MIT.
November 13th, 2007 at 7:14 am
Thanks Paul.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:34 am
I hope you get into MIT and do something BIG
all the best
Prasad
December 6th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
[b]Sveicieni no Liepājas![/b]
Sen nebiju Tavu web lapu skatījis, tāpēc manam skatam ir visai daudz izmaiņu un uz labo pusi!
Lai veicās !
p.s. Ieskaties iekš draugiem, es tur uzdevu savu “newborn” jautājienu
December 17th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
hey…great work man…congrats….
all the wishes….
December 26th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Peteris, I am sure you will make it to MIT
Thanks for the lovely blog,
All the best,
Animesh
January 15th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Hey Peter, yep i did prity much base my blog on yours! i found your site a while ago and when i can to moving onto a worldpress platform i remembered your blog and thought, that’s how I want mine to look!
Just out of curiosity, when your programming under *inx what editor do you use. You’ve obviously done quite a bit and i’ve just started writing on that platform, and i cant yet find something that suits me.
Anyway, keep up the good work man, your blogs always an interesting Read.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Hi Peter !
You guy are doing grat job ! I found your website quite useful!
Keep moving foward!
February 1st, 2008 at 1:54 am
I’m glad I found the link to your site in my linuxquestions.org rss feed before the links were edited. You have a really nice page and I also love your cheat sheets. Keep up the good work!
Brian
P.S. I added your page to akregator
February 7th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Great job, good luck!
February 13th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Wish to see you at MIT some day.
Good luck. Your job is inspiratory.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:04 am
you are really blessed,that what i can say,im gyan from ghana(africa)and a MCSA, i really wanna start a new carrer in linux and programming, i will be very happy if you could tell me where to start from(with the programming).and also if u could be my mentor?im two years older than you but im willing to learn from you.
all the best.
go Peteris Krumins, go
February 24th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
peteris
i am your fan after reading your blog.You are simply amazing. I always want to be like you and have passion about computers like you. I will visit your blog frequently because it inspires me a lot.
March 4th, 2008 at 9:54 am
We-e-ery Good, Peteris!
My congratulations to You. I found much of useful in your blog for myself and for my students also.
Good Luck!!!
March 27th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Hi Peter,
I just chanced upon your blog via your post:Designing RedditRiver.com Website.
After reading your “About Me” section, you really inspires me a lot! I am sure you don’t really need a master degree from MIT, just to be successful in life. You have the single, most important ingredient for success in life - your burning passion.
Keep doing what you are doing! Success will come to you sooner than you might expect!
=)
nmt
March 29th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Latvia? What a pity.
Oh well. I’m sure there’s plenty of cute coder boys here, somewhere.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Peteris,
I like your site. It is nice that you are sharing your knowledge. I too am playing with Physics but with a narrow focus. I am an engineer but I went back to grad school this year. It is odd that MIT did not give you a reason. If you want to focus some time let me know I have a project that will soon need a man like you.
Best of luck.
James
April 19th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Labāk gan izej no mājas biežāk nekā 2 reizes. Tev jau fanu pulciņš saradies. Apsveicu !
April 29th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Amazing blog you got dude. Found it through Hacker news. You are on my reader now.
Cheers
Vaibhav
http://technofriends.in
May 13th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Congratulations for your site, is simple, clear and with lots of good stuff. You are right about studing phisics, because the computer languages comes by quickly, but the universe gonna be (exist) a lot more longer. See ya!
May 14th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Salomao, thanks for your comment!
Physics truly rocks.