Hints & Tips in this section	Everything you always wanted to know about me The intention of this page is to provide some personal information about me to you - my Internet contact partners around the world - to let you know whom you deal with if you have been on one of my other web sites before or if you only know me through email or phone contact. You will find here some more or less private facts about me you could easily live without in the past and which will presumably not affect your future either. In other words: all you never dared to ask. What you find in this section: - BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT MY WEBSITE - THE ANTI-SPAM EMAIL TRICK And, of course a lot about me: MY ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERS SOME PERSONAL DETAILS EDUCATION AND PROFESSION LANGUAGES I SPEAK MOBILITY HOBBIES PREFERENCES DISLIKES
	If you are interested in some more pictures, you may want to take a look into the FOTOALBUM (however, explaining texts are in German only).
Some background	information about my website
	The title of my website refers to my satirical little stories which are published in the German part under the topic GLOSSEN. It means Meaningful, Nonsensical, Profound & Rubbishy. And the little logo of my website (on the top left) visualizes my last name: Bo-Ente. 'Ente' means duck - makes no sense in English, sorry.
Address and	phone numbers
	Heinz Boente An der Steig 6 D-55271 Stadecken-Elsheim Germany x 49-6130-941540 (my home office) x 49-6130-941539 (computer fax - only active after prior arrangement) x 49-170-5620068 (D1 network)  eMail (your mail is sent to )   To prevent the spammers' search robots from locating your email address on the Internet, I show you a little trick HERE
Personal	details
	Name Heinz (a.k.a. Heiner, my wife and many of my friends call me so) Boente (an old huguenot name), really spelt with oe and not the German Umlaut ö (pronounced like the i in 'bird'). Sorry, I do not know what it means.
	Short CV born in Soest in Westphalia on December 9, 1946 (see my remark about age on the right). Grown up in the Ruhr district (Essen-Kettwig) and partly in the lower Rhine area (Kleve).
	Characteristics and Peculiarities I wear glasses since I was 11 and a beard since I was 18. I am a realistic optimist and a passionate pipe smoker (yes, I know...). I am 1,81m (= 5' 6.4") tall and my weight is, uhm, pretty relative and - you know - depends on the location (on Jupiter it would be more, but less on the Moon).
	Family married to Gisela Lampel Gisela Lampel - Personal Pages two children: Britta and Daniel (both from first marriage) and three grand children: Ricarda, Tristan and Anna.
Education	and profession
	School Elementary and high school in Essen-Kettwig and Kleve. Graduation at the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Kettwig.
	Military service I served 18 month in the German army (Bundeswehr) and finished as corporal, however since April 1969 I am a committed pacifist.
	Education as computer scientist in Hamburg, Essen and Stuttgart.
	Profession for 35 years as computer specialist, instructor and manager with IBM in various business areas, mainly in internal and customer education. By the way, I still know what a punch card is and the very first computer I worked with was an IBM 1401 with 16 KB main storage... yes, Kilobytes, not Megabytes! This thing had about the size of a three-door cabinet.
	IBM carreer
	TIME & LOCATION POSITION & WORKING SECTION (main focus)  10/1967 Essen IBM Entry October 15  04/1969 - 04/1971 Essen Operator IBM Computing Center UR machines, IBM 1401, IBM S/360, Autocoder  05/1971 - 12/1973 Dortmund Team leader IBM Computing Center IBM S/370, DOS, OS/MVT, MVS, VM/370, Assembler  01/1974 - 12/1975 Dortmund Customer Consultant IBM Computing Center VM/370, Project Management, Customer Emergency Projects (Recovery/Restart), Data basis  01/1976 - 12/1977 Essen Instructor IBM Education Center Teaching of the entire DOS/VS- und Assembler curriculum  01/1978 - 06/1978 Böblingen Publication Writer IBM Research & Development DOS/VSE and IBM 4300 manuals  07/1978 - 03/1984 Essen Leading Instructor IBM Education Center DOS/VSE, VM/370, SSX/VSE, Management seminars for customers, miscellaneous field projects  04/1984 - 08/1984 Los Angeles Leading Course Developer IBM Education Center, USA Worldwide course development and announcement support for VSE/SP  09/1984 - 12/1985 Essen Senior Instructor IBM Education Center EMEA course development and miscellaneous international projects  01/1986 - 03/1989 Ejby (Copenhagen) Program Manager IBM Competitive Marketing Support Center, Denmark Fault tolerant Systems, DEC, AS/400 announcement support  04/1989 - 11/1992 Mainz Senior Instructor IBM Education Center Organizing AS/400 and OS/2 institutes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland  12/1992 - 01/1995 Mainz Manager IBM Technical Education Center IBM PC and PS/2 Hardware education  02/1995 - 03/1997 Poughkeepsie (New York) Manager IBM EMEA Education Support Center, USA International course development for OS/390 and Distance Learning Projects (Lotus Learning Space, CD-ROM production)  04/1997 - 03/1999 Poughkeepsie (New York) Curriculum Development Manager IBM EMEA Education Support Center, USA Coordinating of worldwide education programs in the areas Internet and eBusiness 04/1999 - 01/2000 Mainz, La Hulpe (Brussels) Curriculum Development Manager IBM EMEA Education Support Center, Germany and Belgium Coordinating of worldwide education programs in the areas Internet and eBusiness 02/2000 - 06/2002 Mainz, La Hulpe (Brussels) Manager IBM EMEA Education Support Center, Germany and Belgium International course development for miscellaneous areas 07/2002 Here and there Privatier (early retiree) July 1
	The ideal status in July 2002 I early retired. However, I do not want to be called retiree, I prefer the French word privatier (privateer), this sounds more elegant. Since then I only do what I like and the money flows to my bank account anyway... just the ideal status.
Languages	I speak (more or less)
	German is my native language, which I really love.
	Latin helps a little when I am traveling in Spanish or Italian speaking countries.
	Ancient Greek really not very much.
	English actually, after four years in the USA I speak English with a slight American accent.
	Danish well enough to surprise Danes that a German speaks their language.
	French it's a shame, but due to lack of practice I have forgotten most of it - well, I would not starve in France.
My	Mobility
	I moved quite a lot during my life. Here is a little overview: TIME LOCATION 1946 - 1953 Soest (in Westphalia) 1954 - 1956 Kettwig (at that time a little town by itself, today a suburb of Essen) 1957 - 1961 Kleve (in the lower Rhine area not far from the Dutch border) 1962 - 1970 Kettwig 1971 - 1975 Dortmund 1976 - 1985 Essen 1986 - 1988 Lyngby (Denmark, close to Copenhagen) 1989 - 1994 Mainz 1995 - 1998 Poughkeepsie (USA, NY) from 1999 Stadecken-Elsheim (a little wine village close to Mainz)
Hobbies	- what I do all day long
	Creative lazing if you don't know what I mean by that, you should pay me a visit and watch me doing it for a day.
	Web Design Currently, this is my number one hobby and pokypsi WEB DESIGN this is my little design company, nothing really serious to make a living, more a fun thing, just to name the baby. pokypsi WEB DESIGN My current favorite web project is a website about Hoimar von Ditfurth, a well known German scientist, excellent writer, and host of a popular TV science show who died in 1989. I've got all his books and most of his publications. This website is my serious contribution to the Internet community (the following link leads directly to his biography page in English). Hoimar von Ditfurth - Biography
	Cooking not simply eggs and noodles but also rather demanding and lavish menus.
	Reading I prefer popular science literature. My favorite writers are Paul Davies and Hoimar von Ditfurth.
	Making Music I play my Yamaha PSR-6000 keyboard and my Korg M1 synthesizer almost daily just to relax and occasionally I even perform in public. If you understand German, see my music website for more details. HB SwingWare
	Vacation although I am a pretty home-loving person, I got to get out out from time to time, no matter where but - if possible - preferably by train. My favorite vacation country is Turkey (Istanbul, Bursa and the Aegean coast).
	Writing this and that (but always in German).
	Scuba Diving not often enough. I got my international CMAS* license while I lived in Denmark and I dived on many different locations around the world since then. CMAS *CMAS = Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (World underwater federation)
	Riding my motorcycle after a motor scooter (Vespa) and two Yamaha's I am now the proud owner of my dream machine: a Harley-Davidson FXDL Low Rider, a venerable 1980 (!) model, but still going strong. If you understand German, click the following link to read the full story of my obsession. Gisela's & Heinz' Harley Pages
	Watching TV sometimes until very late in the night (as privatier I can do so). I mostly watch science and comedy shows. Very relaxing is The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, even though his pictures do not necessarily match my taste. Bob Ross
Preferences	- my all time favorites
	Favorite Food I like steaks, Chinese and Italian food and classical German stews, additionally, I really love - yes, I admit it - French fries, ketchup and English wine gums.
	Favorite Beverages I drink much to much coffee during the day, nonalcoholic beer (yes) with my meals and a lot of ice tea. Very seldom, I have a glass of wine in the evening.
	Favorite Music I mostly listen to either Jazz or Classical music. My favorite Jazz musicians are Oscar Peterson (p), Maynard Ferguson (tp), John Coltrane (sax) and Peter Herbolzheimer (tb) and his Rhythm Combination & Brass, besides all the other great jazz artists, but my musical preferences vary significantly and cover everything from A as 'a capella' to Z as 'Zappa'. Basically, I prefer instrumentals and the only musical genre which I absolutely cannot stand is opera. Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) Maynard Ferguson (1928-2006) John Coltrane (1926-1967) Peter Herbolzheimer (1935-2010) My favorite classical composers are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gustav Mahler. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) I also love my CD and vinyl record collection which is not a huge one (about 600 records, 400 CDs and 100 audio cassettes), but a nice selection of mostly Jazz and Classical music. If you understand German, check my music website for more details. HB SwingWare And don't forget to take a look into the section HÖRBEFEHLE either.
	Favorite computer game the strategy game Empire Earth. Thanks to the cheat codes, I always win.
	Favorite actors Jami Lee Curtis, Meril Streep, Sean Connery, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Rowan Atkinson.
	Favorite movies (my top ten) which I have seen at least 5 times and which I can watch again and again: Sons of the Desert USA 1933, directed by William Seiter, with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Charley Chase Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur) France/Italy 1953, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, with Yves Montand and Peter van Eyck Easy Rider USA 1969, directed by and with Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda My Name is Nobody (Il Mio Nome è Nessuno) Germany/Italy/France 1974, directed by Tonino Valerii, with Henry Fonda and Terence Hill The Life of Brian UK 1979, directed by Terry Jones, with the Monty Python crew The Blues Brothers USA 1980, directed by John Landis, with John Belushi and Dan Akroyd The Boat (Das Boot) Germany 1981, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, with Jürgen Prochnow and Herbert Grönemeyer The Name of the Rose France/Germany/Italy 1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, with Sean Connery A Fish Called Wanda UK/USA 1988, directed by Charles Crichton, with Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Kevin Kline Amélie From Montmatre (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) France/Germany 2001, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, with Audrey Tautou If you understand German, see the topic SEHBEFEHLE for more details.
	Favorite Gadget My Palm Treo 680 Smartphone PDA. It's also an mp3 player, a digital camera and a web browser and without it I would presumably be a senile nincompoop missing appointments and forgetting phone numbers. Palm Computing
	Favorite Machine The Saeco coffee maker in our kitchen with the proud name Royal Exclusive. What would I do without it? Espresso, Cappuccino, regular coffee... at the push of a button. The beans are grinded, the water is boiled and the coffee comes out - the only thing I have to do is to drink it. In short: the best birthday present I ever gave to my wife Gisela! Saeco
	Favorite Way of Travel I do all trips within Europe longer than 100 kilometer (about 63 miles) by train. Of course, I own a  BahnCard First 50 (bahn.comfort), thus, I only pay half the transportation fee.
My	Dislikes
	My dislike scale spans the wide range from 'learned to live with' up to 'makes me puke'. However, the rank assigned to each topic below varies, therefore, the following sequence is without any priority. Generalizations who actually is THE German? Did you ever meet him? I didn't. Not even abroad.
	Fanaticism all kinds of it. Actually, I do not like most of the ideological "...isms".
	Messing with my native language I really hate the many a anglizisms in the German language. They are totally unnecessary.
	Astrology and Superstition including all other manifestations of obscure mind dulling. I cannot believe what people are had.
	Gambling ok, ok, I know, of course you have a tiny little chance, but eventually the only one who always wins is the organizer.
	Parsley which chefs keep sprinkling over the food. I don't understand why anybody believes that this green stuff makes potatoes more appealing.
	Tenors and Sopranos make me shiver, and I don't even know why. Must be an early trauma, although in the late 40s there were no more air-raid sirens in Germany.
	Crowds Every number of people which exceeds the capacity of a medium size cinema makes me nervous. Therefore, all big events (even if they are important) have to take place without me.
More	Information in German
	If you understand German, there is much more information about me in the SELBSTPORTRAIT section of my website.