Random facts about Matvey

• On Oct 12, 1997 I was over 8000 days old ... (according to Grisha)

• What do I like?
  • I like reading good books, and there are a lot of interesting books around. For exapmle you can find a huge collection of Russian books at Moshkow's library. My favorite authors are Arkadij and Boris Strugatskie. And my favorite book is "Ponedelnik nachinaetsia v subbotu" ("Monday Starts on Saturday") [koi] [win] [traslit].

  • I like good music and songs in all genres (from techno music to bard's songs). Here are few interesting links:
    • Huge collection of bards
    • IIAgency - the only place that ships CDs from Russia to USA. Very competitive prices, but very limited selection.

  • I like Linux. Moreover, I run Linux and I'm happy with it. I got my current Linux from CheapBytes for the $7, and I would recomend it to anyone. I'm running the RedHat Linux distribution.

  • I do not like people, who talk about things, they have no idea about. Unfortunately, I have to deal with some of them very often.

• I have never visited Australia ...
  As well as Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu.

• I'm a big fun of hiking/backpacking
  Yes, I enjoy hiking as well as a other outdoor recreation activities, ranging from skiing to beer-drinking at the beach. I have already been to most of North California wildernes areas, have been skiing in many of North California ski resorts, and tried most of beers available in US. Eventualy you'll see my own outdoor recreation page, but in the meantime take a look here:
  • GORP-Great Outdor Recation Pages - a starting place to plan any trip into backcountry.
  • Bear Valley - the best ski area around.
  • My brother Ilya - we always hit the mountains together.
  • Yura - the guy who has all the backpacking equipment you can ever dream of (but he dreams of going to the wildereness with just a sleeping bag and a knife). He is also my usual backpacking companion.