Nowadays there are some really strange online habits, like this I was tagged post. Even if I ignore most of those customs this time I will go on with Kore's blog post and tell seven things about me.

• Before I was a computer scientist I finished a training as precision mechanic.
• My first programming language was a CNC dialect.
• I like cycling mountains up and down with my racing bike.
• I started PHP programming in 1999.
• The first framework I have used was the legendary PHPLIB.
• In December 2008 I started with photography.
• I have to less time to realize all projects I think about.

And now I will split the baton I got from Kore in seven pieces and pass it on:

• Sebastian Nohn, who inspired me to develop phpUnderControl.
• Max Horvath, for his idea to implement scalar type hints in userland code.
• Greg Sherwood, who developed the excellent PHP_CodeSniffer package.
• Jakob Westhoff, for all his wired ideas, like the phidget project.
• Tobias Struckmeier, who teached me how to produce suitable results with inkscape.
• Lars Strojny, for his contributions to PHP.
• Lars Jankowfsky, for representing PHP a the Plat Forms Contest.

These are the rules apparently:

• Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post - some random, some weird.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.