To explain the title to non-Finnish speaking it translate something to: “The name won’t worsen the man if the man won’t worsen the name.”.
Another page has turned in my life! I’m now Tarmo Aidantausta and not Tarmo Friman anymore… It’s kind of weird, but then again it feels good at the same time. The reason why I changed my surname is that Aidantausta is a really rare surname and at the moment I’m the only male in our generation. It’s my mothers maiden name and because I’ve been raised by my mother, it just felt natural.
My parents divorced when I was something like three or so and I’ve never really got to know my biological father while I was still bearing his name. I don’t think that there’s really anything wrong with the name Friman but I guess Aidantausta is more the family I belong to. My grandparents and my few aunts are the only proper link in my fathers family I really keep in touch. Not to petty their impact on my life but more to embrace my mothers side of my family. I admire my inheritance also from the Friman family but come on Aidantausta-Friman is really far fetched. Besides it’s way cooler to have a surname which has ever had 36 members (me included)! Aidantausta is also more Finnish because Friman is actually Swedish and means free man. Of course having a Swedish name in Finland is very common since we were indeed once under their dominion.
Anyhow… I know it’s been a while (like two years now) since I’ve written anything and it kind of feels odd to blog again but I suppose I’ll get used to it. Now I had something to say and maybe I’ll have more to say while I’m writing my thesis which is about: “The common programming mistakes which lead to a security hole”. The title is still in draft phase but I suppose most of you get the drift of the subject. I still have almost two months before I have to deliver but I’m in a big hurry so we’ll see how it goes. I hope I have more to write soon…