(semi-)professional volleyball?

Volleyball is one of the most important things in my current life. Back in Styria I played with the TUS Feldbach Volleys (some people might notice similarities to this homepage ;-) I still admire this team and wish them all the best.
Here in Salzburg I started to play in the second team of PSV Salzburg (I don't like the webdesign too much, but never mind ;-) We won the title in the regional league of Salzburg, but there are only 4 teams and now we are looking for a new challenge. Eventually we will play in the second National League next season, which would be really cool. So keep your fingers crossed for us that we find a trainer and get enough funding to play and if we play, keep your fingers crossed for us to win.

Professional volleyball might be exaggerated at the moment, but who knows?

don't panic!

I've always been a fan of Douglas Adams' book "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" and I can absolutely recommend it to anyone who likes funny and sarcastic science fiction. Should you like Terry Pratchet you will find it funny or if you like futurama you definitely have to read it and find out how similar Bender is to to Marvin, the robot in the book.

Yesterday I watched the movie and even though it cannot replace the book, it's fantastic! The aliens, spaceships and environments are made with a lot of love - no comparison with star wars. So go out and watch it, or even better, read the book ;-)

first entry in my (pseudo) blog

My name is Bernd Ploderer and I'm a big fan of the Seattle Supersonics. I like the song by Jamiroquai and my initals are BP. So much to the name of the page.

I'm not a designer, I'm also no programming guru, so the page is just a quick & dirty draft of a personal home page. (I have to admit, though, that I'm a usability researcher, but this page does not (consciously) follow any web guidelines nor did I carry out any kind of evaluation :-O)

I'm thinking about starting a real weblog, but I'm afraid I won't have time. So this page is primarily for my Photos. I've been to a conference in Portland, Oregon and also visited some other cities in the USA. Enjoy the pictures. I would be glad if you use the Guestbook and leave me a note, thx.