Emil Vikström

About me

Welcome to my corner of cyberspace! I'm Emil Vikström, a computer and web fantast (most would call me a geek) from Sweden. I enjoy hacking code to analyze data or setting up new services, or to play with my computers at home. I usually run Debian GNU/Linux but have tried other operating systems as well.

I'm currently studying for a degree in Computer Science at Uppsala University.

I live in Upplands väsby outside Stockholm with my awesome girlfriend Linda. In our spare time we usually watch movies, play video games or plan our apartment.

Emil's technical expertise

I worked for Levonline hosting for more than two years. My main task was 2^nd & 3^rd level support, being part of the web hosting division and handling dedicated servers as well as VPS servers. I also did a fair amount of SEO and coding. This has given me great insight into the hosting business from many angels, mostly the technical side of course. Here is a short list of my skills.

• System administration
  • LAMP
    • Linux
    • Apache
    • MySQL
    • PHP (administration and coding)
  • GNU/Linux: Debian, CentOS/Red Hat, Ubuntu
  • Clustered, loadbalanced and high-availability systems
  • nginx
  • Postfix e-mail system
  • vsftpd FTP server
  • Squid
• Helpdesk experience
  • 2^nd and 3^rd level e-mail support
  • Support ticket system usage
• SEO, Search engine optimization
• Programming and scripting
  • PHP (extensive knowledge)
  • Bash
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • JQuery
  • Java (basic knowledge)
• Protocols and standards
  • (X)HTML
  • XML
  • DNS
  • SMTP
  • HTTP
  • EPP (domain registration)
• .SE domain registration
  • Passed the knowledge test
  • Programming and maintenance of an EPP system for domain registration
  • Extensive knowledge of the registration processes

Projects

I like to hack code, so of course I have some hobby projects. Here are some of my more developed ones (please note that I'm not a great designer):

EreFredag.se

The biggest "is it friday" site in Sweden, with enhanced font size and some interactive functionality.

UM-bilder and UM-projekt

Contains images, RSS feeds and more for the community Ungdomar.se. This is some small functionality I missed as a member on the site. The image archive is very popular.