Personal

Ph.D., MIT, EECS, CSAIL, January 2007
S.M., MIT, EECS, CSAIL, September 2001
B.S., Carnegie Mellon, Computer Science and Mathematics, May 1999
Graduated from Great Valley High School, May 1995.

e-mail:
Coord:	42.37785, -71.15903

Life

• I got married not too long ago. Make sure to check out Helen's beautiful web page.
• Driving directions and public transportation directions to our place.

Interests

• Baseball
• Politics
• Wine
• Money
• Hacking/Coding
• Sports (current): Cross-Country Skiing, Foosball, Disc Golf, Tennis, Squash.
• Computer Games: Grand Theft Auto, Diablo, Starcraft, SimCity 2000, NHL '98, Need for Speed
• Games: Backgammon, Go, Chess, Diplomacy
• Books: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Science, Philosophy, Harry Potter, Murder Mystery, etc.
• Music: Rush, Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, Bill Bruford, Liquid Tension Experiment, Romantic Warrior, Jaco Pastorius, Matt Savage.
• Perfecting my French bread recipe.

Politics

• My political compass: Economic=0.75, Social=-4.36
• World's Smallest Political Quiz: Personal=60%, Economic=70%. I'm a Centrist-Libertarian.
• Check the facts at FactCheck.org
• Did you know that the Federal government spent $270,000 to combat "goth culture" in Blue Springs, Mo. Learn more about the pork Citizens Against Government Waste has uncovered.
• Peruvian Congressman David Nunez writes an intelligent response to Microsoft's claims (and attempts to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD)).
• Unlike shrink-wrap agreements, the GPL adds to the rights you usually have. Read Eben Moglen's (general counsel to GNU) discussion: Part 1, Part 2 .
• The Church of Scientology is evil. Support Operation Clambake's effort to cut the Church of Scientology's hold on Google search results.
• opensecrets.org has the low down on money in politics.
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation fights for YOUR digital rights.
• I am against the "Open" Informatics Petition.
• Terrorists from within: see the views shared by Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Usama bin Laden.
• Chou v. University of Chicago: a win for grad students everywhere.
• I want Russ Feingold as my senator! He's the only senator who objected to the overzealous and inappropriately named USA Act (Wired).
• The Economist is one of the few news magazines with solid, thought-provoking articles from around the world. A print subscription is fully worth it.
• The Cato Institute professes many of the tenents on which this country was founded. I don't agree with everything they say, but they're a breath of fresh air compared to everything else that goes on in politics.
• Burn all GIFs! Use PNG or JPEG instead.
• I support Open Source software.
• Dave Touretzky has a nice gallery of DeCSS distribution methods.
• Read about the lies of the DVD Control Association.
• The evil UCITA: Fact Sheet, "Benefits", RMS vs., IEEE vs., Info,

Other

• List of my undergraduate courses.
• List of my graduate courses.
• My current (and past) schedule(s).

Geek Code

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1.2
GCS/M d(-) s+:- a- C++$ UL+++$ P+++$ L+++$ E(+) W++ N o? K?
w-- O- M V- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP t 5 X R tv-- b+ DI D++ G
e+++>++++ h--- r+++ y+++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----

| Last modified: Fri May 22 16:00:57 2009