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.

Work:	StyleFeeder; 614 Massachusetss Ave., 4th Floor; Cambridge, MA 02139; USA
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).

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