Welcome to my piece of the Web. I maintain quite a lot of open-source software, FAQs, and HTML documents, so this site is rather complex. It's mostly validated HTML and light on the graphics, though. You won't have to wait an eon for any of the pages to load. If you're a regular visitor, check out the What's New page.

Using this site

If you want to link to, copy, mirror, or translate portions of this site, please read my copying policy.

If the HTML or images on this site seem to be confusing your browser, see the site design notes.

Frequently-Asked Questions

If you're with the press, or want me to give a talk, here are answers to the usual questions. You can see a list of my upcoming speaking engagements.

It's all about freedom...

You can help fight the SCO attack on the Linux community. See my No Secrets page to learn how you can refute SCO's claims of trade secrets in the Unix code.

You can fetch my GPG public key here. I support widespread use of strong cryptography for privacy, and encourage you to use GPG encryption with this key when sending me messages. If your mailer makes this difficult, consider switching to Mutt.

As a public service and act of civil disobedience, we are proud to offer the DeCSS code that will allow you to circumvent the encryption on the DVDs you own. Your DVD, your hardware, your choice! (Please do not ask me technical questions about this code; I have never used it.)

...and it's all about me.

You can read all about my projects, past present and future, including the software and FAQs and Web resources I maintain.

I do consulting under the Thyrsus Enterprises service mark. You can surf to my resume from here, if you're interested in my career or qualifications. I'm not in the market for a job just now, though, unless you can offer a project that really fascinates me.

You can read personal stuff about my life and politics and hobbies and friends. You may also find my writings of interest.