about

They may call it a home page, but it’s more like the gnome in somebody’s front yard than the home itself. TimBL site manual

research engineering.

thanks and acknowledgements

openbsd amsterdam some influences on form and tone, from the top of my head, are the ur-zine of electrical engineering in

design

to Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied for their curation One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age (2010–ongoing)
to Peter Wiegel (peter-wiegel.de) for the DIN font for the generous use of your time I continue to tweak it to match my handwriting, I hope the changes are respectful (and of course to Donald Knuth for Computer Modern, the later CMU project for modernization)
to Forreset Mims Engineer's Mini-Notebook

autobiography

my preferred social media is email.

for my own sanity I'm currently focused on sustaining music as an avocation. I generally prefer to maintain pseudo-anonymity online. here are included ...

Recurse Center return statement 2026/01/20
terribly personal information about me (lessons for B2B SaaS) 2025/10/19
DARPA research at Trail of Bits
Strange Loop 2024
Summer of Nix 2024
Summer of Nix 2023

license

all writing is my own work CC-BY-NC 4.0 unless otherwise noted (on pages listed in the index § catalog) in addition,

The following terms additionally apply and override any above terms for applicable parties:

You may not use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software in a military or law enforcement context, defined as follows:

A military context is a professional context where the intended application of the Software is integration or use with or by military software, tools (software or hardware), or personnel. This includes contractors and subcontractors as well as research affiliates of any military organization.

A law enforcement context is a professional context where the intended application of the Software is integration or use with or by law enforcement software, tools (software or hardware), or personnel. This includes contractors and subcontractors as well as research affiliates of any law enforcement organization.

Entities that sell or license to military or law enforcement organizations may use the Software under the original terms, but only in contexts that do not assist or supplement the sold or licensed product.

Students and academics who are affiliated with research institutions may use the Software under the original terms, but only in contexts that do not assist or supplement collaboration or affiliation with any military or law enforcement organization.
via William Woodruff

I do not care about the relevant practicalities of enforcement.