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Schools I've Attended
See my resume for details.
- Boston University; more specifically, the School of Law
- Yale University
- Saybrook College; I was President of Saybrook's student body in 1999–2000
- Oakland Mills High School, home of the Scorpions
- Oakland Mills Middle School
- Stevens Forest Elementary School
Places I've Lived & Worked
See my resume for details.
- Mount & Stoelker, P.C. in San Jose, California
- Wiggin & Dana in New Haven: Connecticut
- Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB)
- The Abell Foundation
- Columbia, Maryland, my hometown. I left in 1997 for sunnier skies in California; so what if I was 148 years late?
- Oakland, California, home of the California Museum
- New Haven, Connecticut, home of Yale University.
- Boston, Massachusetts, home of Boston University. For the commercial side of Boston, see Boston.com.
- Belmont, California
- San Jose, California. Specifically, Santana Row, 33S3 downtown, and Willow Glen
Software I Like
- 4t Tray Minimizer: Windows system tray utility for minimizing windows (proprietary)
- 7Zip: Efficient, compression utility (open source)
- Ashampoo Burning Studio: Optical disc tool suite (proprietary)
- Audacity: Sound editor (open source)
- CDex: Sound conversion and CD ripper (open source)
- ClamWin: Antivirus, antispyware (open source)
- Convert: Free unit conversion program (proprietary)
- FileZilla: Powerful and fast FTP client (open source)
- FoxIt Reader: Fast, stable, and free PDF reader (proprietary)
- Irfan Viewer: Fast, versatile, and free media viewer — with a lightweight editor (proprietary)
- Juke by WoLoSoft: Fast, customizable media player (proprietary)
- MailWasher: Mail previewer and spam protector (proprietary)
- Movable Type: The engine that powers DTM :<| (proprietary)
- Notepad++: Fast, powerful, customizable source code editor (open source)
- Opera: Greatest browser ever compiled (proprietary)
- PDF Creator: Free, fast PDF print utility (open source)
- PDFsam: PDF Split And Merge, just what it sounds like (open source)
- Privoxy: Client-side proxy server (open source)
- Proxomitron: Client-side proxy server (proprietary; not currently developed or supported)
- Shareaza: Multinetwork P2P client (open source)
- Skype: VoIP messenger (proprietary)
- Snood: The most addictive game I have ever played (proprietary)
- Speccy: See your computer's specs and vital stats at a glance (proprietary)
- ssed: Open-source version of sed, the classic stream editor (open source)
- Swiff Player: Shockwave & flash file viewer (proprietary)
- VideoReDo: Video editor (proprietary)
- VLC Media Player: "It plays everything!" (open source)
- XNews: Newsreader (open source)
- xplorer²: The file manager you wish Microsoft had included with Windows (proprietary)
- Zone Alarm: Software firewall, antivirus, and antispyware utility (proprietary)
Software for Palm Treo:
- BellTime: Multi-function alarm clock
- ClockPop: Popup clock tied to a Palm function button
- Converter: Free unit conversion program
- DateDiff: Date & calendar calculation utility
- FuelLog: Track and analyze a car's fuel consumption
- HolidayUSA & Chagim: Lists the calendar dates of USA and Jewish holidays
- ShopList: Create & edit durable shopping lists and check off items easily as you buy them
- World Clock: Tell time in different parts of the world, with a graphical display of sunshine
Fun Stuff
- This Is True: News commentary and miscellany
- Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Washington Capitals, cellar to stellar in one season
- The Onion: Biting satire and uncanny accuracy
- User Friendly: Tech humor
- Calvin & Hobbes: The two coolest dudes on paper
- Dilbert: Enough said
- Non Sequitor: A fresh look at everyday life
- For Better or For Worse: Close to home
- Doonesbury: Some of the best political commentary for the last 30 years
- Coca-Cola: Online refreshment
Miscellany
- Stop Sylvia Browne
- Yale2000.org: Home of the Yale College Class of 2000
- TAFKAC: The Archives Formerly Known As Cathouse
- Snopes: the Urban Legend Reference Pages
- Michael Feldman: Skeptic to the core
- James "Kibo" Parry: net.god
- The Straight Dope: Brainchild of
Ed Zotti Cecil Adams
- "Weird Al" Yankovic: No explanation needed?
- Dave Barry: Funniest columnist alive
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