Hobbies

In my spare time, I enjoy running and pleasure reading. I typically run about four miles a few times a week. Dan Brown has written several interesting books (Deception Point and The Da Vinci Code were both great). David Baldacci's Simple Genius was excellent; any book that inspires my mother to ask me about cryptography or whether P == NP is truly amazing. Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan write some good novels (particularly The Sword of Truth and the Wheel of Time series, respectively). I also enjoyed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

Politics

I follow national and state politics. While both major political parties have their shortcomings, I believe we have a responsibility to see what they're up to and hold them accountable when necessary. Andrew Tanenbaum has an excellent Web site on election polling and analysis, which is particularly interesting during presidential election years.

Professional Propaganda

I have created a page that lists a number of tools that I have felt useful during my Computer Science education.

I also recently installed SuSE Linux 10.0 on a Dell Latitude D500. I have posted some information about my experience to help out others.

Quotes

For a bit of amusement, check out the following quote pages:

• my CS quotes page
• some famous quotes I picked
• Good Quotations by Famous People (by Gabe Robins)

Random Links

• Piled Higher and Deeper Comics
• xkcd
• Quick Reference Cards
• Digital Blasphemy
• Getting Started with LaTeX
• Color SynthAxis (an excellent color scheme design tool)
• Excellent Desktop Wallpapers
• Grade Distribution Charts (a tool I made to graph grades for IU courses)
• Ohio University Book Exchange (shameless plug for my work)

Shopping

• Tech Bargains
• Deals2Buy
• Deals of America
• New Egg (resistance is futile)