On nights and weekends, I hack under the name Garbee and Garbee.
Many of my "spare nanoseconds" are consumed working on the Debian project, which I have been a contributor to since 1995, including serving as Project Leader in the past. In addition to working on Debian directly, I also serve as President of Software in the Public Interest, which is a non-profit umbrella organization providing services to Debian and other projects.
I think the web is way too picture-oriented these days, but if you're really curious, there are some pictures of me on my bio page. If you're a close friend or family member, email me for credentials to enter the gallery.
I'm most comfortable when there are lots of electrons flowing nearby, mostly in high-end computer equipment. There are only a few carbohydrates I've met in my life that I didn't like, I have very eclectic tastes in music, enjoy old movies, and I have this "German metal habit"... Porsche flavored. My current such toy is a 1987 Porsche 944S, black with beige interior...
Someday, I'd really like to own a Porsche 904. Yeah, I know, "dream on".
Many of my "spare time" activities involve various facets of Amateur Radio. KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA and before that I was KA3ORU. I'm a life member of AMSAT, President of CODE, a former Vice-President of TAPR, a past Chairman and member of the Technical Committee of the Pikes Peak FM Association, and a member of the ARRL. Perhaps my best-known contribution to the hobby is the silly little mail program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called BM, though I suppose I'm more proud of my role as integrator and documentation author for the package prior to April 1989. I helped instigate N6GN's work on 10Ghz packet links, and continue to have a strong interest in data transmission over RF links. I was the project leader for the GPS receiver experiment on the AMSAT Phase-3D satellite, which launched in November 2000, after which it was known as AO-40. I am also one of the developers of the RUDAK digital communications processor. My primary focus on the RUDAK team is communication with the other experiment modules that RUDAK talks to over the CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards.
If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance right now is to catch us roving in a VHF/Microwave contest...
In recent years, my son and I have become very active building and flying small and large model rockets.
While I was "born and raised" in the era of 4.1BSD, shared a Vax 11/750 with Eric Crane at CMU, and have run some flavor of BSD on at least one machine ever since (the Symmetric S/375, a uVax2, BSD/OS, and NetBSD on a pc532), I have become a strong supporter of Linux, particularly the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, because of the emphasis on perpetual free availability of all of the source code to the system. I've contributed a few packages to the Debian effort, and now maintain a signficant number, including some that are essential packages in the base distribution, and some that are "big hairy monsters". At least it keeps me off the streets at night...
Not sure how to pronounce "Linux"? Why not let Linus himself tell you ...
I've been asked from time to time if I'm any relation to the Barksdale for whom Barksdale Air Force Base was named. My parents tell me they believe Eugene Hoy Barksdale was my third cousin twice removed.
