mlcastle.net

Welcome!

It's unlikely, though theoretically possible, that one day, I'll make an actually nice-looking homepage. But don't hold your breath. There is actually a fair amount of content on this page, though, if you're into that kind of thing.

If you want to get in touch with me, I have many email addresses. You can even invent your own for me! My usual address is m@mlcastle.net but you can replace the ‘m’ before the at-sign with anything you like, and it will still reach me.

I prefer to send and receive encrypted mail. My OpenPGP public key is useful in this process. You can use GnuPG to perform the encryption; Enigmail is probably the easiest way to integrate this with a mail client. My key fingerprint is 92E0 CBA0 D312 EFE6 E316  AFCB ADB5 DCEA 7E40 7AF9.

Sometimes, I can be messaged instantly. If you have Jabber, try contacting mlc@jabber.org; if you have AIM, try contacting mlcastle; and if you have Yahoo!, try mlc000. It's usually more reliable, though, to email or phone me. My phone number is not provided here, though it's probably not very difficult to find with a half-decent search engine. If you just want to leave me a message (or send a fax), you can do so at +1 (530) 686-8623.

This web page has been alleged to violate copyright, trademark, anti-terrorism, and vague, unspecified (but German) legislation at one point or another. What's next? Blasphemy?

When Copyright Attacks
Free Speech Online: Black Ribbon Campaign

Hey! It's Web 2.0!

Some projects (of varying sizes) I am or have been involved in

Pages

Papers

Digital Asset Management with Free and Open Tools
With David Rice. Slides for a talk presented at AMIA Digital Asset Symposium 2008. PDF.
sipanon: a SIP Anonymizer
The expanding popularity of the Internet presents new possibilities for communication, but also new implications for users' privacy. In this paper, we present a software program for anonymizing media exchanges made with SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). PDF or HTML. Code available upon request.
 
I have also received an email from the President of Anonymizer, Inc., alleging that my use of the generic term “anonymizer” in this paper infringes upon his company's trademark. To this I respond: Bah!
CS4444 Project 4 Report
With William Kwok and Jason Wong. How manipulating polygons through an obstacle course is like the Wizard of Oz. PDF or HTML. Also, results spreadsheet, PDF.
CS3156 Midterm Individual Assessment
Available at the Columbia Subversive Scholarship Archive.
How to Use the nIc
Prepared for the Oakland Unified School District, as part of the NetDay/AmeriCorps Bridge Oakland initiative. Explains how to use the “New Internet Copmuter.” PDF.

Mirrors

The Net treats censorship as damage and routes around it. — John Gilmore

Information

Letters

Old Posters

WBAI Crisis

Last revision: 2008-Nov-21 19:09 UTC