I work at the Nile Project. Previously I've been at Radar Networks, Healthline Networks, Grand Central Communications (which became Swivel, leaving the Grand Central name to an unrelated company), Applied Biosystems, Pangea Systems in Oakland, CA (later DoubleTwist, now defunct) and CuraGen in New Haven, CT.
Before that I got a Ph.D. in biophysics in Dr. Peter Moore's laboratory at Yale. For my dissertation, I used nuclear magnetic resonance to determine the solution structures of the anticodon loops of initiator and elongator methionine tRNA. They turn out to be exactly the same, which is surprising to tRNA aficionadi.
Here are articles I wrote for JavaWorld on a quirk of Java exception handling and the second generation of aspect-oriented programming frameworks. Here's another Java language oddity which I'd write up if I could think of a use for it.
While a graduate student, I helped out with the Silicon Graphics FAQs and the documentation for tcsh.
Here's my professional credo, which I found on the web several years ago.
I'm interested in my genealogy; maybe you are too. I'm particularly interested in the surnames Schweisguth (also Schweisgut, Schweißgut(h), Schweissgut(h), Schweiszgut(h) and Sweisguth), Couche, Bèlé, Alleg, Gasser, Raab, Kundratis and Yochman. Here's my RootsWeb Surname List entry, with more alternate spellings. If any of those names sound familiar, see my family tree (GEDCOM).
Speaking of family matters, here are
Also of historical interest is the blog where we chronicle pub quiz and other entertaining pursuits -- now featuring the team name hall of fame in the sidebar!
I've been systematically exploring San Francisco for years (recently with the invaluable help of Huxley Beagle). The evidence is starting to show up at sfgazetteer.com.
Finally, you might want to look at my hotlist.
For purposes of complying with the New Jersey Right To Know Act: Contents partially unknown.