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<img src="work-area-portrait.240x240.png" alt="P. J. McDermott" class="photo">
<p>
	This is my personal Web site, which contains personal and professional
	information about me, technical guides on GNU/Linux and UNIX, and essays
	on computing ethics and freedom.
</p>
<h3>About Me</h3>
<p>
	I am:
</p>
<ul>
	<li>A hacker (that is, a playful tinkerer interested in exploring the limits
	of technology).</li>
	<li>A knowledgeable user of GNU/Linux.</li>
	<li>A competent software author.</li>
	<li>A fan of freely- and semi-freely-licensed heavy metal and rock
	music.</li>
	<li>A student in the
	<a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012">2012
		Google Summer of Code</a> program
	<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2012/StudentApplications/PJMcDermott">working
		with the Debian Project</a>.</li>
	<li>The leader of a project to develop a fully-free
	<a href="http://os.pehjota.net/">embedded operating system
		distribution</a>.</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=10830">Associate
		member</a> #10830 of the Free Software Foundation.</li>
	<li>A recent university graduate with a degree in computer science.</li>
	<li>A self-taught student of U.S. and international copyright law and free
	software licensing.</li>
	<li>The former leader of my university's undergraduate GNU/Linux special
	interest group.</li>
	<li>Trained in karate.</li>
	<li>Licensed to operate motorboats.</li>
	<li>Certified for open water SCUBA diving.</li>
</ul>
<h3>New</h3>
<ul>
	<li><a href="talks/software-contracts/">A presentation on the disputed legal
		validity of software contracts</a>.</li>
	<li><a href="guides/shell-workshop/">A workshop on the UNIX shell</a> I gave at
		NJIT.</li>
</ul>
<h3>To Come</h3>
<ul>
	<li>More essays on computing ethics and freedom.</li>
	<li>Technical guides on GNU/Linux, especially one related to the boot
	process (an apparently popular topic with which I'm quite familiar).</li>
</ul>
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