+Bdale Garbee, KB0G
+==================
+
+Welcome to my "new" personal home page.
+
+At the end of August, 2012, I retired from my long-held position as
+[HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist. From September
+through December of 2013, I worked part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com)
+as Senior Adviser to the Open Source Group that is part of Samsung Research
+America.
+
+I serve on the boards of the [Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org)
+the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), and
+[Aleph Objects](http://alephobjects.com), and as
+President of [Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org).
+
+I remain actively involved in the [Debian](http://debian.org) project,
+where I continue to maintain various
+[packages](http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=bdale@gag.com),
+and chair the
+[Debian Technical Committee](http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte)
+
+My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with
+[rockets](http://gag.com/rockets), which includes managing
+[Altus Metrum, LLC](http://altusmetrum.org) along with partner
+[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org).
+
+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](bio/), and associated with the
+[Wikipedia page about me](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bdale_Garbee). If you're
+a close friend or family member, email me for credentials to
+enter our [gallery](http://gallery.gag.com)..
+
+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 most recent such toy was a 1987 Porsche 944S, black with beige interior,
+that was unfortunate completely destroyed when our home burned in June of 2013.
+
+Over the years, I've spent a lot of my "spare time" on various facets of
+[Amateur Radio](rf/). KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA
+and before that I was KA3ORU. I'm a life member of
+[AMSAT](http://amsat.org/),
+President of [CODE](http://gag.com/code/),
+a former Vice-President of [TAPR](http://tapr.org/),
+a past Chairman and member of the Technical Committee of
+the
+[Pikes Peak FM Association](http://www.ppfma.org),
+and a member of the
+[ARRL](http://www.arrl.org).
+Perhaps my best-known contribution to the hobby is the silly little mail
+program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called
+[BM](ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/mailers),
+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](http://www.sonic.net/~n6gn/uwavelink/uwv.html),
+and continue to have a strong interest in data transmission over RF
+links. I was the project leader for the
+[GPS receiver](http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/phase3d/gps)
+experiment
+on the AMSAT Phase-3D satellite, which launched in November 2000,
+after which it was known as
+[AO-40](href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao40.php).
+I was also one of the developers of the RUDAK
+digital communications processor. My primary focus on the RUDAK team was
+communication with the other experiment modules that RUDAK talks to over the
+CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards. I am
+pleased to now be working on the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA Fox microsat
+program.
+
+If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance
+right now is to catch us
+[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest...
+
+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](http://www.debian.org)
+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](ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au)...
+
+In recent years, my son and I have become very active building and flying
+small and large model [rockets](http://www.gag.com/rockets). I now hold a
+"Level 3 certification", and am a federally-licensed user of
+low explosives, which means I'm authorized to buy, store, and fly the largest
+motors currently available in the rocket hobby. My personal confirmed
+flight altitude record is 21,654 feet above ground, my highest recorded
+acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket to beyond Mach 2.2. I served
+on the committee that defined the [Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/Certifications/TripoliMentoringProgram/tabid/322/Default.aspx), and am
+proud that my son aced the test to become one of the earliest TMP
+participants. My current focus combines rocketry with my electronics
+background and strong
+interest in radio, see the [Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org)
+community web site for more details...