-Future home of Bdale's Personal Home Page
+Bdale Garbee, KB0G
+==================
+
+Welcome to my "new" personal home page.
+
+At the end of August, 2012, I retired from my long-held position as
+<a href="http://www.hp.com">HP</a> Open Source & Linux Chief
+Technologist.
+
+Since retiring, I've enjoyed spending more time on family activities and
+projects. But I'm still very active in the Free Software world. I serve
+on the boards of the [Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org) and the
+[FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), and as President
+of [Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org).
+
+I also 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 current such toy is a 1987 Porsche 944S, black with beige interior...
+
+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.
+
+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.
+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...
* [Bdale's blog](blog)
* [Bdale's biographical information](bio)
+* [Garbeey Gallery](http://gallery.gag.com)
+* [Quotations](quotes)
+* [Talks Bdale has Given](talks/)
+
+Cool Stuff on the Web
+---------------------
+
+* [Cabell Garbee](http://www.garbee.net/~cabell), Bdale's brother, restores
+ neat old vehicles as a hobby.
+* [Allen B. Loyd](href="http://sites.google.com/site/allenloyd/Home),
+ one of Bdale's first cousins, has a site documenting his theatrical set
+ designs, paintings, and other fun stuff.
+* [Space Machine & Engineering Corp](http://space-machine.com),
+ operated by another of Bdale's first cousins. It's kind of cool
+ having a waveguide company in the family!
+* [Graves Mountain Lodge](http://www.gravesmountain.com),
+ owned and operated by "my extended family" in Virginia. We used to
+ visit often... and still get back once in a while!
+* >Visit the <a href="http://www.rf.org/">Radio Farm</a>... a most
+ unusual place!
+* [Colorado Satellite Services](http://www.coloradosatellite.com)
+ Jim and I worked closely together on AO-40 RUDAK, and he's definitely
+ "one of the good guys". The EyasSAT educational satellite system
+ linked to from his page is neat stuff.
+
+I was named for my
+[maternal grandfater](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale),
+who was a prominent individual in his time. While my father is the serious
+genealogist in our family, every once in a while I go do a web search on
+various family names. These are some references to Grandaddy that I have
+found:
+
+* He now has a
+ [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale)!
+* A [phote](http://www1.vmi.edu/archivephotos/Details.asp?ACCNUM=2631) of him
+ from 1919, in uniform.
+* He was a [Judge of the United States Court](http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/uGetInfo?jid=97)
+* Many of his papers were gifted to the
+ [University of Virginia Library](http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/vivadoc.pl?file=viu00129.xml)
+* There are scholarships in his name at
+ [VMI](http://www.vmiaa.org/AA/Alumni%20Association/Scholar.html) and
+ [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu/admissions/scholarship/need_based.htm)
+
-Until I get around to moving the rest of the content, visit my
-[old home page](http://gag.com/~bdale) for the rest...
+I've been asked from time to time if I'm any relation to the Barksdale for whom
+[Barksdale Air Force Base](http://www.barksdale.af.mil) was named. My parents
+tell me they believe
+[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409) was my third cousin twice removed.
+<
+Encrypting email is good. My currently preferred public key is
+<pre>
+pub 4096R/C095D941 2009-07-26
+ Key fingerprint = 8470 F20B 0625 9218 7CBA 7BB3 3A93 6196 C095 D941
+uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@hp.com>
+uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@debian.org>
+sub 4096R/166755FB 2009-07-26
+</pre>
+You should be able to fetch that key from any of the major keyservers.
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