X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Findex.mdwn;h=27eed10b132d70494f0c2fed4cc548d5f775a6ab;hp=edab874ca6bbd3343e1ca33e36708f018f5a5d73;hb=d2c9aab2960878276b765311601581c49f62e563;hpb=48636f735a4e18224378c4bdcc9118d0d533a65e diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn index edab874..27eed10 100644 --- a/bdale/index.mdwn +++ b/bdale/index.mdwn @@ -1,31 +1,34 @@ Bdale Garbee, KB0G ================== -Welcome to my "new" personal home page. - After retiring at the end of August, 2012, from my long-held position as [HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I worked part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) as Senior Adviser to the Open Source Group that is part of Samsung Research America. In September of 2014, I was recruited back to HPE and served for 25 months as an -[HPE Fellow](http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04839247) +[HPE Fellow](http://www.hp.com/united-states/Bdale-Garbee-External-Bio-V2.pdf) in Martin Fink's Office of the CTO at what became [Hewlett Packard Enterprise](http://hpe.com), driving open source strategy and advocacy for the company. At the end of September 2016, I returned to early retirement... and am now enjoying "Retirement v2.0". -I serve on the boards of [Aleph Objects](http://alephobjects.com), +I currently serve on the boards of the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org), the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), -the [Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org), -and [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](http://ampr.org). +and [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](http://ampr.org), where I am +also the Treasurer / CFO. + +I served for a while on the board of the +[Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org) helping it recover from +some organizational trauma and transform to a membership-based entity. I served for a decade as President of [Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org), and as a member of the board of directors for some time before that. I also served for several years on the board of the -[Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org). +[Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org) +representing the interests of developers and individuals. I remain actively involved in the [Debian](http://debian.org) project, where I served for a year as the elected Debian Project Leader, and for nearly @@ -36,7 +39,16 @@ for Debian. My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with [rockets](http://gag.com/rockets), which includes managing [Altus Metrum, LLC](http://altusmetrum.org) with business partner -[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org). +[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org). I hold a "Level 3 certification" and am +a member of both the [National Association of Rocketry](http://nar.org) +and the [Tripoli Rocketry Association](http://tripoli.org). My personal +confirmed flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest +recorded acceleration is 86 g, the heaviest project I ever built weighed 168 +pounds on the launch rail, and I've flown a rocket I designed and built +that reached Mach 3.21. I served on the committee that defined the +[Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/TMP), and am +immensely proud that my son aced the test to become one of the earliest TMP +participants. I miss the early days of the web, when it was mostly informative text... but if you're really curious, there are some pictures of me on my @@ -63,7 +75,7 @@ the [Pikes Peak FM Association](http://www.ppfma.org), past board member of the [Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association](http://ppraa.org), and a member of the -[ARRL](http://www.arrl.org). +[ARRL](http://www.arrl.org) and [QCWA](https://qcwa.org). Perhaps my best-known early contribution to the hobby was the silly little mail program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called [BM](ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/mailers), @@ -82,7 +94,8 @@ 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. More recently, I led the design and delivery of the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA -[Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program. +[Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program, and one of my +boards has been "in the stack" on every recent AMSAT-NA satellite. If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance right now is to catch us @@ -106,12 +119,11 @@ Not sure how to pronounce "Linux"? Why not let Linus himself In recent years, my son and I have become very active building and flying small and large model [rockets](http://gag.com/rockets). I 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 +"Level 3 certification", and my personal confirmed +flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest recorded +acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket that reached Mach 3.21. I served +on the committee that defined the +[Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/TMP), 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 @@ -129,7 +141,7 @@ 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), +* [Allen B. Loyd](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), @@ -169,7 +181,7 @@ tell me they believe [Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409) was my third cousin twice removed. I had the chance to visit the base museum in the fall of 2016, and I must say I'm proud of his accomplishments! -< + Encrypting email is good. My currently preferred public key is 
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