If you are looking for my professional and academic writings, see my publications page.
Personal statement written back in September of 1998 for T&C
Wedding Ceremony written by Elizabeth and myself
Economics of Intellectual Property Kuro5hin, January 2002. This could use some improvement. (local copy)
Patent Status of MPEG-1,H.261 and MPEG-2 Kuro5hin, July, 2008. (local copy)
US Patent Expiration for MP3, MPEG-2, H.264, OSNews, July, 2011 (local copy)
Eyes in the Sky Chapter 1 of a book I am working on (local copy)
Things I Believe On going work to write down what I believe.
faster than light communication and backwards in time communication Attempt to explain why faster than light communication implies backwards in time communication
ough must die Lets just say I occasionally find English spelling insane.
Hardware Limits for AGI (draft1) Thoughts on trying to figure out hardware limits that would prevent an independence gaining AGI from being accidentally created.
Things I Believe: Truth Sermon I gave on 2011-Oct-9 at UUCIF on my thoughts on truth.
Evolution Sunday Sermon Sermon I gave on Evolution Sunday, 2012-Feb-19 at UUCIF.
If I had a map I'd be using it already, Sermon I gave on Sunday, 2012-Sept-2, at UUCIF on new ethical questions that have come up in the past hundred years. Also available in PDF and TeX
Stumbling in the Dark, Sermon I gave on Sunday, 2013-Feb-17, at UUCIF on various thoughts related to science. Also available in PDF.
Freedom?, Sermon I gave on Sunday, 2013-July-7, at UUCIF on some of my thoughts on freedom. Also available in PDF.
Brains?, Sermon I gave on Sunday, 2014-November-16, at UUCIF on some of my thoughts on brains. Also available in PDF.
Economics, Sermon, I gave on Sunday, 2015-July-5 that explores market and economic systems and why religious people should care about them. Also available in PDF.
Uncertainty, Sermon, I gave on Sunday, 2016-July-3 that describes my thoughts on doubt and uncertainty. Also available in PDF.
Fermi Paradox, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2017-July-16 about my thoughts on where is everybody. Also available in PDF.
Morality without a book, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2018-October-7 about my thoughts on morality when you don't have a book to use. Also available in PDF.
Multiple Hypothesis Testing, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2019-August-4 about multiple hypothesis testing and could Othello have prevented a tragedy. Also available in PDF (Also, the version of Othello with only what he sees is at othello_only.txt
Contagious Lies and Dark Side Epistemology, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2020-August-9 about what happens when we refuse to admit to a lie or have a truth that we believe no matter what. Also available in PDF
Quantum Mechanics, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2020-November-22 that we are all Schrodinger's Cat. Also available in PDF
Ecclesiastes, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2021-August-15 on Qohelet's book. Also available in PDF
Alpha and Omega, Omicron and LaMDA, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2022-September-25 on God, Evolution, and AI superintelligences. Also available in PDF
Moral Questions for the 2nd and 3rd Millennium, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2023-October-1 on moral questions for the 2nd and 3rd millennium, how new technology like AI, nuclear weapons, and horse drawn combine harvesters lead to new ethical questions. Also available in PDF
Truth and how not to find it, Sermon, I gave on Sunday 2024-October-20 on various thoughts on truth. Also available in PDF