Professionally I'm a systems administrator and systems architect with a strong commitment to the ideals of open source software. In 2014 I resigned from the board of Software in the Public Interest. I did this as my primary focus outside of work and family has been Men's Rights Activism for the last few years.
I've been the owner and publisher of A Voice for Men since January 2022. As of 19 September 2024 the wiki page hasn't been updated yet. Let's see how long it takes for other editors to figure this out. Many other statements on the page are out-of-date, aside from the ones that are outright wrong of course.
My preferred OS for personal use is Linux and has been for nearly 30 years. Having said that, I dream of the day when many of today's theoretical concepts in OS design can be rolled out into production. The OSes we have available today are good, but we can do better. In 1995 I founded the Home Unix Machine - Brisbane User Group (HUMBUG). HUMBUG continues to this day.
For a while I was in the Queensland Police Service as a sworn officer. My time in the police has left me with an interest in, and appreciation of, common law based legal systems and their subtleties.
I hold Australian and Canadian citizenship.
For fun I love playing board games, in particular german games. I used to do quite a bit of role-playing and play quite a few war games but not so much these days.
I've had a long interest in the Middle East. In the region I have visited Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Israel. While in Israel I spent time on kibbutz Kfar Blum.
I have a smart and beautiful daughter, Amelie.
I have eclectic music tastes, even listening to Time and Glass.
No, I'm not this Robert Brockway. We don't see eye to eye.
I'm related to Fenner Brockway and Shane Heal.