Roger E. Griffiths

Jerky cartoon drawing by Sean Taggart NYHC

Wonderful cartoon by Toles, from the New Republic 2002

Personal Information ®

My 'Academic Page' (is here) horizontal page spacer

The best result of my living in Montana
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TUG (TeX Users Group)
Why Open Source Software by David A. Wheeler

Novell Sells Out
Perens: 'Novell is the new SCO'
Windows v Linux security: the real facts
OpenSourceParking.com - operated by Bruce Perens

Boycott Blackboard, Inc. for fabricating this ill-conceived and illegitimate patent against the education industry.
Patents are granted for inventions. So, what did Blackboard invent anyway?

I teach on both sides of our department (mathematics and Computer Systems), I suppose with more responsibilities on the computer side.
(TIOBE Programming Community Index)

Important Stuff

If you were sent to an island and could only bring 10 albums (CD's) what would you bring? I have not revised this in a (long) while, I think I might 'pack' some different albums:

Sgt. Peppers Album cover Beatles, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys

C.S.N.&Y., Deja Vu

Beatles, Revolver

Neil Young, Weld (the original 3 disk set, w/ Arc)

Bob Marley, Exodus
ELP Debut album cover

Emerson Lake & Palmer, self titled

The Who, Who's Next

Buddy Guy, You Damb right I got the Blues

This Mortal Coil, Filigree & Shadow

Recently removed:Rage Against the Machine, self titled; I have not liked any of the follow ups as much. However, it is impossible for me to say much against Rage, since I am such a Tom Morello fan (Harvard political science - it is his arena).

If you have a better List of 'Desert Island Picks™', I would like to see it.
§---» Fairly Recent Albums worth a listen (I wrote this TEN years ago!)«---§
(Not really recent - but one of these days when I have some time ......)
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(No order here) Generally these are not the 'official' band websites, those are too tame.

Mana, Suenos Liquidos ; (Site in Spanish) These quys can't make a bad album. If you read spanish check out their webpage for the work they do with Selva Negra (an organization they founded).
Korn, Issues
Pantera, Reinventing the Steel, It hasn't replaced Vulgar Display yet, but... (website problems)
Buckethead, Colma
Limp Bizkit, Significant Other ;
Molotov, donde jugaran las ninas?
Rammstein, Sehnsucht

Last year's: (or, since I updated this so long ago, before you were born)

Family Values Tour 98
Korn, Follow the Leader
Snot, Get Some
The Bouncing Souls, The Good, the bad, and the argyle; (I missed this one, 94 release)From 70's punk to 90's alternative.
Mana, En Vivo - They sing in Spanish, the mood is all there, reggae-rock-pop-romanticism(all their albums are great).
Black Grape, It's Great to be Straight- Manchester shuffle beat with a reggae twist. (Anyone know why Black Grape website don't ever last?)
Pantera, The Great Southern Trendkill (website problems)
Sugar, Besides; Bob Mould live
weezer , s/t - Fun catchy melodies - when you get tired of all the heavy stuff
Rollins Band, Weight; For when Pantera is too fast and Korn too heavy.
Gutterball, Weaser - With a song title like "Drinking with a one-eyed dog" what else do I need to say.

TUNES

For a MUSIC magazine (including new music on a CD) check out CMJ New Music Monthly.

Miscellaneous

stuff

The Monty Python page: Monty pythonline

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