7,547 karma · joined October 22, 2011
I love people, including you.
I play original bluegrass and traditional music - sometimes along with tech talks and live coding - at technology conferences.
My professional focus (and thus, the lyrical and other content I create) is mostly on cryptography, distributed systems, wikis and anarchic collaboration, home automation and off-grid life, gaming, homeschooling, and free range parenting.
I contribute to several open source projects.
On a hobby-but-with-some-rigor level, I sometimes study urban planning, epidemiology, quantum mechanics (and/or ways in which QFT may be the wrong way to explain the standard model), aviation / ATC, neurochemistry, amateur radio, culinary arts, and hymnology. I also enjoy learning new instruments (currently working on mandolin).
Some of you have hung out on my school bus - I love having guests. :-)
My basic belief: Peace and justice in the world are not only conceptually attainable, but inevitable by dint of the evolution of the internet. I pray for compassion and understanding in these transitional times.
My new record, Vowel Sounds: https://justinholmes.com/music/vowel-sounds/
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