Gary McGath

My writing, external links
- Mad File Format Science: A blog for data geeks.
- Files That Last: My ebook on digital preservation for everygeek.
- The Magic Battery: A historical fantasy novel set in 16th-century Saxony...
- My Liberdon profile
- The Freeman/ Foundation for Economic Education: All the articles which I've written for FEE are available online.
- Compute!'s Guide to Adventure Games, my 1984 book, was on Scribd but has been deleted. It was, as far as I can tell, a legitimate copy, though I didn't put it there. Compute! Books paid for the book as a work for hire, and the current (?) owner, Omni Publications, didn't object to the posting of old Compute! titles. There's a reference to the book on Open Library.
- YouTube: My YouTube page lists some videos which I like as well as a reading from The Magic Battery.
- FilkNews on Mastodon (old)
- FilkNews on Mastodon (NEW)
- My FAWM (February Album Writing Month) profile
On this site

Tomorrow's Songs Today, a history of filk music. Free download!
A memorial album for Carl and Mokka, the cats I had from 2006 and 2007 respectively through August 2021.
The Health of the Spirit: A detailed essay on ethics.
Analysis of a Murder Manifesto: Part of the manifesto attributed to Brenton Tarrant, with an analysis of the murderous ideas therein. WARNING: Reading or possessing that document in New Zealand may be a crime punishable by years in prison.
Secure mail on he.net: He.net doesn't give you much information about how to set up secure email. Here's an attempt to remedy it, with special attention to Thunderbird and iOS mail.
Book Reviews: Reviews of books that I've read.
Filk and Other Music: Filk music is the folk music of science fiction fandom. It is often performed at science fiction conventions, and several conventions each year are dedicated exclusively to filk.
Fanfic: Two pun-filled Harry Potter spoofs, "HP and the Programmer's Printer" and "HP and the Eye of Tripoli," in which Hugh Packard learns the truth behind his Mundane upbringing, enters Bugwarts School of Computing and Programming, and faces the threat of Lord Petitmol. "Prolog in Heaven," in which God confers with his software development team of archangels on the biggest project ever.
The Evil Counsellor's advice list: The Evil Overlord's advice list is well known, but Evil Counsellors such as Haman and Wormtongue need advice too.
Dan Schulz, Scott Wirkus, Bob Meyrowitz, and Eyada: An account of harassment and threats against me over a period of years.
John Kerry's advocacy of involuntary servitude for minors: Salvaged from a Google cache after he deleted it from his website in 2004. Possibly of historical interest.
An archive related to Monica Cellio's conflict with Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
A discussion of the mythical Jericho massacre.
My public PGP key. I've revoked or abandoned all older keys and uploaded a new one on March 6, 2019.

Notes, etc.

Here's my business web site, if that's what you were looking for.
You can send email to my first name plus my last initial at mcgath.com. Please don't post that address publicly.
Warrant canary: As of March 7, 2021, I have never been issued a National Security Letter. At this point, I don't think it's worth continuing to update it. I didn't get any reactions when I neglected to update it for over half a year. The statement is true as of this date, and I have no current reason to expect to be issued an NSL.

Copyright 1997-2022 by Gary McGath
Last updated August 8, 2023