Gary McGath

My writing, external links
- My blog.
- 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
- YouTube: My YouTube page lists some videos which I like as well as silent films with my accompaniment and readings from The Magic Battery and Spells of War.
- 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.
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.

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 29, 2024