Me

My name is Dan Kurtz. I live in Toronto, where I pursue a Masters in Information Studies at UofT and work part-time developing Drupal sites at Trellon. My B.A. is from Cal: Cognitive Science with an emphasis in computational modelling (think artificial intelligence). I'm interested in technology (obviously), but I also spent 2 1/2 years as a research associate at the Rockridge Institute, which gave rise to an interest in politics and political discourse. I've combined the two in various ways, such as serving a term as Technical Chair for the San Francisco Young Democrats.

This site

This site is built on Wordpress, an excellent open-source blogging system. The theme is a modified version of the nolimits theme from wpthemes.info. I've made my modifications available as the Bricks Without Clay Wordpress theme. The photo I used for the theme is from Dave Anastasi's East 3rd site--one of the best photoblogs I've come across. His photos are licensed under Creative Commons. The photo is some sort of scotch in a glass (I'm a Bushmills man myself). DreamHost is my host. They run a good shop. Basically, this whole blog is open-source software, top to bottom. I bet it looks crappy in Internet Explorer, because I hardly ever come into contact with a Windows machine anymore, so I don't get to test it. Use FireFox instead.