If that's not a contradiction in terms I don't know what is.  Since I'm quite clearly pottering around the 'net I thought I'd add a brief word as to where I might be encountered, albeit rarely.

I periodically post to a few of the newsgroups around the place, mainly aus.politics, aus.games.roleplay, aus.culture.gothic and an assortment of chess and privacy related newsgroups.  I have been known to stick my head into #gothic (oz.org) occasionally, though IRC does have a nasty habit of eating in to one's time unless one is very careful.  Another pass time which can eat into time is net-Quake 2, but I do play occasionally.  In both of these realms I usually use the nickname "Khayman," but I do use the nickname "Hasimir" as well.

I am on ICQ (#5575875), though I have a tendency to pay little attention to it and I'll only authorise people I know, the same goes for Six Degrees.  I'm a strong advocate of personal freedom and liberty, especially freedom of thought and expression and the right to privacy.  Consequently I encourage the use of PGP encryption for e-mail (and not just the stuff you want to keep secret).  My public keys, both RSA and DH/DSS, are available here.

There are, of course, numerous sites online which I should really put links to since they belong to friends and, dare I say it, family.  The residents of Ground Zero, Morgan and Neef, spring to mind, as does another devious little garden gnome and another partner in crime and politics.  Both of my previous house-mates, Loki and Marian, can both be found around here too.  As for my family, well, the less said the better really, though my parents do have a presence on the World Wide Wank.
 

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