Howdy. And welcome to my homepage. My name is Ben Brothers, and I'm a
researcher for Epic Systems Corporation
in Madison, Wisconsin, where I
design software. Before moving to Wisconsin, I attended school at the University of Illinois in
Urbana, where I managed to pick up
a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in electrical engineering.
You can read my resume if you really want to.
I'm having a reasonably good time these days as I stumble through Real Life. These pages have some information about me. Whether you're looking to meet me or stalk me, here's what you'll need to really make it work. So enjoy, or not. I'll forgive you.
I go backpacking and hiking every chance I get. I'm interested in astronomy and space exploration, as well as science in general. I'm a politics geek and an environmentalist, a computer nerd and a baseball fan. I'm a liberal, a Democrat, and a Christian. C.S. Lewis once called himself "a converted pagan living in a nation of apostate Puritans", and I like the description well enough to steal it for myself.
My latest hobby is climbing all 50 state highpoints. I think it's going to take a while. I'm an avid reader; recently, my favorite authors have included Ursula K. Le Guin, the aforementioned Lewis, and Carl Sagan. I was also stupid enough to jump out of an airplane recently.
When I'm trying to procrastinate, or having fun with my digital camera, I update this stuff. You can get to the rest of the site from the main page, or from my blog, which is by far the most popular part of my site.
Have a lot of fun!