Max Shinn's Homepage

Software/Hacks I've written

WriteType helps young or disabled students write
BeepCompose is a collection of audio hacks to make computers flash and beep in sync to music you compose
The Hablator is a chat script
This rSchoolToday Wrapper fixes the broken and poorly-designed websites hosted by rSchoolToday

(All software listed here is available under the GNU GPLv3.)

Music I've composed

A listing of the music I've written can be found at the music page. If Only - The Musical was a much bigger project, so it gets its own page.

Sites you should check out

The Free Software Foundation protects the digital freedom of software users.
IMSLP is an awesome project to digitally recreate and share public domain sheet music.
Identi.ca is a distributed alternative to Twitter (with more features!)
The Zelazo Lab is the lab where I currently work.
MuseScore is is an awesome free software music composition program. I also build the GNU/Linux nightlies.
GNU Generation is an FSF project to involve high school students in free software.

Contact

The best way to contact me is by email. Carrier pigeon works too, though.

Leonard Bernstein for President

Leonard Bernstein should be the president of the United States. Most people don't realize it, but the United States would do so much better with a dead man as the president. As each successive political leader comes into office and does more harm than good, it becomes increasingly obvious that we need a dead man who can't possibly screw anything up to take over the position. I nominate Leonard Bernstein.