My name is Ewan McPhail and I am a geek, husband, father dad3, Christian and cat herder living on the east coast of South Africa.
I am endlessly fascinated by the universe and space exploration, scientific discovery, software, the process of software design and people who design software. I occasionally suffer from imposter syndrome (and don’t think that’s a problem), work hard at being humble, and am a hopeful singularitarian. 
I am addicted to TED Talks, and have been an ongoing SETI@Home contributor since May 1999.
I am a christian and a scientist (but not a Christian Scientist) who subscribes to the scientific theory of evolution (and doesn’t see this as a contradiction). I also believe homosexuality is biological – nature not nurture – and is not a sin. I count astronomy, internet security and software development among my hobbies, I am an introvert (my Myers-Briggs personality type is INTJ) and I have been described as an eternally optimistic thinker. I am a skeptic - not to be confused with a cynic, which I am definitely not. I love to run – especially along the beach early in the morning. I read everything from science fiction (the only truly mind expanding drug) to management guides (and Slashdot, for the comments) – life is too short to live only once.
I am a springbok scout. I maintain an attitude of gratitude and try to cultivate a sense of childlike wonder – I think this is a wonderful time to be alive.
If you judge me by what you find on this site, you are insane – but you’re probably going to anyway, so you may as well include my delicious bookmarks for current (and past) things which interest me (going by those currently I am a geek, software manager with an interest in software, google, science, religion, South Africa, open source, visualization, business, astronomy and digital security. Not far off the truth).
I use Posterous (which rocks) to share my mobile life through photos, links and quick posts.
My highest praise – some of the nicest things anyone has ever said about me.
My home town is Durban, South Africa (Google Maps, Panoramio, Wikipedia, Flickr) – if you’re the average American geographically challenged, then this may help you figure out where that is (assuming you care):
