(webpage
  (title Richard Darst 
    (subtitle Richard K Darst))
  (quick-information
    (description Student of Chemistry, Math, and other things at Columbia
                 University.)
    (semi-photo ./http/ascii/richard.pdf)
    (emails
      (email (my three initials)@zgib.net
        (comment Remember, my name is Richard K Darst))
      (email echo rk`echo "q@mtvo.a" | tr "n-za-m" "a-mn-z"`et   )
      (email echo 'scale=281 ; sqrt(2)' | bc -l | tr 0123456789 gkrbdztein | sed 's/b\(...\)\(....\)\(...\)/\1@\2.\3/' | tail -1   ))
    (comic  ./3132/)
    (photos ./photos/)
    (pgp-key-id 0x91DEC237)
    (irc MrBeige on irc.oftc.net)
    (people-i-know
      (friend Mike -- High school/UT/Physics)))


  (link Contact Information)


  (general-description
   I'm a graduate student of Chemical Physics at Columbia University, in the
   group of David Reichman, in the general field of theoretical chemistry.  In
   particular, I am researching the theoretical basis of amorphous solids,
   also known as glasses.

   In the past, I was an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin
   where I researched solvation and statistical mechanics under Peter Rossky,
   a theoretical chemist.  I also used to work as a TA for physical chemistry
   courses while in Austin.  In my free time, I walk, take pictures, and think
   of silly comic ideas based on what I see around me (at least I used to).
   
   This page is mostly for static information, I don't get around to updating
   it very often.  The comic is often updated, come back and check it out (or
   use the RSS or email service).  Other than that, the links below are
   organized roughly from most interesting to least interesting.)

  (section My Comic: 3132
    (body
     It can be found at http://rkd.zgib.net/3132/.  It's for sure the
     first place to go to figure out what's on my mind.  It covers random
     academic-related things.))

  (section Photos: ./photos/ 
    (body
     I like to take interesting pictures.  Most of them don't make it here,
     but I try to put up whatever I can, whenever I have time.  Also, you
     might want to check out the weekly photo contest.))

  (section Wiki: ./wiki/
    (body
     I (along with my friends) have started a wiki for us to document
     computer-related stuff (along with anything else we feel like doing).))

  (section Class notes: ./http/notes/
    (body
     I try to scan in all of the notes I take in my classes.  This is an
     archive of what I've finished scanning so far.  Sometime, I really need
     to document what the numbers mean.))

  (section Computer Stuff: ./http/code/
    (body
     Various things I've written.  Right now stuff is only updated when I
     manually put it here, so it's outdated and incomplete.  I should put it
     on automatic updating sometime, and document what's available.  See my
     page in the wiki for some documentation (note: it's mostly not there
     yet).)))