{{Short description|Software engineer & skeptic (born 1962)}} {{Infobox person | name = Timothy Patrick Farley | image = Tim_Farley_at_Dragon*Con.jpg | caption = At Dragon*Con 2011 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|08|12}} | birth_place = Edison, New Jersey, US | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | occupation = | known_for = Skepticism, podcaster, computer security, computer software engineer | spouse = | parents = | website = http://whatstheharm.net <br /> http://skeptools.com | television = | education = | alma_mater = }}
'''Timothy Patrick Farley''' (born August 12, 1962) is a computer software engineer, writer and instructor who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an expert in computer security and reverse engineering as well as a skeptic. He was a research fellow of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Tim Farley is the creator of the website What's The Harm?, a resource where stories are documented and categorized about the damage done when people fail to use critical thinking skills. Farley was also instrumental in the apprehension of spammer "David Mabus."
==Early life==
Farley was born in 1962 and grew up in Edison, New Jersey. He later lived in Valdosta, Georgia and in Atlanta, Georgia.
While in high school and college, Farley was involved in Star Trek fandom and wrote for<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles.htm |title=Non-Fiction Articles Published by Orion Press |author-last=Landers |author-first=Randall |access-date=2008-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414061432/http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles.htm |archive-date=2012-04-14 }}</ref><ref name="Verba">{{cite book |title=Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fan & Zine History, 1967–1987 |author-last=Verba |author-first=Joan Marie |edition=2nd |date=2003 |publisher=FTL Publications |location=Minnetonka, Minnesota |isbn=0965357546 |pages=51, 57, 67, 83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V81wCQ_4BiwC&q=Tim+Farley}}</ref> and edited<ref>{{cite book |title=1986 Fiction Writer's Market |date=1986 |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |publisher=Writer's Digest Books |page=273 |isbn=9780898792164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_vrAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Tim+Farley%22+-%22Father+Tim+Farley%22 |access-date=2010-04-07}}</ref> several fanzines. Most of his writing was non-fiction, examining the science of Star Trek such as the technology shown.<ref>{{cite book |title=NASA/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America |author-last=Penley |author-first=Constance |date=1997 |publisher=Verso |location=Brooklyn, New York |isbn=0860916170 |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oBEWH97mGVsC&q=Tim+Farley}}</ref> In 1985 Farley created the ''Star Trek Historical Calendar'' which related science, cartoons and historical facts associated with the series.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Star Trek Historical Calendar |url=http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Star_Trek_Historical_Calendar |publisher=Fanlore |access-date=2012-06-20}}</ref> This venture in college he credits with guiding his later interests in his "This day in skeptic history" project.<ref>{{cite web |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=How Star Trek Prepared me for Skeptic History |url=http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/star-trek-history-of-skeptic-history/ |publisher=Skeptical Software Tools |date=2012-03-20 |access-date=2012-06-20}}</ref> He was also president of two different Star Trek fan clubs at different times: VISTAS in Valdosta<ref>{{cite book |title=A Star Trek Catalog |author-last=Turnbull |author-first=Gerry |date=1979 |publisher=Grosset & Dunlap |location=New York City, New York |isbn=0441784771 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0441784771/page/58 58] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0441784771|url-access=registration }}</ref> and ASTRA in Atlanta. Later he worked on the staff of several Atlanta-area conventions including Atlanta Fantasy Fair and Dragon Con.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dragon*Con '96 Con Report, Part I |author-last=Cashman |author-first=Paul |url=http://jet13.hasweb.com/~paulcas/dc-rept1.html |date=July 1996 |access-date=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070619011808/http://jet13.hasweb.com/~paulcas/dc-rept1.html |archive-date=2007-06-19 }}</ref>
==Professional career==
His professional career has been in software development, specializing in network communications, computer security and reverse engineering of binary software. He has worked for several Atlanta-area software companies including SemWare,<ref>{{cite book |title=Dr. File Finder's Guide to Shareware |author-last1=Callahan |author-first1=Mike |author-last2=Anis |author-first2=Nick |date=1990 |publisher=Osborne McGraw-Hill |location=Berkeley, California |page=54 |isbn=0078816467 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otop9absS64C&q=%22Tim+Farley%22+SemWare}}</ref> Magee Enterprises,<ref>{{cite book |title=Network H.Q. Version 2.5: User's Manual |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |date=1993 |publisher=Magee Enterprises |location=Atlanta, Georgia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5hqHAAACAAJ}}</ref> Internet Security Systems,<ref name="ISSPatent"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Vulnerability in Quake3Arena Auto-Download Feature |work=Internet Security Systems Security Advisories |publisher=IBM Internet Security Systems |date=2000-05-03 |access-date=2008-12-08 |url=http://www.iss.net/threats/advise50.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102074109/http://www.iss.net/threats/advise50.html |archive-date=2009-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and SPI Dynamics<ref name="SPIPatent">[https://patents.google.com/patent/US20060259973 Secure Web Application Development Environment] by Caleb Sima and Tim Farley. U.S. Patent Application# 10/908,520</ref> among others.
He has written a number of articles for computer periodicals about programming,<ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=HAX #61: Moving the Stack Frame's Sweet Spot |newspaper=PC Techniques Magazine |publisher=The Coriolis Group |issn=1053-6205 |volume=2 |issue=1 |page=68 |date=April–May 1991}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=HAX #67: Nonobvious Uses for IF EXIST |newspaper=PC Techniques Magazine |publisher=The Coriolis Group |issn=1053-6205 |volume=2 |issue=2 |page=34 |date=June–July 1991}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Using the High Memory Area |newspaper=PC Techniques Magazine |publisher=The Coriolis Group |issn=1053-6205 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=56–58 |date=October–November 1992}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Tech Tip: Expanding Studio's Recently Used Project List |newspaper=Windows Developer's Journal |publisher=Miller Freeman |issn=1083-9887 |volume=8 |issue=5 |pages=45–46 |date=May 1997}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=ASP.NET 2.0 Configuration Lockdown |url=http://www.devproconnections.com/article/aspnet2/asp-net-2-0-configuration-lockdown |newspaper=asp.netPRO Magazine |publisher=Informant Communications Group |issn=1535-8011 |volume=5 |issue=6 |date=June 2006 |access-date=2008-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624064847/http://www.devproconnections.com/article/aspnet2/asp-net-2-0-configuration-lockdown |archive-date=2011-06-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> computer networking<ref>{{Citation |author-last1=Magee |author-first1=Marshall W. |author-last2=Farley |author-first2=Tim |author-link2=Tim Farley |title=Workstation Inventory Tools Collect Configuration Data |newspaper=LAN Times |publisher=McGraw-Hill |issn=1040-5917 |pages=45–46 |date=1991-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Checking NetWare Driver Versions in DOS |newspaper=Network Developer's Resource |date=November–December 1993 |pages=1+}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Tracking the Locally-Administered Address |newspaper=NetWare Solutions Magazine |publisher=New Media Publications |issn=1058-2800 |volume=2? |issue=10? |page=10 |date=July 1993}}</ref> and other topics.<ref>{{Citation |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Decoding the Alphabet Soup of Modem Labels |newspaper=Atlanta Computer Currents |publisher=Computer Currents Publications |issn=1040-6034 |page=34 |date=February 1992}}</ref> He has also written a chapter for a book on computer networking.<ref>{{cite book |title=Windows 3.1 Connectivity Secrets |author-last1=Connally |author-first1=Runnoe |author-last2=Hall |author-first2=Sheldon T. |date=1994 |publisher=IDG Books |location=San Mateo, California |isbn=1568840306 |pages=335–364 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07QhAAAACAAJ}}</ref> As an expert in reverse engineering he has been quoted in BYTE Magazine<ref>{{Citation |title=Court Action: Developers Debate Stac-Microsoft Trade-Secrets Decision |newspaper=BYTE Magazine |issn=0360-5280 |volume=19 |issue=6 |page=38 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |date=June 1994 |url=http://www.byte.com/art/9406/sec3/art9.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990203213118/http://www.byte.com/art/9406/sec3/art9.htm |access-date=2008-12-08 |archive-date=1999-02-03}}</ref> and contributed material to the book ''Undocumented DOS''<ref name="Schulman_1994_Undocumented-DOS">{{cite book |author-first1=Andrew |author-last1=Schulman |author-first2=Ralf D. |author-last2=Brown |author-link2=Ralf D. Brown |author-first3=David |author-last3=Maxey |author-first4=Raymond J. |author-last4=Michels |author-first5=Jim |author-last5=Kyle |title=Undocumented DOS: A programmer's guide to reserved MS-DOS functions and data structures – expanded to include MS-DOS 6, Novell DOS and Windows 3.1 |publisher=Addison Wesley |edition=2 |date=1994 |orig-year=November 1993<!-- first printing --> |isbn=020163287X |location=Reading, Massachusetts |pages=[https://archive.org/details/undocumenteddosp00andr_0/page/199 199, 204, 500, 514–515, 530–531] |url=https://archive.org/details/undocumenteddosp00andr_0/page/199 }} (xviii+856+vi pages, 3.5"-floppy) Errata: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190417215556/http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/ralf/pub/books/UndocumentedDOS/errata.ud2] [https://web.archive.org/web/20190417212906/https://www.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/programming/Undocumented_DOS/#errata-2nd-edition]</ref> and other books.<ref>{{cite book |title=PC Techniques C/C++ Power Tools |author-last1=Duntemann |author-first1=Jeff |author-last2=Weiskamp |author-first2=Keith |date=1992 |publisher=Bantam Books |location=New York City |isbn=0553371266 |pages=488–489, 549–551}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Network Interrupts |author-last1=Brown |author-first1=Ralf D. |author-link1=Ralf D. Brown |author-last2=Kyle |author-first2=Jim |date=1994 |publisher=Addison-Wesley |location=Reading, Massachusetts |isbn=0201626446 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sfFSAAAAMAAJ&q=Tim+Farley }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Unauthorized Windows 95 |author-last=Schulman |author-first=Andrew |date=1994 |publisher=International Data Group Company |location=Foster City, California |isbn=9781568841694 |oclc=300092018 |pages=593 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QdvLOwS614C&q=%22Tim+Farley%22+-%22Father+Tim+Farley%22}}</ref>
He has participated in computer industry standards committees<ref>{{cite web |title=RFC 2790: Host Resources MIB |url=http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2790.txt |author-last1=Waldbusser |author-first1=S. |author-last2=Grillo |author-first2=P. |work=Network Working Group |publisher=Internet Engineering Task Force |date=March 2000 |access-date=2008-11-08}}</ref> and has presented at computer industry conferences.<ref>{{cite conference |author-first=Tim |author-last=Farley |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Lessons Learned in Commercial IDS Development |book-title=Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection |date=1999 |url=http://www.raid-symposium.org/raid99/ |access-date=2008-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite conference |author-first=Tim |author-last=Farley |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Visualization of Intrusion Detection Data |book-title=Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection |date=2000 |url=http://www.raid-symposium.org/raid2000/program.html |access-date=2008-12-08}}</ref> He has received three patents for his work in computer security.<ref name="ISSPatent">{{cite patent |inventor1-last=Farley |inventor1-first=Timothy P. |inventor2-last=Hammer |inventor2-first=John M. |inventor3-last=Williams |inventor3-first=Bryan Douglas |inventor4=Philip Charles Brass, George C. Young, Derek John Mezack |title=Method and system for managing computer security information |issue-date=2006-08-08 |patent-number=7089428 |country-code=US}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent |inventor1-last=Farley |inventor1-first=Timothy P. |inventor2-last=Hammer |inventor2-first=John M. |inventor3-last=Williams |inventor3-first=Bryan Douglas |title=Method and system for managing computer security information |issue-date=2012-03-20 |patent-number=8141157 |country-code=US}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent |inventor1-last=Sima |inventor1-first=Caleb |inventor2-last=Farley |inventor2-first=Timothy |title=Secure web application development environment |issue-date=2012-09-11 |patent-number=8266700 |country-code=US}}</ref> Farley has also worked as an instructor for commercial computer security training, including reverse engineering and secure application development. thumb|300px|left|Tim Farley at TAM9, July 2011
==Career as a skeptic== Farley is the creator of the web site What's The Harm? which documents the damage done by mistaken beliefs, misinformation and pseudoscience.<ref>{{Citation |title=Alternative medicine is not medicine |url=http://www.northern-iowan.org/alternative-medicine-is-not-medicine-1.2538525#.TpuygpyvOsg |author-last=Dippold |author-first=Michael |date=2011-04-11 |work=Northern Iowan |publisher=University of Northern Iowa |access-date=2011-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622024249/http://www.northern-iowan.org/alternative-medicine-is-not-medicine-1.2538525#.TpuygpyvOsg |archive-date=2011-06-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author-last=Brown |author-first=Christopher |title=The Amazing Meeting 2012: Tim Farley |website=YouTube |date=17 July 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95iSB9Fg1ao&feature=player_embedded |access-date=2012-07-17}}</ref>
In an interview with Richard Saunders on the Skeptic Zone podcast, Farley discussed how he wanted to try to stay focused on "concrete stories of people that actually got hurt" that he could cite with some kind of "decent documentation". He stated that he wanted to keep the format simple so that anyone could comfortably access the stories, on any browser with no flashy videos. He hopes to expand the site into longer feature stories of some of the more documented or popular stories. Saunders stated that the site "has a wealth of information, if someone asks you "what's the harm?", you can run to this website and see that the harm is... lack of critical thinking."<ref>{{cite web |author-last=Saunders |author-first=Richard |author-link=Richard Saunders (skeptic) |title=The Skeptic Zone #184 – 28.Apr.2012 |url=http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/webpage/the-skeptic-zone-184-28-apr-2012 |publisher=The Skeptic Zone |access-date=2012-06-06}}</ref>
Farley has written on skeptical topics at his Skeptical Software Tools blog and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skepticismandethics.com/2011/06/contest-winner-4-compels-skeptical.html |title=Ethics Compels Skeptical Outreach |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |work=Skepticism and Ethics |publisher=Skepticism & Ethics |date=2011-06-23 |access-date=2011-06-24}}</ref><ref name="21st"/><ref name="pitch"/> He also been published in Skeptical Inquirer.<ref>{{citation |title=Skepticism via YouTube |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |newspaper=Skeptical Inquirer |date=November–December 2009 |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=32–34 |url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/skepticism_via_youtube |access-date=2009-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Skeptical Anniversaries |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |newspaper=Skeptical Inquirer |date=November–December 2011 |volume=35 |issue=6 |page=66}}</ref>
Farley has spoken at local skeptics meetings such as Skeptics in the Pub in Atlanta,<ref>{{cite web |title=More Skepchicky Meetup Goodness |author-last=Walters |author-first=Maria |work=Skepchick blog |publisher=Skepchick |date=2008-08-11 |access-date=2011-07-21 |url=http://skepchick.org/2008/08/more-skepchicky-meetup-goodness/}}</ref> Boston,<ref>{{cite web |title=Video: What's The Harm? – Tim Farley |publisher=Boston Skeptics |date=2009-02-23 |access-date=2009-03-19 |url=http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=116 |archive-date=2013-01-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102025403/http://bostonskeptics.com/?p=116 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Reno, Nevada,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eventful.com/reno/events/meet-tim-farley-whatstheharm-/E0-001-028078144-7 |title=Meet with Tim Farley of "What's The Harm" |publisher=Eventful |date=2010-02-03 |access-date=2010-04-07}}</ref> Washington, DC,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.secularstudents.org/node/3026 |author-last=Mountjoy |author-first=Shelley |title=Dealing with Disaster: Darwin Day 2010 at GMU |publisher=Secular Student Alliance |date=2010-02-12 |access-date=2010-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419232910/http://www.secularstudents.org/node/3026 |archive-date=2010-04-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Manchester, New Hampshire<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.granitestateskeptics.org/2010/08/23/september-skeptics-in-the-pub/ |title=September Skeptics in the Pub |publisher=Granite State Skeptics |date=2010-09-13 |access-date=2011-07-21}}</ref> and Madison, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meetup.com/madisonskeptics/events/58042972/ |title=Tim Farley – What's the Harm? |publisher=Meetup – Madison Skeptics |date=2012-04-21 |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref> He presented at several SkeptiCamps including Atlanta in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skepticamp.org/wiki/SkeptiCamp_Atlanta_2009 |title=SkeptiCamp Atlanta 2009 |publisher=Skepticamp.org |date=2009-02-06 |access-date=2009-12-09}}</ref> 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skepticamp.org/wiki/SkeptiCamp_Atlanta_2010 |title=SkeptiCamp Atlanta 2010 |publisher=Skepticamp.org |date=2010-05-16 |access-date=2011-06-24}}</ref> and 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skepticamp.org/wiki/SkeptiCamp_Atlanta_2011 |title=SkeptiCamp Atlanta 2011 |publisher=Skepticamp.org |date=2011-06-11 |access-date=2011-06-24}}</ref> and New York City in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skepticampnyc.org/Schedule.aspx |title=The Final Schedule for SkeptiCamp NYC 2009 |date=2009-12-06 |publisher=NYC Skeptics |access-date=2009-12-09}}</ref>
Speaking at TAM 2012, Farley urged the audience of skeptics to become more involved spreading critical thinking on the Internet, just a few minutes each day. "We need more tools... we need people welding these tools, we need to be the army that is using these tools as weapons against the quacks and the psychics." He cautions skeptics not to get too comfortable thinking that science will always win, because it is right. "We may delude ourselves in thinking it [science] does not need our help." He listed many new software tools that are available on the Internet for free and are relatively easy to use, and he reminded the audience, "Our opponents are doing everything they can to push nonsense on the general public." In his final advice to attendees he stated "Spread out – Pay attention – Stop wasting your online time."<ref>{{cite web |title="You are the Future of Skepticism on the Internet" – Tim Farley – TAM 2012 | date=23 August 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaB8rZ-AoOg&feature=player_embedded |publisher=JREF |access-date=2012-08-23}}</ref>
Farley was named one of the Top Skeptics of 2012 by the podcast The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe.<ref>{{cite web |title=#389 |url=http://theskepticsguide.org/archive/podcastinfo.aspx?mid=1&pid=389 |publisher=The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105060925/http://www.theskepticsguide.org/archive/podcastinfo.aspx?mid=1&pid=389 |archive-date=2013-01-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==="David Mabus"=== In August 2011, Farley played a role in the identification and apprehension of Dennis Markuze.<ref name="farmab">{{cite web |url=https://skeptools.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/case-study-notorious-spammer-brought-down-twitter-tumblr-social-media-mabus/ |author-first=Tim |author-last=Farley |author-link=Tim Farley |title=Case Study: How a notorious spammer was brought down via Twitter |date=2011-08-17 |work=SkepTools |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902210826/https://skeptools.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/case-study-notorious-spammer-brought-down-twitter-tumblr-social-media-mabus/ |archive-date=2015-09-02 |url-status=live |access-date=2015-09-02}}</ref> Markuze, using the name David Mabus, was responsible for a campaign of online threats against skeptics and atheists for many years.<ref name="CTV">{{citation |url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-police-make-arrest-in-quot-mabus-quot-case-on-online-death-threats-1.684857 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730190229/http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-police-make-arrest-in-quot-mabus-quot-case-on-online-death-threats-1.684857 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2014 |title=Montreal police make arrest in "Mabus" case on online death threats |newspaper=CTV news |date=2011-08-17 |access-date=2014-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Menaces de mort sur internet: "Mourez, athées, mourez" |author-last=Normandin |author-first=Pierre-André |date=2011-08-11 |work=La Presse |page=A6 |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/justice-et-faits-divers/201108/10/01-4425039-mourez-athees-mourez.php |access-date=2011-10-16}}</ref>
In June 2012, Markuze pleaded guilty "to uttering threats toward eight people" and received an 18-month suspended sentence. Farley, who had been threatened, stated for the Montreal Gazette that he believed Markuze had continued his threats against atheists right up to his sentencing. Markuze, through his attorney, denied it,<ref>{{citation |title=''Montrealer Dennis Markuze pleads guilty to issuing Internet threats'' |author-last=Cherry |author-first=Paul |publisher=Montreal Gazette |date=2012-06-04 |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Montrealer+Dennis+Markuze+pleads+guilty+issuing+Internet+threats/6715505/story.html |access-date=2012-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Go Tribal'' |work=Skepticality |date=19 June 2012 |url=http://www.skepticality.com/tribal/ |publisher=Skepticality |access-date=2012-07-01}}</ref> but was soon re-arrested for violating conditions of his parole.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2012/11/crank-who-harasses-science-writers-including-ars-resurfaces-rearrested/ |title=Crank who harasses science writers (including Ars) resurfaces, rearrested |author-first=John |author-last=Timmer |date=2012-11-20 |work=Internet Crime. Science Policy and Education |publisher=ArsTecnia |access-date=2012-11-20}}</ref>
Markuze received a sentence in June 2015. It includes three years during which he is required to follow the treatment of a psychiatrist and take prescribed medications. He is also prohibited from communicating in any way with Farley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/man-who-made-threats-over-social-networks-ordered-to-follow-treatment-with-psychiatrist |title=Man who made threats over social networks ordered to follow treatment with psychiatrist |date=2015-06-04 |access-date=2015-06-04 |website=Montreal Gazette |publisher=Postmedia |author-last=Cherry |author-first=Paul}}</ref>
[[Image:Four JREF fellows 2011.jpg|thumb|350px|Four JREF fellows: Tim Farley, Karen Stollznow, Steven Novella & Ray Hall. Portrait taken at The Amaz!ng Meeting TAM9 from Outer Space July 16, 2011.]]
===James Randi Educational Foundation=== Farley has been affiliated with the James Randi Educational Foundation for several years. He gave a presentation at The Amaz!ng Meeting 6{{Broken anchor|date=2024-09-08|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=James Randi Educational Foundation#The Amaz!ng Meeting|reason= The anchor (The Amaz!ng Meeting) has been deleted.}} in July 2008 entitled "Building Internet Tools for Skeptics."<ref>{{cite video |title=Tim Farley from TAM6: Building Internet Tools for Skeptics |url=http://vimeo.com/22462866 |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida |date=2008-06-22 |access-date=2011-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite video |title=The Amazing Meeting 6 <!-- |format=DVD--> |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida}}</ref> Farley was a featured guest at The Amazing Meeting 7 in July 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=The Amaz!ng Meeting 7 Speakers |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=2009-02-23 |access-date=2009-03-19 |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/37-static/448-the-amazing-meeting-7-speakers.html}}</ref> where he led a workshop titled "Introduction to Skepticism & the Skeptic Web"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Amaz!ng Meeting 7 Workshops |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=2009-02-23 |access-date=2009-07-17 |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/37-static/451-the-amazing-meeting-7-workshops.html}}</ref> and also presented a paper with Christian Walters titled "How Are We Doing? Attracting and Keeping Visitors to Skeptic Web Sites."<ref>{{cite video |title=The Amazing Meeting 7 <!-- |format=DVD --> |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida}}</ref> He also gave a presentation and sat on a panel during The Amaz!ng Adventure 4<ref>{{Citation |title=Thoughts on Chasing El Chupacabra |author-last=Smith |author-first=Alison |newspaper=SWIFT |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=2009-03-16 |access-date=2009-03-19 |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/474-thoughts-on-chasing-el-chupacabra.html}}</ref> and gave another presentation on The Amaz!ng Adventure 5.
In June 2011, Farley was named a research fellow by the organization.<ref name="JREFfellow">{{cite web |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/1335-tim-farley-appointed-as-new-jref-research-fellow.html |title=Tim Farley Appointed as New JREF Research Fellow |publisher=JREF SWIFT blog |author-last=Crabtree |author-first=Sadie |date=2011-06-20 |access-date=2011-06-24}}</ref> He researched the information in the organization's Today in Skeptic History iPhone app<ref name="21st"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/today-in-skeptic-history/id446650159?mt=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704104146/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/today-in-skeptic-history/id446650159?mt=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2011 |title=Today in Skeptic History |work=James Randi Educational Foundation |publisher=Apple Inc. iTunes App Store |date=2011-06-30 |access-date=2011-08-05}}</ref> and writes for JREF's blog.<ref name="21st">{{cite web |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1351-researching-21st-century-skepticism.html |title=Researching 21st Century Skepticism |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |work=SWIFT Blog |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=2011-07-07 |access-date=2011-08-05}}</ref><ref name="pitch">{{cite web |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1361-my-skeptic-elevator-pitch.html |title=My Skeptic Elevator Pitch |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |work=SWIFT Blog |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=2011-07-28 |access-date=2011-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1479-skeptic-metrics-measuring-our-impact-online.html |title=Skeptic Metrics: Measuring Our Impact Online |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |work=SWIFT Blog |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=2011-10-20 |access-date=2011-11-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1506-skeptic-history-a-tale-of-two-scientists.html |title=Skeptic History: A Tale of Two Scientists |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |work=SWIFT Blog |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation |date=2011-11-15 |access-date=2011-11-27}}</ref> In February 2014, Farley's position as a JREF Fellow ended.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/online-resources-for-the-amazing-meeting-tam2014/ |title=Online resources for The Amazing Meeting #TAM2014 |author-last=Farley |author-first=Tim |author-link=Tim Farley |date=2014-06-14 |website=Skeptical Software Tools |access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref>
At TAM 2012, Farley's lectures focused on improving activism (and reducing slacktivism) in the skeptical movement. His lectures included the workshop, ''The Future of Skepticism Online: Crowd-Sourced Activism'' and a panel ''Future of Skepticism'' with D. J. Grothe, Reed Esau, Barbara Drescher and Jamy Ian Swiss.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Amaz!ng Meeting 2012 Program |url=http://www.amazingmeeting.com/TAM2012/program |publisher=JREF |access-date=2012-07-01}}</ref>
===Podcasting & other media=== Farley has been interviewed on the Skepticality podcast three times.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.skepticality.com/whats-the-harm/ |title=#84: What's The Harm? Interview: Tim Farley |author-first1=Robynn |author-last1=McCarthy |author-link1=Robynn McCarthy |author-first2=Derek |author-last2=Colanduno |author-link2=Derek Colanduno |newspaper=Skepticality |publisher=Skeptic Magazine |date=2008-08-26 |access-date=2009-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.skepticality.com/this-one-time-at-skepticamp/ |title=#90: Tim Farley on StopSylvia.com |author-first1=Robynn |author-last1=McCarthy |author-link1=Robynn McCarthy |author-first2=Derek |author-last2=Colanduno |author-link2=Derek Colanduno |newspaper=Skepticality |publisher=Skeptic Magazine |date=2008-12-23 |access-date=2009-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=#97: Atlanta Skepticamp Recap |author-first1=Robynn |author-last1=McCarthy |author-link1=Robynn McCarthy |author-first2=Derek |author-last2=Colanduno |author-link2=Derek Colanduno |newspaper=Skepticality |publisher=Skeptic Magazine |date=2009-03-17 <!-- |access-date=2009-03-23 -->}}</ref> As of Skepticality #123 he regularly appears on the program to present a short segment called ''A Few Minutes of Skeptic History.''<ref>{{Citation |title=#123: Imagine Science – Guest: Alexis Gambis |author-first1=Robynn |author-last1=McCarthy |author-link1=Robynn McCarthy |author-first2=Derek |author-last2=Colanduno |author-link2=Derek Colanduno |newspaper=Skepticality |publisher=Skeptic Magazine |date=2010-03-01 <!-- |access-date=2010-04-07 -->}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.skepticality.com/one-nation-under-the-constitution/ |title=#124: One Nation Under the Constitution - Guest: Sean Faircloth Secular Coalition for America |author-first1=Robynn |author-last1=McCarthy |author-link1=Robynn McCarthy |author-first2=Derek |author-last2=Colanduno |author-link2=Derek Colanduno |newspaper=Skepticality |publisher=Skeptic Magazine |date=2010-03-15 |access-date=2010-04-07}}</ref> He has also appeared on the Skepchick podcast,<ref>{{cite web |title=A Very Special Skepchick War on Christmas |work=Skepchick podcast |publisher=Skepchick.org |date=2008-12-23 |access-date=2008-12-23 |url=http://skepchick.org/2008/12/a-very-special-skepchick-war-on-christmas/}}</ref> ''Jeff Cutler's Bowl of Cheese'',<ref>{{cite web |title=#51 Skeptics In The Pub – Cambridge – Boston – February |publisher=BowlOfCheese.com |date=2009-02-28 |access-date=2009-03-28 |url=http://bowlofcheese.com/?p=1581}}</ref> Skeptically Speaking on CJSR-FM,<ref>{{cite web |work=Skeptically Speaking |date=2009-03-08 |access-date=2009-05-22 |title=Skeptical Activism with Tim Farley |url=http://skepticallyspeaking.ca/episodes/7-skeptical-activism-bill-44}}</ref> ''American Freethought'',<ref>{{cite web |work=American Freethought |author-first1=John C. |author-last1=Snider |author-first2=David |author-last2=Driscoll |date=2009-07-19 |access-date=2009-06-25 |title=Podcast #56 – Tim Farley (WhatstheHarm.net) |url=http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/06/19/podcast-56-tim-farley-whatstheharmnet/}}</ref> ''Nonsense Podcast'',<ref>{{cite web |work=Nonsense Podcast |title=Episode 007 |date=2009-07-31 |url=http://nonsensepodcast.com/index.php?post_id=509979 |access-date=2009-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714192102/http://nonsensepodcast.com/index.php?post_id=509979 |archive-date=2011-07-14 }}</ref> ''The Reality Check'',<ref>{{cite web |work=The Reality Check |publisher=Ottawa Skeptics |author-last=Abrams |author-first=Jonathan |date=2009-10-05 |access-date=2009-12-05 |title=The Reality Check #58: Alternative Style Auctions + Interview with Tim Farley + Flamingo Colour Myth |url=http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/the-reality-check/62-episodes/256-the-reality-check-58-alternative-style-auctions-interview-with-tim-farley-flamingo-colour-myth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113022735/http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/the-reality-check/62-episodes/256-the-reality-check-58-alternative-style-auctions-interview-with-tim-farley-flamingo-colour-myth |archive-date=2010-01-13 }}</ref> ''Point of Inquiry'',<ref>{{Citation |author-last=Stollznow |author-first=Karen |author-link=Karen Stollznow |title=Tim Farley – What's the Harm? |work=Point of Inquiry |publisher=Center for Inquiry |date=2010-06-11 |url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/tim_farley_whats_the_harm/ |access-date=2010-06-12}}</ref> ''Take 5'' on CIUT-FM,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL2986QKCo4 |title=Tim Farley interviewed on CIUT's Take 5 |author-last1=Scheffer |author-first1=Damon |author-last2=Waldman |author-first2=Martin |work=Take 5 |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-06-30 |access-date=2011-07-06}}</ref> ''Skeptic Zone'',<ref>{{Citation |url=http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the_skeptic_zone_93_30_july_2010 |title=The Skeptic Zone #93 |author-last1=Dunlop |author-first1=Rachael |author-link1=Rachael Dunlop |author-last2=Saunders |author-first2=Richard |author-link2=Richard Saunders (skeptic) |date=2010-07-30 |work=Skeptic Zone |access-date=2011-10-16}}</ref> ''Meet the Skeptics,''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://meettheskeptics.libsyn.com/mts-meet-tim-farley |title=MTS: Meet Tim Farley |author-last=Brown |author-first=Christopher |work=Meet the Skeptics |publisher=LibSyn |date=2011-02-16 |access-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160322/http://meettheskeptics.libsyn.com/mts-meet-tim-farley |archive-date=2011-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Norwegian podcast ''Saltklypa'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saltklypa.no/2011/07/06/saltklypa-19-om-a-brenne-kalorier-og-wolframtrader/ |title=Saltklypa #19 – Om å brenne kalorier og wolframtråder |author-last=Simonsen |author-first=Marit |publisher=Saltklypa podcast |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722044628/http://saltklypa.no/2011/07/06/saltklypa-19-om-a-brenne-kalorier-og-wolframtrader/ |archive-date=2011-07-22 }}</ref> ''Search Engine'' with Jesse Brown<ref name="JesseBrown">{{citation |url=http://searchengine.tvo.org/blog/search-engine/audio-podcast-101-story-mabus |title=Audio Podcast #101: The Story of Mabus |work=Search Engine |publisher=TVO |author-last=Brown |author-first=Jesse |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116041706/http://searchengine.tvo.org/blog/search-engine/audio-podcast-101-story-mabus |archive-date=2011-11-16 }}</ref> and WPRR's ''Reality Check''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publicrealityradio.org/programs/realitycheck/episodes/6-29-2012-whats-the-harm |title=What's the Harm? |author-last=Fletcher |author-first=David |work=Reality Check |publisher=WPRR Public Reality Radio |date=2012-06-29 |access-date=2012-07-09}}</ref>
==References, footnotes and selected bibliography== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://whatstheharm.net What's The Harm?] * [http://skeptools.com Skeptical Software Tools blog] * [https://twitter.com/krelnik Twitter feed]
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