Software & Computing

Automatons & Widgets

Self-contained software devices to entertain and enlighten.

Qwicap

A Java web application “framework.” Because I looked upon web apps and saw that they were bad, but that perfect state, standards, and blocking are good. Usually.

Maze Wars SVG

The classic game implemented as an SVG-based Java web application.

Java Certificate Parsing

…or why keytool was ruining your life, circa 2011 and Java 4.

Computing-Related Blog Posts

• Java
• Javascript
• SVG Related
• Software Development
• Computing

Gatekeeper Documentation

When I fought the good fight against computer viruses.

SIVC

Do you like your applications informing you when new versions are available? To the best of my knowledge, I invented that. (Of course, as with most things, others undoubtably invented it independently. I wonder who did so first.)

cron

…because Macintosh‘s cooperative multitasking actually worked quite well.

MacTCP Monitor

Real time visual representation of TCP connections, state, and data transfer. It was especially useful on servers.

UT Austin Computation Center History

[Temporarily Offline] When computing changed itself and the world. The first stages of preserving the remains of one of the organizations that made change. Even if (almost) nobody cares now, in 25, 50 or 100 years the importance will be evident.