Projects

Here are some software projects I could use

The Internet

  • Search engine first responders (2006),
  • Internet Mapping Project (1997-).
  • I have been running a tiny packet telescope since June 2005. Here's a graph of the packet types seen. Every packet captured is available in a tcpdump, upon request.
  • Spam, any one? (2003).
  • Some old web marketing experiments (1999).
  • Web Awards I haven't won (1996).

    • Science Exhibits

  • The Digital Darkroom, a science museum exhibit. Now under development for delivery to science centers in 2004. The previous software has run for over 10 years in several locations. I am working on an upgrade.
  • The McCollough Effect (1994): An interactive science exhibit.

    • Digital House

  • MythTV (2006): finally have the HDTV working nicely. The normal PVR functions have been working for over a year.
  • Home auto-mation (2006): Running the furnace off power from a car during a blackout.
  • Our digital house (1995-). Building the house of the future, one Saturday project at a time.

    • Medical Hacks

  • Rimonabant, a new prescription drug for treating obesity, is not yet approved by tha FDA. But it is approved in Europe, and I am on it, with the oversight of my doctor. In the first three months I have lost 5% of my body weight (6kg, 13pounds) during the summer, without dieting. My diary contains updates.
  • Electric Bike for exercise.
  • Vision correction options for aging folks (2006-). I don't care if I look good, but I care a lot if I see well. How about flip-up reading/intermediate vision correction?
  • Hoodia Gordonii (2005). This spam-advertised stuff actually works for weight loss, at least a little. I lost about 1% of my weight, which might be more than the placebo effect. But see rimonabant, above.
  • Is ethanol good for you (2004)? c.f. hormesis.
  • The warrantee runs out at 40 (1997-): Posterial tibial tendon insufficiency.

    • Stock Market

  • Stock charts.
  • Investing in the stock market, especially long-term ownership of high-quality growth stocks. I learned from my dad, who was quite successful in the business for over five decades. You can read some details of his investment strategy in http://www.managerreview.com/search/interview/cheswick.htm.

    • Food

  • Popovers.
  • Frozen custard info.

    • Photographs and movies

  • Snow On (11 MB), Snow Off (8.5 MB), and Sep 10 (2 MB), a hand-held brief experimental time lapse taken out the window of United Flight 93 on 10 September 2001.
  • Some family stop motion animation here.
  • Some stitched panoramic digital photographs of San Francisco from the Fairmont hotel, the Tower of London, and the Thames from the new Globe theater.
  • Mouse Cam (1998).
  • Gorgo Eats Miami (29MB) (1996). A thrilling horror movie I made. Your mpeg player must be able to handle 10 frames/second, 640x480 images.

    • Security

  • Algorithmic passwords (2002). Given this list of challenges, responses, and whether the authentication succeeded, can you figure out this rather simple algorithmic password? I have been thinking that these would be useful for emergency backdoors, robust and inscrutible for, say, a dozen uses.
  • A Security Page (1995-2002)

    • Abnorma Loquendi

  • Previous sponsors .
  • Coin collection (2002) .

    • Misc.

  • Invective.
  • Children's antipodes: an ongoing research project, and you may be able to help out.
  • Sand castles (1998-)
  • Archery (1999).

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