04.15.04 - Basement Bar / Gameroom

The lack of updates here has been primarily caused by my Basement Bar / Gameroom Project.

I will be updating the project weblog weekly at the very least, so be sure to bookmark it. Or, you can subscribe to it's RSS/RDF feed.

11.17.02 - There Is No Law

A compilation of some of the best Grit Truck videos set to a killer techno tune by Messiah called "There Is No Law".

11.15.02 - Global Tag

A web-based game of tag with absolutely no point. I suppose it was just an exercise in Perl utilizing the power of email.

02.12.02 - Grit Truck Redesign

I completely overhauled the Grit Truck website -- new graphics, cleaner design, etc. Overall, I think it's my best design yet.

GTCon2002 isn't for quite a few months, so no new updates...

10.10.01 - Major TVDinner Changes!

I've been making some major changes to my TVDinner Streaming MP3 player project.

I've jazzed up the interface a bit (with icons) and added some really neat new functionality. If you want to check out a live server, you can play with mine, but please don't abuse the account and remember that it's still in BETA testing stages. If you'd like to contribute, please send me an email. Enjoy!

06.28.01 - New House

My wife and I are currently having a house built for us by Ryan Homes about four streets over from where we live now. Because of it's proximity, we are able to check on it's progress almost daily. And, because I'm a big computer geek, I decided to make a website to document everything. I make updates every few days, so check back for new pictures.

06.21.01 - TVDinner MP3 Server

I now have a guest account set up so that people can take a peek at TVDinner. Unfortunately, I don't have the bandwidth to enable everyone to stream MP3's off of the server, but at least you can take a look at the interface and tell me what you think. To get to the server, click here:

TVDinner MP3 Server

If that link isn't working, please let me know and I'll fix it. The user name and password is 'guest'. Please play nice.

06.18.01 - Spamfilter and other things

I'm starting to get sick of this website design, so I'll probably be changing it soon. Plus, I haven't touched it in almost a year and I've been working on a lot of new projects since then. Here are a few of those projects:

TVDinner - Mason and MySQL based searchable, streaming MP3 server. Works with Apache (mod_perl) on OpenBSD and Linux (and probably other *nix systems.) I'm currently working on an LCD interface for a standalone unit. No link yet, send me an email if you're interested.

Spamfilter.pl - This is a Perl procmail filter for killing spam. I've tested it with Procmail and Pine and I assume that it will work with other MUAs.

05.04.01 - TVDinner

Originally started as a modification to Apache::MP3, this project has grown into a streaming MP3 server with plans to make it a standalone unit that can sit with my stereo equipment. Some of the features include a searchable MySQL database, secure login, ID3V1.1 tag editing, favorites, recommended songs and playlists.

05.01.01 - Darkstar

Just threw something together in Mason/MySQL so that I could save all of the links that I come across during the day. The interface isn't pretty, but it's useful. There is no public account set up for this project yet, so I am excluding the URL.

04.30.01 - Spamfilter.pl

Spamfilter.pl is a Perl procmail filter for killing spam. I've tested it on OpenBSD and Linux with sendmail, qmail and Pine. The source is available under the GPL.

10.05.00 - :curiosity version 0.0.3 BETA

I've finished the first phase of :curiosity, the CueCat decoder/lookup program written in Visual Basic 6. I didn't write the actual decode algorithm myself (as it's widely available on the internet) but everything else is mine.

The program basically decodes the output and optionally used DC's servers to do the lookup. Please feel free to test the hell out of it and make sure you let me know if you find any bugs or annoyances.

click here to download :curiosity version 0.0.4 BETA

You can read more about the program itself and view screen shots by going to the download page.

09.30.00 - The CueCat Battle

If you're looking for some information about the CueCat hardware, you can pick some up on my mirror: CueCat Hardware specs.. Stay tuned, I have a nifty little VB proggy that decodes the output and looks up the UPC on DC's servers.

So why even care about this free barcode scanner? Here are some quotes from Doug Davis, Digital Convergence's CTO:

"Just because I give you the Cat scanner, it does not immediately give you the right to go into business against me with my own technology. We have an intended use for it."

"People can't expect to take one of our devices and run it through their own engine," he said. "There are boundaries.... It must still do what it was built for, but they can extend its functionality."

*sigh* And now they are trying to sell licenses for $20USD a pop to "would-be" hackers. In case you don't already know: there is no license that comes with the CueCat scanner. Nothing in the packaging says that you can't take the scanner and use it as a flashlight or dog toy or even a nightlite. The license is on the software...not the hardware. Just my $.02

06.30.99 - Grit Truck

Every year, a friend of mine has a party on the 4th of July and one of the main attractions has always been the Grit Truck launches -- in a nutshell: plastic toys with rocket engines and fireworks attached. This website was created out of the popularity of the event with movies, pictures and a "how-to" section.

05.01.99 - Under the Asphalt News (UTANEWS)

This project originally began as a SPAM tracking database, but it lead me into the world of electronic privacy. I then created and ran a blog (and a mailing list) for a while until it became too much to handle. There are a lot of good archives here, but no new updates since October 2000.