I write packages and tools in multiple programming languages and technical papers on computing and mathematics, among other things. My personal web site contains creative works that I have produced, e.g., parody songs, tee shirts, both humorous and political.
- Computer architecture
- Drama
- Musical theater
- Opera
- Plays
- Shakespeare
- Shaw
- Literature
- Comedy of Manners
- Fantasy, especially hard or humorous
- Parody
- Poetry, especially with a strong meter
- Science fiction, especially hard
- Mathematics
- Music
- Classical
- Folk
- Programming languages
- Science
See AI-Priming for the guidelines governing AI interactions and code generation for my projects.
I have published technical papers on computing and mathematics.
- A PC Neophyte's Guide to Self Defense, PC Systems & Support (October 1993)
- Practicing Safe REXX on the Desktop, or Will They Still Respect My Code in the Morning?, OS/2 Magazine, Volume 2 Number 2 (February 1995), p. 40 (2up, PDF) — reprinted in RexxLA Newsletter, part 1 (December 1998), part 2 (January 1999)
- Practicing Safe REXX in the Enterprise, or Will They Still Respect My Code in the Morning?, NaSPA (issue and page TBD)
- 1801.05775 — Local Coordinate Spaces: a proposed unification of manifolds and fiber bundles, and associated machinery
- 1906.11690 — Towards a taxonomy of atlases and of morphisms between them
| Repository | Visibility |
|---|---|
| Local-Coordinate-Spaces — 1801.05775 Local Coordinate Spaces: a proposed unification of manifolds and fiber bundles, and associated machinery; 1906.11690 Towards a taxonomy of atlases and of morphisms between them | public |
| LaTeX-Semantic-Markup — Semantic markup macros written in expl3 | public |
| AI-Priming — Language-specific rule sets for priming AI engines | public |
| ISPF-IDz-mapping — Tables of IDz editor (LPEX, HLASM Editor) equivalents to ISPF/PDF EDIT commands | public |
| Safe-REXX — Safe REXX on the Desktop and in the Enterprise: merged and updated edition | private¹ |
| Tools — Personal tools | public |
| Pygments-Extensions — Enhancements to Pygments, e.g., lexers | public |
| Personal — Personal website, shirts, and tools | private |
| FT-2-to-Gramps — Migration from Family Tree/2 to Gramps | private |
¹ Will become public.
| # | Project | Description | Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Rexx-lint | Rexx/ooRexx linter | private¹ |
| 16 | ISPF-IDz-mapping | Tables of IDz editor (LPEX, HLASM Editor) equivalents to ISPF/PDF EDIT commands | private¹ |
| 15 | FT-2-to-Gramps | Migration from Family Tree/2 to Gramps | private |
| 14 | Safe-REXX | Safe REXX on the Desktop and in the Enterprise: merged and updated edition | private¹ |
| 13 | AI-Priming | Language-specific rule sets for priming AI engines | private¹ |
| 10 | Pygments IBM Extensions | Enhancements to Pygments, e.g., lexers | private¹ |
| 9 | personal tee shirts | Humorous and political tee shirts | private |
| 8 | Personal Website | Personal website, shirts, and tools | private |
| 7 | M-Atlas | 1906.11690 Towards a taxonomy of atlases and of morphisms between them | private¹ |
| 6 | LCS | 1801.05775 Local Coordinate Spaces: a proposed unification of manifolds and fiber bundles, and associated machinery | private¹ |
| 5 | ctan-semantic-markup | Semantic markup macros written in expl3 | private¹ |
¹ Will become public.
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