I have been a linux user for about ten years. Most of that time using Red Hat Linux. I have installed RedHat on many different PCs, although the worst one so far has to have been a Dell Lattitude C600. For some reason, it just could not sort the external display out properly. In The end I created a custom XF86Config file and used two scripts x-crt and x-lcd to control which display X would start on.

More recently that laptop has been replaced by an IBM Thinkpad R40e, which is far superior machine and seems to have no issues with interal and external displays, so my development of the above files ended.

I also have a script charging.sh that I use in conjuction with my bash prompt, so I can see how much power I have left. This script also probably could use some refinement at some point.

Other things currently "In Development":
  an Instant Messenging System
  a MUSH robot
  a Web Network Monitoring tool

MUSH is seemingly something that is slipping into the history of the Internet. Most people these days have never heard of MUDs, let alone their more socially oriented offspring.

I have spent many hours hacking away at code on MUSHes over the years, mostly as a Softcode Wizard. I hold a few bits here and there and also run my own MUSH, Legacy, which is going through a bit of a renaissance at the moment.

Amoungst the thousands of lines of code I have probably written in the strange "Softcode" language of MUSHes, I have selected a few choice morsles for your enjoyment:

  Multipager
  Globals

A little while back, my MUSH went through a slight change from running under TinyMUSH, to running the far superior RhostMUSH codebase. To facilitate this change I had to write a small bit of C to convert the format of the database. Addflag is a quick and messy hack, but it worked for the most part.

In the past, for years, all my hacking at home was done my Acorn hardware. more recently I use Linux for pretty much all my day-to-day comuting needs, but often, there is still no replacement for good old, RISC OS. I have collected here a few programs that I use with my RISC OS system, which if you have RISC OS you may find useful.

  Random Signature Selector
  Timed News/Email Fetches and Deliveries
  Compact Iconbar CD player

I would not ever make the claim that I am an expert in Javascript, in fact my sole efforts in that direction are what is used on these webpages. If you are interested, feel free to re-use the code in any which way you please.

  Rollovers
  Photo Album