Published between 2008 Jun and 2008 Sep:

  • Create time-availability maps with Perl and Google Earth Create time-availability maps with Perl and Google Earth, Time-availability maps provide a listing of who is most likely to be available for a certain hour in a certain location. Find out how to use Google Earth and a log of your communications to map and identify the time and place when availabilities match. Local cached text. Featured in an IBM developerWorks podcast with Scott Laningham. (local copy of podcast)

  • Beef up the Find command in Firefox Beef up the Find command in Firefox, The Find command in Firefox locates the user-specified text in the body of a Web page. The command is an easy-to-use tool that works well enough for most users most of the time. Sometimes, however, a more powerful Find-like tool would make locating text easier. This article shows how to build a tool that isolates relevant text in Web pages faster by detecting the presence and absence of nearby words. Local cached text.

  • Integrate encryption into Google Calendar with Firefox extensions Integrate encryption into Google Calendar with Firefox extensions, Provide basic encryption support for user data in one of the most popular online calendar applications. Building on the incredible flexibility of Firefox extensions and the Gnu Privacy Guard, this article shows you how to store only encrypted event descriptions in Google's Calendar application, while displaying a plain text version to anyone with the appropriate decryption keys. Local cached text, Slashdot Discussion

  • Visualizing time-dependent data with distortion portals Visualizing time-dependent data with distortion portals, Create an SDL-enabled application that allows you to create distortion portals in sequential image frames to explore the relationship of data sets through time. This article demonstrates code and techniques to create "animated distortion portals" in the data to provide time-dependent visualizations of various parts of the image. Additionally, certain aspects of the code are presented that allow for effective visualization on slower-computing platforms without sacrificing usefulness. Local cached text, Demonstration video at youtube.com

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Current: mouse dynamics user authentication, smart activity monitors, automatic idle computer shutdown.

2008 Sep -> 2008 Oct: Rotated online maps, continuous keystroke dynamics, altitude enhanced google earth visualizations, focus tracking indicators.

2008 Jun -> 2008 Sep: Time availability Maps, enhanced firefox find command, google calendar encryption, visualizing temporal data.

2008 Mar -> 2008 Jun: Trackpad MultiTouch, speaker identification with sndpeek, keystroke dynamics in GDM, application control with HDAPS.

2007 Sep -> 2008 Mar: Wireless site surveys with HDAPS, add keystroke dynamics to applications, automated verbal conversation annotations with CMU Sphinx.

2007 May -> 2007 Sep: Vector space LDAP searches, 404 metaphone matching, interior building maps, precipitation proximity alerts.

2007 Feb -> 2007 May: Web link visualizations, custom GD charts, CAIDA's plot-latlong cartographics, LDAP search part 1&2.

2006 Nov -> 2007 Feb: Ghosd and Perl, tone control, email sound notifier, HDAPS shake reset, chord system status.

2006 Jan -> 2006 Nov: Knock control, real time visual effects, Photo and movie mosaics, xdmx how-to