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current projects

all of my code is released under a bsd or isc/public domain dual-license unless otherwise noted. i despise the gpl and work very hard to ensure i don't have to release restricted code under that license.

flexargs

• github page
• flexible argument parsing for objective c

lurker

• homepage
  
• github page
  
• simple irc logging daemon

libdaemon

• homepage
  
• github page
  
• lightweight daemonisation library for openbsd and linux
  
• may run on other operating systems, particularly the bsd flavours, but this has not been checked.
  
• first real use of the autotools and texinfo as a build system
  

surfraw

• homepage
• as of 2012-03-15, i am now a committer on the surfraw project.
• i've written several elvi:
  1. duckduckgo - i rewrote ianb's version of the duckduckgo elvi to include multiple improvements: defaulting to ssl search, javascript toggle, and control over other parameters; also includes improvements when used in text mode. confirmed for 2.2.8.
  2. openports - there is an openbsd elvi that includes a rudimentary openports.se search; i wrote a dedicated openports elvi that allows for searching based on every parameter allowed by the site. confirmed for 2.2.8.
  3. cablesearch - this is an unprecedented elvi (in that its functionality isn't based or included at all in any other elvi) that searches for leaked diplomatic cables. ianb noted that as julian assange was the original author of surfraw, this was only appropriate. i wrote this on behalf of msowers, who asked me to include it while i was adding the other two elvi. confirmed for 2.2.8. ianb also kept my "mischievous comment" in the local options. i guess i should take credit / blame for any panicky emails...
  4. stackoverflow - searches stack overflow, includes options to search by tags and ask a question, among other options. this has not been confirmed for inclusion in any version yet.

irssi-scripts

• github page
  
• local docs
• collection of public domain / ISC dual-licensed scripts

itun

• github page
• perl-based simplified iodine tunnel setup. currently only the client-side code is done.
• confirmed working on openbsd
• doesn't appear to work on linux; more testing / debugging is required

inactive projects

woofs

• github page
• python script duplicating the functionality of simon budig's woof script
• operates over https instead of http
• completed (mostly, still no SSL fingerprint support)

rawk

• homepage
• rawk == rage against web frameworks
• name was originally going to be rawf but that doesn't sound as euphonious
• stable and runs on a variety of systems
• this site is built using rawk
• see site for more than you could possibly want to know

percipio

working through the elements of computing systems but instead of just simulating the computer using the software tools, i've taken on myself to realise the computer in hardware.

• homepage
• tecs solutions
• logic implemented entirely in NAND gates
• progress updated on my blog

overlord

• homepage
• development name for a new task manager / calendar
• ncurses UI with xosd notifications
• sqlite3-backed
• collaboration with wally jones

dystopia

• bitbucket page
  
• front end for the dystopia library (my personal docstore)
  
• being developed in perl and c - perl for rapid prototyping, c for the production system

newsread

• homepage
  
• taking some of the NLP lessons from dropsonde and mining news sites for articles i might actually want to read
• project is in extreme infancy right now, most of the work in on paper in my notebooks.

apod_py

• github page
• python script to fetch the latest nasa astronomy picture of the day
• includes option to set the wallpaper in a couple of *nix window managers and desktop environments as well as in os x.
• trafficone worked on a win32 background setting code, which has yet to be merged into the main repo.
• the code is finished and has been working without error for a while (i use it on my work machine to update the wallpaper every night at 15 minutes after it is posted).

pyphone

• github page
• python code written in an attempt to make a python-based softphone
• interfaces with google voice (using pygooglevoice)
• includes Qt4 sms-sending code
• abstract phone and sms classes
• development halted when i realised the shortcomings of googlevoice and skype; namely, calls require either the skype software to be running or to bounce through a cell phone. the project was designed to be run from a beagleboard, so this ended up being an unworkable solution.

sfe-mp3

• github page
• sparkfun mp3 board
• my custom code for the sparkfun mp3 player.
• the code sucks and temporarily bricked the mp3 player until i can dig up my jtag adapter.
• i also made minor revisions to the original sparkfun code, stored in this github repo

login-fuzzer

• github page
• python script to bruteforce / fuzz logins
• interface / engine pairing:
  1. interfaces are an interface to a login system, i.e. ssh. written are an echo interface (for debugging / testing) and a python-paramiko interface for ssh logins.
  2. engines are password generating engines, i.e. bruteforce and fuzzing.
• i wrote this because i locked myself out of one of my plug computers, which happened to not have a serial interface. even after a week of running this, i hadn't gotten in and sprung for a jtag adapter. i felt that by having written this, i had done enough penance.
• the code would benefit greatly from threading or multiprocessing; i haven't gotten around to that yet.

build_release

• github page
• perl script to build custom openbsd install isos based on a siteXX.tgz file (see man 8 release in the openbsd documentation).
• works with intel architectures (i386 / amd64)
• sparc support is planned, i need to learn how to get mkisofs to properly insert the sparc bootloader.

pymusiclib

• github page
• python tools to handle music libraries. currently supported are:
  1. dedup.py - handles tag-based (and optionally hash-based, defaulting to the python-crypto md5 module)
  2. AudioFile - python class that includes a generic audio file metadata class supporting easier comparison between types of audio. including a magic file function to automatically handle a given file. currently supports mp3 and aac (mp4) audio files; flac support shouldn't be too hard to add later on. also includes a number of tools to assist in comparing two audio files, including a select option that, given two AudioFile instances, returns the filename of the file that should be removed (but can be easily adapted to return the higher quality of the two).
• in progress:
  1. orglib.py - tag-based music library organisation. currently a blank file in the repository, mostly to remind me to actually do something with it.

other code

other non-public software i have worked on includes:

• dropsonde, a python social intelligence / data mining system that gave some interesting results. it does rudimentary stock analysis, identifies interesting news items, and builds its social network. it uses twitter for data collection and was my first foray into natural language processing and data mining. it is currently being analysed for improvements in the social network analysis engine as well as the trend identifying engine.

• the devio.us admin scripts that run and maintain the devio.us shell server, which as of early 2011 had over 5,000 users. it was interesting to see the approach taken by zeeby and jjpickle; one of my projects in university was to build a public netbsd shell server (which due to network constraints was never brought online). my shell user management system actually got me an offer from google.

• a bastard operator from hell toolkit, which offered some ingenius (or so i thought) menu options. it listed a number of common problems (such as user needs more space) and implemented a number of bofh-worthy solutions (remove all the user's files to give them more space). sadly, this has been lost to the sands of time as it was before i started using version control systems.

• v2os was an x86 assembly operating system written from scratch. i did some work on the tcp stack in high school. unfortunately, out of privacy concerns, i worked on it under an pseudonym and i don't think i ever actually submitted my code. nonetheless, it gave me valuable insights into tcp/ip networking.