Welcome to Anders’   Name: Anders Johnson Email: anders@ieee.org   [My Stuff] [Free Software] [Links] [Diversions] [Buddies]

My Stuff

• My résumé is where I brag about myself. [Microsoft Word format]
• Programming Pages index.
• Engineering Philosophy essays.
• Guidelines for Verifying Complex Electronic Designs .
• My Suggested C++ Reading List .
• ESPP Strategies .
• A UNIX Signal Handling Dilemma .
• P4 Integrate Flaws .
• Lego Flap Hinge Model.
• Java Pen Retractor Model.
• Installing CPAN modules into a private Perl library .
• Selecting an optimal payment plan for OPEX long distance telephone service.
• How to use the floppy drive on your Sparcstation.
• How to use the CD drive on your Sparcstation to play audio CD’s.
• A menagerie of bookmarks (some of them dead).

Free Software

• a4 - Perforce codeline automation.
• p4prompt - Interpolate the client name into your csh(1) $prompt. [download]
• p4checkpoint - routine maintenance for the p4(1) database. [download]
• p4tkmerge - merge tool for p4 resolve based on tkdiff. [download]
• Math::Business::BlackScholes - Black-Scholes option price model functions. [download]
• unln - Convert a symbolic link to a copy of its target. [download]
• find_similar - Look for similar files. [download]
• Portfolio Capital Gains Spreadsheet (M$ Excel) [download]
• espp - Calculate taxable income from ESPP sale. [download]
• I rewrote the POSIX::sigaction() function in the current release of Perl , and I fixed the shift operators of the std::bitset class in the current release of GCC . I am also a major contributor to makepp .

Links

• Makepp is a fantastic build tool that makes developing a reliable incremental build system for a large project a snap.
• Effective C++ is a good text on general C++ usage. (This electronic version also demonstrates exceptional HTML style.)
• The Willcam Group’s most excellent HTML Reference .
• PerlTk HTML documentation
• Cyclic Software’s CVS help page . Also, see the enormous CVS FAQ .
• The Perforce Homepage is where to go for information about and help with p4(1).
• g++ FAQ .
• Using Netscape as an FTP client .
• Computer Virus Myths Page .
• Sunsite: a good place to download Solaris software.
• CPAN: An on-line archive chock-full of swell Perl modules. [CPAN Search]
• Guru of the Week is a most excellent and ever-expanding repository of advanced C++ tips.
• Pilot Gear: A guide to Palm Pilot resources. I’m especially fond of JShopper , RPN and Strip .
• ePerl is the best text preprocessor ever.
• CRT is a telnet client for the PC with a functional terminal emulator and some nifty features.
• My Yahoo is a really cool portal site, but Google’s search engine is much better than Yahoo’s, and MapBlast is better than Yahoo Maps .
• Karen’s Reference Notebook .
• Pop-Up Stopper .
• Stop junk mail and phone calls by getting on the DMA's opt-out lists. (Because the DMA is evil, the opt-out procedure is complicated unless you pay for it, but it does work.)
• Take action against senders of junk faxes .
• AMT Links: [Fairmark Press] [UCSF Accounting Dept.] [Tax Educators] [IRS]

Diversions

• Fark is the world’s greatest source of off-beat news links.
• A thorough compendium of Urban Legends .
• Movie Stuff: [The Internet Movie Database] [Netflix] [DVD Easter Eggs] [The Oracle of Bacon]
• Rally Trophy is a cool on-line slot-car game (requires Flash 8). [My Favorite Track]
• MC Hawking’s Crib .
• JumpTheShark.com: When good TV shows go bad.
• Yahoo’s up-to-date list of Cool Links .
• The Internet Anagram Server .
• The Ultima chess variant.
• Furby Autopsy .
• Demotivational Posters .
• The Onion .
• The Public 8 Ball .
• Krusty the Clown Homepage .
• A public demonstration of the fact that Windows sucks .
• Bill Gates where he belongs.
• Obscure mechanisms: [Rotary Engines (picture) (animation)] [The Torsen Differential] [PN/4,669,687: A clever aircraft flap hinge] [PN/4,837,957: Dial-a-Down]
• More animated mechanisms can be found at Brock Engineering .

Buddies

• My Wife .
• Joe & Sue Byrne .
• Brett Coon .