Some software tools

CESAM / Running Ant / Merging Bee / Walking Turtle
(1996-2010): Several software programs were developed for scientific projects. Their names, which give a clue on the used algorithm, follow a tradition that bases on Tom Quinn's spider bins. Several iterations of Running Ant and Merging Bee were built to group data according to specific criteria in Excel spreadsheets for the downstream analysis. One version was used to generate and solve about 14,000 linear equations (see article). Walking Turtle was an algorithm to generate a virtual scatter and step by step instructions for the sampling with a microscope in a randomized systematic manner. It was used for my morphometric thesis. [IPLab script language (Mac), THINK Pascal (Mac), VisualBasic for Excel (Windows)]
Calculators
(2004-2008): Several small work tools in Excel spreadsheets. [Microsoft Excel, without macros | Freeware, Download]
pictureViewer
version 1.3 (2004-2009): A simple tool to present pictures on a web page. It was designed before free online photo galleries were widely available. It features various presentation modes including an automatic slideshow. Picture sizes are adjusted automatically to the user's screen size. Thumbnails are generated automatically. [PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS | Example 1 | Example 2 | Freeware, program available on request]
psSquirrel WEB
version 2.2 (2005-2009): this is an online archive for links, texts, PDF files, pictures and other file formats. Data may be organized in two levels. The program features a full text search engine for all files in ASCII and PDF format. [PHP, Javascript, MySQL, HTML, CSS | Example]
Excel Tron
version 1.2 (1998-2009): well, Microsoft Excel can be a game engine, too. :-) Probably not its main feature. But a workaround made it possible.
[VisualBasic for Excel (Windows) | Screenshot Game | Screenshot About | Freeware, Download for Microsoft Excel (Windows) | MD5 file (checksum) | Instructions: (1) Safe the file; do not open it directly in your web browser; (2) check the MD5 checksum; (3) open the file; the program should start automatically if you have activated macros/Visual Basic in Excel. | eMail | Link: Tron: The movie (a classic)] | Link: Tron Legacy: The new movie (a will-be classic)]
Web tools
psTemplate (2004-2010) is the engine behind the pages here. Similar to pictureViewer and psSquirrel WEB, it bases on my own PHP framework that features a controlled management of input parameters, error and debug information, MySQL databases, text parsing, cookies, sessions, RSS feed, and HTML (parts are available on request). gfxMenu Light (2002) creates the graphical javascript menu of the main page. It bases on the impressive JavaScript Diagram Builder by Lutz Tautenhahn. Once upon a time xls2html (2002-2003) generated the link list (see archive page) before the transition to the database psSquirrel WEB (see current page). Although Words (2001-2004) is just showing some quotes, it is actually the reading module of a full text indexed mini database with search functionality for web server. It started as an extension of Matt Wright's Random Text. However, the code was extended a lot and has no longer much in common with its origin. [PHP, Javascript, Perl, MySQL, HTML, CSS, RSS XML, VisualBasic for Excel (Windows)]

Disclaimer: All my programs are built very carefully. However, there is no warranty at all. They are used on the user's own risk at any time. File checksums (MD5) may be tested with e.g. MD5 (John Walker) or Hasher (Karen Kenworthy). ExcelTron has some time critical routines to control the speed of the game flow. Please drop me a note if it is too slow or too fast on your computer. Please send feedbacks to this mail address.

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