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Dave Yost - Computers

New uniform-contrast LCD displays
aliaslinks - An enhancement over alias files, incorporating BSD compatibility
shebang header - a general purpose shebang-file syntax extension
Some unix commands
- compileAndGo - a shebang header command that allows compiled-language source code to act like a script.
- Easier, safer backup
- my d command line program to run make and other commands in the background with output to a file. Highly-refined over years.
- yostupload command line program to upload part of your web site with absolute minimum hassle
- mvredir command line program to mv html files and leave behind a redirect pages
- mkredir command line program to make redirect pages
- diffinteractive - Run your favorite visual diff program on some of the files flagged by diff -rq.
Java
- javago - Java compile and go
- Extending Java finally to allow access to the Throwable.
- netbeans-nightly - A script to install the latest NetBeans nightly build with add-in modules merged in.
Mac stuff
- A shell script to reveal files and folders in the Finder
- probecheck - a shell script to check for security breach attempts
- Mac OS X Dock caching - a UI design proposal
HTML
- HTML printing problems
- HTML 4.0 special characters - test files
- Apache redirect to support multiple names for the same web site
- Some web page tricks
User interface
- Line-wrap display in text editors - a visualization design.
- Mac OS X Dock caching - a UI design proposal
- Perspective Transformation Tool, a design for a Photoshop feature I would like to see
The Dave Yost Opensource License
Dave Yost Serial Device Wiring Standard - the hack that won’t die
Ascend Pipeline 75 telephone problems (retired)
How I would like the Mac OS X Dock to work (retired)
My ISP / WSP Desiderata (retired)
Sound - compression (retired)

Things I like

ISO 8601, the date and time representation standard, e.g. 2000-10-05