Greg Hewgill's Links

This is the obligatory list-of-links page. This page exists primarily for my own benefit, but you may find something interesting in here.

Web Site Design

You have probably noticed that the pages here are very light on images. Here are a couple of links that may help explain why.

Free Software

This is a short list of free software that I use.

Analog - web server log file analyzer
Apache - web server
CVS - version control system
Cygwin - unix-like tools for Win32
djbdns - secure, fast, stable DNS tools
FreeBSD - unix operating system
GnuCash - personal finance manager
GnuPG - OpenPGP privacy implementation
ImageMagick - graphics file manipulation tools
Info-Zip - zip and unzip implementation
InterGif - manipulate GIF files (this has become less useful due to the GIF problem)
Junkbuster - web proxy with extensive filtering capabilities
Linux - unix operating system
Mozilla - browser
Mutt - "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." - Mutt author, circa 1995
OpenSSH - secure connectivity and file transfer
Perl - ubiquitous scripting language
Postfix - fast, easy to administer, stable MTA
PostgreSQL - open source Object-Relational DBMS
Python - good scripting language
rinetd - internet "redirection server" useful for firewalls etc.
RRDtool - graphing tool for time-series data
screen - unix terminal session manager - like a "DESQview for Unix"
Subversion - version control system
Squid - full-featured web proxy cache
vim - vi compatible text editor
VNC - cross-platform remote control
Wine - free implementation of Windows on Unix
Zebedee - secure TCP/UDP tunnel

Open Initiatives

This section lists open standards initiatives in which I have an interest.

Jabber - instant message communications protocol
OpenID - identity framework
SPF - prevents sender address forgery
XMPP - protocol behind Jabber instant messaging and presence

I also want to mention HTML just to help boost its search rank (so it gets a good search result).

Personal Home Pages

Here are some links to other personal home pages on the net. These are generally people from whom I have borrowed source code or ideas. Since these folks generally publish Free Software, this is my way of acknowledging their contributions.

Reference

I have tried to collect here pages which serve as a definitive reference for their topic. Typically this will be pages with lots of links to other pages.

Computers
- Programming
  - Languages for the Java VM
  - The Language List
- Systems
  - Technical X Window System
  - Time Server
- Games
  - Tim Mann's Chess Page
  - Computer Chess Programming
- Technology
  - The Museum of HP Calculators
Science
- Astronomy
  - Espenak's Eclipse Home Page
  - The Nine Planets
  - Almanako de astronomiaj eventoj (Almanac of astronomical events, in Esperanto)
- Chemistry
  - WebElements periodic table of the elements
- Mathematics
- Biology
  - Kimball's Biology Pages
  - Tree of Life
  - Taxonomy Exhibit at the University of California Museum of Paleontology
  - Digital Arthropods
- Geography
  - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- Languages
  - Omniglot a guide to writing systems
  - Pinyin info a guide to the writing of Mandarin Chinese in romanization
  - Toki Pona, a fun constructed language with a vocabulary of only 118 words
  - Four Essential Travel Phrases
- Bad Science
Language
- Common Errors in English
Miscellaneous
- Animated Knots

Government Sites

Yes, there are useful government web sites. This list is US-centric because that's where I've been living for the last 10 years or so.

Central Intelligence Agency - home of The World Factbook
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - everybody knows NASA
National Institute of Standards and Technology - keepers of the clock
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - weather and climate info
National Park Service - for time away from the computer
National Security Agency - cryptology at its finest
National Weather Service - up to date weather info
United States Census Bureau - facts and figures, TIGER mapping service
United States Geological Survey - maps, earthquakes, National Atlas

Fun Stuff

People I Know In Real Life Who Have Web Pages Too

Other Hewgills On The Net

There aren't very many of us - here's a short list of who I've been able to find. I don't know any of these people except as noted.

Denton Hewgill (my father), also Kanji Gold and Parotto Japanese language software
Brian, Wilma, and Mike Hewgill (Pistol River Mushrooms)
Catherine Hewgill (Australian cellist)
Jody Hewgill (artist)
Adam Hewgill (Canadian computer scientist)
Roland Hewgill (Canadian actor)
An old story about a family named Hewgill
The Dear Miss Griffis letters mention an officer named Hewgill

Miscellaneous

Free flight tracking
Nuclear tacos - fiery gastronomic bliss.
SPF -all Domain Survey
Christchurch Tech Event Calendar
Rhymes with Sign - Nursery rhymes in NZSL
Yuddom

Greg Hewgill <greg@hewgill.com>