Astronomy Labs

APOD Viewer is a Dashboard widget for displaying the oAstronomy Picture of the Dayo from NASAls web page. Each day a new image is presented along with a description by a professional astronomer. In addition to showing the current image oAPOD Viewero also lets you see the accompanying explanation... Platforms: Mac

The acronym OMA stands for Optical Multi-channel Analyzer and is what Princeton Applied Research called their early SIT vidicon cameras.The OMA program was developed by researchers as a way to investigate and post-process photometric images from CCD detectors used for laser-based imaging of... Platforms: Mac

Hogwash is an inline packet scrubber that uses Snorts detection engine to drop malicious packets before they reach the target. The original version of what is now hogwash was written in 1996 while I was at Idaho State University. I had a web server that when patched, broke the software it... Platforms: *nix

SDL_sound is a library that handles the decoding of several popular sound file formats, such as .WAV and .MP3. It is meant to make the programmers sound playback tasks simpler. The programmer gives SDL_sound a filename, or feeds it data directly from one of many sources, and then reads the... Platforms: *nix

Poff ("Ping and Off") is a system daemon that shuts down slave computers (which it is installed on) when the master computer is switched off (and therefore doesn't respond to pings anymore). It can be used to switch off numerous computers like in computer labs without having to walk up to every... Platforms: Mac

NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS nameserver. NSD is an authoritative only, high performance, simple and open source name server. NSD is thoroughly tested, there is a regression tests report available on the home page. NLnet Labs has a long term commitment for... Platforms: *nix

The NSCL Data Acquisition system is a general purpose nuclear physics data acquisition system in use at several university labs and, of course, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. Platforms: *nix

Simulation of coded aperture imaging systems used in gamma astronomy. This is the subject of my preparatory class personal work (TIPE in french). For more information about coded aperture imaging systems, see this site. Platforms: Mac

URBI: Universal Robotic Body Interface. URBI is a scripted command language used to control robots (AIBO, pioneer,...). It is a robot-independant API. URBI Project is based on a client/server architecture and it is designed to be used over a TCP/IP or IPC connection.. URBI is a Universal... Platforms: *nix

A free IDL (Interactive Data Language) compatible incremental compiler (ie. runs IDL programs). IDL is a registered trademark of Research Systems Inc. Full syntax compatibility with IDL 6.0 ALL IDL language elements are supported, including: - Objects, - Pointers, - Structs, - Arrays, -... Platforms: *nix

SwapSwapVM is an AppleScript application made with Smile written to change thetarget volume (disk; partition) for the Virtual Memory swapfiles in OS X10.2.x Jaguar. It has been vigorously tested on various configurations underOS X 10.2.0 through 10.2.6. SwapSwapVM requires a default installation... Platforms: Mac

Skywatching Widget... The Skywatching Center is your astronomical best buddy! It points out whatNs most captivating in the sky each night, or the next morning before dawn. Times and directions are indicated. Click the charts or title for more information. Designed for all ages. Suitable for... Platforms: Mac

NetBrain Qmap Reader is a free tool for reliably viewing and interacting with NetBrain Qmaps. Unlike conventional network diagrams, Qmaps are created through automation and embedded with rich network data, such as configuration files and show command output. Enterprises leverage Qmap for... Platforms: Windows

Scientific Linux is a Linux release put together by various labs and universities around the world. Scientific Linuxs primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimentors. The base Scientific Linux distribution is basically... Platforms: *nix

AFS is a distributed filesystem product, pioneered at Carnegie Mellon University and supported and developed as a product by Transarc Corporation (now IBM Pittsburgh Labs). It offers a client-server architecture for file sharing, providing location independence, scalability and transparent... Platforms: *nix

SystemImager is software that automates Linux installs, software distribution, and production deployment. SystemImager makes it easy to do automated installs (clones), software distribution, content or data distribution, configuration changes, and operating system updates to your network of... Platforms: *nix

Kaboot Linux Operating system aims to provide an operating system which you can take anywhere and has all your favourite programs on. Kaboot operating system is avaliable as a Live CD or Live USB you can take with you anywhere. A number of different versions are avaliable, two optimised for... Platforms: *nix

Plan 9 From User Space is a port of the bulk of the Plan 9 software build environment to Unix. While the libraries make an attempt to play nice with the rest of the system (by using the Unix rules for printf verbs and Unix system headers, for example), this port tries to reproduce the Plan 9... Platforms: *nix

DaisyTracker is a Dashboard widget that displays the Word, Quote and Joke of the dayPlant DaisyTracker on your Dashboard, and receive a daily dose of enlightenment and entertainment. Learn a new word, a pithy quote, and a funny joke. Or just use it to liven up a dull Dashboard. It's all up to you... Platforms: Mac

Bundle::Colloquy::BotBot2 is a bundle to install all modules required for BotBot2. SYNOPSIS perl -MCPAN -e install Bundle::Colloquy::BotBot2 CONTENTS Colloquy::Bot::Simple - Simple robot interface for Colloquy Colloquy::Data - Read Colloquy 1.3 and 1.4 data files Config::General -... Platforms: *nix