Tools
Some computer programs I have written. Since I actually use them, I guess they count as structured procrastination.
- pandoc
a general markup converter, written in Haskell. I use this for all of my lecture notes, letters, slides, and websites.
- gitit
a wiki program in Haskell, using git for file storage and history, and pandoc and highlighting-kate for markup and page rendering. (gitit’s git repository, gitit live demo)
- yst
a program that generates static websites (including this one!) from string templates and data in YAML or CSV files.
- lunamark
a markdown to HTML and LaTeX converter written in lua, using a PEG grammar.
- highlighting-kate
a source code syntax highlighting library in Haskell. Parsers for different languages are automatically generated from Kate xml syntax definitions.
- filestore
a generic interface to versioned storage for text or binary data, with backends for git and darcs.
- texmath
a Haskell library for converting LaTeX formulas to MathML and OMML. There’s an online demo here.
- cloudlib
tools for keeping a library of books and articles on Amazon’s S3 and SimpleDB
- peg-markdown
an implementation of markdown in C, using a PEG (parsing expression grammar). See also markdown-peg, a PEG-based markdown in Haskell.
- sep-offprint
produces PDF offprints from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries.
- zip-archive
a Haskell library for working with ZIP archives.
- GOGAR (game of giving and asking for reasons)
a computer model of the scorekeeping dynamics in Robert Brandom’s Making It Explicit
- cartargrapher
a simple argument mapping app, made using Google’s visualization API, jquery, and python, and running on Google’s AppEngine. Note: at this point, I don’t guarantee the persistence of saved argument maps!
- Truth table tutor
an online truth table tutor, written in Haskell and Javascript.
- Navajo Lucida Sans font
a TrueType font for the Navajo language