====== Welcome to highfellow.org ======

My name is Andy Baxter. I live in the North West of England. This is my webspace for writing up personal projects. I also write an occasional blog on this site. 

I work part time for a small electronics company, doing bits of research, linux sysadmin stuff, and some microcontroller programming. When I am not working, I like to go cycling, make and listen to music, cook, engage in computer geekery and electronics, read a bit, and take photos.

The site is pretty much under construction at the moment. It is powered by [[http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki|dokuwiki]] - a lightweight wiki program with neat syntax and some nice features. I hope you find something here you like. 

You can contact me at this email address: andy on the server highfellow dot org. (replace 'on the server' with '@' and 'dot' with '.' to make the right address).

===== What's here =====
  * [[maps:intro|Mapping]] - making a start on an essay about the sociology and philosophy of mapping and calculation. (Currently private while I finish writing it)
  * [[http://charabanc.sourceforge.net|Charabanc]] - A javascript app for displaying panoramic guided tours of a physical place on the web. This is a [[http://highfellow.org/demo/charabanc-demo/code/virtual-tour.html|demo]] of the new version (not tested in all browsers but works in Chrome).
  * [[http://www.lothlorien.tc|Lothlorien]] - A community for people with mental health problems in the Scottish borders which I stayed at for a while, and whose website I wrote and still maintain.
  * [[synpad|The Synpad]] - A page about the position sensitive MIDI drum pad I built, with links to an Instructables article and a YouTube video.
  * [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59973966@N07/|Flickr]] - My Flickr.com account: mostly outdoor photos but also a few of people / events.
  * [[http://www.instructables.com/member/ganglion/|Instructables]] - My Instructables.com account: I occasionally put details of personal projects up here.
  * [[arduino:|Arduino]] stuff - My notes on programming the arduino microcontroller board.
  * Random [[http://highfellow.org/misc/chooser/chooser-intro.html|password chooser]] - a cgi script to choose random passwords, based on an xkcd cartoon.
  * Random [[http://highfellow.org/misc/random-word/random-word.py|google]] searches - another cgi script which picks random words from the dictionary and gives you a link to a google search for those words.
  * A [[buddycloud:start|page]] about the [[http://buddycloud.com|buddycloud]] server node I'm running. Buddycloud is an alternative to facebook, based around free software, open protocols, and a federated network of servers.
  * LED [[stair-lights]] - a short write up about a set of LED lights I made for the stairs in our house.

===== My weblog =====

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