From 1993 to 1995, I released a number of Free Software programs for the Macintosh. They are archived here for posterity.
Brailler
A Braille text editor. Supports brailler-style typing (six keys and a space bar) as well as on-the-fly translation into grade 1 or 2 American Standard Braille. System 7.0 or later.
Chef
A fun utility to convert any text file to mock Swedish, like the Swedish chef on the Muppets. Supports plain text and RTF files. Supports drag and drop. System 6 or later.
Crooked Mouse
Your mouse will move at a 45 degree angle counter-clockwise from the direction you thought you were moving it. System 6 or later.
Darth Fader
Your Mac will fade in and out quckly whenever it beeps. A cool effect which requires a Mac with gamma (any color Mac except Powerbooks). System 6 or later.
Devil’s Cubes
A simple cube rotation puzzle, trying to arrange four cubes so the colors on the top, bottom, front, and back sides are all different. Color & B/W. System 6 or later.
Dialectic
A general text conversion utility, translating text through a “dialect” filter of your choice. Current dialects: Chef, Fudd, WAREZ, Ubby (underwater), Olde (Middle English), Op, Morse Code, Pig Latin, and Rot-13. Supports plain text, RTF, and Teachtext “read-only” files. Supports drag and drop. System 4.1 or later.
Final Chance
On shutdown, this will bring up a dialog box with a random quote and a chance to exit to the Finder instead of shutting down. System 6 or later.
Friends of Nim
A collection of games based on the tile-taking game of Nim. Color & B/W. System 7.0 or later.
Fudd
A small utility to convert any text file to Elmer Fudd talk, like the character of the same name on the U.S. cartoon “Bugs Bunny”. Supports plain text and RTF files. Supports drag and drop. System 6 or later.
Ghost
Players take turns adding a letter to build a world; first player to add a letter which finishes a word loses the round! Play against other people and/or against computer players at a variety of skill levels. Color & B/W. System 6 or later.
Ghost Mouse
Your mouse will disappear once you stop moving it. System 6 or later.
Go Sit In The Corner
Your mouse will jump to a corner of the screen after a specified amount of time/inactivity. Fully configurable control panel. System 6 or later.
Gravity Mouse
Your mouse will occasionally be uncontrollably affected by gravity, and fall to the bottom of the screen. System 6 or later.
Halma
A board game, trying to move nine tiles from one corner of the board to the other. 21 unique boards. Color & B/W. System 4.1 or later.
Jotto
A simple word game, guessing five and six letter words and getting feedback as to how many letters are correct. Similar to MasterMind, only with words. Color & B/W. System 7.0 or later.
Kant Generator Pro
Generate pseudo-Kantian doctrine based on context-free grammer and Kant’s vocabulary in Critique of Pure Reason. Also allows you to build and test yoru own context-free language modules. System 7.0 or later.
Lose Your Marbles!
Try to fill the board with marbles such that no row, column, or diagonal share the same type of marble. Color & B/W. System 4.1 or later.
Menu Fixer
A programmer’s utility which checks for (and also fixes) discrepancies between MENU resource IDs and internal menu IDs. System 6 or later.
Mousebroken
A control panel giving you more (or less) control over your mouse. Comes with over a dozen mouse modules, from which you can choose how your mouse will (mis)behave.
MSG Demo
127 graphic effects and fades. Color or B/W. System 4.1 or later.
Pentominoes
Try to place 12 pentomino pieces on a variety of boards without any overlap. New version includes 3-D graphics, a board editor, and over 90 boards. Color & B/W. System 7.0 or later.
Shutdown Fade
An INIT that will cause your Macintosh to fade all attached screens to black every time it shuts down. Requires a Mac with gamma (any color Mac except Powerbooks). System 7 or later.
Shutdown FX
On shutdown and/or restart, this INIT will clear your screen with one of over 60 graphic effects. Includes a startup application for system 7 users, and a control application to control options, install and disable fades, and preview fades without shutting down. System 6 or later.
Sleep Deprivation
An INIT that clears your screen with a cool graphic effect every time you put your Mac to sleep. System 7 or later.
Speedy Mouse
Your mouse will move twice as fast as it normally does. System 6 or later.
Startup Screen Picker
An INIT (and startup application) which will randomly pick a startup screen to be displayed at system startup. Takes no memory after INIT time. System 6 or later.
Stoned Mouse
Your mouse will move discretely instead of continuously, an effect which I find breathtakingly disconcerting. System 6 or later.
Voyeur
A no-frills file viewer (raw hex and ascii data). Also capable of changing type and creator information and fork lengths. System 6 or later.
