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For all you nosy people that feel the need to know about me without getting to know me, this page is for you!

Work

I'm currently a programmer for Verari Systems Software. I work on embedded devices, usually of the ARM7 variety.

Projects

Outside of work, I have a couple computer related projects I work on:

• Personal svn repo - Various projects I work on that are not full blown "products" of their own. Access via: svn co svn://svn.synack.net/bbraun
• xar - I'm the primary author of xar, an archive format and an archiver that is designed to handle the requirements of modern file archival.
• xinetd - I currently maintain xinetd, which is now shipped standard with RedHat Linux and with MacOS X.

Those are the highlights. Of course I work on a number of smaller, less useful things for kicks. I might add some of them here in the future, if I quit tinkering with them and breaking them.

Writing

Some writings on Apple, Open Source, and other topics:

• Apple and 'getting' Open Source - Mar. 24 2007
• The Proper Context for Apple and Open Source - Apr. 11 2006
• Lessons Learned from recent Darwin experiences - Feb. 24 2006
• Response to Slashdot Posting of "A Brief History of Apple Open Source Efforts" - Feb. 24 2006
• Why Did Darwin Fail - Feb. 23 2006
• WebKit and Apple's Open Source Efforts - Feb. 23 2006
• A Brief History of Apple Open Source Efforts - Feb. 21 2006
• Why xar? - Feb. 21 2006
• Issues with DarwinPorts
• Meanderings on frameworkifying unix software
• My experiences admining the OpenDarwin machines, from the beginning, through the 10.3 upgrade, and some immediate impressions after the 10.3 transition

Patches

Some patches I have made to random pieces of software:

• Contiki 2.x for c64 Get Contiki 2.x building for c64 again
• SylphIRC 005 DLDI and libcartreset support Add libfat DLDI driver support and libcartreset support using L+R+A+B to the SylphIRC irc client for the Nintendo DS
• rdesktop 1.5 Xinerama support With Apple's X11 server, the menubar is part of the screen and represented with Xinerama. So to avoid part of the rdesktop fullscreen support appearing under the menubar, xinerama support is necessary to avoid that portion of the screen.
• Apache 1.3.33 >2gb files
• fvwm 1.24r Xinerama Window Placement
• SACK for OSX 10.2.3

Random List

• Verari Systems Software Employee 2006 - Current
• NeoKinetics Employee 2006
• Agent Science Technology Inc. Employee 2005 - 2006 (Renamed NeoKinetics)
• Washington State University Employee 2004 - 2005
• Apple Employee 2001 - 2004
• OpenDarwin Core Team Member
• FreeBSD Former Committer
• Darwin Developer Back before I became an Apple employee
• Darwinfo Author/Maintainer (Replaced by OpenDarwin)
• xinetd Developer/Maintainer 1998 - current
• Unix System Administration Handbook, 3rd Ed. Contributing Author
• Vixie Enterprises 1998 and 1999 summer internship.
• DolphinQuest Spring/Summer 1999
• G.W. Hannaway and Associates Fall 1998 - Spring 1999
• UgradOps Fall 1996 - Fall 1998
• US West Advanced Technologies 1997 summer internship
• Towards Other Planetary Study Conference. Attended on scholarship 1995.
• Australian International Space School at Sydney. Attended on scholarship 1995.
• 1st Annual Space Frontier Conference Attended on scholarship 1995
• Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii Graduated 1996
• Punahou Solar Car Project. Founder 1995
• Punahou School Army ROTC Ranger Team