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Michael Hogg
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Welcome to my website!

This site was started on 28th March 2007.  It’s still very much under construction, but I’m adding more content all the time...


Software

Software (image generated by FractalNet)

I’m a software engineer, and in my spare time I enjoy creating my own software.  My most well-known project is my Guitar Chord Explorer, which has had over 120,000 visitors since November 2003.

Other projects that you can use for free include Marble Challenge (a game), ASCIIroids (another game), Particle System Designer (a virtual machine for Second Life), Gravity Bubbles (a visual toy) and some amusing name generators.

My other projects include FractalNet (a distributed fractal renderer), EcoSim (an ecosystem simulator), Cosmic Dust (a particle animation system), Imagencrypter (a visual cryptography program), Foxy Detector (a motion-detection program), MacDiff (a file-comparison program) and Matrix Attack (a partially-created game).  I’m also writing a guide to the Mac OS X Terminal.


Music

Music

I have been playing the piano since school, and the acoustic guitar since 2002.  I recorded my first amateur album, The Eternal Realm, in 2005, and I participated in the recording of a professional album with The Newsong Group (tenor vocals and guitar) in 2007.  I’ve composed some songs in GarageBand, and I’m also (slowly) learning to play the tenor saxophone.


Other

Other

I’ve created Conway’s Game of Life: An Illustrated Guide, and I’m currently developing various TV episode guides.  You can also view some photos and a video of a friendly fox who visits our back garden every day with her cubs


Videos

VimeoAll the videos on my website are hosted for free by Vimeo, a very cool video-sharing website, supporting much better quality videos than YouTube.  You can find a complete gallery of my videos here, or you can browse my video albums here.


Wikipedia contributions

WikipediaI have been a member of Wikipedia since November 2006.  I have started several articles, and made over 400 edits so far.  I have made major contributions to the Journey Into Space article, since I’m a big fan of this 1950s radio show.  For more info, visit my user page.
Contact me  –  Page last updated on 6th August 2008  –  Website hosted by Streamline.net
Michael Hogg