Thomas A. Fine (original) (raw)

* The original "Tom Fine" on the Internet, accept no imitations.

Cycling

• Headlight design ray tracer
• Hill Grade Calculator/Visualizer
• Does Lance's blood show doping?
• Build your own bike light
• Cheap Helmet Cameras
• Internet Analysis of the Floyd Landis Case (offsite link, to a Wiki that I initiated)
• Floyd Landis' Testosterone, WADA, and Abused Science
• Floyd's Exogenous Testosterone
• My own cycling T-shirt designs
• My own product reviews for: Shimano Sandals, Speedplay Frogs, Crankbrothers Mallet-C, and the Take-A-Look bicycle mirror.
• Potential Serious Danger from disk brakes, in particular with quick release wheels. This link is to someone else's opinion on an external site. But I'm an engineer, and by my evaluation the danger is real.
• Child Carriers - Trailer versus Seat
• Bicycle Child Trailer Buyer's Guide
• Frame testing gone bad
• A Stiff Frame is Good to Find
• A Soft Frame is Good to Find
• Bicycle Hubs Hang from the Rim
• Are smaller wheels faster?
• Concept Design for a folding recumbent
• Lance Armstrong wins six! (image)
• Road Bicycle Race Results (offsite)

Geek Opinions

• Does Encryption Really Protect Terrorists? (2015)
• O.M.G. The Trolley Problem - ethical design of self-driving cars. (2015)
• Heartbleed (and the industry's failed response) (2014)
• EME and DRM on the web (2014) (and my first posting on Medium).
• Blog on Sentence Spacing (2012-14) to answer the question of how many spaces after a period. Includes:
• One or two spaces after a period? How about three? (2014)
• Two Spaces - an Old Typists' Habit? (2014)
• French Spacing (2013)
• One Space is Just Wrong (2012)
• Everything You Think You Know About Sentence Spacing is Wrong (2012)
• A River Runs Through It (2012)
• How many spaces after a period? (2011)
• xterm compatibility problems (2008)
• Verizon FiOS versus Comcast (2008)
• the Electronic Classroom (2003)
• Use of Cookies Considered Safe (2000)
• Swatch "Internet Time" Scam (1999)
• Microsoft (1999)
• Y2K rant (1999)
• Outdated software development practices (1998 draft version)
• Why Windows Lovers Love Windows (1998)
• Estimating Software Development Time (1998)
• FREE LONG DISTANCE! (1996)
• flat rates for ISPs (1996)

Fun

• Photos (finally started)
• Mixed drinks database (webkit experiment)
• comments on some beers
• Nethack font
• Nethack weapon skills
• Polearms in Nethack
• First time skiing tips
• breakout
• othello
• vidgame
• My Booklist (no recent updates)
• Book Cover
• cycling (old page)
  Ohio State
• Bandtruth.org, an FAQ-style introduction to the firing of Jon Waters and the problems with the investigation
• WeStandWithJonWaters.com, the primary website for organizing a response to Jon Waters' firing.
• People of the OSUMB, a collection of testimonials by current and former Ohio State Marching Band members about the culture they experienced.
• My layman's examination of the problems with OSU's investigation and report
• My testimonial of the culture I experienced in the Ohio State Marching Band.