That's me posing imperiously in front of the Max Plank Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany, where I spent several happy years conducting research in THz spectroscopy and superconductivity. While in Stuttgart I also was involved in investigating the quality of beer available in many German pubs!

Professional life and geek stuff

• My resume -- Last updated 1.2.2009.
• Secrets of the ViewDraw file format (useful for writing Perl scripts against your ViewDraw symbols and schematics).
• A quick 'n dirty SONET frame generator written in Perl. I wrote this Perl script as a way to deepen my understanding of how SONET handles pointer justification, as well as to model the behavior of the indicator bytes in response to various SONET fault conditions. Note that not all overhead bytes are simulated!
• A small clutch of Perl scripts I use when processing photos. These are extremely rough and ready, so if you don't like hacking, then don't even think about looking at them.
• Pyxie -- a Python library providing convenient methods for manipulation of XML files as DOM trees (amongst other things). The official version lives on Sourceforge. This version contains many of my hacks incorporated to further ease tree manipulation.
• Installing Linux on an IBM Thinkpad 600E -- A record of my experiences, along with some tips which might make your installation smoother than mine.
• SPICE using gEDA -- gEDA is a GPLed set of tools for electronic design. I have been working on expanding gEDA's SPICE netlister to enable simulations of fairly complex analog designs. This page holds documentation about using SPICE on gEDA, updated code for the netlister, some symbol and model libraries, and two projects which I have done using gEDA.
• Various materials for gEDA. This page holds links to some of my recent contributions to the gEDA project.

Friends, family, and social activities

• Photographs of Joe, Bob, and  Stuart's excellent adventure in Washington DC with Craig (Spring, 1999).
• Acadia, Fall 1999. Pictures of this year's Acadia trip (1999).
• Watercolor Paintings by my mother, Connie Brorson.
• A fall day with Bob Koch and his family (2000).
• Photos from the "Unsung Warriors" benefit ball which I attended with friends from Axiowave Networks on 3.9.2002.
• The Runkle Standard Roar archive.
• A walking tour of the remains of Boston's old "Central Artery" elevated expressway which I did with my buddy Craig at the end of Februrary, 2004.
• Another, longer walking tour with Craig and Ron Newman of several construction projects underway in Boston in late winter, 2004.
• A Saturday morning's bike ride through Historic Somerville, Mass done on 5.22.2004.
• A visit with my friends Willi and Cynthia to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden on 5.1.2005.
• A picture of my valentine, Colleen, at the New Leaf Cafe, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, Feburary 14th, 2003.
• My wife, Colleen who is a reading tutor in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Hobbies and interests

• Virtual tours of New York City neighborhoods, including Hudson Heights, Fort Tryon Park, Washington Heights, and the Bronx.
• The Jumel Mansion seen in post cards from long ago.
• The Art Deco Bronx -- a collection of photos of Art Deco buildings in the Bronx demonstrating that New York's northern borough was built in high style.
• New York Skyscrapers then and now -- my collection of colorized post cards of skyscrapers complemented with contemporary photos of the buildings.
• Map City! My collection of old, digitized city maps. Includes New York and Boston.
• Photos of the Tour de Bronx 2000 cycling event, in which I rode with my buddies Greg and Willi.

This page always under construction. Last update 1.2.2009. Please send comments to   Stuart Brorson.