Category Archives: Software release

Read AIPS / FITS tape without AIPS

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

We get occasional requests to read data from old DDS or Exabyte tapes. Since we’ve long-ago removed tape drives from individual workstations, we now only support a single shared tape reading machine. AIPS tapes have a pretty simple format — … Continue reading →

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Conference timer app (JS Timer) release 2.1

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

I’m happy to announce the latest release of my conference session timer app “JS Timer”. This release, version 2.1, is the version used at our latest conference. You can get JS Timer 2.1 from Github. Returning to this release are … Continue reading →

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JS Timer 1.1 released

Posted on March 20, 2015 by

I’ve released an update to my JS Timer application. Version 1.1 of JS Timer adds a few new features Configurable labels for “Presentation” and “Q&A” sections – in case you want to call them something else Auto-sizing of the clock … Continue reading →

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Windows binary release of JS Timer now available

Posted on October 8, 2014 by

I’ve posted a Windows binary release of my JS Timer conference countdown timer app. It’s built with node-webkit and has the same functionality as the Mac release. Get JS Timer 1.0 from github!

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First “1.0” release of my JS Timer app

Posted on September 11, 2014 by

I’m proud to announce the 1.0 release of my conference countdown timer app “JS Timer”. JS Timer is an easy-to-use, configurable countdown timer for timing presentations / talks at symposia, conferences, etc. It runs in any HTML5-capable browser, or in … Continue reading →

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