University of Chicago Projects

I have written two major projects for my employer, the University of Chicago. These projects are copyrighted by the Trustees of the University of Chicago, and are made available under the Free Software Foundation’s General Public License (GPL). They are hosted here as a temporary measure, until an “official” site for them is found.

Note well that the GPL DISCLAIMS, AS TO THESE PROGRAMS, ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE.

Also note that the application "Crescat," formally on this site, has been taken down. Developments in Mac OS X since it was written (in 2003, for 10.2.8) have made it obsolete, and beyond support.

Down and Out™ is a screen-saver module that presents a countdown clock, with a configurable message and optionally with an image. When the countdown expires, all open applications are closed, and the current user is logged out. Features:

Configurable warning message.
Configurable time-to-logout.
Optional image to accompany message.
Quits applications safely: “Quit” Apple event used whenever possible.
Logs quit and killed applications to a file in /tmp.

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