About me

Background

Hi! My name is Michael Lynn. My day job is as a software engineer but I also have general interests in computing that I am making available on this web site. This web site has been created to host some programs that I have written over the last few years and things that I want to share.

Since 1996 I have developed professional software components in C, C++, Visual BASIC and Java (JDK1.3, Forte Development Environment). At work I participate in software design, implementation, testing, maintenance and estimates.

Objectives

To design and implement useful, high quality, long-lasting software components and to do as well as I can out of it.

Specialisation

I have interests in relational and free-text databases, data compression algorithms, code optimization and emulation of computers on other computers. Recently I have used the WTL, STL and ATL within Microsoft Visual C++ Application development. I have used the MFC in the past and still use raw Windows dispatch loop processing and messages when required.

HTML and XML are currently of interest for documentation and platform independent messaging. DCOM, COM and SOAP are currently of interest in developing distributed applications and RPC. I have used IIS, SQL Server 2000, and COM+ in a distributed architecture and migrated systems using Microsoft Message Queue, SQL Server 6.5\7 and MTS. In my spare time I have also developed web applications using Apache, PHP and MySQL.

The first program that I have made available is my Clock Generator. This was written for my friend Mark McMillan for some animations on his great web site Afternoon Programmes Follow Shortly.

Interests

Apart from computing I like watching movies, finding rare books in second hand book shops, Viz Comic, limericks, listening to pop music and silly songs.

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