Jack's Hacks
Do stuff that makes you happy!
Software
JJDict - a Java based Japanese-English Dictionary based on Jim Breen's JDICT dictionary
JJReader - a Japanese text displayer with dictionary lookup
Java 3D for Windows NT - Java utilities for 3D graphics on Windows NT
JavaGameboy - a Java Nintendo GameBoy emulator
Web Dandy - a Javascript version of my Dandy Dungeon game
Brick Break - a Javascript Breakout clone
Presentations
HLSL Shader Compiler Update for Xbox 360 and Windows - part of the Gamefest 2006 Graphics Track
Articles
Letters from Silicon Valley - I wrote a monthly column for the Japanese magazine ASCII DOS/V.
Mac to PC - Switching from a Macintosh to a PC. From 1995. Pretty out of date by now.
History of the Palevich Family Name - About my branch of the Palevich family.
Reading Japanese Text on the Web - How to display Japanese character in your Web browser.
Notes on Japanese Culture - for the San Francisco Bay Area
Taiho Sichau Zo! - The You're Under Arrest manga fan site.
Blogs
GrammerJack - My programming blog
Father John - My family blog
Biography
I work at Google on mobile phone software.
Before that, I worked at Microsoft on Xbox game libraries.
Before that, I worked at WebTV, on games for set-top-boxes.
Before that, I worked at Netscape on the Communicator Composer HTML editor.
Before that, I used to work at Taligent, Inc. There's a neat Taligent Alumni Page.
I've also worked at Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Atari, and the NIST.
I went to MIT. My dormitory was New House II. My undergraduate thesis, Thesis of Terror, was published as the 8-bit Atari game Dandy, and served as the basis for the arcade game Gauntlet. It's a four-player top-down dungeon exploration game. There is a program called MAME that lets you play Gauntlet and many other old arcade games.
I was born in Berlin, Germany, and have lived in Poland, Laos , Greece , Massachusetts, and Maryland.
I currently live in Seattle, Washington.
My home e-mail address is jack dot palevich at gmail dot com.