Welcome to Jeff Loughlin's Home Page
Jeff Loughlin is a computer programmer living in Downingtown, PA. I enjoy camping, fishing, jeeping, baseball, music,
photography, and spending time with my family. I also enjoy programming in C and C++ under Windows and Linux, as well
as iPhone/iPad programming in Objective C. I'm mostly a software guy at heart, but the occasional hardware hack
is not out of the question, as I dabble a bit in electronics and sometimes even mechanical engineering. Web/HTML
programming isn't really my thing, which is why this site is all text based and doesn't contain any javascript or anything
else fancy. I believe in simple, no-frills web pages that get right to the point.
This is my home page. Here you will find information about me, how to contact me, any software projects and hardware hacks
I'm currently working on, and other general geekery. I have my hands in a couple of different open source projects right now,
and I'll link you below to the appropriate home pages for each of those projects. The local links under "Software and other
stuff" are just some silly outdated windows applications I wrote a long time ago when I had free time (read: before children).
They may or may not still work under current versions of Windows. Follow the links under "Open Source Projects" to see the
kinds of things I'm working on now.
Besides computer and electronics-related stuff, my other main hobby is photography. You can find some samples
of my work at a few of the sites linked below. I like landscape and macro photography best, and of course my kids are
high on my list of favorite subjects too. I buy most of my photo gear used on ebay. That way I can try it out and then
resell it if it doesn't suit my needs.
When I'm not hiding behind a camera or a computer, you can find me playing trumpet in The West Chester
Swing Kings, an 18-piece big band. We play concerts, dances, weddings, and other special events all around the
Delaware Valley, so be sure to visit the band page if you're looking for some good entertainment for your next event.
Click on the picture of me at the bottom of the page to take you there.
All content here and at the links below is copyrighted by me, so please don't steal it. Thank you.
Where to find me on the internet:
Jeff Loughlin's Google+ page
Jeff Loughlin's Google+ Photo gallery
Information About Me page
My PBase Gallery
My Photo.net gallery
My flickr Gallery
My Photobucket Gallery
Software and other stuff:
Software by Jeff Loughlin - Geek Clock (Desktop clock for programmers)
Weekend Countdown
Open Source Projects I'm currently involved with:
Linux kernel development
Core Plot, an open source graphing/charting library for iOS
Open Source Projects I've been involved with in the past:
Audacity, an open source sound recording/editing platform
LMMS, a cross-platform music studio suite
Open Source Projects that fascinate me but I don't understand well enough to get involved with yet:
The BitCoin Project, an open source, cryptographic electronic currency. I'm not ready to convert the kids' college fund over to BitCoins yet, but I find the concept fascinating...
Open Source Projects I hope to get involved with as soon as I find the time
DigicamControl, an open source DSLR control application. I have yet to find a commercial alternative that I'm happy with, and I've played around a little bit with creating one of my own, but never had the time to devote to writing one. This looks like a cool project that could turn into something really useful given enough developer resources - if I can find the time, I'd love to help out with this one.
Useful Jeep writeups:
Adding a transmission temperature gauge to your Jeep
Fixing an exhaust manifold crack with ThermoSteel
Silencing the seatbelt chimes
Geek stuff:
Useful shell scripts (unix)
How to examine IRPs with LiveKd (Windows)
General stuff that doesn't fit into any other category:
My rant about Apple's charging (bug)
Hardware hack: A single-board computer inside a DSLR battery grip. I need to build me one of these.
Contact me:
Jeff Loughlin,
Computer Geek
Downingtown, PA
jeff@jloughlin.net
Note: I run a Tor router from this server because I believe online privacy is important. For information
on how to become an important part of this project, visit The Tor Project Home Page
Last update: May 2, 2013
