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Welcome to the Book of Jason!  This is a place I store random bits of knowledge, trivia, and wisdom that I discover along my journey. I’m keenly interested in technology, science, leadership, people, culture and philosophy.

Recent Posts

  • A Bundle of Warmth
    I spent this weekend in Berkeley with a remarkable group of fellow travelers from the tech industry, academia, AI labs, and startups. We talked about the state of AI, the future of education, and, well, the future of everything. It was incredible! In fact, the conversations were so good that nobody wanted to go to …
  • The J Storm
    My first job was on a farm in Oklahoma. Hard work, and in the summer, brutally hot. But when you’re moving hay or driving the tractor, you get a lot of time to watch the sky and think. I never got as good as the other hands at calling the weather, but after a while …
  • The Walter Pitts Story
    He felt like he couldn’t escape. They were hot on his heels. He could hear the laughter, taunting, and threats coming closer. His heart was pounding as he raced down the street. As a twelve-year-old boy, Walter’s life in Detroit was far from ideal. He was eccentric, a polymath who loved learning. His uneducated parents …
  • Be a Rosita
    I spent the past few months postponing a rose problem. We have a beautiful red rose bush in our back yard. We call her Rosita. Every year, Rosita, very uncharacteristic of her name, puts on a huge blooming show starting in the spring and culminating with a dazzling display the first week of July. Normally, …
  • Storytelling
    I arrived early. The room was set up with a matrix of round tables, set for lunch. Only two people were in the room. I wandered up to the front table, next to the stage. No name tags. It seemed like fair game, so I sat down. Slowly the room began to fill up, and …

iCurlHTTP and iOS Development

iCurlHTTP

iCurlHTTP is a simple, easy to use app that allows you to run MacOS/Linux-like cURL tests against URLs. It can simulate different web browsers (user-agents) to retrieve the raw HTTP headers and HTML response from web servers. Want to know the history and build details on how iCurlHTTP came about?  Read this blog post.

Need to learn how to build iOS and tvOS cross-compiled versions of cURL, OpenSSL and nghttp2? Take advantage of this handy project: https://github.com/jasonacox/Build-OpenSSL-cURL

Topics

  • Technology – Explore various Arduino, (arduino.cc). ATtiny85, Raspberry Pi (raspberrypi.org) and ESP8266 WiFI microcontroller projects. I give details on several projects I have taken on over the years, including home automation, security systems, WiFI water detectors, weather stations and 3D printing. I also chronicle random investigations into current technologies, computer science and beyond.
  • Science – Reviews and contemplations about all things science but mostly quantum physics.
  • Leadership – Study up on a collection of blogs, publications, book reviews and conferences on Leadership, Culture and Business.
  • Finance – Find practical wisdom tidbits that I have discovered through my reading.
  • Entertainment – Comments and reviews on movies, parks and the industry.
  • Theology – Study and contemplate of our Creator and practical spiritual applications.

Contact Me

I love to hear from friend and meet new people. You can contact me via social media at Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Check out my OSS projects on GitHub as well.

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