Introduction

This is my website and it provides links to my interests and activities. Below you will find links to these things. Most active are music, software development, and travel.

Travels, Music, Software, Links and

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Trips & Journeys Over the last few years we have been taking some very interesting trips. Recently these have included trips to the Mexican Yucatan peninsula and other locations in the Caribbean. While in Mexico we have visited many of the Mayan archaeological sites and I have done a considerable amount of scuba diving, including excursions to Cozumel. We have definitely fallen in love with Mexico and discovered some favourites, in particular, Cozumel and Akumal, Mexico, that we return to again and again. The Recent Travels page contains descriptions and links to pictures. It has some of the characteristics of a blog, but I'm afraid it will not be updated as frequently. We have been going to Caribbean destinations when it's cold here in Nova Scotia since March 2004. Even though we will continue to visit our favourites, there are still new places to discover. The only underlying criteria is that both the snorkelling and the diving must be good.

Music

I have been playing guitar now for about 60 years. I am not a professional musician, but it’s most definitely one of my passions. Click here to see what I’ve been playing and listen to my recordings. I do not have a professional recording studio and all these recordings have warts and wrinkles, just like a live performance. I hope you enjoy some or all of the music.

My Software

I also enjoy the challenges and puzzles associated with programming. Over the years I have learned a number of programming languages. As a teaching language, I thoroughly enjoyed Pascal! However, Pascal is not a great production language; it is not inherently object oriented and the development environments provide some additional challenges. However, if you would like to check out Pascal, Pascal Programming, The Pascal Programmer, Free Pascal and GNU Pascal are resources for you. In the early 80's, I taught myself C and later C++. This is now my language of choice and I use MS Visual C++ with Microsoft Visual Studio. All software posted on this site (use the BruntonSoft Software link above) is available for personal use without charge. If you find it useful, I'm delighted. Please let me know. If you encounter problems, I'll do my best to assist and the problem you identify may result in an overhaul of the code. Similarly, if you find some aspect of the user interface awkward or less than intuitive, let me know that as well. All feedback is appreciated and I will respond as quickly and thoroughly as possible. Please note, however, programming is a labour of love and not my occupation. And while I no longer have a day job we are travelling and generally enjoying the freedom of retirement. Therefore, I will be glad to address any problems you may uncover, but I cannot guarantee immediate turnaround.

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