Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
The way JSSpamBlock has evolved since I first released it has reminded me why I love open-source. From day one, I had users pointing out bugs and features they would like added, sometimes even submitting a fix [...]
A diff algorithm in its most basic form takes two strings, and returns the changes needed to make the old string into the new one. They are useful in comparing different versions of a document or file, to see at a glance what the differences are between the two. Wikipedia, for example, uses diffs to [...]
I'm Paul Butler, a Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In my free time, I write code for open-source and my own projects. Away from the keyboard, I enjoy reading, sailing, running, geocaching, travel, and learning French.
You can find me on LinkedIn, twitter, and Facebook. You can also contact me the old-fashioned way at blog@paulbutler.org.
