Work and Hobbies

Work

I use computers and software to solve problems. You can see some examples of computer work at the following links:

• An XML Stream Parsing API for Java a free (GNU Lesser General Public License) software project at SourceForge
• "Generic XML Stream Parser API", Extreme Markup Languages^® Conference 2004
• "Parsing Complex Text Structures", Dr. Dobb's Journal, June 2000
• "Lex and Yacc: Compiler construction techniques for the everyday programmer", Dr. Dobbs Journal, February 1996
• "Building a Portable Programming Environment", Dr. Dobbs Journal, May 1993

I have also worked, with and without computers, as an economist and statistician:

• "Conditions for economies of scope in the presence of fixed costs", Ian E. Gorman, in Rand Journal of Economics, Autumn 1985
• "The Impact of Regional Investment Incentives on Employment and Productivity", Michael Daly, Ian Gorman, Gordon Lenjosek, Alex McNevin, and Wannakan Phiriyapreunt, in Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1993.

Hobbies

    History                           Physics
    General reading                   Software development
    Clock and camera repair           Metal work (lathe and sheet metal)
    Building model ships and boats    Photography

Particular interest in model boats: 25 wooden deep-sea trawlers built between 1950 and 1959 for province of PEI. Twenty-four of these were built by Wagstaffe and Hatfield at Port Greville, near Parsboro NS. The other one was built by Poulin & Friolet Construction Co. Ltd. at Lower Caraquet NB.