Name Matthew J. Mikolay Birth January 1993 Hometown Middletown, NJ Hi there! Welcome to my corner of the internet. My name is Matthew Mikolay, often called mattmik. I’m currently a student at Rutgers University in New Jersey majoring in computer science and mathematics. My hobbies include collecting vintage computers, DJing, music production, and swing dancing. On this page, you'll find a little bit about the programs and projects to which I've contributed and much, much more. Feel free to look around. Enjoy! The following is a brief list of programs on which I've worked. For a more complete list, click here! Mixxx 2012 Mixxx is a top notch open source DJing program capable of competing with commercial DJ software. In the past, I’ve implemented some minor features. This summer (2012), I will be taking part in Google Summer of Code with Mixxx. Mixxx Website ReRap 2011 ReRap is an interpreter for the English dialect of the Rapira programming language. Rapira was a procedural programming language created in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Google Code Page vowels 2011 vowels is an esoteric programming language designed to explore alternative ways to pass data to command calls. By using the repetition of vowel letters, the vowels programming language breaks free from the conventional system of parameters and arguments. Google Code Page chasm 2010 CHIP-8 is an interpreted programming language developed by Joseph Weisbecker for the COSMAC VIP computer in 1977. chasm is a pseudo­assembler for the CHIP­-8 language used to simplify programming. Google Code Page Extension-based Security Exploits in Firefox June 2010 Matthew J. Mikolay, Vincent N. Sparacio, Tara C. Nealon, Caleb J. Levine, Reid D. McKenzie Advised by Vinod Ganapathy, Professor of Computer Science, Rutgers University Download PC World Community Voices Blogger November 2007 – August 2008 I consider myself a collector of vintage computers; my basement is filled with a variety of machines from years gone by. In the past, I've volunteered my time for the MidAtlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists at their vintage computer museum in Wall, NJ. In August of 2008, I founded the COSMAC VIP group, an online community dedicated to preserving the history of the RCA COSMAC VIP computer. For the fall semester of 2012, my fellow students and I are working to put together a vintage computer club at Rutgers University. The Scarlet Association for Vintage Electrons (SAVE) will be dedicated to spreading knowledege of retrocomputers to the student body and faculty. Click here to browse for documents relating to vintage computers, specifically the COSMAC VIP and COSMAC ELF! Click here to see a list of the vintage computers and video games in my collection! If you need to contact me for any reason, please shoot me an email at the following email address. Or, feel free to contact me on one of the following websites...