Simon Volpert

Contact Information

I can be reached via Signal. You will need to figure out the correct number yourself.

Lower priority communications should go to my email as simon on this server. Messages coming from me are always signed with a PGP key with the ID 0x5910CF33.

I keep a microblog on a Pleroma federated social server at ZombieNet.org/simon.

I am currently or was in the past active in the following communities (that i am willing to admit):

• Reddit — simon-v
• ChaosForge forums — Simon-v
• ZDoom forums — Simon-v
• OpenXcom forums — Simon-v

I am no longer active in following communities:

• Twitter — inactive since 2016-07-11
• BitcoinTalk forums — inactive since 2015-05-27

Works

I am responsible for a series of things, with varying levels of obscurity.

Music

I wrote some music. Some of it survived the test of time.

• Doom the Roguelike: The Album (2010-2012) — My contribution to a game i happen to like.
• Aftermath (2014-???) — The next project. The next level. Stalled.

Software and Games

Occasionally, i make software, usually to satisfy a particular need of mine. A few of the more universally useful examples are published. The most significant of those are:

• bean-add — A tab-completing transaction entry assistant for beancount with an fdisk-like command prompt.
• fediscover — A user profile discovery tool for ActivityPub social servers.
• MiniPOS — A self-hosted, 0-confirmation, trustless Bitcoin Cash point-of-sale server.
• addrwatch — A Bitcoin Cash address watcher and notifier.
• remailer — A PGP-enforcing newsletter implementation.
• tridenticon — A visual hash generator for generating visually appealing, milti-colored, immediately recognizable icons from arbitrary data
• autorun-parts — A crude, deficient, bug-ridden reimplementation of cron (actually, a reverse task scheduler).
• ZDoomRL — A set of gameplay modifications for DoomRL Arsenal

Mirrors of the repositories are kept at GitHub and GitLab, though those are not guaranteed to always be up-to-date.

Stories

I wrote some short stories. Some of them survived the test of time.

• The Act (sketch, 2008) — Woe is the Overly Talented Actor!
  Translations: English
• Fate (short story, 2005) — Through deserts, through forests, through abandoned towns, towards one goal, one destination, one end, slowly, implacably, inevitably. This is his destiny. His fate. His doom.
  Translations: Русский
• Home (short story, 2005) — Every journey has its beginning and its end, and that end is the return home.
  Translations: English, Русский
• The Primary Accused (short story, 2005) — Detective Jacob Smithers is assigned to a complicated murder case. As new evidence is discovered it becomes apparent that this case can not and will not have a simple solution. Who killed the woman in question? Where is the murderer hiding? What other crimes has he committed? And, most importantly, how much will it all cost to the tax payers?
  Translations: English, Русский
• The Villain (short story, 2008) — This is not malice. This is not spite. This is not a grudge against the entire world. This is his job; And he does it well.
  Translations: English, Русский
• Victim Rights (short story, 2019) — Any functional society depends on everyone doing their part. We aren't monsters, or anything; And Victim Rights aren't only there to protect those, who have become a victim.
  Translations: English
• The Bright Side (short story, 2007) — ...But before all and above all, remember: everything has a bright side. It is thanks to this, that we are here, it is thanks to this, that our quality of life is assured, and God forbid that you forget this, even for an instant!
  Translations: Русский

2011-2020, Simon Volpert
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