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ProjectsASK-Solutions develops and supports long-term projects in which knowledge, research, education, social engagement, technology and practical collaboration come together in different ways.
A project may develop software or hardware, produce research and documentation, support education and guidance, develop a practical work model, preserve and make knowledge accessible, or combine several of these forms. Some projects are active and continue to be developed; others belong to the history of ASK-Solutions and remain relevant through the knowledge, working methods and experience that emerged from them.
This overview leads to the project pages within ASK-Solutions. Each project is described there in its own historical and substantive context and, where applicable, links onward to project websites, archives, documentation and downloads.
The projects below show how the aims and principles of ASK-Solutions took practical form in different ways and at different times.
current project with a shareable work model
The Owl’s Nest is an ASK-Solutions project based on a shareable work model in which people can make, repair, learn, share knowledge and take part in meaningful practical activities together. Operators give that model concrete form at their own locations.
Read more about The Owl’s Nest project.
current free software project
Nocterra is a general-purpose free-software CMS for building and managing websites over the long term. The project focuses on fast, accessible and maintainable websites that remain transferable, so that site owners can retain control over their content and technical environment over time.
Read more about the Nocterra project.
current project
Repair and Ownership is an ASK-Solutions project that examines the practical meaning of ownership: being able to understand, use, maintain, repair, modify and continue using what you own. The project predates the present-day Right to Repair movement and therefore takes a broader view, also looking at digital locks, accounts, subscriptions, licences, interoperability and other forms of dependency that can limit an owner’s control.
Read more about the Repair and ownership project.
current free hardware and free software project
Bōzuki is an ASK-Solutions project in which an older Suzuki Swift is being built and further developed in stages. Within the project, the car serves as a lasting demonstration object for practical ownership, design, fabrication, electronics, documentation and technical learning. Bōzuki shows how far safe and responsible modification can go, while sharing patterns, designs, software and knowledge where possible.
Read more about the Bōzuki project.
current free software project
Bookkeeping is a free-software project developed by ASK-Solutions for its own financial, organisational and operational administration. It grew out of the need to manage those processes in a way that fits the foundation and remains under its own control.
Read more about the Bookkeeping project.
current, free software project
WasteBug is a minimalistic free-software developer-oriented bug tracker originally written by Pihlaja Voipio in 2004. ASK-Solutions uses and preserves it for Nocterra, Bookkeeping, system administration and other internal work, while documenting recovered code, missing features and later additions such as MySQL support, Task Units and WasteTime.
Read more about the WasteBug project.
historical free software and protocol project
A340GC, libGC and RDDP together form a closely connected technical project for glass-cockpit displays, reusable simulator software and the open exchange of simulator data. The different components made it possible to develop and reuse display, communication and simulator integration more independently of any one specific simulator or installation.
Read more about the A340GC, libGC and RDDP project.
historical free hardware project
BFX and OpenBus form a technical project for connecting simulator software to physical controls, displays, sensors and other inputs and outputs. Bridges, buses, interface boards, firmware and documented hardware made this physical interface layer understandable, adaptable and reusable.
Read more about the BFX and OpenBus project.
historical free software project
Synergos emerged from BackPage as a separate project and deliberately adopted a different architecture: a free-software, web-administered publishing and catalogue system with an SQL-backed structure, WYSIWYG editing, products, ordering and payment handling. The first releases were published under the GPLv2 and later releases under the GPLv3. Experience gained from developing and maintaining Synergos later became part of the lessons carried into the separate Nocterra project.
Read more about the Synergos project.
historical free software project
BackPage was an early free software publishing system made available under the GNU GPLv2. It generated websites from structured source files using GNU tooling such as make, sed and awk, solving repeated navigation, layout and site-structure maintenance without depending on desktop web-authoring tools, special upload workflows or server-side publishing extensions.
Read more about the BackPage project.
historical simulator software project
FSLink connected Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 to external hardware and software. Simulated Dynamics was an unregistered working name used in the early presentation of the software, but it was not a separate project and was not the name of the later foundation.
Read more about the FSLink project.
historical educational and publishing project
IslamicScience was an educational and publishing project about the history of science, mathematics, architecture, manuscripts and technology in Islamic civilisation. It built on subjects that Hüseyin had already been studying for some time and had previously also used within the guidance work carried out in collaboration with Stichting Witte Tulp to support interest, motivation and cultural confidence. Within IslamicScience, these subjects took on a distinct project and publishing form. The website ran on Synergos.
Read more about the IslamicScience project.
historical educational and community-oriented project
The guidance work carried out in collaboration with Stichting Witte Tulp combined mentoring and learning support with cultural confidence, history and science, safe internet access and computer infrastructure. Hüseyin used his own knowledge of and interest in subjects including the history of science, mathematics and Islamic civilisation to stimulate interest and motivation. This substantive approach made the project more than ordinary homework support and later partly took on a distinct form within IslamicScience.
Read more about the Guidance with Stichting Witte Tulp project.
historical educational and social simulator project
The Cosmicus A340 simulator was one of the first official projects of ASK-Solutions. It was carried out with Stichting Cosmicus in Amsterdam and funded by the then Dutch Ministry of Education. Flight simulation, simulator hardware and software, and building a real simulator together formed a practical learning environment for children with fewer opportunities.
Read more about the Cosmicus A340 simulator project.
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