Editing John Walker (programmer) (section)

== Fourmilab ==
He published on his personal domain, "Fourmi Lab", designed to be a play on [[Fermilab]] and {{lang|fr|Fourmi}}, French for “ant”, one of his early interests.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fourmilab.ch/nav/topics/faq.html |title=Frequently asked questions |author=John Walker |access-date=January 29, 2019 |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121121907/http://www.fourmilab.ch/nav/topics/faq.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On his Web site, Walker published about his personal projects, including a [[hardware random number generator]] called HotBits, along with software that he wrote and freely distributed, such as his Earth and Moon viewer.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/| title=HotBits: Genuine random numbers, generated by radioactive decay| author=Walker, John| publisher=fourmilab.ch| access-date=March 30, 2006| archive-date=February 20, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220220917/http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/| title=Earth and Moon Viewer| author=Walker, John| publisher=fourmilab.ch| access-date=March 30, 2006| archive-date=March 3, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303094757/http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/| url-status=live}}</ref> Another notable book was called [[The Hacker's Diet]].