Hello, I was trying to submit my TIPP abstracts today to the indico site and ran into difficulties. I didn't realize it was due to browser incompatibilities until just a little while ago. By the time I had figured that out and was submitting my abstracts the deadline expired. It's my fault for waiting until the last minute, but there it is. I'm hoping you will grant me a time-zone exemption (it's still the afternoon here at SLAC) and consider the attached abstracts. Another unexpected issue was which track to submit to. In the past, software has been an accepted track which has been considered as very useful for instrumentation development, in particular simulation software. The software which we have developed is very flexible, easy to install and use, and useful in both large experiments as well as in individual detector simulations. I appreciate your consideration of the attached abstracts. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any additional information. Enjoy the weekend. Sincerely, Norman Graf