correct author/author_handle.json empty strings

Fixed author/author_handle.json situations where "location_code",
"location_name", and/or "deprecated_twitter_handle" was an empty
JSON string.  In those cases the JSON null is used instead.

author/Aaron_Grothe.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "ajgrothe@yahoo.com",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Adar_Zeitak.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "aa4z2@walla.co.il",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Adrian_Cable.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Adrian_Mariano.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "adrian@cam.cornell.edu",
     "url" : "http:\/\/cam.cornell.edu\/adrian\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Aidan_Thornton.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "makomk@lycos.co.uk",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Alan_De_Smet.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Alan_De_Smet",
     "full_name" : "Alan De Smet",
     "sort_word" : "smet",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.highprogrammer.com\/alan",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Albert_van_der_Horst.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl",
     "url" : "http:\/\/home.hccnet.nl\/a.w.m.van.der.horst",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Alex_Deckmyn.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "alex.deckmyn@gmail.com",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Alexander_Prishchepov.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "student.00x@gmail.com",
     "url" : "https:\/\/github.com\/sans17\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Anders_Gavare.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "gavare@gmail.com",
     "url" : "https:\/\/gavare.se",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Andrea_Marangoni.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "andrea@andreamarangoni.it",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.andreamarangoni.it",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Andreas_Gustafsson.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "gson@araneus.fi",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.araneus.fi\/gson\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Andrew_Shapiro.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Andrew_Shapiro",
     "full_name" : "Andrew T. Shapiro",
     "sort_word" : "shapiro",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Andy_Sloane.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Anonymous_1984.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Anonymous_2004.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : null,
     "url" : "https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040324155828\/http:\/\/bicoherent.topcities.com\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Anonymous_2005.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Anonymous_2005",
     "full_name" : "Anonymous 2005",
     "sort_word" : "anonymous",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Arch_D_Robison.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Arne_Heizmann.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "timwi@gmx.net",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Baruch_Nissenbaum.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "baruch@eng.tau.ac.il",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Bas_de_Bakker.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "bas@bbwt.demon.nl",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Bernd_Meyer.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "bmeyer@cs.monash.edu.au",
     "url" : "https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20030212213342\/http:\/\/byron.csse.monash.edu.au\/realindex.html",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Brent_Burley.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "brent.burley@disney.com",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Brian_Westley.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "brian@westley.org",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.westley.org",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Bruce_Holloway.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Bsoup.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "mail@bsoup.skr.jp",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Byron_Rakitzis.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Byron_Rakitzis",
     "full_name" : "Byron Rakitzis",
     "sort_word" : "rakitzis",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Carl_Banks.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Carl_Banks",
     "full_name" : "Carl Banks",
     "sort_word" : "banks",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "web39@aerojockey.com",
     "url" : "https:\/\/blog.aerojockey.com\/post\/iocccsim",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Carl_Shapiro.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Carl_Shapiro",
     "full_name" : "Carl Shapiro",
     "sort_word" : "shapiro",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "carl@lasvegassun.com",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Carlos_Duarte.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Carlos_Duarte",
     "full_name" : "Carlos Duarte",
     "sort_word" : "duarte",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Cel_Skeggs.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Cel_Skeggs",
     "full_name" : "Cel Skeggs",
     "sort_word" : "skeggs",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "celskeggs@gmail.com",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.celskeggs.com",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Chris_King.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Chris_King",
     "full_name" : "Chris King",
     "sort_word" : "king",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "ctk314@yahoo.com",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Christian_Dupont.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "christian.dupont@lemel.fr",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Christopher_Night.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : null,
     "url" : "https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090415070532\/https:\/\/www.people.fas.harvard.edu\/~night\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Cody_Boone_Ferguson.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "ioccc@xexyl.net",
     "url" : "https:\/\/xexyl.net",
     "alt_url" : "https:\/\/ioccc.xexyl.net",
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : "@xexyl@fosstodon.org",
     "mastodon_url" : "http:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@xexyl",
     "github" : null,

author/Col_G_L_Sicherman.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Col_G_L_Sicherman",
     "full_name" : "Col. G. L. Sicherman",
     "sort_word" : "sicherman",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "colonel@monmouth.com",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.monmouth.com\/~colonel\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Craig_Schneiderwent.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Craig_Schneiderwent",
     "full_name" : "Craig Schneiderwent",
     "sort_word" : "schneiderwent",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "evilgenius@attglobal.net",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Daniel_Fischer.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Daniel_Fischer",
     "full_name" : "Daniel Fischer",
     "sort_word" : "fischer",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "df@freudenstadt.net",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Daniel_J_Bernstein.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Daniel_J_Bernstein",
     "full_name" : "Daniel J. Bernstein",
     "sort_word" : "bernstein",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "djb@pobox.com",
     "url" : "http:\/\/pobox.com\/~djb\/djb.html",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Daniel_Vik.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "daniel@vik.cc",
     "url" : "https:\/\/www.vik.cc",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Dave_Decot.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Dave_Decot",
     "full_name" : "Dave Decot",
     "sort_word" : "decot",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/David_Applegate.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "davida@caam.rice.edu",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.caam.rice.edu\/~davida",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/David_Gibson.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "David_Gibson",
     "full_name" : "David Gibson",
     "sort_word" : "gibson",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/David_Goodenough.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "David_Goodenough",
     "full_name" : "David Goodenough",
     "sort_word" : "goodenough",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/David_Korn.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "dgk@research.att.com",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.kornshell.com\/~dgk\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/David_Madore.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "david+alexander@madore.org",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.madore.org\/~david\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/David_Van_Brackle.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "David_Van_Brackle",
     "full_name" : "David Van Brackle",
     "sort_word" : "brackle",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : "vanb@east.isx.com",
     "url" : "http:\/\/east.isx.com\/~vanb\/",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Dean_Swift.json

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     "author_handle" : "Dean_Swift",
     "full_name" : "Dean Swift",
     "sort_word" : "swift",
-    "location_code" : "",
+    "location_code" : null,
-    "location_name" : "",
+    "location_name" : null,
     "email" : null,
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Derek_Anderson.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "dereka9991@gmail.com",
     "url" : null,
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : null,
     "mastodon_url" : null,
     "github" : null,

author/Diomidis_Spinellis.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "email" : "dds@aueb.gr",
     "url" : "http:\/\/www.spinellis.gr",
     "alt_url" : null,
-    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : "",
+    "deprecated_twitter_handle" : null,
     "mastodon" : "@DSpinellis@mstdn.social",
     "mastodon_url" : "http:\/\/mstdn.social\/@DSpinellis",
     "github" : null,

author/Dominik_Muth.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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