Vibez |
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Vibez, which I started developing in December 2002, was my first attempt at Web development. The original version was done in ASP with an Accessback end took three months to develop between phone calls while doing technical support.
The first version was fully functional and included the news page, message board, links directory, event section and user profiles. The second version, which had an updated theme and improvements came out a few months later. Version 3 is in the works and will be a complete rewrite in .Net with a SQL database. Technologies used: ASP, Access, JavaScript. |
Virtual Realty |
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Virtual Realty is no longer working because the service that it gets its feeds from is now offline Virtual Realty is a mashup of Live Expo, Microsoft’s free classifieds and Virtual earth. The first version of it was developed in February 2007 as a demo for the Windows Live training in Redmond. The search for this version was done through the chat window of a MSN message, while the results were displayed in the MSN activity window. The current version is based off of the previous one, with the big difference in that it is now all browser based. Windows Live Expo is planned to be shut down in June/July 2008, so I will need to get my data feed from somewhere else, most likely from eBay. To see it in action, you must specify a U.S. location. Technologies used: ASP.Net, JavaScript, AJAX, Virtual Earth, Windows Live Expo |
Video Poker |
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For some reason, I’ve always wanted to do a web based Video Poker like game. This is the main part of a Facebook application that I’m developing.
The logic for this version is done purely in JavaScript, and prototyping is used to create the Deck, Card and Game objects. Technologies used: HTML, JavaScript, Scriptaculous |
Super Mario Themes |
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This is what happens when I get bored.
When IE7 first came out, they put out a IE7 only CSS Zengarden page, which had a neat little effect where the content would scroll under the header (it looks better than how I just made it sound). So many months later, on one rainy weekend, I decided to try to create something similar, using only CSS (I did end up using a small amount of JavaScript to center the content). The trick to it, is in the position: fixed, which doesn’t work in IE6. If you want to see the “magic” in it, resize your browser horizontally. You should see the bushes (in #1) or the pipes (in #2) appear from behind the content, while the background image stays in place. |
Your Super Mario World Themes RULE!!!
Thanks Shane.
I was thinking about putting one of those turtle ducks walking back and forth between the layers (behind a bush then in front), but thought that it might be a bit too much. There’s one other one that I was working on, which is a silhouette of the Toronto skyline, with some of the buildings in front and the CN tower in the back.