Projects
The following are a list of projects that I work on in my spare time. None have taken off and made me filthy rich, but they have been educational and entertaining.
Multiagent Java Applets
One thing that I discovered during my college years studying computer science is that I am fascinated by artificial intelligence (AI). I took several post-graduate courses in machine learning in college. My multiagent project is a study in how simple virtual creatures can act in complex ways using very simple algorithms. Each agent is a circular entity in a 2-D virtual world with real collision physics. And they all follow some very simple algorithm to determine in which direction and how much they want to accelerate.
Unfortunately, I was unable to actually instill any practical learning algorithms into my little agents. I have not done any work on it since 2002. Even so, they are worth playing around with for a few minutes, and I am open to suggestions for new applets.
WordPress Plugins
I am consistently amazed at how easily extendable the WordPress blogging platform is. I’ve written a few plugins and made them available to the public.
Flickr Flash Badge Widget
A widget for displaying a Flickr flash badge on a widget-enabled sidebar.
Revver WordPress Plugin
The leading plugin for displaying Revver videos in a WordPress blog post.
Widgetize Anything
Allows you to create sidebar widgets with any PHP code you like without having to know how to make a widget plugin.
WordPress Countdown Widget
Although not really a WordPress plugin, with the addition of some javascript to your website, you can have a cool countdown in your sidebar.
One Year Ago Widget
Puts posts from a year ago in your sidebar using the Widgetize Anything plugin and a database query.
YT-Audio: Audio Hosting from YouTube in WordPress
A way to embed an audio player from YouTube into your blog. It works by trimming down YouTube’s standard video player to just show the control bar.
Clippy – The Clothes Pin Stuntman
This is an experiment in creating a viral video, a video that gets passed around the internet from person to person until thousands of people have seen it. Clippy’s success has been somewhat limited. The most common response is, “Oh, that’s kinda cute.” I do plan to make more episodes. It’s just a matter of finding the time and finding a reasonable stunt. I have some ideas.
Cactus Cam
A timelapse video project centered around a cactus.
Lottery Year 2008
For some reason, I decided to play the lottery every week in 2008 and document the results.
BITWRATHPLOOB World Tour
A crazy idea to see if we can get people to send a terrifyingly horrible wooden doll around the world.
