Projects
Here is a list of projects that I either have something to show for, or I like the idea enough I’m willing to admit that I’m not working on it actively. Almost everything is available on github.com. Someday when I settle on a license that will be here as well.
Ankh
When I started redesigning my website a while ago I wanted to put some sort of lifestream type stuff on it. Initially I used a plugin for WordPress called, obviously enough, WP Lifestream. But I was unhappy with how difficult it was to make it do certain things, even when dipping into the code it was difficult to work with. I don’t necessarily think this plugin has a poor design, just a design that does not fit my mental picture on how it could be done. Anyhow, more I thought about this what I really wanted was a page that was part Alltop and part feeds that I create. So Ankh was born. It’s a couple small python scripts that will parse a template file (using a syntax somewhat similar to Django) set up on a cron to run every hour. It’s current functionality is for RSS feeds, but it could be extended to anything if someone so desired.
Breakout
This my attempt at learning more about Python, and trying to work on a project that would be easily completable. The overall goal is create a highly polished Breakout clone that has it’s own unique charm. It is still very much in the beginning stages and a work in progress.
Intones
This website is designed to help you keep track of new CD releases from a list of artists that you set up. Written in Python with Django (my first project in Python and in Django). It is 100% functional, and is just asking for new features to be added. Which I will do when I get around to it someday…
Vimes
I like to make lists. It somehow makes me feel a lot better and it makes things easier to work on. I’ve tried Remember the Milk and a few other “list” websites. What I really want is something simple. Someday, this will be that super simple list page I’ve been wanting. Currently this project is being worked on sporadically. Its current state has the basic functionality for editing lists and rearranging them, but not much beyond that. However I’ve put it up here to motivate me to work on it.