Previously I wrote a script which would allow a user to click a piece of text, and it would fadeout the content and fade in a new piece of content. This script expands on the previous one. It was inspired by a comment a user had left me.
The commenter wanted a script where by he had multiple ’slides’ of content, and when a user clicked on one of the slides, it would fade out the current slide and fade in a new slide. I wrote a brief script to try and help him. However i felt that other people may want a similar script.
So now i have created a more SEO friendly script, which is alot more dynamic and allows for easy manipulating of content. As well as the features above, it will allow the user with javascript turned off to see all the content.
I’ve created an example file located here, where you can download and view the code. The example given, shows slides from a presentation i gave last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted under: Web Development
Tags: change content, click, DOM, Effect, fadeIn, fadeOut, function, javascript, jquery, show, slide, slideshow, transition, web development
After reading multiple articles, on how people had managed to catch crooks who had stolen their laptops, and reading xkcd. I thought i might as well try creating my own solution.
Before I go any further, this solution is a Mac OSX solution, and requires, that you have some webspace, with FTP access.
I will explain what I wanted the software to do, and how it accomplishes these aims.
- Firstly I wanted the software to recognise if the laptop has been stolen.
- If the laptop is stolen, take photos of the user, and upload them to my webspace,
- As well as uploadinging photos of the user, record their ip, and upload a copy to my webspace.
The above 3 points were the basics of the app. However after reading xkcd, i thought it would be cool to get the application to announce to the world (via its speakers) that it is stolen property, at full volume.
Now i have told you what i wanted the app to be able to do I will explain, how it actually does it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted under: Other Random Stuff, Tutorials, projects
Tags: bash, catch, crook, software, speech, stolen, terminal, thief, tutorial, web development, webcam
Over the christmas break, I decided to get my hands dirty, and do some coding for some projects I’ve been wanting to get started for the past few months, but have been too busy to start working on. A great thing about working on personal projects is that you have the ability to test out new technologies, and techniques, without worrying about the commercial implications if you dont something correct the first time.
I knew i wanted to write some PHP applications, and wanted to take a strict MVC approach to coding them. The advantage of this is that my code would be cleaner and easier to manage.
So what is a framework some people may be asking. As a very basic definition I would say it is a collection of classes and functions which will reduce the amount of coding you have to do, which will enable you to perform common tasks. Read the rest of this entry »
