Ask HN: Screenshot Saturday
Please post a screenshot and a few words of explanation about what you have been working on for the past week.
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Life Goes On!
A game, built in Unity, about sacrificing knights and using their dead bodies to solve puzzles.
http://i.imgur.com/qeuo84C.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/g1oFM31.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7PoX6th.jpg
This game started at a game jam two years ago. It became an evening and weekends hobby, then it became a full commercial release, and we just launched on steam. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/250050/)
I thought that after the game launched I would have some time to relax. But support, bug fixes, responding to media requests, and planning next steps has kept me very busy.
http://www.LifeGoesOnGame.com
A game, built in Unity, about sacrificing knights and using their dead bodies to solve puzzles.
http://i.imgur.com/qeuo84C.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/g1oFM31.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7PoX6th.jpg
This game started at a game jam two years ago. It became an evening and weekends hobby, then it became a full commercial release, and we just launched on steam. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/250050/)
I thought that after the game launched I would have some time to relax. But support, bug fixes, responding to media requests, and planning next steps has kept me very busy.
http://www.LifeGoesOnGame.com
Congrats for the awesome game! :D It's really fun — and I also had lots of fun watching the playthrough on Game Grumps. (where I originally found out about it).
One thing I wondered: do you have a random Knight name generator based on something like markov chains, or do you just have a very, very long list of knight names?
Also mad props on the visual effect of the lava heating up the rocks, it looks super realistic. Did you write a custom shader for that?
One thing I wondered: do you have a random Knight name generator based on something like markov chains, or do you just have a very, very long list of knight names?
Also mad props on the visual effect of the lava heating up the rocks, it looks super realistic. Did you write a custom shader for that?
I also picked this up after seeing it on Game Grumps. The combination of the game looking pretty interesting and them being really bad at it convinced me to just pick it up and finish it myself.
Thanks!
Knight names are a mix of a list of names, and a random name generator that pulls from a pool of first names, surnames, titles, etc.
The lava heat on the rocks is indeed a custom shader, put together by our artist.
Knight names are a mix of a list of names, and a random name generator that pulls from a pool of first names, surnames, titles, etc.
The lava heat on the rocks is indeed a custom shader, put together by our artist.
The style of that very strongly reminds me of that David vs. Goliath top-down shooter game: https://icreviews.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/giving_goliath...
Any connection to that, by any chance?
EDIT: Hmm, HN doesn't do Markdown?
Any connection to that, by any chance?
EDIT: Hmm, HN doesn't do Markdown?
No, that one is new to me. I'll check it out.
I saw your game on reddit a long time back, I really enjoyed it! Thanks for the reminder to go pick it up (I got the mailing list updates but ignored them)
Do you think you will be releasing another game under the same name?
Do you think you will be releasing another game under the same name?
I hope you enjoy the game!
It's really hard to say what's next. There will probably be more work to do on Life Goes On first.
It's really hard to say what's next. There will probably be more work to do on Life Goes On first.
Just checked out the game trailer and it looks really good! The concept seems fun and the graphics are amazing. However I have to admit that I feel the title is not appropriate and a better one should have been chosen.
Any advice on getting started with Unity? I've always tried to start a weekend project and get inevitably get bogged down in the details of Unity/Mono.
We started by hacking up the 2d platform sample game project that Unity bundles. Getting started was a bit rough, and the results from the first weekend were pretty buggy. Once we got to know Unity we were pretty happy with the decision though.
I'm sure that there are good resources for getting up to speed quickly, but unfortunately I don't have any recommendations for how to do it.
One suggestion that I can make is to stick to C#. Unity offers "Javascript", but Unityscript isn't really Javascript, and is more headaches than it is worth in my experience.
I'm sure that there are good resources for getting up to speed quickly, but unfortunately I don't have any recommendations for how to do it.
One suggestion that I can make is to stick to C#. Unity offers "Javascript", but Unityscript isn't really Javascript, and is more headaches than it is worth in my experience.
I was at that game jam! Glad to see this released :)
Congratulations on the release, the game looks awesome. I hope it does well.
That looks impressive, addictive, and fun. Congratulations!
This looks nice!
In early March I whipped up http://Listen2EDM.com because I was tired of searching for new music manually through SoundCloud, GrooveShark/Spotify still sort of required discovery, and Pandora just didn't fit my personal pain-point.
While social media stats are meek, it's averaging about 32000 minutes played back each day (~400 uniques/day; ~2000/week). This has motivated me to develop it further and make the UI a bit more friendly, as well as features. The current iteration is http://i.imgur.com/Y6uNgkC.png
While social media stats are meek, it's averaging about 32000 minutes played back each day (~400 uniques/day; ~2000/week). This has motivated me to develop it further and make the UI a bit more friendly, as well as features. The current iteration is http://i.imgur.com/Y6uNgkC.png
I fucking love this.
Also, I strongly disagree about the name change -- "EDM" might sound stupid, but its widely accepted terminology, and you instantly know what the site does based on the name.
EDIT: Since you mentioned Spotify, an "Open in Spotify" link for each song would be killer so users can save songs they like for later (if this is in there and I missed it, woops). Either way it's in my bookmarks bar now (and you need a favicon!).
Also, I strongly disagree about the name change -- "EDM" might sound stupid, but its widely accepted terminology, and you instantly know what the site does based on the name.
EDIT: Since you mentioned Spotify, an "Open in Spotify" link for each song would be killer so users can save songs they like for later (if this is in there and I missed it, woops). Either way it's in my bookmarks bar now (and you need a favicon!).
> "EDM" might sound stupid, but its widely accepted terminology
Sure, it's widely-accepted terminology in the US or by people who are disinterested enough to label all electronic music as "EDM". It's also starting to refer to a very 'American' style of dance music, so it probably will turn off a lot of people, especially those most involved/interested in electronic music.
Music genres are one of those identity-defining topics[1], so it's best to sidestep the whole issue if there's any doubt!
[1]: http://paulgraham.com/identity.html
Sure, it's widely-accepted terminology in the US or by people who are disinterested enough to label all electronic music as "EDM". It's also starting to refer to a very 'American' style of dance music, so it probably will turn off a lot of people, especially those most involved/interested in electronic music.
Music genres are one of those identity-defining topics[1], so it's best to sidestep the whole issue if there's any doubt!
[1]: http://paulgraham.com/identity.html
I would argue against "EDM" in the name not because it sounds stupid, but because it limits the point of reference to a very specific style of music in a worldwide music-playing web service.
The reason why "Spotify" and "Rdio" are such good names is because musically they are undefined by the service and defined by you; you can listen to almost any kind of music on them. Also I think it's better to avoid acronymns; that can be a little obscure. Don't limit yourself or your business to identity-defining topics. See: Amazon, Zappos, Google, Apple, etc.
The reason why "Spotify" and "Rdio" are such good names is because musically they are undefined by the service and defined by you; you can listen to almost any kind of music on them. Also I think it's better to avoid acronymns; that can be a little obscure. Don't limit yourself or your business to identity-defining topics. See: Amazon, Zappos, Google, Apple, etc.
Thanks so much!
I'll consider adding a Spotify link in the next version (will be released soon, I hope).
RE: Favicon. I need a lot of design stuff! I'll whip up something for the next iteration too.
I'll consider adding a Spotify link in the next version (will be released soon, I hope).
RE: Favicon. I need a lot of design stuff! I'll whip up something for the next iteration too.
Great site! I'd really recommend you change the name though. 'EDM' is pretty cringe-worthy word these days (much like 'electronica' and 'alternative'), and just generally doesn't roll off the tongue too well.
Pretty cool site man. We launched an customizable SoundCloud player that could fit in pretty nicely here. We even have a player skin that would match your color scheme :)
Check it out at https://www.toneden.io/player. The repo is at https://github.com/ToneDen/toneden-sdk.
Just hit me up if you want some help integrating it.
Check it out at https://www.toneden.io/player. The repo is at https://github.com/ToneDen/toneden-sdk.
Just hit me up if you want some help integrating it.
HA. So funny because I totally commented on the Facebook post you guys posted. ANDDDDDD I commented on the HN post :) something about volume control.
I'll check yours out later, but have you tried Slacker? I got tired of Pandora because it tended to get too repetitive longer-term, but Slacker seems to have stations controlled by actual DJs that rotate new music in and out.
This is AWESOME.
Right on man! Can I suggest you add a Favourites list if the user is signed in?
I'm actually planning to add "favorite playlists" so you can mix/match certain genres.
There's no back-end algorithm to determine what tracks you'll like... but developing a "likes"/"favourtites" system is easily doable. Will DEFINITELY consider it.
There's no back-end algorithm to determine what tracks you'll like... but developing a "likes"/"favourtites" system is easily doable. Will DEFINITELY consider it.
Looks great! I had the same problem and then I found HypeMachine (hypem.com).
This is perfect! If you need any testers, let me know.
Could you shoot me a mail? [email protected] :)
awesome site! this'll be my coding playlist for a while!
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I hate to be that guy, but nothing you have under IDM is actually IDM. It's decent glitchhop/dubstep, but I don't know how/why you created that sub-category to shoehorn IDM in there somewhere.
I scraped a few blogs and then took in their tags thinking they would be accurate.
Evidently, they are not always accurate. :(
Evidently, they are not always accurate. :(
http://imgur.com/QUGUkxa PAGS: Programming Assignment Grading System. I'm a Msc student and a teaching assitant. Grading programming assignments of students takes so much time because of preparing files, environments, viewing code, multipe outputs etc. Besides my research, I developed this Docker based web application, where assignments are Dockerfile + run script + required/supplied/output files.
Main motivation: I can grade ~80 student projects in at most 1 hour, even looking at code besides their output. It took almost 2 days before, and repetitive tasks made me lose my mind. It keeps me sane, and saves me tremendous time. http://pags.cs.bilkent.edu.tr
Main motivation: I can grade ~80 student projects in at most 1 hour, even looking at code besides their output. It took almost 2 days before, and repetitive tasks made me lose my mind. It keeps me sane, and saves me tremendous time. http://pags.cs.bilkent.edu.tr
It's a really good idea to have something like this to create a canonical build environment. We've had quite a few issues on my course of "it works on my machine". The only thing I'm wondering about is GUI programs. Currently it looks like those wouldn't be possible, which is unfortunate, because several of the main programming assignments I've had have been Java GUI applications, C++ and OpenGL programs, etc. I wonder how these could be done?
I have already evaluted this; You can expose VNC through a port, and use NoVNC to play it on browser over websockets. The problem is, it is too slow and would generate a big burden on server.
noVNC: https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC
noVNC: https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC
Really like the idea, my uni is currently investigating use of domjudge to mark assignments, but couple that with face to face feedback while reviewing the code.
This is brilliant. We recently showcased another course doing something very similar.
Looks like an area someone could create a company :)
Looks like an area someone could create a company :)
Guessing the use of docker is to mitigate possible harmful student code executing in the server?
Yes, and they can open same ports, same message queues, semaphores concurrently without problem, and makes it easy to define custom build environments. As a bonus, students can replicate my exact environment, so they cannot say "But it works on my machine"
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7u3f9rllmb1jbx/Screen%20Shot%2020...
A utilty for finding and exploring internal rhyme schemes in poems and songs. I made this in order to better show people just how complex a rap artist's rhyme combinations can get. This was created with CMU's pronunction dictionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMU_Pronouncing_Dictionary)
The screen shot shows a subset of the rhyme combos found in the Eminem song 'Lose Yourself'. You can view my work in progress online at http://reasonedrhymer.com (Click on a combo or word to filter the results)
What I wanna do eventually: - Permalinks to analysis for specific songs (and which current combo's are being viewed in that song) - Speed up the core algorithm - Allow people to add new words to the pronunctiation dictionary - Move away from the barebones bootstrappy look - Explain the process visibly on the site
A utilty for finding and exploring internal rhyme schemes in poems and songs. I made this in order to better show people just how complex a rap artist's rhyme combinations can get. This was created with CMU's pronunction dictionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMU_Pronouncing_Dictionary)
The screen shot shows a subset of the rhyme combos found in the Eminem song 'Lose Yourself'. You can view my work in progress online at http://reasonedrhymer.com (Click on a combo or word to filter the results)
What I wanna do eventually: - Permalinks to analysis for specific songs (and which current combo's are being viewed in that song) - Speed up the core algorithm - Allow people to add new words to the pronunctiation dictionary - Move away from the barebones bootstrappy look - Explain the process visibly on the site
You should incorporate the metre of the music itself to help wtih identifying rhymes. For example, the middle chunk of your example is missing the full picture of the rhyming from the 'reality' part onwards, specifically where it's missed 'he won't have it, he' with 'have it, he' being on the same beat as 'reality' before it.
I think the timing will help you a lot rather than just trying to notice punctuation. After all, music is about the rhythm.
I think the timing will help you a lot rather than just trying to notice punctuation. After all, music is about the rhythm.
The reason 'have it' wasn't matched is because the vowel phoneme in the word 'have' is: "AE" whereas the example in the screenshot was matching combos with successive vowels "AH - IH". So 'have' didn't match that scheme. I agree that these should match, and have been throwing around the idea of matching similar sounding phonemes together.
I completely agree though, the metre/rhythm plays a huge part in a poet or rapper's flow and you don't get the full story without incorporating it. The issue is that I haven't found a way to programmatically pull the metre from a song, and rapper's don't generally keep track of their metre, let alone put it online in a machine readable format (though I'm sure you could find ones for hugely popular songs like 'Lose Yourself' online!).
I am interested in figuring this out though, and have been throwing around ideas for people to simply generate metre for songs by having a tool that simply allows users to match words to times in a song. Though I'm not sure how scalable that is, or how to create such a tool that is drastically simple and fast to use, because otherwise it defeats the point. My hope is that there'd be a way to algorithmically parse the audio and look for inflection points in a song for where words might lie but I've done no research towards that end. digression: This kinda tech would probably be useful for generating 'sing-a-longs'
I completely agree though, the metre/rhythm plays a huge part in a poet or rapper's flow and you don't get the full story without incorporating it. The issue is that I haven't found a way to programmatically pull the metre from a song, and rapper's don't generally keep track of their metre, let alone put it online in a machine readable format (though I'm sure you could find ones for hugely popular songs like 'Lose Yourself' online!).
I am interested in figuring this out though, and have been throwing around ideas for people to simply generate metre for songs by having a tool that simply allows users to match words to times in a song. Though I'm not sure how scalable that is, or how to create such a tool that is drastically simple and fast to use, because otherwise it defeats the point. My hope is that there'd be a way to algorithmically parse the audio and look for inflection points in a song for where words might lie but I've done no research towards that end. digression: This kinda tech would probably be useful for generating 'sing-a-longs'
Could you hack some sort of karaoke system? I mean, it ties word display to time, so you could then use that alongisde tying time to beats (DJ tools do this already) to link the words with the beats of the song. I would expect it to be manually generated but it'd give you a data set to work with for more popular stuff?
That said, I'm not sure how fine-grained karaoke systems get - whether they just display the lyrics for a whole bar of the song and linearly interpolate between the start and end, or whether they are a bit more intelligent than that.
Just a thought!
That said, I'm not sure how fine-grained karaoke systems get - whether they just display the lyrics for a whole bar of the song and linearly interpolate between the start and end, or whether they are a bit more intelligent than that.
Just a thought!
Super impressive!
looks great!
http://i.imgur.com/quhpXWi.png
NodeJS module to convert maps (shapefiles, geojson, topojson, or KML) into 3D models that are suitable for 3D printing. I've done a lot of 3D printing of map data before, but mostly using a pretty manual process to create the models. This auomates the whole thing.
The posted image is population by census block group in the bay area. The raw data is shown on the left and my converted 3D model for the 3D printer is on the right.
NodeJS module to convert maps (shapefiles, geojson, topojson, or KML) into 3D models that are suitable for 3D printing. I've done a lot of 3D printing of map data before, but mostly using a pretty manual process to create the models. This auomates the whole thing.
The posted image is population by census block group in the bay area. The raw data is shown on the left and my converted 3D model for the 3D printer is on the right.
This is cool. I work in GIS at a college and would be interested in seeing / hearing more about this... do you have a repo or a blog about it?
Getting it ready for github and I'm also planning to publish it to npm. It's still pretty rough around the edges, so hopefully in another weekend or two I'll get it out there.
My WebKit hack from two years ago that splits the rendering area into N joined columns, such that you scroll content Up->Down->Left->Right.
https://vimeo.com/59463521
The intuition was that screens are almost all wide-screen, but content is all narrow, due to readability. This was an attempt to add a mode to browsers that can let you use more of your screen real estate.
I have a draft of a blog post from a year ago explaining my reasoning and a diff of the hack, but I kept putting it off. If people are interested, I'll port it to Blink and write something up about this.
https://vimeo.com/59463521
The intuition was that screens are almost all wide-screen, but content is all narrow, due to readability. This was an attempt to add a mode to browsers that can let you use more of your screen real estate.
I have a draft of a blog post from a year ago explaining my reasoning and a diff of the hack, but I kept putting it off. If people are interested, I'll port it to Blink and write something up about this.
It's an interesting concept and intuitively it might seem desirable to fit in more text/information on the screen, but after some thought I think it would diminish user experience.
The supporting arguments come from the principles of graphic design and book publishing. Digital screens are very much evolution of print. Two examples. Think of the well designed art books or hard covers. Large pages with significant areas taken by blank margins. This is easier and more pleasant to look at. Cheap pulp fiction paperbacks on the other hand had little margin space. Second example is the latest redesign of the digital version of the New York Times. It takes advantage of the fact that having blank/white pixels is free in comparison to unused spaces in the print edition and many changes were aimed at reducing number of items on each page not increasing.
So in my humble opinion it's an interesting experiment, but in the wrong direction...
The supporting arguments come from the principles of graphic design and book publishing. Digital screens are very much evolution of print. Two examples. Think of the well designed art books or hard covers. Large pages with significant areas taken by blank margins. This is easier and more pleasant to look at. Cheap pulp fiction paperbacks on the other hand had little margin space. Second example is the latest redesign of the digital version of the New York Times. It takes advantage of the fact that having blank/white pixels is free in comparison to unused spaces in the print edition and many changes were aimed at reducing number of items on each page not increasing.
So in my humble opinion it's an interesting experiment, but in the wrong direction...
That view seems a bit restrictive. There are cases where having more on screen is useful and actually helps readability, in particular for technical and scientific documentation.
Reading an article or a story is pretty much a linear activity: you progress onward and never have to go backward. In that case, readability is very much influenced by a page layout that reduces noise.
For other types of documentation, the surroundings of what you are reading are important, and having to actually move the page up/down or flip pages on a book makes you easily loose context.
So maybe this n-column reflow is not for everything or everyone, but if it was an option available in my browser, I know I would use it quite often.
Another thing to note: newspapers and magazines have multiple columns of text, and they are still very readable. So that n-column layout in a browser might not even be bad for reading articles on website that don't have busy side panels.
Reading an article or a story is pretty much a linear activity: you progress onward and never have to go backward. In that case, readability is very much influenced by a page layout that reduces noise.
For other types of documentation, the surroundings of what you are reading are important, and having to actually move the page up/down or flip pages on a book makes you easily loose context.
So maybe this n-column reflow is not for everything or everyone, but if it was an option available in my browser, I know I would use it quite often.
Another thing to note: newspapers and magazines have multiple columns of text, and they are still very readable. So that n-column layout in a browser might not even be bad for reading articles on website that don't have busy side panels.
Agreed. Context/content makes a big difference... I guess the idea is similar to having multiple panes of IDE open with different sections of the same file.
Same thing I've been working on for most of the past few years: my graphic novel about a robot lady dragged outside of reality by her ex-boyfriend.
http://egypt.urnash.com/media/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/08/Scre... - the WIP page of the moment
http://egypt.urnash.com/media/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/phot... - I woke up with a crazy idea about the final printed volume this morning
http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/ - the comic itself
A lot of the past couple of weeks have been taken up with getting the second printed volume to bed. For the second time, as I managed to let a terrible show-stopping mistake get past me until I was sitting back reading the advance copy, with 399 more on a loading dock in China. My first $6k mistake! Which I have done my best to make sure will never happen again.
http://egypt.urnash.com/media/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/08/Scre... - the WIP page of the moment
http://egypt.urnash.com/media/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/phot... - I woke up with a crazy idea about the final printed volume this morning
http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/ - the comic itself
A lot of the past couple of weeks have been taken up with getting the second printed volume to bed. For the second time, as I managed to let a terrible show-stopping mistake get past me until I was sitting back reading the advance copy, with 399 more on a loading dock in China. My first $6k mistake! Which I have done my best to make sure will never happen again.
This is fantastic. Love the art style! Looks like I'm going to be spending the next few hours reading through this now...
All: it's not clear yet whether we should have "Screenshot Saturday" and "Idea Sunday" as regular features, or whether they should be weekly if we do. Happy to hear arguments pro and con, though perhaps not in this thread. (Edit: On second thought, we might as well discuss it here and keep it at the bottom.)
If are going to have these regularly, we'll ask the whoishiring account to post them automatically. That's the only account currently allowed to make bot submissions, and it seems better to extend an existing system than create a new one.
In the meantime, we changed both the title and the text of this submission to be closer to previous editions.
If are going to have these regularly, we'll ask the whoishiring account to post them automatically. That's the only account currently allowed to make bot submissions, and it seems better to extend an existing system than create a new one.
In the meantime, we changed both the title and the text of this submission to be closer to previous editions.
Currently I like the idea of Screenshot Saturday. If I'm not mistaken Hacker News wants more user created content. Screenshot Saturday allows the community to know what each other is working on, and can even help people build traction for their projects. I wouldn't be surprised if in the future people have their weekly Saturday posts prepared in advance with links to their email list sign up and Twitter handles. I do still think though that it should be named "Side Project Saturday"[0].
I'm indifferent about Idea Sunday, so if you were to remove one to keep the automated submissions to a minimum I would ask that it be that.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7580150
I'm indifferent about Idea Sunday, so if you were to remove one to keep the automated submissions to a minimum I would ask that it be that.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7580150
I'd like to propose a Problem Thursday's, in addition to Idea Sunday.
Topic: What problems are you experiencing that you want solved? IMO this is more conducive to creation of solutions and idea generation than Idea Sunday.
1) Sharing of problems doesn't impose any constraints on the solution, allowing readers to identify their own solutions (and thus feel more attached to the potential solution). To explain another way, my hypothesis is that people would rather come up with their own idea (aka solution) to a stated problem, than build out someone else's idea of a solution. (Even if the leap from problem -> solution is one cognitive cycle and nothing revolutionary).
2) I'd rather see people solving problems
All that said, the Idea Sunday thread is great, too.
Topic: What problems are you experiencing that you want solved? IMO this is more conducive to creation of solutions and idea generation than Idea Sunday.
1) Sharing of problems doesn't impose any constraints on the solution, allowing readers to identify their own solutions (and thus feel more attached to the potential solution). To explain another way, my hypothesis is that people would rather come up with their own idea (aka solution) to a stated problem, than build out someone else's idea of a solution. (Even if the leap from problem -> solution is one cognitive cycle and nothing revolutionary).
2) I'd rather see people solving problems
All that said, the Idea Sunday thread is great, too.
It seems like positive activity and reduces the pressure to try and game the 'Show HN' mechanism.
Personally, as somebody who constantly works on small side projects I find Screenshot Saturday both entertaining and educational. I would assume that it should be reserved for early concepts or work still very much in progress while Show HN be used for finished or at least MVP level projects. In other words I hope Screenshot Saturday stays here...
While we at it, I would love to see Seed-fund HN monthly. It would be quite easy at this point for 1 or 2000 HNers to throw $50 each each month and fund one or two projects.
Idea Sunday, Screenshot Saturday, Problem Thursday, etc, the Invisible Hand [1] will probably regulate their worthiness and the right frequency.
Some will be have more discussion around them (Ideas, Problems) than others (Screenshots, MVPs,etc..) just because it is easier to talk the idea than to implement it. However Screenshots and MVPs benefit from the exposure of a single thread on the front page, I call this co-Marketing.
I think what we see here is the HN community expressing a need for more tools and ways to fully benefit from the community. The community wants to share ideas, show off their work, get help in solving problems, hire hackers. I would like to see more of all these.
Idea Sunday, Screenshot Saturday, Problem Thursday, etc, the Invisible Hand [1] will probably regulate their worthiness and the right frequency.
Some will be have more discussion around them (Ideas, Problems) than others (Screenshots, MVPs,etc..) just because it is easier to talk the idea than to implement it. However Screenshots and MVPs benefit from the exposure of a single thread on the front page, I call this co-Marketing.
I think what we see here is the HN community expressing a need for more tools and ways to fully benefit from the community. The community wants to share ideas, show off their work, get help in solving problems, hire hackers. I would like to see more of all these.
I love the idea, and it makes me push myself harder when I see submissions that are light-years ahead of my project. It's almost to the point of intimidating how good some of these are..
One pro argument is that if the quality of these goes down hill they will fail to make the front page anyway, so what's the down-side?
I suspect that's wrong and that they'll make it to the front page regardless.
Wrong from whose perspective? It's strange that "wrong" things make it to the front page. By definition wouldn't that make them "right?"
If only it were that simple. HN is about optimizing for intellectual curiosity, and that is only one of the reasons why stories get upvoted.
Yeah I understand that perspective. I really think that these are the type of posts that won't be upvoted like some post about Elon Musk or Bitcoin. I guess there's a good potential for promotional upvotes since there are so many people invested in the post being seen. Would it be possible to not count upvotes from people who post comments? (Not comments of comments, however.)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/538662/20140424_003.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/538662/20140424_006.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/538662/dorkbotboard.png
https://github.com/hylian/arducard
Just soldered this up. It's a small e-paper device with USB, buttons, a real-time clock, FRAM, an ATmega32u4, and a rechargeable battery.
I'm trying to get USB CDC virtual serial up right now, so that I can test and debug the rest of the board, but it's proving to be a bit difficult...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/538662/20140424_006.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/538662/dorkbotboard.png
https://github.com/hylian/arducard
Just soldered this up. It's a small e-paper device with USB, buttons, a real-time clock, FRAM, an ATmega32u4, and a rechargeable battery.
I'm trying to get USB CDC virtual serial up right now, so that I can test and debug the rest of the board, but it's proving to be a bit difficult...
Hey that is really nice! Are you interested in looking for a way to get them manufactured?
looks awesome! it's always great to see hardware stuff on hn :)
http://i.imgur.com/KpULrEs.png
Localize.js, a javascript library for translating websites. It detects and translates text on your website, and provides a UI for ordering and managing translations.
Docs: https://localizejs.com/docs/usage/installation
Localize.js, a javascript library for translating websites. It detects and translates text on your website, and provides a UI for ordering and managing translations.
Docs: https://localizejs.com/docs/usage/installation
This is sick. I haven't looked into other website localizing solutions, but how is this approach better than what's currently being used in industry?
The traditional localization approach is very time intensive, and requires a large time commitment to implement properly. Localize.js automates most of the localization process, which lets you localize your site in ~10% of the time it would normally take.
The traditional way you'd localize a website is by replacing text in your template files with string keys. For example:
<h1>Hello world!</h1> .
becomes...
<h1>{{ t 'homepage.hello_world' }}</h1>
You'd then maintain dictionary files that maps "homepage.hello_world" to "Hello world!", with a separate dictionary for each language. Additional complications arise when you want to pluralize phrases, since different languages pluralize phrases differently, etc. It's a pain to setup an effective localization workflow using the traditional approach.
Localize.js handles all of this automatically, and removes the need to convert your template files or manage your own phrases and translations. If you're interested in trying it out, I'd love to get in touch :) [email protected]
The traditional way you'd localize a website is by replacing text in your template files with string keys. For example:
<h1>Hello world!</h1> .
becomes...
<h1>{{ t 'homepage.hello_world' }}</h1>
You'd then maintain dictionary files that maps "homepage.hello_world" to "Hello world!", with a separate dictionary for each language. Additional complications arise when you want to pluralize phrases, since different languages pluralize phrases differently, etc. It's a pain to setup an effective localization workflow using the traditional approach.
Localize.js handles all of this automatically, and removes the need to convert your template files or manage your own phrases and translations. If you're interested in trying it out, I'd love to get in touch :) [email protected]
Can't check your site because I'm on a phone. I would interested to know how you solve this issue.
Very nice work. Definitely something we'll be using.
this looks very nice! is it possible to translate messages that only show in specific use-cases (for example error messages)?
Yes! Localize.js watches the page for changes, and immediately translates text that is added to the page (like an error message).
You can also translate text manually, like this: Localize.translate('Hello!');
You can also translate text manually, like this: Localize.translate('Hello!');
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cflduw99mys261/22.04.2014.png
Together with my brother I've been working on our little passion project "Nations Online" (still very early stage). The goal is basically a decent Civilization-like game that runs in the browser and on tablets with improved and larger scale multiplayer (at least up to 32 players) and 3D graphics. It was mostly born out of frustrations with Civ 5's slow and buggy multiplayer mode.
The server is based on Scala & Akka, the client is plain JavaScript and WebGL/ThreeJS.
Together with my brother I've been working on our little passion project "Nations Online" (still very early stage). The goal is basically a decent Civilization-like game that runs in the browser and on tablets with improved and larger scale multiplayer (at least up to 32 players) and 3D graphics. It was mostly born out of frustrations with Civ 5's slow and buggy multiplayer mode.
The server is based on Scala & Akka, the client is plain JavaScript and WebGL/ThreeJS.
For early stage it looks pretty good! Would move to see it completed. It suit Civ style play particularly well if it could be set up to notify everyone when it was their turn (similar to how some online chess apps function).
Thanks, we definitely plan notifications via email and if possible other messenging services.
https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/interact.png
A database that synchronizes across desktop and phone. It uses client-side encryption and syncs via a zero-knowledge server. It keeps a record of all changes made to any data (like records management, but for database rows). This week was about reducing the 40 KLOC by optimising some code that's four years old. This thing started many years ago, and I'm working towards getting a first release in out the summer. Background:
https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=218fb45c-591a-441...
A database that synchronizes across desktop and phone. It uses client-side encryption and syncs via a zero-knowledge server. It keeps a record of all changes made to any data (like records management, but for database rows). This week was about reducing the 40 KLOC by optimising some code that's four years old. This thing started many years ago, and I'm working towards getting a first release in out the summer. Background:
https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Entry.aspx?id=218fb45c-591a-441...
I published my first chrome extension the other day. Its a very simple UI tweak (http://i.imgur.com/QoTK0N6.png) that adds buttons to move through Youtube videos frame by frame. You can also use mouse wheel to scroll through frames, which has lent it the name 'Frame Scroll'.
Its on the Chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/frame-scroll-for-y...
and I wrote a short blog post: http://michaelyockney.com/frame-scroll-extension-for-chrome/
Its on the Chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/frame-scroll-for-y...
and I wrote a short blog post: http://michaelyockney.com/frame-scroll-extension-for-chrome/
I've been working on an interactive data visualization about the scale of the brain. It is supposed to educate people about parts of the brain and its depth.
ETA: next Tuesday
http://imgur.com/cthoD4n
Interesting, I guess you could expand into other areas and end up having the entire body. While you at it, I hope you are building it as a platform allowing others to create something similar for anything physical: cars, trees, whatever...
LottoLane / http://www.lottolane.com
Lottery Pools for the 21st Century. LottoLane handles all aspects of lottery pools. Keep friends/family/colleagues in the loop with upcoming drawings. Track who has paid to play. Share pics of tickets with pool members. Find out if you've won instantly after a drawing without checking the numbers yourself.
Screenshot of a lottery drawing page:
http://i.imgur.com/pZvg5Uw.png
Screenshot of sending emails to users:
http://i.imgur.com/mtKLoHo.png
Lottery Pools for the 21st Century. LottoLane handles all aspects of lottery pools. Keep friends/family/colleagues in the loop with upcoming drawings. Track who has paid to play. Share pics of tickets with pool members. Find out if you've won instantly after a drawing without checking the numbers yourself.
Screenshot of a lottery drawing page:
http://i.imgur.com/pZvg5Uw.png
Screenshot of sending emails to users:
http://i.imgur.com/mtKLoHo.png
This should be 100% mobile first, even if mobile web. I do not play lottery, but I can see this being very very valuable to people who play in groups. Or even just for individuals who want to keep track of the combinations they played in the past.
I agree. I'm using bootstrap for the layouts, so it should translate to mobile fairly easily. The nice thing is the players in a pool won't have to sign up. Only the lottery pool manager has to sign up. It's pretty convenient. We have a pool at work but aren't allowed to use our work emails for it. So this was born out of necessity.
I am working on a personal project: book reading logger
http://imgur.com/APYWfLn
The back-end is a Rails API, the front end is an Ember app. This was a nice project to learn Ember.
http://imgur.com/APYWfLn
The back-end is a Rails API, the front end is an Ember app. This was a nice project to learn Ember.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bglsyo0tnwp6ddd/Screenshot%202014-...
I needed a better way to visualize upcoming music events at a given location, filtered by genre.
This is a project I've been working on bit by bit over the last few years, has been rewritten several times, and is about to get a design overhaul once the functionality is finished (getting close!).
I needed a better way to visualize upcoming music events at a given location, filtered by genre.
This is a project I've been working on bit by bit over the last few years, has been rewritten several times, and is about to get a design overhaul once the functionality is finished (getting close!).
Neat! I'll keep an eye on this.
http://i.imgur.com/3fcnnfS.png
Help fund life changing medical procedures for people in need while you sleep!
Stream this album while you sleep and 100% of royalty payments go directly to watsi.org
I really liked the Spotify hack from a few weeks back (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7428550), but didn't really have any interest in supporting that band. So I took the concept and uploaded pink noise (distrokid kicks back silent tracks) that I've been streaming while I sleep. Right now I'm just testing it with a handful of people and won't have results for another month or so due to a delay in royalty reporting. If we end up raising decent money, I plan to roll this out on a larger scale.
It's not technical by any means, but it's still a fun hack and I'm learning a lot about the streaming music business along the way. Based on what I've read, we can potentially earn $2-5 per user per night.
I've already been in contact with watsi and will be linking the distrokid account directly to the official watsi paypal so all funds will automatically get deposited to them.
Help fund life changing medical procedures for people in need while you sleep!
Stream this album while you sleep and 100% of royalty payments go directly to watsi.org
I really liked the Spotify hack from a few weeks back (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7428550), but didn't really have any interest in supporting that band. So I took the concept and uploaded pink noise (distrokid kicks back silent tracks) that I've been streaming while I sleep. Right now I'm just testing it with a handful of people and won't have results for another month or so due to a delay in royalty reporting. If we end up raising decent money, I plan to roll this out on a larger scale.
It's not technical by any means, but it's still a fun hack and I'm learning a lot about the streaming music business along the way. Based on what I've read, we can potentially earn $2-5 per user per night.
I've already been in contact with watsi and will be linking the distrokid account directly to the official watsi paypal so all funds will automatically get deposited to them.
http://imgur.com/1xfJRbq
http://woodspotting.com/
Been a pet project for a few months. It started out as a hacker news for woodworking (my obsessive hobby), and it ended up being a hybrid with a web crawler that auto posts from about 100 blogs I like to follow. I'm its biggest user, but it seems to be slowly growing in terms of traffic.
http://woodspotting.com/
Been a pet project for a few months. It started out as a hacker news for woodworking (my obsessive hobby), and it ended up being a hybrid with a web crawler that auto posts from about 100 blogs I like to follow. I'm its biggest user, but it seems to be slowly growing in terms of traffic.
What's the advantage over /r/woodworking?
Funny, I got the same exact question when I posted it there. Honestly, not much until it morphed into an rss feed of my favorite blogs.
Ha, then I guess just make sure it's linked in their sidebar.
Auto Miles: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/auto-miles-automatic-mileage...
It's an automatic mileage logger for iOS I've been hacking away at part time for a few months. I wrote it because I constantly forget to log my tax deductible trips, and at the time couldn't find anything that worked well without requiring me to do a few minutes of work after every drive. This week (mostly today, really) I've been working on custom tax system support for international users since a bunch of users are looking for it, plus a bunch of minor bug fixes (ugh):
https://i.imgur.com/sXec0dm.png https://i.imgur.com/7330lr3.png
As an aside, I would kill for iOS to have a static maps API like Google does. MKMapViews are way too resource intensive to have multiple on screen at a time like Auto Miles needs, and I found MKMapSnapshotter to be really finicky and still use too much memory.
It's an automatic mileage logger for iOS I've been hacking away at part time for a few months. I wrote it because I constantly forget to log my tax deductible trips, and at the time couldn't find anything that worked well without requiring me to do a few minutes of work after every drive. This week (mostly today, really) I've been working on custom tax system support for international users since a bunch of users are looking for it, plus a bunch of minor bug fixes (ugh):
https://i.imgur.com/sXec0dm.png https://i.imgur.com/7330lr3.png
As an aside, I would kill for iOS to have a static maps API like Google does. MKMapViews are way too resource intensive to have multiple on screen at a time like Auto Miles needs, and I found MKMapSnapshotter to be really finicky and still use too much memory.
Awesome, thank you! As an aside, searching in the app store with "automiles" doesn't bring up the app.
I've been using 'Moves' to track contracting hours. In that vein, would be great if you could add hour tracking, e.g. for the time spent at a client location.
I've been using 'Moves' to track contracting hours. In that vein, would be great if you could add hour tracking, e.g. for the time spent at a client location.
Huh, thanks for pointing that out! May have to add the misspelled name into the keywords for the next version (iTunes keywords are a PITA: they're limited to 100 characters, and can't be edited between versions).
What do you mean by hour tracking? Like time-sheets functionality (which seems a bit out of the scope), or something simple you could type in how long you spent at the location? I've been considering adding a notes option for logs, which might work for something like that.
What do you mean by hour tracking? Like time-sheets functionality (which seems a bit out of the scope), or something simple you could type in how long you spent at the location? I've been considering adding a notes option for logs, which might work for something like that.
Right now I will look up how long I've spent at a client location to prepare the timesheet for billing. If the app, like Moves, knew where 'work' is, it could do this automagically.
Could be out of scope depending on perspective, but for me it would be killing two birds with one stone.
Could be out of scope depending on perspective, but for me it would be killing two birds with one stone.
http://imgur.com/qc0zTnJ
I've spent a few hours today dealing with the fallout from the landing page we launched a few months ago. The landing page is for the cloud-based calculator app builder Calcapp Creator that we're hoping will replace Excel for a good many use cases. (Build a calculator app using the service and have it generate apps for iOS, Android, desktop computers and the web.)
I do customer development by responding to every sign-up and asking people their precise requirements. That invariably leads to people sending me obfuscated Excel calculators, which I then analyze. A couple of months ago, I spent a lot of time having lunch with businesses interested in our service, now I mostly interact with people that have found the landing page. That thankfully leaves more time for product development.
I spent the rest of the day playing with the browser-based app builder -- which is implemented using AngularJS -- and on modifying our custom compiler (which produces the apps) to accept JSON data from the app builder.
I've spent a few hours today dealing with the fallout from the landing page we launched a few months ago. The landing page is for the cloud-based calculator app builder Calcapp Creator that we're hoping will replace Excel for a good many use cases. (Build a calculator app using the service and have it generate apps for iOS, Android, desktop computers and the web.)
I do customer development by responding to every sign-up and asking people their precise requirements. That invariably leads to people sending me obfuscated Excel calculators, which I then analyze. A couple of months ago, I spent a lot of time having lunch with businesses interested in our service, now I mostly interact with people that have found the landing page. That thankfully leaves more time for product development.
I spent the rest of the day playing with the browser-based app builder -- which is implemented using AngularJS -- and on modifying our custom compiler (which produces the apps) to accept JSON data from the app builder.
http://i.imgur.com/izk5Rbr.png
online g-code simulator. http://nraynaud.github.io/webgcode/
and a pocketing toolpath generator http://nraynaud.github.io/webgcode/text.html
online g-code simulator. http://nraynaud.github.io/webgcode/
and a pocketing toolpath generator http://nraynaud.github.io/webgcode/text.html
First time, long time.
I'm the creator of PaperBox (http://www.gopaperbox.com), a document scanning and organization system for mobile (iPhone only right now) and the web. There are lots of similar solutions, but ours has a few unique features that make it stand out (web interface, fundamentally dependent on Dropbox, sharing, reminders, etc).
I'd love some feedback on it! The screenshots are a little old, FYI. Please checkout the free iPhone app!
http://imgur.com/oxfr8oU,Lxcf8RW,P8SsY0I#0 http://imgur.com/oxfr8oU,Lxcf8RW,P8SsY0I#1 http://imgur.com/oxfr8oU,Lxcf8RW,P8SsY0I#2
I'm the creator of PaperBox (http://www.gopaperbox.com), a document scanning and organization system for mobile (iPhone only right now) and the web. There are lots of similar solutions, but ours has a few unique features that make it stand out (web interface, fundamentally dependent on Dropbox, sharing, reminders, etc).
I'd love some feedback on it! The screenshots are a little old, FYI. Please checkout the free iPhone app!
http://imgur.com/oxfr8oU,Lxcf8RW,P8SsY0I#0 http://imgur.com/oxfr8oU,Lxcf8RW,P8SsY0I#1 http://imgur.com/oxfr8oU,Lxcf8RW,P8SsY0I#2
gittribute (http://gittribute.herokuapp.com/)
Gittribute saves your time on getting help on your open-source project. Need help on your project? All you need is to add one line on your Github project's README.md & click your link there, and then everyone in the world will see you need help and they will find you.
It is under MIT license here: https://github.com/jw2013/gittribute
I want to post a screenshot, but currently there is only one project listed on the website, so may be it is better if those interested care to check the website itself: http://gittribute.herokuapp.com/
Gittribute saves your time on getting help on your open-source project. Need help on your project? All you need is to add one line on your Github project's README.md & click your link there, and then everyone in the world will see you need help and they will find you.
It is under MIT license here: https://github.com/jw2013/gittribute
I want to post a screenshot, but currently there is only one project listed on the website, so may be it is better if those interested care to check the website itself: http://gittribute.herokuapp.com/
Neat. I just posted on reddit so I guess I'll just grab the same text.
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This is still an expense tracker "Spendy".
- Multiple currencies are handled smooth. You have one main currency but you can add multiple others and set up exchange rates for them. You can add expenses/incomes for them in any currency and in the log-view it will automatically show you both the entered currency and a smaller converted amount in your main currency. Perfect for travellers.
- Easy, quick. Non verbose UI.
- Data will not be locked in in any way. Dropbox sync, email data in CSV etc.
- Pretty? Color theme can be changed.
- Basic basic basic charts for now. 14 days overview is implemented. Will do more later.
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So I've worked a bit more on the app and I thought I'd put it here again. This is the previous version: http://i.imgur.com/L54TV4O.jpg
And this is the new one: http://imgur.com/EtcpEqp (excuse the layout and/or the large res)
I'll see if I can sum up the changes:
- Changed color to green, although I've made the color-theme chooseable by the user (see the bottom). The color theme is on the buttons, the "tints" (such as some text colors and etc).
- Made the Money log entries bigger/more space.
- Less stuff in the menu.
- Added a "settings" panel.
- Chart is now colored and includes both incomes and expenses.
- Before I had alertviews for lots of things. This has been replaces by inline buttons (see: delete/edit). These are also affected by the users chosen color btw.
- The tag-view is still bare-bones, but centered and alternating row-colors.
- The Currency-view is completely remade, see the bottom for how it looks. I tried to make "more" out of virtually no info and I do think it worked pretty well.
Any feedback is welcome!
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And a short GIF of the app in action. http://imgur.com/PFnRae7
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EDIT: Format. Sorry about the length of this text.
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This is still an expense tracker "Spendy".
- Multiple currencies are handled smooth. You have one main currency but you can add multiple others and set up exchange rates for them. You can add expenses/incomes for them in any currency and in the log-view it will automatically show you both the entered currency and a smaller converted amount in your main currency. Perfect for travellers.
- Easy, quick. Non verbose UI.
- Data will not be locked in in any way. Dropbox sync, email data in CSV etc.
- Pretty? Color theme can be changed.
- Basic basic basic charts for now. 14 days overview is implemented. Will do more later.
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So I've worked a bit more on the app and I thought I'd put it here again. This is the previous version: http://i.imgur.com/L54TV4O.jpg
And this is the new one: http://imgur.com/EtcpEqp (excuse the layout and/or the large res)
I'll see if I can sum up the changes:
- Changed color to green, although I've made the color-theme chooseable by the user (see the bottom). The color theme is on the buttons, the "tints" (such as some text colors and etc).
- Made the Money log entries bigger/more space.
- Less stuff in the menu.
- Added a "settings" panel.
- Chart is now colored and includes both incomes and expenses.
- Before I had alertviews for lots of things. This has been replaces by inline buttons (see: delete/edit). These are also affected by the users chosen color btw.
- The tag-view is still bare-bones, but centered and alternating row-colors.
- The Currency-view is completely remade, see the bottom for how it looks. I tried to make "more" out of virtually no info and I do think it worked pretty well.
Any feedback is welcome!
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And a short GIF of the app in action. http://imgur.com/PFnRae7
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EDIT: Format. Sorry about the length of this text.
TwitterHealth
http://i4.minus.com/ibmjeJLRAFCB0Q.png
Crowdsourcing the classification of tweets as sick related or not for my Data/Visual Analytics class. Classified tweets from users are sent to our machine learning alg.
Originally was supposed to show where and what ailments people were dealing with around the world but having only cities doesn't give that great of a visualization.
Using node, d3, cubism, redis.
App: http://twitterhealth.herokuapp.com Code: https://github.com/eltacodeldiablo/twitterhealth
http://i4.minus.com/ibmjeJLRAFCB0Q.png
Crowdsourcing the classification of tweets as sick related or not for my Data/Visual Analytics class. Classified tweets from users are sent to our machine learning alg.
Originally was supposed to show where and what ailments people were dealing with around the world but having only cities doesn't give that great of a visualization.
Using node, d3, cubism, redis.
App: http://twitterhealth.herokuapp.com Code: https://github.com/eltacodeldiablo/twitterhealth
http://jasymchat.com
It is a computer algebra system (CAS) mobile web app with built in chat. Suitable for highschool,undergrad and grads school work.
basically it would be like if matlab had chat built in :)
It is a computer algebra system (CAS) mobile web app with built in chat. Suitable for highschool,undergrad and grads school work.
basically it would be like if matlab had chat built in :)
http://i.imgur.com/rSMME2e.jpg
Homework - a basic CRUD app in VB to manage reservations for a movie theatre, through a remote database connection.
Homework - a basic CRUD app in VB to manage reservations for a movie theatre, through a remote database connection.
Do you have a customer for this, or just making it for the heck of it?
This is a final class project (Advanced VB.) After the semester's over i'll probably rewrite it in C# (because I really am not a fan of VB) and find some use for it.
Edit: I just realized my last post made it look like the name of the app was "Homework"... no, it literally is homework :)
Edit: I just realized my last post made it look like the name of the app was "Homework"... no, it literally is homework :)
Mountain Mapper
A map-based web app for discovering the world's mountains
http://i.imgur.com/LE2X6Fz.jpg
http://www.tomjwatson.com/projects/mountain-mapper
Zoom and pan around the map to find the locations of significant peaks in an area. Click a marker to reveal information about each mountain, including images, descriptions, height etc.
Data is sourced using the Freebase API and displayed using Google Maps Javascript API.
A map-based web app for discovering the world's mountains
http://i.imgur.com/LE2X6Fz.jpg
http://www.tomjwatson.com/projects/mountain-mapper
Zoom and pan around the map to find the locations of significant peaks in an area. Click a marker to reveal information about each mountain, including images, descriptions, height etc.
Data is sourced using the Freebase API and displayed using Google Maps Javascript API.
Side project: refactoring an IRC bot I'm writing after hours for fun (both mine and of our local hackerspace).
http://i.imgur.com/nAGkbF3.png
The bot is written in Common Lisp and it's intention is to pretend to be human (i.e. parse natural-language requests instead of typical commands) while still providing useful functions for the channels it sits in. By "pretending to be human" I mean that I'm trying to add some personality and emotional model (yet to be done) to the program. It's a playground to test my ideas of creating programs that you can relate emotionally to, as well as some basic machine learning stuff. The "personality" of the bot is based on Alice Margatroid from Touhou Project series.
Currently working code at https://github.com/TeMPOraL/alice. I'm doing a huge rework of the codebase on https://github.com/TeMPOraL/alice/tree/feature/style branch right now.
An interesting side effect is that after deploying Alice on few channels I have several people asking me for Lisp books/tutorial. It would seem that showing some working, fun project is a good way to get people interested in the language :).
http://i.imgur.com/nAGkbF3.png
The bot is written in Common Lisp and it's intention is to pretend to be human (i.e. parse natural-language requests instead of typical commands) while still providing useful functions for the channels it sits in. By "pretending to be human" I mean that I'm trying to add some personality and emotional model (yet to be done) to the program. It's a playground to test my ideas of creating programs that you can relate emotionally to, as well as some basic machine learning stuff. The "personality" of the bot is based on Alice Margatroid from Touhou Project series.
Currently working code at https://github.com/TeMPOraL/alice. I'm doing a huge rework of the codebase on https://github.com/TeMPOraL/alice/tree/feature/style branch right now.
An interesting side effect is that after deploying Alice on few channels I have several people asking me for Lisp books/tutorial. It would seem that showing some working, fun project is a good way to get people interested in the language :).
http://tinypic.com/r/4jampz/8 (original: http://www.damienhirst.com/minoxidil)
http://tinypic.com/r/o0tcug/8 (original: http://www.eyestorm.com/Pages/Product.aspx/Damien_Hirst/Vali...)
Learning D3.js by implementing Damien Hirst's spot painting techniques. Fun way to learn about D3 and to appreciate the complexity behind seemingly simple modern art.
The latter uses a phyllotaxis algorithm that models how sunflower florets replicate (even though I think Hirst traced his from a textbook it's fun to implement the algorithm).
Random color selection is also a much harder problem than you'd think (how to avoid repeating patterns) and I'm seeing that Hirst's allocation is not quite so random (rumours of steganography - http://www.damienhirst.com/controlled-substance-key-paint for the key if anyone is good at cryptanalysis).
Learning D3.js by implementing Damien Hirst's spot painting techniques. Fun way to learn about D3 and to appreciate the complexity behind seemingly simple modern art.
The latter uses a phyllotaxis algorithm that models how sunflower florets replicate (even though I think Hirst traced his from a textbook it's fun to implement the algorithm).
Random color selection is also a much harder problem than you'd think (how to avoid repeating patterns) and I'm seeing that Hirst's allocation is not quite so random (rumours of steganography - http://www.damienhirst.com/controlled-substance-key-paint for the key if anyone is good at cryptanalysis).
I've been working on a "web app builder". It lets users create a web app based on a pre-built template and tweak it to their hearts content. Examples are link-sharing apps like reddit, image sharing like Dribbble, blogs, cms, pastebins etc.
Link here: http://getsproute.com
It's also open-source: http://github.com/sproute/sproute
Link here: http://getsproute.com
It's also open-source: http://github.com/sproute/sproute
Just an FYI that you're heartbleed vulnerable: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=getsproute.co...
Oops forgot to restart Nginx after updating. Thanks!
Very cool, I have been tinkering with something similar.
Can't wait to use this! Thanks for making it!
https://github.com/davidchambers/dotfiles/pull/1
Fix for ugly `npm` output.
Fix for ugly `npm` output.
Great idea, I did really a lot this week, very productive :-)
#1
https://imupa.com/v/Aplag1t5M8X
my game analytics company
some huge changes in our event processing and storage system to load real time data much faster.
#2
https://imupa.com/v/w7EOFP8qOWI
https://imupa.com/v/sOlf93ldjjN
my payment aggregator company
added some new features to our new accounting panel and some new payment methods for our new api as well, some weeks after the first release of our new system a lot of work still left as usual :-).
#3
https://imupa.com/v/5yrGG82tOtw
A strategy space game I'm working on since 5 month, this week i implemented the whole localisation things with jsgettext and php-gettext
#4
https://imupa.com/v/N8RbEXXDwjo
image upload / effect / sharing web-app for free as a side project started 3 weeks ago was looking for a web-app which gives me easily access to some interesting imagemagick effects but everything i found was just not as comprehensive as it would be possible, so I built it on my own during a weekend and I optimized the UI last days.
#1
https://imupa.com/v/Aplag1t5M8X
my game analytics company
some huge changes in our event processing and storage system to load real time data much faster.
#2
https://imupa.com/v/w7EOFP8qOWI
https://imupa.com/v/sOlf93ldjjN
my payment aggregator company
added some new features to our new accounting panel and some new payment methods for our new api as well, some weeks after the first release of our new system a lot of work still left as usual :-).
#3
https://imupa.com/v/5yrGG82tOtw
A strategy space game I'm working on since 5 month, this week i implemented the whole localisation things with jsgettext and php-gettext
#4
https://imupa.com/v/N8RbEXXDwjo
image upload / effect / sharing web-app for free as a side project started 3 weeks ago was looking for a web-app which gives me easily access to some interesting imagemagick effects but everything i found was just not as comprehensive as it would be possible, so I built it on my own during a weekend and I optimized the UI last days.
Working on an iOS game with a friend, built with cocos2d.
It's my first time doing native iOS development, and also my first time building a 'real' game (ie that moves). The performance concerns are really interesting, even with such simple graphics.
http://i.imgur.com/YBUEHhw.png
http://i.imgur.com/VoIu5sq.png
http://i.imgur.com/YBUEHhw.png
http://i.imgur.com/VoIu5sq.png
A web application for my Computer Science dissertation (I'm writing up the report at the moment).
The idea was to produce a web app that you upload your bank statements to, the system categorises the transactions and then predicts how much money you will spend in each category next month.
Underneath the system is using machine learning techniques to model the spending, deciding whether or not a particular transaction will occur and triple exponential smoothing to predict how much would be spent.
Screenshot of the homepage (fake data): http://i.imgur.com/Tr05dfd.png
I'm currently seeking research participants if any UK based (not tested with non UK data) users would like to give it a try: http://secure.pezcuckow.com/register. There's a survey link on the home page.
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Edit: I also put together a biblatex checker which I've been using to validate my reference files for my report.
http://i.imgur.com/an054GS.png https://github.com/pezmc/biblatex-check
The idea was to produce a web app that you upload your bank statements to, the system categorises the transactions and then predicts how much money you will spend in each category next month.
Underneath the system is using machine learning techniques to model the spending, deciding whether or not a particular transaction will occur and triple exponential smoothing to predict how much would be spent.
Screenshot of the homepage (fake data): http://i.imgur.com/Tr05dfd.png
I'm currently seeking research participants if any UK based (not tested with non UK data) users would like to give it a try: http://secure.pezcuckow.com/register. There's a survey link on the home page.
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Edit: I also put together a biblatex checker which I've been using to validate my reference files for my report.
http://i.imgur.com/an054GS.png https://github.com/pezmc/biblatex-check
Simple photoalbum sharing service to host on your own (I use it for friends/family). Main purpose was to allow groups to collaborative upload and create albums. Also wanted to test some new things (koajs, reactjs). Feedback appreciated!
http://imgur.com/a/92W2u
https://github.com/rverton/circlephotos
http://imgur.com/a/92W2u
https://github.com/rverton/circlephotos
No screenshots, because just code, but this is what I'm working on:
Project PiGNWhiStle: Postgresql NOTIFY to WebSocket sample app.
Project VAN: Validation, Analysis, and Normalization library for common types in PL/V8. Just in case you need to validate 5000 phone numbers per second in-database.
Project Ted: Annotation-driven in-database PL/PGSQL unit test framework for Postgres.
Project Hedgehog: a DIY web analytics app done w Spring and Postgres. Poor man's GA.
Project PiGNWhiStle: Postgresql NOTIFY to WebSocket sample app.
Project VAN: Validation, Analysis, and Normalization library for common types in PL/V8. Just in case you need to validate 5000 phone numbers per second in-database.
Project Ted: Annotation-driven in-database PL/PGSQL unit test framework for Postgres.
Project Hedgehog: a DIY web analytics app done w Spring and Postgres. Poor man's GA.
Shine on you crazy diamond!
Remember, elephants never forget--and they never forgive.
Remember, elephants never forget--and they never forgive.
http://git-paid.gitescrow.com
Payments for freelancers
You can have your clients pre-fund your contract. You push milestones at tags on git, and when they approve your milestone you get paid instantly, and they get a zip of the code
http://i.imgur.com/VSRueph.png gulping it up, and get ready for deployment.
Payments for freelancers
You can have your clients pre-fund your contract. You push milestones at tags on git, and when they approve your milestone you get paid instantly, and they get a zip of the code
http://i.imgur.com/VSRueph.png gulping it up, and get ready for deployment.
I built, and am continuing to refine, a site that features one link (and accompanying discussion thread) per day.
http://puu.sh/8p3D5.png
I got the idea from an Idea Sunday thread, built the first version in a few hours, and I've been working on it on and off all week.
http://threadaday.github.io
http://puu.sh/8p3D5.png
I got the idea from an Idea Sunday thread, built the first version in a few hours, and I've been working on it on and off all week.
http://threadaday.github.io
Awesome. A few things to think about:
1) Would it not be better to have one-topic per day as opposed to one link. With one topic, users can submit multiple links/sources.
2) Have you started to think about acquiring users? You definitely need to grab an email address and email the daily topic so we can get remember to come back.
3) Related to 2. I think when selecting links, topics, it is important to select something ultra-controversial/interesting if you want to sparkle discussion.
1) Would it not be better to have one-topic per day as opposed to one link. With one topic, users can submit multiple links/sources.
2) Have you started to think about acquiring users? You definitely need to grab an email address and email the daily topic so we can get remember to come back.
3) Related to 2. I think when selecting links, topics, it is important to select something ultra-controversial/interesting if you want to sparkle discussion.
Thanks for the feedback!
1 & 3. I thought about this approach, but right now I like the idea of having one link, that way all discussion is centralized to the particular article at hand (and of course comments with links are allowed if someone would like to link to an outside resource). I have been trying to pick articles that have a strong thesis or present an idea that I feel would spark some discussion. I don't want to ignite any flamewars so I try to stay away from topics that are too controversial/not actually likely to produce useful insight (i.e. "Javascript Sucks Because X"). What are some topics you would recommend?
2. Collecting email addresses is definitely on my list of TODOs, right now I'm still roughing out the MVP.
1 & 3. I thought about this approach, but right now I like the idea of having one link, that way all discussion is centralized to the particular article at hand (and of course comments with links are allowed if someone would like to link to an outside resource). I have been trying to pick articles that have a strong thesis or present an idea that I feel would spark some discussion. I don't want to ignite any flamewars so I try to stay away from topics that are too controversial/not actually likely to produce useful insight (i.e. "Javascript Sucks Because X"). What are some topics you would recommend?
2. Collecting email addresses is definitely on my list of TODOs, right now I'm still roughing out the MVP.
Nothing big, a side-project that is work related.
http://i.imgur.com/TxLS6GN.png
I've been thinking more about 'cards' and started playing around with something akin to Twitter's embedded tweets but for The New Yorker. Drop a link into a page and it gets re-done. Glorified oEmbed in a way.
http://i.imgur.com/TxLS6GN.png
I've been thinking more about 'cards' and started playing around with something akin to Twitter's embedded tweets but for The New Yorker. Drop a link into a page and it gets re-done. Glorified oEmbed in a way.
Working on improving the layout of a project I’m working with a friend on, where we translate Ukrainian & Russian media into English and interview Ukrainians ourselves.
Progress: http://i.imgur.com/Vch8UDO.png Site: http://zasiv.ca
Progress: http://i.imgur.com/Vch8UDO.png Site: http://zasiv.ca
Here's the 3rd side project I've been working on with a friend that was just released (I've been busy!).
The iPhone app is called 'Run the World' and it lets you create goal based on running from one city to another (for example run from San Francisco to Dallas).
Here are some screenshots: http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/50/ea/e5/50eae50f-7...
http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/6e/5d/08/6e5d0849-3...
http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/f0/28/0f/f0280ff7-fa...
http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/c2/7c/f7/c27cf75b-9...
http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/cc/dd/97/ccdd97cd-30...
Here is the App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/run-the-world/id832500937?mt...
We both realize the benefits of running but find it hard to get motivated so we made this app as a way to get off the couch.
The iPhone app is called 'Run the World' and it lets you create goal based on running from one city to another (for example run from San Francisco to Dallas).
Here are some screenshots: http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/50/ea/e5/50eae50f-7...
http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/6e/5d/08/6e5d0849-3...
http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/f0/28/0f/f0280ff7-fa...
http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple6/v4/c2/7c/f7/c27cf75b-9...
http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/cc/dd/97/ccdd97cd-30...
Here is the App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/run-the-world/id832500937?mt...
We both realize the benefits of running but find it hard to get motivated so we made this app as a way to get off the couch.
I've been working on a fun side project that takes a light-hearted dig at all the _[] driven development_ processes that our field comes up with.
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Tl7NCje.png Link: http://devdriven.by/
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Tl7NCje.png Link: http://devdriven.by/
The second project that I've been working on is RepairMyRentalPro.com which is a site to help connect landlords and contractors when work is needed on a rental property. The site is in beta but went 'live' a week ago.
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/HKHPsqi.png
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/HKHPsqi.png
I would try to purchase rentalrepair.com, it is a premium domain available for $1000, or buy rentalrepair.net for $9.
Thanks for the tip. I picked up rentalrepair.net and rentalrepair.co today.
I just finished a dice game for iOS called Tripps (also known as 3s). The point is to score less than your opponent and 3s count as zero points. My friends and I often played this at parties so I decided to turn it into an app.
Screenshots: http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/56/ad/7c/56ad7c61-b...
http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/e9/c4/a0/e9c4a0f8-a...
App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tripps-dice-game/id856299408...
Screenshots: http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/56/ad/7c/56ad7c61-b...
http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/e9/c4/a0/e9c4a0f8-a...
App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tripps-dice-game/id856299408...
We're rebranding as Widgetic. We're called Blogvio now (http://blogvio.com/).
So personally I've been focused on building the new identity and securing the domain name, Twitter username (had to purchase this one from an existing user), Facebook vanity URL, Google, Vimeo and all the other accounts we needed.
The icon we've been working on, although not final, should help users see two things depending on where they look from (front, sides) - I'd love to hear your guesses - what do you see?
http://o7.no/1fhXfoX
Here's a more fine tuned / in progress version: http://o7.no/1hE7mOY
Once the rebranding is done we can finally release our API under the new name, so we don't break any integrations with our product.
So personally I've been focused on building the new identity and securing the domain name, Twitter username (had to purchase this one from an existing user), Facebook vanity URL, Google, Vimeo and all the other accounts we needed.
The icon we've been working on, although not final, should help users see two things depending on where they look from (front, sides) - I'd love to hear your guesses - what do you see?
http://o7.no/1fhXfoX
Here's a more fine tuned / in progress version: http://o7.no/1hE7mOY
Once the rebranding is done we can finally release our API under the new name, so we don't break any integrations with our product.
Goliath. An alternative Dashboard for Wordpress, based on Wp-Svbtle with a medium.com like editor.
https://github.com/arkokoley/goliath/blob/master/Screenshot1... https://github.com/arkokoley/goliath/blob/master/Screenshot2... https://github.com/arkokoley/goliath/blob/master/Screenshot3...
I really liked the simplicity of svbtle, medium's editor and wordpress's raw power. QSo i built this scounging from the discontinued wp-svbtle project.
https://github.com/arkokoley/goliath/blob/master/Screenshot1... https://github.com/arkokoley/goliath/blob/master/Screenshot2... https://github.com/arkokoley/goliath/blob/master/Screenshot3...
I really liked the simplicity of svbtle, medium's editor and wordpress's raw power. QSo i built this scounging from the discontinued wp-svbtle project.
BasicBookReader
A book interest tracker for my eBook application:
application: http://i.imgur.com/wTTBxw1.png
data analysis: http://i.imgur.com/QyOJAPw.png
log (Dates): http://i.imgur.com/78b4jmf.png
log (pages): http://i.imgur.com/uoac6K3.png
times per page: http://i.imgur.com/U6W2zAQ.png
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website: http://austingwalters.com/basicbookreader/
github: https://github.com/lettergram/basicbookreader
A book interest tracker for my eBook application:
application: http://i.imgur.com/wTTBxw1.png
data analysis: http://i.imgur.com/QyOJAPw.png
log (Dates): http://i.imgur.com/78b4jmf.png
log (pages): http://i.imgur.com/uoac6K3.png
times per page: http://i.imgur.com/U6W2zAQ.png
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website: http://austingwalters.com/basicbookreader/
github: https://github.com/lettergram/basicbookreader
Working on adding a analytics feature in a side project (https://www.getosmosis.com). Right now you can send people questionnaires to set up projects - I'm working on making it so you can see if the person viewed from their computer / mobile, etc and from where.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgzjh9r54da4n5x/Screenshot%202014-...
I'm hoping will help me get a better read on how people use the site and help customers do the same with their clients - obviously similar to Google analytics but tied to events in this application, and should help make sure we're not sending notification emails if some bot hits the site.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgzjh9r54da4n5x/Screenshot%202014-...
I'm hoping will help me get a better read on how people use the site and help customers do the same with their clients - obviously similar to Google analytics but tied to events in this application, and should help make sure we're not sending notification emails if some bot hits the site.
http://i.imgur.com/677PMkn.jpg
Today I tested https://github.com/rbanffy/testable_appengine on Windows and thought I should add a mention to the README.
This is completely unrelated to my day job, but we all have hobbies.
Also, about a week ago, I fixed https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font so now it works with https://github.com/milkbikis/powerline-shell
Today I tested https://github.com/rbanffy/testable_appengine on Windows and thought I should add a mention to the README.
This is completely unrelated to my day job, but we all have hobbies.
Also, about a week ago, I fixed https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font so now it works with https://github.com/milkbikis/powerline-shell
Could you tell me what that font is? :)
It's https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font, which is based on the x3270 bitmap fonts which were, in turn, copied pixel by pixel from an IBM 327x terminal, IIRC, from an undergrad student in Georgia Tech. The idea is to bring back some of the 3270 terminal aesthetics.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oxn36sidtubcvhi/w5km41TbaY/beta%2...
AndroidFocus, an Android app that syncs with OmniFocus. Currently I have a read only beta out where you can browse your projects, contexts, actions and forecast. Creating and completing actions are next on the list and those features should be ready by next week.
The beta can be joined through this G+ community: https://plus.google.com/communities/103938802070518069711
AndroidFocus, an Android app that syncs with OmniFocus. Currently I have a read only beta out where you can browse your projects, contexts, actions and forecast. Creating and completing actions are next on the list and those features should be ready by next week.
The beta can be joined through this G+ community: https://plus.google.com/communities/103938802070518069711
Not the usual faire for this site, or this thread but...
I was tinkering with using the solarized colour scheme in vim which led me onto hacking on mintty. I added some GUI controls for the 16 ANSI colours.
https://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues/detail?id=193#c12
and a small screenshot
https://mintty.googlecode.com/issues/attachment?aid=19300120...
I was tinkering with using the solarized colour scheme in vim which led me onto hacking on mintty. I added some GUI controls for the 16 ANSI colours.
https://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues/detail?id=193#c12
and a small screenshot
https://mintty.googlecode.com/issues/attachment?aid=19300120...
Working on a Venmo like money tracking app that evolved out of a school project.
Adding some features and making it more performant on mobile.
Learning backbone.js right now to make the switch to a fully API backed service instead of a server render site.
Reason is because a) Venmo doesn't exist in Canada and b) school is boring.
http://i.imgur.com/OS0A7B7.png http://i.imgur.com/6K9iD8w.png http://moneytrackr.ca
http://i.imgur.com/OS0A7B7.png http://i.imgur.com/6K9iD8w.png http://moneytrackr.ca
Have been working on a Road Engine[1].
Below is a really simple road I created with it: http://imgur.com/GkBq8Oz
The graphics are not great yet but most of the work on the engine itself is almost done.
Will be using this for the game I'm currently working on [2]
[1] A road engine is a tool for creating a system of roads in just a matter of minutes.
[2]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noatechnol...
Below is a really simple road I created with it: http://imgur.com/GkBq8Oz
The graphics are not great yet but most of the work on the engine itself is almost done.
Will be using this for the game I'm currently working on [2]
[1] A road engine is a tool for creating a system of roads in just a matter of minutes.
[2]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noatechnol...
Working on finalizing the new UI and uTorrent plus Chromecast integration for the Chrome Extension that i'm building with Angular.js
The aim of DuckieTV is help make the lives of TV Show freaks easier by providing a calendar that lists your favorite shows and is always up-to-date (Think sickbeard, but without the setup hastle)
Current v0.5 progress: http://imgur.com/a/ZLHkU
v0.43 (live): http://schizoduckie.github.io/DuckieTV
The aim of DuckieTV is help make the lives of TV Show freaks easier by providing a calendar that lists your favorite shows and is always up-to-date (Think sickbeard, but without the setup hastle)
Current v0.5 progress: http://imgur.com/a/ZLHkU
v0.43 (live): http://schizoduckie.github.io/DuckieTV
Been working on my first Rails app for a few http://sixtasks.heroku.com because I think the idea of a to-do list is powerful, but the concept needs refining.
Also, I wanted to be able to track my productivity in a tangible way, and Six Tasks helps me do that: http://i.imgur.com/5bbLxJo.png
Trying to add features like smarter task recording, and maybe tagging list items, idk I'm just making it up as I go along
Also, I wanted to be able to track my productivity in a tangible way, and Six Tasks helps me do that: http://i.imgur.com/5bbLxJo.png
Trying to add features like smarter task recording, and maybe tagging list items, idk I'm just making it up as I go along
I 've been working on 2 things past week:
1) http://i.imgur.com/S6gv2Gt.jpg
http://hopgenie.com/ - Community for travelers with travel tips, advice, questions etc.
2) http://i.imgur.com/DI2sO5o.png
http://sciboards.org/ - News aggregator / Q&A for scientific research
1) http://i.imgur.com/S6gv2Gt.jpg
http://hopgenie.com/ - Community for travelers with travel tips, advice, questions etc.
2) http://i.imgur.com/DI2sO5o.png
http://sciboards.org/ - News aggregator / Q&A for scientific research
My Gps Tracker is an open source project that allows you to track android, ios, windows phones and java me phones using various mapping providers such as google, bing and OpenStreetMaps. MIT licensed.
Here is the android version:
https://www.websmithing.com/images/gpstracker3.2.1.png
and the source code:
https://github.com/nickfox/GpsTracker
Here is the android version:
https://www.websmithing.com/images/gpstracker3.2.1.png
and the source code:
https://github.com/nickfox/GpsTracker
Android Homebrew (as in beer) recipe application: http://imgur.com/ESyqCeq
Currently in read only mode, it reads recipes from the phone and I'm halfway through adding in the ability to download recipes. Links in with the desktop version of Strangebrew (available in Java and QT for all platforms), which extends to a Brewery controller, to allow users to send mash temperatures and times to the system.
Currently in read only mode, it reads recipes from the phone and I'm halfway through adding in the ability to download recipes. Links in with the desktop version of Strangebrew (available in Java and QT for all platforms), which extends to a Brewery controller, to allow users to send mash temperatures and times to the system.
Been working on adding new search providers to StartHQ cloud search.
Screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqe7yy4ledz82hc/screenshot2.png
API docs: https://github.com/starthq/search#readme
Sign up link: https://starthq.com/signup
Screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqe7yy4ledz82hc/screenshot2.png
API docs: https://github.com/starthq/search#readme
Sign up link: https://starthq.com/signup
My side project: http://arturo.io
Automated book builds on commits and PRs:
http://imgur.com/a/xa70N#0
Automatic diffs for PRs/Commits:
http://imgur.com/a/xa70N#1
Stylesheet support here is the base output with custom link colors:
http://imgur.com/a/xa70N#2
Automated book builds on commits and PRs:
http://imgur.com/a/xa70N#0
Automatic diffs for PRs/Commits:
http://imgur.com/a/xa70N#1
Stylesheet support here is the base output with custom link colors:
http://imgur.com/a/xa70N#2
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Just doing a little Saturday afternoon verilog. http://i.imgur.com/gkB6FMh.png
I'm not sure this is what ESR meant with Linus's Law when he said "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_Law
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_Law
Massive multiplayer browser game I've been working on with meteor.js.
http://imgur.com/cryCE2s
http://imgur.com/cryCE2s
That looks awesome. Would you mind briefly describing what technologies you're using for the graphics?
I rendered .png files with the 3d program Maya. Then used svg to draw them. Meteor.js handles updating them. Here's an example https://www.meteor.com/blog/2014/02/06/a-reactive-svg-demo
This looks cool. Is there more or a development web site for this?
Thanks. I should have a early test up in a month or two. Just registered dominusgame.net.
A client for a java based cryptocurrency:
http://nxtra.org/mac/NxtWallet.png
More info about the cryptocurrency at http://www.mynxt.org / http://nxt.org
(PS: Looking for java developers, if you're interested email me via wesleyh _ at _ telenet.be
http://nxtra.org/mac/NxtWallet.png
More info about the cryptocurrency at http://www.mynxt.org / http://nxt.org
(PS: Looking for java developers, if you're interested email me via wesleyh _ at _ telenet.be
I've been teaching myself actionscript 3 so that I can build games - right now I'm working on a game where you run a pizza shop, because I used to like playing lemonade stand:
http://d.pr/i/zJh4
Today has mostly been spent working on getting some of my UI in order, although there's still a lot of work to do as I hammer down the design for that page.
http://d.pr/i/zJh4
Today has mostly been spent working on getting some of my UI in order, although there's still a lot of work to do as I hammer down the design for that page.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7010clm7smjfxs/_20140426_145022_2...
I'm working on an iOS app that lets you run Apache Bench (and dig & ping) from your phone. It has a Rails back-end that actually performs the ab command and parses the results into a JSON response.
I'm working on an iOS app that lets you run Apache Bench (and dig & ping) from your phone. It has a Rails back-end that actually performs the ab command and parses the results into a JSON response.
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GreenZapdos/reel/master/sc...
A simple flask app to stream movies over HTTP, like XBMC for web browsers. Works good on mobile!
https://github.com/GreenZapdos/reel
A simple flask app to stream movies over HTTP, like XBMC for web browsers. Works good on mobile!
https://github.com/GreenZapdos/reel
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URLDiff - a small ruby app (and my very first!) that computes and renders the visual differences between two (or a list of) URLs:
https://github.com/sammcj/urldiff (screenshots included)
whipped it up to check for visual differences in a bunch of pages I moved to a new platform, worked a treat.
https://github.com/sammcj/urldiff (screenshots included)
whipped it up to check for visual differences in a bunch of pages I moved to a new platform, worked a treat.
A theme for LightDM Webkit that's a mashup of the Google login and Chrome OS login.
Repo: https://github.com/omgmog/lightdm-webkit-google Screenshot: http://uk.omg.li/VE7v
Repo: https://github.com/omgmog/lightdm-webkit-google Screenshot: http://uk.omg.li/VE7v
I've been working on a simple news scraper to make a custom news aggregator for the websites I usually read.
I published an alpha version today on npm, and would really appreciate your feedback.
https://github.com/anmonteiro/mns
Nothing fancy, just a bouncing ball in canvas that follows the laws of gravity and elasticity.
http://i.imgur.com/6fZaanU.png
Site: http://bhashkar.me/stuff/physics/ Needs some fixes.
http://i.imgur.com/6fZaanU.png
Site: http://bhashkar.me/stuff/physics/ Needs some fixes.
http://i.imgur.com/1LZNRg7.png
multiplayer hacking game
multiplayer hacking game
The Business Social Graph
It maps relationships between companies, their investors, acquirers, competitors & customers/partners.
http://cbinsights.com/marketing/img/screenshots/business_gra...
It maps relationships between companies, their investors, acquirers, competitors & customers/partners.
http://cbinsights.com/marketing/img/screenshots/business_gra...
Interesting... Are you familiar with theyrule.net - the art project of futurefarmers from few years ago? Note that it seems to be Java driven so you need a desktop browser to see it.
http://i.imgur.com/F58XeiU.jpg
Finishing a project (Synthesis and analysis of vanillin from eugenol for those interested). Looking at some NMR-spectra. I love LaTeX for collaborating, makes everything much easier to manage.
Finishing a project (Synthesis and analysis of vanillin from eugenol for those interested). Looking at some NMR-spectra. I love LaTeX for collaborating, makes everything much easier to manage.
A small change to add line highlighting for git diffs.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8554242/dmitri/projects/...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8554242/dmitri/projects/...
I built screenshot service as a side project.
https://urlbox.io
Fortunately we got some big customers recently. So it started to generate little bit of profit. Hoping to get couple more big customers and turn it into my full-time job.
Fortunately we got some big customers recently. So it started to generate little bit of profit. Hoping to get couple more big customers and turn it into my full-time job.
This looks cool. Any plans to add support for posted HTML (as opposed to a target URL) too?
The reason I ask is that sometimes I need to screenshot pages that I've crawled - but you might not see exactly the same page I did at the time.
The reason I ask is that sometimes I need to screenshot pages that I've crawled - but you might not see exactly the same page I did at the time.
I have been working towards creating some content for our product teamgum. And trying to reach the influencers is patience testing job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kKfbbGUH48
It's not really a side project but I spent today rebuilding the website for our asbury park, nj based coworking space - http://cowerks.com - would love some feedback/copy editing.
disclaimer - it is built on squarespace.
disclaimer - it is built on squarespace.
I've been working on an project called Swiftacular that uses Ansible to deploy OpenStack Swift to Ubuntu 12.04, CentOS 6, and Ubuntu 14.04.
https://github.com/curtisgithub/swiftacular
https://github.com/curtisgithub/swiftacular
I've been adding notifications to Metamorfus. They are all done, going to deploy it out to the site tomorrow
http://i.imgur.com/kFSbfLI.png
https://metamorf.us
http://i.imgur.com/kFSbfLI.png
https://metamorf.us
http://imgur.com/5PIv59x
a customization to the Django admin to track my food intake. It supports recipes (group of foods) and custom serving sizes (e.g. specifying that a middlesized apple is xx grams).
a customization to the Django admin to track my food intake. It supports recipes (group of foods) and custom serving sizes (e.g. specifying that a middlesized apple is xx grams).
I've been working on a site dedicated to informing the public about net neutrality. It's using the new EFF data about legislators too!
http://i.imgur.com/ML4rmKQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/ML4rmKQ.png
http://imgur.com/ax8oMxe
A semi-social stat tracking website for DOTA players. More advanced statistics than gathered by DOTABUFF, but those aren't shown in the screenshot.
A semi-social stat tracking website for DOTA players. More advanced statistics than gathered by DOTABUFF, but those aren't shown in the screenshot.
Thats actually pretty amusing, though I can't help but wonder whether it will only be convenient if actually integrated into DOTA/Facebook etc. At the moment, isn't it just DOTA: Stalker?
I'm really not sure. It emerged from a few of my friends noticing that we often check each other's DOTABUFF pages, especially after a few of us moved to the opposite coast. I suppose it's basically just DOTA stalking at the moment.
That's also a potentially interesting title... DOTAstalker.
That's also a potentially interesting title... DOTAstalker.
I'm working on solving business meeting nightmares. I'm bored about ineffective meetings.
http://i.imgur.com/5yiMnqq.png
http://i.imgur.com/5yiMnqq.png
Product configurator built with AngularJS. Pretty complex ruleset for allowed combinations.
https://i.imgur.com/FfeWmt1.png
https://i.imgur.com/FfeWmt1.png
phancap, a self-hosted website screenshot service API. JPG, PNG and PDF output. Useful for web-based bookmark managers.
Homepage: http://cweiske.de/phancap.htm Screenshot: http://cweiske.de/graphics/phancap/www.bogo-029bd33b9f01eccf...
Homepage: http://cweiske.de/phancap.htm Screenshot: http://cweiske.de/graphics/phancap/www.bogo-029bd33b9f01eccf...
A sales CRM that is similar to Pipedrive
http://i.imgur.com/MFHYTQ4.png
A restaurant recommendation web app:
http://imgur.com/iTKXwrC
a to b!
an anonymous textboard for people: http://i.imgur.com/vjEfiwI.png
sometimes, it is hard to be wrong when one's name is on the line - anonymous discussions can remove the ego from the discussion.
http://atob.kthxb.ai
an anonymous textboard for people: http://i.imgur.com/vjEfiwI.png
sometimes, it is hard to be wrong when one's name is on the line - anonymous discussions can remove the ego from the discussion.
http://atob.kthxb.ai
It looks like you have an interesting take on tripcodes, although users with colorblindness issues might have some trouble differentiating.
that's a great point. here's what it looks like in BW: http://i.imgur.com/p84tu3f.png
i'm wondering what a good way to work for colorblind people would be.
i'm wondering what a good way to work for colorblind people would be.
Replace the colors with patterns in a colorblind mode (e.g. A left striped replaces blue, a right striped replaces green, a vertical striped for red, a right horizontal stripe with dots in the brighter spaces for yellow, etc.).
insaana.com - A real estate marketplace. Connects buyers and sellers directly and provides necessary services to complete the transaction (from connecting buyers and sellers to handing over the key to the buyer).
Still in beta, tons of things to do, built with Django/Postgres.
Still in beta, tons of things to do, built with Django/Postgres.
Bake
Making to-do lists better.
http://arsln.co/VCsx
Making to-do lists better.
http://arsln.co/VCsx
I know about Kimsufi, don't know how reliable those are though.
http://www.kimsufi.com/uk/
http://www.kimsufi.com/uk/
I'm posting an inspiring quote from the masters who changed the world at Instagram.com/BeTheCrazyOnes and doing that daily following the Seinfeld's 'don't break the chain' method: one rare black & white picture + quote first thing in the morning, one picture + quote last thing at night.
http://imgur.com/TqTCMmh
http://imgur.com/TqTCMmh