I was fed up with not being able to find a simple, elegant design.
The apps I saw out there we all kind of overkill to me. I don’t need comments to my photos, and just was a pain to manually upload a lot of photos through a web interface to get the images up and running.
Features that I required:
– manually parse a directory full of pictures.
– generate a thumb in small and medium sizes, cached to save server processing
– create a easy to use and understand interface [more html than programming]
– show the filename as the description of the photo.
– have subfolders as albums.
– link to the original large photo.
Features that I added:
– ability to show the size of the original file, in denominations of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes.
What I originally wanted to do was have to create and .htaccess file to link to a specific file at all times. So I would only need to upload the pictures. However I couldn’t figure it out, so I just put a < ? include("..index.php");?> as the index.php file in all folders, except the initial gallery page. Where it reference the actually gallery.php file.
If you have any suggestion to add to this same, simple app… let me know, I may add to it.
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New gallery app I made
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High speed spindle design
Bought this book by Harprit Sandhu, on Spindles. ISBN 1-85486-149-2
It’s focus is designing useful spindles for small lathes, with the mindset of keeping it simple, easy to make, and low in part numbers.
It’s not bad in that aspect, and does cover the bases that I need to design and implement my own. I’m only using it as a reference for designs, and usage.
Hopefully in the near future I’ll make on.
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eBay the Monopoly
Argh, I just recieved an email from eBay. A Legitamate one, not one of those phishing expeditions.
This email was here by notifying me that Fees are to increase [yet again].
I ask myself why? Considering they’ve sent most, if not all, of their support staff to india. Service is intermittant, fraud is rampant.
How does one create a service that does the following?- Create an easy to use experience for sellers and buyers.
- Easy to search/navigate.
- Ability to hold transactions securely. For example payment.
- Monitoring of fraud and abuse.
- Not allowing PO Boxes.
- How does one certify buyers/sellers?
The need for a trusted selling / buying service is tremendous.
Fraud is always going to happen. fraudsters seemingly come up with creative new ways to fraud people.
I guess it’s time to just open my own eStore.
www.Howardforums.com isn’t a bad idea, considering if I can find a local guy, people can do a straight exchange.
It’s free. But it’s a pain in the butt to siphen through all the material listing.
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My theory on major software developers skipping version numbers beginning with 4
My theory, and only a theory, on why major software developers skip software version numbers beginning with the number 4.
If you go around looking, you’ll notice that many software vendors skip the 4. In a few oriental languages, the number 4 is an unlucky number. Forexample in Chinese, it means death. (more…) -
Chinese mutant gene is HIV resistant
A very interesting article I found, here. claims that researchers have found a mutant gene that is resistant to HIV.
However, it’s too small of a sample to infer any facts.
Hope it’s a step closer to the AIDS epidemic cure; which lately seems to have been put on hold. I find it strange, while it’s still prevalent. -
Installed a 1HP motor to the lathe
Well, I was working on making the A-axis adaptor, and got sick of the spindle motor being a wimp. So from an 1/4 hp motor, I’ve upgrade 1hp. Now it’s got some juice and runs a lot quieter as well, perhaps new bearings. (more…)
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MSIE and how it's not CSS compliant.
CSS is supposed to be a standard. However, Microsoft has managed to bungle the thing up so much, that it’s barely useable.
Those that develop webpages and are informed usually make pages so that the code displays properly for the VAST majority of pages. I know many far too many that don’t — and these people really shouldn’t be coding for a living. These people have great design skills, but they only can make it work for the shrinking percentage of MSIE users.
I’m just wondering when they will learn, or perish without knowing, of other important, standards compliant browsers out there. I personaly will stick to the major brands, as that will cover the 98% of users. If it works for mozilla, and MSIE, it’ll work for almost everyone.
Firefox is great, but it’s many rendering issues have me annoyed as well.
Flash is something else I’ve started to tinker with. It has the visual interface, and the actionscripting which is catching my attention. With a combination of mysql + php + flash and actionscripting, combined would make a very presentable and pleasing web portal/application.
Flash would just bypass the CSS crap, and all the browser non-standardness. Flash works on LINUX, WIN32, and Mac. So I don’t see any issue of compatibility. How it looks on one OS will like the same on all the other supported OSes. Though it is not standards compliant (that I know of), it’s still a route I’m willing to take, because of the issues of compatibility.
The actual writing of code is not the challenge to me, it’s getting it to display the same on all platforms.
For example, I spent a few hours today, tinkering with the CSS on this blog… I could have spent my time on better things, but it’s learning, and hopefully developing it into a useful skill. -
New Gallery!
Well, I installed Coppermind Photo Gallery 1.3.2 and psnGallery2 1.3.2 with a little hack to make it so psngallery2 won’t randomize the images on display.
Took a little while to install… see previous link blog entry to see the new gallery in action.
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