Work in Progress
I'm constantly messing around and experimenting with things on this site, unfortunately a lot of the stuff I'd like to try out I simply don't have a reason or the content to (lack of target audience really). So this page is here so I can publish my pointless experiements.
Ajax (without the X)
The website I built for Johnny had a random image on the front page (utilising the image block module in Gallery). It changed every reload and linked to the image page in Gallery. But he wanted a random image which changed on click. So I thought I'd have a look into the XMLHttpRequest revival or ajax and found this tutorial. I adapted it slightly for our needs and hey presto johnny was happy. It's not suitable for my header random image as I've got a caption which needs to match the picture, so I've just written it into an array.
The random image is below, click it and it changes without reloading the whole page! magic! I'm going to incorporate this into the tortoise cam soon
Flash
I'm currently learning (relearning) Flash, along with Ruby and a stack of other things, hopefully there will be some cool stuff on the page soon.
VRML Surf Shack
I coded this by hand a couple of years ago, thought I might as well put it up, and someone might find it interesting.
The "joypad" is for controlling the red striped board. The idea being you could view it from all angles and see rocker and rails in 3d, which can be difficult to visualise from images alone.
You'll need to download Cortona to view it, don't bother if you've not got broadband as it's image heavy.