Archive for Computers

A Simple PHP Captcha Script: Captcha_lite

ComputersPublished May 11, 2010 at 3:34 pm No Comments

Last night I created a simple captcha script that is more than secure enough for most applications. It consists of three scripts: index.php, which contains a sample form, process.php, which validates the form, and captcha_lite.php, which creates the captcha. Demo | Download scripts and images Features: Lightweight, well-commented scripts No need for a MySQL database
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New site: “Why I’m Great”

Computers GeneralPublished May 4, 2010 at 5:45 pm No Comments

A pet project of mine over spring break and the past few days has been a site called Why I’m Great, a forum similar to fmylife.com where, instead of complaining about how their lives suck, visitors can brag about how awesome they are, all under the cloak of web anonymity. My friend Sean came up
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So you want to trigger a cron job with PHP?

ComputersPublished April 29, 2010 at 1:02 am No Comments

As a few of my friends know, I’ve been working on a special programming project lately. I developed most of it during Spring Break but had to take a break since my Distinguished Major Project took over my life until now. I still have some school work to do, but I couldn’t stop myself from
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Need a string quartet in Charlottesville?

Computers MusicPublished March 26, 2010 at 11:27 am No Comments

Check out the Virginia Orpheus Musicians, a group of local performers affiliated with the University of Virginia. They’ve had years of experience playing for weddings and other events and they would certainly add that “something special” to your event. I designed the web site, uploaded it a few days ago — it’s the second string
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Lottery Number Generator

ComputersPublished February 25, 2010 at 5:05 pm 2 Comments

Link: Lottery Number Generator A couple weeks ago I was asked to program a web application that picks numbers for the Mega Millions lottery. The commissioner, my girlfriend, asked me to write some algorithms that chose numbers at random with a slight weight towards numbers that have been drawn recently, since she believes that certain
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FPS Games

ComputersPublished February 21, 2010 at 3:26 pm No Comments

This is the final port from my old site. In 2006 I discovered a similar program to the OHRRPGCE: FPS Creator, an open-source foundation for 3D shoot-em-up games. The user has freedom to create his own graphics, plots, scripted events, and even engine tweaks. System Specifications The 3D graphics will likely take up a healthy
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RPG Games

ComputersPublished February 21, 2010 at 3:18 pm 1 Comment

Yet another port from my old web site to my new blog. Around 1998 I decided that I wanted to make a web site, so I went to the library and checked out book after book on HTML, JavaScript, VRML (what ever happened to that?), Qbasic, Visual Basic, C, and the list goes on. Since
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A Bunch of Max Patches

Computers MusicPublished February 21, 2010 at 2:58 pm 1 Comment

Here is the “Max/MSP” page from my old site. Although I have a lot of fun with Max, I’m still very much a novice. Enjoy! Mungamung (.txt | screenshot) An instrument that can send and receive signals.   Noober LFO (.txt | screenshot) So named because my professor’s LFO was named the “Uber LFO”.  
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Microsoft Songsmith

Computers MusicPublished January 3, 2010 at 12:36 am No Comments

At first I thought this promo video was a joke, but actually….it isn’t. From now on all of my music will be composed with Microsoft Songsmith.

Some Updates

Computers General MusicPublished December 19, 2009 at 11:53 pm No Comments

I put six patches on the Max/MSP page — go check em out! In other news, Virginia has been hit with one nasty snow storm, which I had the good fortune of driving through for eight hours last night. The normally pleasant three-hour drive from Charlottesville to Virginia Beach ended up being pretty treacherous. Between
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