Programming
all, javascript, jquery, web, weekend challenge
As part of designing my new site I wanted a tagging system. This would be implemented client side (on the user's browser) so as not to cause latency (through AJAX etc) and so as not to cause undue stress on the server (by excessive requests).
Thus, the only real option to avoid using the server was to use Javascript.
Raytracer - 9th July, 2007
all, python, graphics
This was a 3D raytracer I made over a non-Weekend Challenge weekend to fulfill a dream I'd had ever since my Blender/computer graphics obsession when I was 13 or 14 - my own raytracer.
Game On - 2th July, 2007
all, python, pygame, weekend challenge
Experimenting with gravity and vectors by making a small game.
Self Organising Kohonen Map - 13th June, 2007
all, python, graphics, weekend challenge, artificial intelligence
A Kohonen map is a Self Organising Map (SOM). Self organising maps try to find a relationship between huge amounts of data with absolutely no human help.
An example shown here is it can sort and organise a three dimensional data set (RGB) into two dimensions.
Lorentz Attractor in Blender - 21th May, 2007
all, python, graphics, weekend challenge, blender, plugin
Just to get a feel for Blender's API I made a script that would create a mesh of the Lorentz Attractor.