This page houses all of my personal and academic projects. Click on the links to get more detailed information. This page was last updated on June 27, 2009.
.: Possible Projects :.
- Personal: Duplicate Image Recognition Software. I would like for this to become my software engineering Capstone project but I have no idea if that would be possible. I'm interested in creating software that will be able to identify duplicate images when compared on a pixel-by-pixel basis (or not, if there's a better way).
- Personal: Pick-a-Flavor Designs. This is a web design system based on CSS Zen Garden. People create their websites by using a standard template and then can easily change their design by changing their style sheet.
- Personal: CSS Zen Garden Submission. I'm a big fan of the CSS Zen Garden website and would like to submit a design of my own. I'm not a very good graphic designer, however, and that is a major requirement. I still plan to try.
- Personal: Bridging SMF with eFiction. The bridge that's included with eFiction depends on the forum existing first. From what I've gathered from the eFiction support forum, it's very difficult to bridge a forum with an already existing eFiction installation. But what if I tried to bridge it indirectly to eFiction? It involves PHP programming.
- Personal: Database-Driven User Interface. I write fanfiction, which are fictional stories written by fans that are based on various shows, books, bands, etc. in popular culture. I want to create a UI that will link the chapters of my stories together and automatically create "table of contents" pages. My programming language of choice for this is PHP and I also want to use an SQL database.
.: Current Projects :.
- Personal: PHP image gallery. This came to be after I saw a post for the creation of a image gallery on rentacoder.com. I wondered if I could do it, and it's fortunate that I didn't bid on the project because I'm having problems. I'm still a beginner at PHP, after all. I plan to make it publically available when I finally finish it.
- Academic: Writing My Honors Thesis. After my off-campus study I am required to write a thesis on the experience. The minimum page length is 35. My launching point will be the paper I have to write for the SURE program.
- Personal: Link Database. Since becoming interested in website design/development, I've had more than a few websites, and each of those websites had their own link pages. I want to combine all of these pages into an easy-to-use, easy-to-search database that also allows visitor submission, site review, and Google page rank integration. Unfortunately, I can't find a free script that does what I want and can be seamlessly integrated into my website, so I plan to create my own. PHP and SQL are the tools in my box.
- Academic: Web Development Certification. While maintaining full-time status at UM-Flint I am also attending Mott Community College for a certificate in website development. Four of the courses I took while dual-enrolled in high school apply to this certificate so I decided that it wouldn't take very much time at all to complete it. I currently only have three more courses to go but Mott isn't offering anything that I need during the Winter 2009 semester. My estimated graduation date is Fall 2009. My estimated graduation date is now some time in 2010 because I still have three classes left and they're all offered the same semester. 10 credits total.
- Personal: Bridging Coppermine Photo Gallery with eFiction. I want to bridge Coppermine with my general anime fanfiction archive so that: 1) users only need to have one account, 2) a user's fanart submissions will show alongside their fanfiction, 3) I can display fanart on the main pages of my archive. I've had to fix two errors caused by the standard Coppermine-to-eFiction bridge and have reached a roadblock that I can't seem to find a way around. It involves cookie authentication across subdomains and the fact that I already have my eFiction archive bridged with another eFiction archive. This involves PHP programming.
.: Past Projects :.
- Personal: PHP Templating. This has interested me for years but only recently have I actually begun implementing it. My personal website, Anime Etc., will have a new design based on this concept. This project was completed December 2008.
- Academic: The influence of China and Korea on Japanese Cultural Development. My Winter 2009 term paper topic for my Japanese history course. For my honors election I'm going to write an additional 3-4 pages, bringing the total to 10 or so. This project was completed in April 2009.
- Academic: Locating and Applying to Summer Research Programs. I'm required to complete an off-campus study as an honors student so I'm in the process of applying to summer technology research programs. I don't have to do it this year, I can do it the next. There are no courses worth taking this spring and summer. There are courses worth taking this spring and summer. This project was completed when I received my first offer in early March 2009.
- Quasi-Academic: Popup Course Descriptions. I maintain a few websites for academic departments and wanted to make the display of course descriptions more visually appealing. I used JavaScript to create miniature webpages dynamically and to insert course descriptions. This project was completed Fall 2007.