Category: Web

Stractor Final Presentation

Here is my Keynote presentation for Stractor, which placed 4th overall in the University of Miami business plan competition. Click in the presentation area and use the arrow keys to navigate. It may take some time to load (12 MB). Stractor Final Presentation

Parallax Starfield HTML+CSS Effect

This is a simple parallax depth effect that uses 3 layers of transparent background images. I wrote it in ~2007, but the effect still works pretty well. These days, I'd start out with JQuery and use a scrolling plugin...For best results, middle-click and use smooth scrolling.

PostgreSQL + PostGIS 1.5

I plan to transition from MySQL to PostgreSQL on the Stractor project very soon. PostgreSQL is so difficult to pronounce that I've ignored it until now, but the capabilities of the PostGIS extension are too good to pass up. The primary benefit of the PostGIS extension is that the geographic coordinate - a point on […]

Location Based Services Survey

Take my Location Based Services survey.

New Site

After years of limbo, I'm finally launching a new site.  I would like to showcase my work and not get too hung up on maintaining the site itself, so I've settled on WordPress. Things to come: Project showcase Research journal Design portfolio The occasional personal blog once in a while (but not too personal) If […]