A Taste of Things to Come
Posted May 11, 2009 @ 6:44pm by Phil
I just finished my first week of my fourth co-op work term. This term is a little different though because I am also taking a course on algorithms. I figure taking it now will lighten up my load next term. I have a bunch of things planned for this site during the term. I tend to be pretty exhausted When I get home from work though, so we will have to see how much I actually get done this term.
Some of the things I want to get done:
- I wrote a photo gallery script last year for my family so they could post their pictures online, and have been rebuilding it for this site. I plan on making the source available once I have finished.
- During my python craze I wrote a script that synchronizes a local folder with a remote folder via FTP. I use this script all the time while working on my websites. It is sort of like mapping a FTP server as a drive, but in my opinion less problematic. The script routinely checks for modified files and when it encounters one, uploads it to the specified FTP server. I also plan on making that source available.
- Last term in one my courses we created a real-time operating system. I found that course extremely interesting and plan on porting the operating system I wrote to x86 and building on it. I will be making that source available as well as writing articles about the subject. I found there wasn't too much information on that out there.
- Algorithms has rekindled in me the joy of solving challenging algorithms — something I haven't done since high school. So I rejoined Project Euler and solved a few problems. I would like to do something related to that with this site. Maybe hold a programming contest or something? I don't know.
Like always, if you have any comments or suggestions, or want to help in anyway, please e-mail me.
