mov si, Projects
Listed below are some projects I am working
on or have worked on, a description of each is provided. The ones
that are completed and I feel would help others out I have posted
for download. If you have any comments or questions on a project just
email me (Link at the bottom left of the screen). A lot of projects
I work on are purely for my own learning purposes so I don't know
how useful they will be to other people, but nonetheless I have posted
some of them. The others deal with things I find interesting but probably
wouldn't help anyone or would probably not interest others like messing
around with Binary trees or modifying Trees to act like a neural network.
I have not posted the source code to some executable projects, because
I have had too much of my work stolen and no credit given in the past;
however if you are interested in a project and how it was coded just
email me and I will be more than happy to help you out, or write a
tutorial for you.
View Incomplete Projects
Always on Bottom
Finished: 12/17/2001 Version: 1.0
Requirements: Windows 95 or better
Description: I wrote this program originally to get a command
console (MS-DOS) to 'stick' to my background and always stay there.
Meaning if you click it, the program will not come to the foreground
but stay attached to the background. However, one could use this program
to attach any program (as a child) to any other program so they can't
separate from each other :).
Note: In Linux I use a program called eTerm, which is a transparent
console for CmdPrompt. I wanted to use such a thing in my LiteStep
theme so I found eConsole which is a transparent DOS, and wrote this
program to 'stick' eConsole to the background. If you would like eConsole
with AlwaysOnBottom already working together for LiteStep I have included
a download for that as well (just extract them to your C:\LiteStep
folder).
Download: [ Always On Bottom
V1.0 ] [ eConsole & Always
On Bottom ]
Find Files
Finished: 07/16/2001 Version: 1.0
Requirements: Windows 98 or better
Description: This is a simple program I wrote so that I could
find files on my computer without using the one that comes with MS
Windows. It was a great learning experience especially with recursion
and understanding advanced sorting methods (Quick, Shell, DOS, ect).
Again, this is quite useful in my Shell Replacement. Download it if
you need a File Finder that is pretty fast and will even show you
a few folders that Windows search tool wont!
Download: [ Find V1.0 ]
Mandelbrote Set
Last worked on: 02/01/2003
Requirements: Windows 98 or better
Description: This is a program I made to graph the Mandelbrote
set and zoom in on it. I am not done writing the Zoom function so
it doesn't work properly (sometimes it picks the wrong bounds to graph
:p). But if you would like to attempt to zoom in just click on the
upper left hand corner of the new window and drag to the bottom right.
I didn't finish this program because I began working on the extFloat
class to calculate Pi(see below). The program does however produce
some very pretty pictures of the set!
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Download: [ Mandelbrote ]
The Matrix ScreenSaver
Finished: 06/06/2003 Version: 4.0
Requirements: Windows 98, ME, 2000/NT, or XP
Description: This is a screen saver that reproduces the code
that appears on the computer screens that are looking at what is going
on inside of The Matrix. This screen saver can also be used as an
executable (by renaming it to .exe). By doing so one can have it run
all the time, windowless, stuck to the background (always on bottom),
and/or always on top. The main purpose for this was to allow users
to use this program in Litestep (or other shell replacements) as part
of the background or as a Widget or Module. However, anyone can find
use for this program as a .exe to do just about anything! Everything
is customizable, from the speed, the Music playing in the background
(mp3 or wav), how often the New Window and Hacking/Deja-Vu events
happen, to even the color of the code itself! It can do A lot more,
just read the Help file for more information.
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Download: [ Matrix V4.0 ]
Natural Sort
Finished: 02/27/2005 Version: 1.0
Requirements: Windows 95 or better, EasyGl (to compile)
Description: Basically my sort breaks a set of data up into
naturally ascending or descending data and then merges them back together.
It is of O(a log n) and a pretty fast sort, although it isn't as good
as quick sort (which I was aiming for) but I am happy with its overall
performance. The sort does have a simple algorithm for determining
if there are more ascending or descending data, that way if the data
is partially or fully sorted the algorithm. In the actual file you
can download is my sort with a few others to compare graphically how
it sorts, and time wise how long it takes compariably.
Note: The time sorting program (as compiled) takes about 10
seconds to display anything. And the graphical sorting program does
NOT accurately run quick sort; they need to be multi-threaded. The
algorithm is in interative form(graphical file) and in a simple recursive
form(Time file) that runs until its complete. The source code is under
the GNU license and is copyrighted material.
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Download: [ Natural Sort
(Source code and pre-compiled)]
Navi (Serial Experiments Lain) - Shell Replacement
Finished: 05/12/2001 Version: 2.0
Requirements: Windows 98 or better
Description: This is a theme I made using LiteStep and A lot
of special code I wrote to get everything working exactly the way
I wanted it to. Basically it, changes the whole Graphical User Interface
to what I want it to look like. All the graphics were done by yours
truly in Photoshop 5.0, and all programming except from the core of
LiteStep was also done by myself. Some of the executable code I wrote
can be found below, all other code is only of use with my specific
theme.
Run (Toggle)
Finished: 05/16/2001 Version: 1.0
Requirements: Windows 95 or better
Description: This mainly has its uses with shell replacements
or things where you would like to toggle a program on and off with
out directly interacting with that program. It will check to see if
a named program is running. If so it will close it, if not it will
run it. The program you wish to toggle must be sent as a command argument
(ex/ in a shortcut). This is a very simple program but if you find
it of use and would like help on how to use it just email me or read
the ReadMe.txt included with the download.
Download: [ Run V1.0 ]
Schematic
Finished: 07/16/2005 Version: 1.0
Requirements: Windows 95 or better
Description: This is a Schematic editing program that I wrote
for a engineering class I was talking over summer. The code isn't
done but it's a pretty cool start. Basically, you can design schematics
that use gate logic. Because of the way the code was written, it will
be very easy to add a function that converts the graphical design
into a logic equation and even a truth table. Hopefully I get around
to that soon =P. The source code is under the GNU license and is copyrighted
material.
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Download: [
Schematic (Source Code) ]
[ Schematic (pre-compiled) ]
my Sudoku
Last Worked On: 08/20/2006 Version: 1.0
Requirements: Windows 2000 or better
Description: This is a completely free fully featured Sudoku
program. It comes with around a 100 hand made games ranging from Very
Easy to Hard. The source code is completely written from scratch and
the Sudoku Engine/Class is under GNU License (The game GUI however
is not). The code is seperated into a OO Sudoku Game Engine that contains
the functionality and a OpenGL GUI that interfaces with the Sudoku
class.
It features a human style solver that never guesses or
uses back tracking (which means it can very precisely rate puzzles
in a very reconfigurable way). The solver uses bit mapping for several
different markup techniques which makes it very memory efficient (around
1k). The solver will also never incorrectly place
a number (Which is in constrast to say a brute forse method).
It also features a Symetric random puzzle generator.
It first creates a new solution, then uses transformations that preserve
the solutions integreted, then it descides which numbers to remove
to best make a new puzzle. It is an average generator that is able
to (because of the human style solver) put in some techniques that
usually only hand construction can lend to. It will also tell you
how difficult the puzzle it created is.
It features:
- A human style solver / rater (with
a current rating of medium-hard)
- Ratings depend
on the techniques that Must be used to solve the puzzle
- Creation Mode
- Auto/manual markups
- Symmetric random puzzle generator
(Very Easy to Medium)
- 2 skin modes
- Half size miniMode
- Always on top and Boss Key =)
- Every action as 2-3 ways to do it
(Mouse, Menu, Keyboard). Read the readme!
Features being worked on:
- Adding more techniques to the solver
to bring it to Hard (already very close) and Very Hard
- Note: As the
solver gets better the puzzle generator should automatically scale
as well!
- Adding more hand constructed puzzles
from various generous authors ;)
- A PocketPC and Linux port (GUI manily...
the Class compiles under both)
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Download: [ mySudoku (Source Code) ]
[ mySudoku (pre-compiled) ]
Links: Bangkok
Post Article about mySudoku
~`Tenshi`~ - Shell Replacement
Finished: 06/10/2003 Version: 1.0
Requirements: Windows 98 or better
Description: This is a theme I made using LiteStep and alot
of special code I wrote to get everything working exactly the way
I wanted it to. Basically it, changes the whole Graphical User Interface
to what I want it to look like. All the graphics were done by yours
truly in Photoshop 7.0, and all programming except from the core of
LiteStep was also done by myself. Some of the executable code I wrote
can be found below, all other code is only of use with my specific
theme.
~`Tenshi`~ - Window Manager (Linux)
Last worked on: 05/22/2004 Version: 0.6 beta
Requirements: Linux w/ X11 installed
Description: I love my Tenshi (LiteStep) theme so much that
I decided to program a window manager and several clients so that
my linux experiance feels much like it does in windows. The purpose
of this project is more than just a 'theme' like its windows counter
part. I hope to have a minimalistic Window Manager that uses external
code so that a user can completely control the look and behavior of
X. Ranging from more minimalistic than BlackBox to more,
yes you heard me, more customizable than Enlightenment. However, because
of its modularity it will not be bloated as the user loads only what
he wants to run! This also allows users to write programs to control
different aspects of X without modifing the actual WM code! To see
the look and feel I hope to achieve refer to the LiteStep theme above.
Also, this WM unlike the LiteStep counterparts will be publicly released
under the GNU license. However the Tenshi graphics will not be, so
I probably will make a real cool theme for distrobution. Feedback
is welcome!
Note: I could not have programmed this window manager without the
source and help from a window manager called Golem by Jordan DeLong
(c) 2001. In the documentation, all of my original code, code changes,
and additions are clearly marked.
