Projects
I'm always working on several hobby projects in parallel, some of which might even make me rich someday, who knows? Here I highlight my favourite pieces.
Titan2x.com Labs
I use the term Titan2x.com Labs to refer to the several perl/CGI websites I'm building under the titan2x.com subdomain. Since all of them are derived from the same framework, they have several features in common.
- Public signup: anybody can create a user account for free.
- Live demo: without logging in, you can try the service with all its functions in demo mode, so you can get a good idea what you're signing up for.
- Common portal: the blog at http://blog.titan2x.com/ introduces each project, with release announcements that can be tracked easily via RSS.
CityBazaar http://citybazaar.titan2x.com/
Have some items to sell? Pictures too? With CityBazaar you can set up an online sale page with a shopping cart.
- Create your sale page: describe your items, upload photos and set a price.
- Advertise your sale page: tell your sale page address to your friends, or post the link on a mailing list to attract buyers.
- Visitors of your sale page will be able to place bids on your items, and you will receive email notification when they do.
- Settle the exchange of items for money: once you receive offers for your items, you must contact the buyers and settle the exchange.
The service is designed for relatively small local communities, such as a city or district. Intentionally there are no auction rules and handling of payment and shipping, to make the barrier of entry as low as possible. The vision is that every neighborhood should have a CityBazaar site, where citizens can sell their unused items easily between each other.
Electronic Flash Cards http://www.groovyflashcards.com/
This tool helps you learn words in any language.
- Create a list of words: type in (or copy & paste) the words you want to learn, and select an appropriate dictionary to look up the meaning/definition.
- Start the practice: words in your list will appear in random order. Click on the word to see the translation/definition.
The idea is to go through the words until you remember all of them without looking at the translation. There are several built-in dictionaries and more can be added upon request.
RadioBytes http://www.radiobytes.net/
Listen to your favourite internet radio stations in the browser without any additional software on your computer.
The site uses the flash-based Yahoo! Media Player (http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/), therefore you need the flash plugin installed in your browser. (In other words, if YouTube works, this player should work too.)
Without a user account, you can listen to the most popupar Shoutcast streams. With a user account (which is for free), you can add any station to your personal list of streams.
Open source software projects
My open source software projects are well explained in the Repositories section, please look around in there.
Other projects
These projects are restricted to certain communities, though may still have useful public functions.
- http://www.monbusho.org/
The community site of past and present Monbukagakusho/Monbusho scholars.
Last updated: Wed Mar 10 04:29:43 2010