Projects

I have many various projects, sometimes too numerous to keep track of. I have two main areas of projects, my personal projects and projects I work on at Tagdot. My personal projects are generally put under the an umbrella project called not [your] everyday Applications or neApps for short. Below are a list of some of my projects and PAQs about them.

neThing/in deep thought

neThing code behind in deep thought. I don't call it a blog because it is intended to be more than that, however most people would call it blogging software. The main features of neThing are the ability to create posts using wiki style code and my own set of extensions. It carries most of the same features as wikipedia such as comparing changes between past history of a post and discussion pages for each post. In addition is an extensive tagging system.

neThing is also a toolbox comprising various tools such as neTodo, neBoards, Sparce, and neCode. I plan to expand the tool set further as time goes on and my needs grow, incorporating more of the projects found bellow as well as additional wiki and logging features.

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neBoards

What is neBoards?

neBoards is now an umbrella name for a project comprising 2 parts.

1. neBB - a simple bulletin board. So simple in fact that it is what I call a drop thread BB.
2. neForums - Formerly named neBoards. A highly customizable and easy to use message board.

neBB

What is a drop thread BB?

• A drop thread BB is a bulletin board that can be deployed using a very simple database and script internally OR externally
• The BB script automatically creates a BB based on the URL that called it
• Any page that calls the script (internally or externally) must be supplied the relevant threads and its posts if it is on the whitelist/unless it is on the blacklist
• If the URL (anything before # or ?) is not already known a new BB is created.
• The host of the script is responsible for images and posts on all BBs

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neForums

What is neForums?

• As mentioned before. A highly customizable and easy to use message bard.
• It can be used as simply as a drop thread BB can or as a huge message board filled with many forums, topics, threads, and posts.

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Why was neBoards changed to neForums?

neBoards is a partial acronym for 'not [your] everyday [message] boards'. In that vein as i've come up with new ideas i've always suited neBoards to them. For a while I have been thinking about drop threads and been trying to think of how they would fit within the neBoards system.

So instead of trying to kludge things together I decided to:

1. Keep the two things apart, except where it makes sense (the most simple neForum is essentially a drop thread BB)
2. Rename neBoards to neForums
3. Umbrella the two together into the neBoards project

What does that do to the roadmap?

Completely destroys it. I became unhappy with the neBoards code at some point. I did not want to completely wash my hands of the code and start over but this fact made me not want to work on it at all. Sometimes I have found taking a bigger leap is easier than taking a smaller leap. By reworking the entire concept altogether I have become both more excited about the project and willing to start from scratch with neForums.

neTodo

Currently there are two projects I am working on called neTodo. One is a Java app the other is was started a while ago which is written in Cold Fusion. The focus of the java neTodo project is to take the Look and Feel of the CF neTodo project and port it. Eventually the online neTodo and java neTodo will be able to sync together. I also intend to extend the functions of both to include task dependencies, categorization (or labeling), better prioritizing, and add a calender for due dates.

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Sparce

Sparce is my demo for taking various RSS feeds (right now it uses del.icio.us) and creates a list of links categorized based on your preferences.

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B.O.B.

B.O.B. or Bash Oppressing Bytes or neBOB is essentially an alternative Bash or command line prompt for accessing various programs. It is a proof of concept for taking English like commands rather than simple commands that are typical with prompts today. While this is behind what some consider as the step forward with graphical user interfaces it could be a first step to English (or later other language) driven computer operating environments. The next step being an Intelligent program that can understand complex requests for resources in a conversation like basis. This is a future project and not currently in development.

neCalc

A simple command line calculator. Which will take most math expressions as is and attempt to solve them. Examples of such expressions: "1 + 2 * 3", "9 ^ ( 1 / 3 )", and "x * 9 = 18". Most other functions would be handled through slash commands.

neList

Tag based online listing of things. You can tag any item in the list, view by a set of tags only while keeping the depth intact, and can export or import using xml.

neRedBlackList

A specialized version of neList specifically meant for creating whitelists and blacklists. From net addresses, companies, emails, to food. Based on the tag and reasons, anyone could add to the list or export for their own purposes.

neCode

A code repository searchable by meta data applied to the code and the code itself. Can be as simple as large projects with forks and merges. Can attach tags, dependencies within or without the repository, documentation, or other file resources to the code. Keeps a history of all changes made, allows compares and reverts.