Sunday, November 19, 2006

Finally Outta Beta!

I'm finally at the point with this website where it's stable enough for others to look at it. The site evolved from a bunch of random stuff I've been doing over the years. I've compiled everything together into what I like to call a "hybrid blog". It is also a really good arena for me to work on my memory skills which are definitely nothing to brag about.

A few highlights about the site:

  • Run a real time report about my movies.
  • Look at my picture gallery.
  • View my blog entries in the center column.
  • Click links within the blog entries to have the Google Map in the right sidebar update to reflect the clicked location.
  • Search for your own locations on the search bar below the map and take advantage of the results (switch between map, hybrid, and satellite, get directions from that location, etc.)
  • Use the search box in the right side column to search my blog, the web, videos, news, and all blogs. The results will be dynamically displayed in the middle column without page reload via AJAX. Change between the tabs to get your search results in the different domains.
  • A list of different RSS feeds that I am tracking.
  • Add comments about each individual blog entry.

What I have yet to do:

  • Fix the style of the search results to better match the rest of the site.
  • Integrate my Google Calendar as a page on the site.
  • Add links to the RSS feeds for the blog and picture gallery piece.
  • Add links in the right side bar for the different labels (you can currently see the labels at the bottom of the blog entries).
  • Add a subtitle for the site.
  • Finally finish uploading and sorting all of the pictures from European trip.

I've been posting for a couple of months, but the main page will only show the latest 10 posts. You can look at the older ones by accessing the archives in the right sidebar.

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