I personally am a fan of self-funded research. When I am not doing work I like to experiment with new processes or attempt to break software. This page will be dedicated to my projects, or anyone else's for that matter that they are currently working on. The only catch is that the project needs to be documented and the documentation eventually must be posted.
FamousFoodFinder.com - Released November 2009
I am a foodie and love to find places that have been featured on a lot of the shows I watch. I took a look online and saw nothing that allowed me to search through my favorite shows to see what restaurants they featured. Hence the idea for the site and the service it provides. This was one of my first sites built with the user in mind. I worked on the front end while I had a friend help out with the backend database. If you like good food, or plan to travel then be sure to bookmark the site as it is constantly being updated.
Drupal Skeleton Module Generator - Released August 2009
The goal of this project was to quickly release a web application that would produce a bare module for users. After finishing I of course saw that there was a Drupal module already created for this, but I think my web app. will still be useful just because there is no need to already have Drupal installed to begin the development.
User Directory Module - Released August 2009
This module was created for a client that wanted to organize all users into a tree list instead of having to search every time they wanted to see a profile. This module is a little specific to that environment (just in how it handles the username), but can be modified with a few changes.
Drupal Chat - Began December 2008 - Completed October 2009
I have noticed that Drupal doesn't really have a decent chat module that will allow users to talk real time upon logging into Drupal. I want to begin creation, or find a way to implement chatting into Drupal. If possible I would like to find a way to take an already existing chat program (openfire) and reference it within a Drupal module. This would remove the administration burden from Drupal, but still provide a means of supplying chat.
Carrier Pigeon - Began November 2007 - Completed May 2009
This is a project I started back in 2007 and left alone for a while. For several months I studied various messaging protocols, implementations and behaviors. I discovered a few nasty issues for which I wrote a couple small tools. Because of the severity of the issues found I currently can not release the information. However, I will be putting out a paper covering the research and some of my findings that will be released in the near future.