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Camid Tourney – Homework Assignment

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:54:36 +0000

For a internet system programming course I am taking at UNL we have a project that is a multitude of homework assignments that we will maintain and add to throughout the semester. The only data requirements was that it was some kind of sport tournament, so I have decided to make it a flag football tournament in hopes of selling it to some people I know who have formed a league.

The project will conclude of a completely dynamic web system, using a database back end, mixed with XML, XML Schemas, XSLT and of course the html/css output. We will also be using javascript and putting this all together to become what is now commonly referred to as ajax. So check it out while it evolves as this semester continues.

Axis Technology Inc – Sales Rep Locator Map

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:57:47 +0000

I was contracted to create a dynamic map, that customers could use to find the closes sales representative in their area. This map was to be of high quality and nice design, therefore it is made in flash. I made this map from scratch, though I may have been able to save time using pre-made code, I feel a great accomplishment in this project. The map runs very smoothly, and is made in such a way that it is easy to add sales reps across the US and Canada. Check it out for yourself, it speaks for itself. You can use the link below to go straight to the map, or Axis Technology site is at

Hunt Irrigation

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:22:08 +0000

This site is one of the first sites finished by Brad’s Web Design. It is integrated into the Sandbox and I helped a tremendous amount compared to other websites completed by Brad’s Web Design.

Hunt Irrigation is a local innovative sprinkler company, that sells, installs and refurbishes sprinkler systems and parts throughout the area.

This project was quite a success as one of our first completed projects.

Earl’s Steakhouse

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:28:04 +0000

This is an entire flash site I made when I was a Senior in High School. I made it for the local steakhouse restaurant’s named Earl’s Steak House. They desperately needed a website and I found myself wanting to try my hand at another flash website. So I took the liberty of trying to make one, in hopes they would see it and then really take on the idea of a website, as opposed to some crazy idea by a kid still in high school.

My manager loved it and took it up the food chain the owner who is not such a nice guy and too busy with his more successful restaurant in Omaha called Charlies on the Lake. So needless to say the owner dis-approved without looking at it because they did not have the money. Now at the time I just wanted my work used and charged super cheap. In retrospect I made a terrible bid ad $200 for the entire site, as I know now, that site would easily have been worth $5,000, if the client liked it that is.

Once I went to college though, Earls shut down within a few months. I still believe my website could have saved them.

The Kevin Bacon Game

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:29:25 +0000

This is a homework assigned in CSCE156. We had to create a program to find the Bacon Number between actors. If you don’t know what the Kevin Bacon Number is I will explain it:

The Bacon number someone has, is the number of movies connecting any actor to the actor Kevin Bacon. For instance Tom Hanks has a Bacon number of 1 as they played in Apollo 13 together. The idea was that every actor could be within 6 movies, so the game was also called 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon, which was very popular with radio shows for a while.

This is only hooked up to a very small movie database on the CSE server at UNL but for the most part has enough movies between famous actors to get from one actor to another. This was done in php and therefore if the process is too long may time out with some searches. But please try it out, it is fun, and it is one major accomplishment I have in real programming, that I can show online.

There is a user/password as we got extra credit for that.
User: nick
Password: jason123

Camid (second)

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:32:15 +0000

A remake of Camid ( First ) I changed the colors and again with the first one this was more of a learning experience then a real project. I learned a lot of flash programing through this test. I learned many capabilities flash had outside of just flash, interacting with files, variables in php etc…

Camid (first)

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:35:54 +0000

This is an attempt at my first entire flash site. I learned a lot from this experience, but like most things that designers start for themselves after looking at enough, I started to believe things looked bad, and just started to get annoyed with it and ended up starting over with similar ideas for Camid ( Second ).