Archive for November, 2007

timelapsed downtown toronto

timelapsed downtown toronto, originally uploaded by wvs.

It reminds me of days spent in a darkroom. Great concept!

apollo

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apollo, originally uploaded by lyrical.

a rocket launching from a corn field … hmm interesting … its such a captivating image.

Bohemian rendez-vous

the dark rider awaits us all

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S, originally uploaded by brianchapman.

posts in the mist

Fresh Start



Fresh Start, originally uploaded by bittbox.

great vector work!

Vertigo Dreamscape

Vertigo Dreamscape, originally uploaded by javajive.

I wonder how much digital editing he did to get the image.

Jökulsárlón

Jökulsárlón, originally uploaded by Magander.

Some soothing blue after that powerful orange.

Dining alone

Dining alone, originally uploaded by fusaka.

The orangish red wall is very striking. The chair is not very interesting, but the overpowering wall in the background makes up for it.

Dinette

Dinette, originally uploaded by Tous les noms sont déjà pris… pfff….

The colors are interesting. I don’t know what the picture is about, but I like it. lol

jQuery and CodeIgniter Chat

I adapted a Javascript & AJAX tutorial off of sitepoint to work with CodeIgniter. It uses jQuery to the handiwork. It is a simple AJAX chat script, not the most advanced thing in the world. Hopefully it will get better in the future.

Here is it in action:

jQuery Chat

Download jQuery Chat

REQUIREMENTS

  1. You have Downloaded and Installed codeigniter.
  2. You may want to check for a new version of jQuery.The version of jQuery that is included is 1.2.1. You can find the current version of jQuery here.
  3. The root folder is where codeigniter is installed.
  4. You are using MySQL.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Open /system/application/config/autoload.php
    Verify that you are autoloading the database library. You should see ‘database’ listed in the $autoload[’libraries’] array.
  2. Open /system/application/config/database.php
    Verify that you have the correct information for your database.
  3. Upload /system/application/controllers/chat.php
    to the corresponding folder on your server.
  4. Upload /system/application/views/chatty.php
    to the corresponding folder on your server.
  5. Upload /public/js/jquery.js
    to the corresponding folder on your server.
  6. Upload /public/images/blueloading.gif
    to the corresponding folder on your server.
  7. Run the sql.sql file on your server using a tool like phpMyAdmin.
  8. Open a web browser and goto http://yourdomain.com/chat or http://yourdomain.com/index.php/chat if you have not configured your htaccess file.