another entry in the "hacks while the baby sleeps" series, here’s a sliding puzzle game done in jQuery. (i don’t get to write much code during the day, so humor me, will ya?)
i made this fun spinny cube thing on the train last week:
i think it’s kinda fun, and all done w/ javascript (using the jquery core library). i will write more shortly (hopefully) about how it works. and submit the basic 3d framework as a jquery plug-in.
(train time totals about 2 x 40 x 5 = 400mins/week, as i ride from providence to boston on amtrak daily)
update: i’ve done nothing of the sort in regards to a basic framework. thinking that this kind of thing should maybe wait until html 5 full
 In the continuing attempt to make myself useful during my long winter break from school, I wrote a php CAPTCHA implementation for FutureMe. There are a bunch out there, but I just didn’t think any of them were easy ennough to implement and/or stylish enough to deserve to be on FutureMe. It’s also a little startling how many of the implementations use a hidden input field to pass through the key in the form. That’s about 1.2% more secure that having no CAPTCHA at all. It’s maybe even less secure because it’s just so tempting to break.
My implementation uses the built-in php session object to store the captcha value (I know – I should use mysql…but we’re not looking at > 1 server in the near future). I also limited the possible characters significantly to try and cut down on ambiguity. And I dynamically shift the placement of the letters on the image with a certain window. I would have liked to introduce some element of rotation as well, but was too lazy to figure out how to do it w/ the PHP imageobject.
Anyways, I think it’s pretty slick if I do say so myself. If you’re interested in it, lemme know.