web projects
A few years back, I started hacking around with using the web for
various purposes - some serious, some for my own amusement. Most of
what I do (and much of what I've seen) probably could be categorized in
the self-congratulatory ego pool that drives the Web (by and large), but
it kept me from getting a real life. Some people might say that this is
a good thing...
Basically, I do this for grins. I'm also personally
amused by how much hype there is over how hard it is to do this stuff -
much of it is pretty easy - and there might even be some value in it all
for some purposes (other than getting rich).
I have several projects I'm hacking around with, but these are the ones I'm working on most often.
canuck.dnr.cornell.edu
The server you're currently looking at - my main web server. Since many of these pages are "general use" pages, and need to be accessed by a lot of people, using a wide variety of browser technology, I've had to balance techno-weeniedom with "portability". My latest prototype is a quick-loading vision steeped in Javascript and CSS. For more detail on the server, and how it is configured, click here. Oh, and why "canuck"? Simple - I'm a born and bred Canadian (howsitgoin, eh?)
Hypertext-based 'discussion forum'
I'm convinced that hypertext-based 'bulletin boards' are very useful for managing discussions about various technical subjects. I've implemented one such system, focused on discussion of the analysis of data from marked individuals. The forum can be found here.
bibliographic searches
A perl-based search engine for bibliographic searches which doesn't require all the formatting effort WAIS does. Click here to see a fairly fleshed-out version. My very first 'web application'.
online books
I've recently written a couple of books on mark-recapture (and related techniques), most recently on program MARK. The individual chapters are basic Adobe Acrobat files, packaged in a fairly intuitive 'web site'.
scientific meeting web pages
I frequently help construct website for 'scientific meetings'. The sites are designed to be easy to use, provide all the right information, and to be as automated as possible. A good example is the EURING 2009 Conference. The site (which is based on the same template as this website) uses file uploads, binhex encoding, smart re-directs, and a few other whizzy things. I've also spent some time trying to make the site compatible with both IE and non-IE browsers.
software for population analysis
A commented list of different software applications for analysis of data from marked individuals (mark/recapture and so forth). One of my very first web pages, and it shows... :-) At some point, I'll update it.