Projects

Here are some of my current projects:

  • Writing a Firefox Extension that logs Wikipedia lookups, calls the wiki API, generates graphs of related topics via javascript graphics libaries for HTML5 Canvas, suggests topics for further exploration, and other user-requested features. Drop me a line if you want to help me test it or have suggestions.
  • Losing weight - The difference between the max a year or two ago and 3/3/2010 is about 25 pounds. There were no stupid diets, just good food and exercise.
  • I made a Möbius scarf as a gift but need to finish making the ants.
  • Breaking things in WebGoat and fixing them to improve usability. 

Ongoing things:

  • I read every day, the vast majority of which is nonfiction. I do this to learn something new and keep myself up to date with what's going on in the world.
  • Writing letters to my mom in Chinese. I speak Cantonese with her but the writing system I learned in school doesn't match in vocabulary or syntax, so it takes a while. CantoDict has been quite useful in this.

Finished:

  • Quora Coding Challenge: this is a Hamiltonian path counter for 2-D grids, written in C. It's fast an' stuff! [documentation and code]