MadRAD

Welcome to my little corner of the internet. A place where I can display some of my different projects & hobbies.

Photography

Web Design

I have enjoyed creating websites since I was around 13-14 years old and since then I have always been able to pickup the basics of new (programming) languages quickly.

While I have played around with using website creation software, my passion is to get into the code and write a site from scratch.

I currently have experience in the following languages.

LanguageConfidenceNotes
HTMLI love writing pages in HTML, and my web design software of choice is Notepad++
CSSI have only recently been getting in to using CSS to its full effect but I am enjoying the possibilities
XMLWhile my experience using XML is limited, I still feel confident that I understand its basics
Server Side Scripting
PHPThis is my go to server side language
ASPI learned this in college and while rusty I would be able to pick it back up with ease.
Client Side Scripting
JavaScript / JQueryThis is my go to client side language.
VBScriptSee ASP.
Platform
MoodleI have spent the last 5 years developing and maintaining a VLE using Moodle for a training provider.
WordpressI was given a Wordpress site to maintain. While the back end wasn't bad I was never a fan of using it.
BootstrapI have been enjoying using the bootstrap platform to make new websites, including this one.

Some projects

The following are a few projects that I have been creating for fun

Chess - Using Bootstrap's Glyphicons and JS. I plan to add multiplayer functionality at a later date using Websockets.

Draughts - This is a variation using most of the same code I created for the chess game.

Steganography - I always found steganography interesting since my Computer security and Cryptography classes, this project will take an image and put text in to it.
It will also take an image and reveal the text.

Please note that most of these are proof of concepts that have been created to test an idea and not much effort has been placed into making them look pretty.

Crafts

For most of my life I have been exposed to different arts and crafts.

Below you can find a few different crafts that I have tried my hand at.

Drawing
Drawing
Cross Stitch
Cross Stitch
Chainmail
Chainmail
Drawing

Drawing

Who hasn't spent some time sketching, taking a piece/pad of paper and a pencil to draw something.

Personally I feel that I have a talent to copy things, however I have tried my hand at originals.

I think I will stick with copying when the urge to draw hits however.

See some examplesSee how to do some basics
Cross Stich

Cross Stich

I have been cross stiching for quite a while, what started as a challenge to teach myself a new craft turned into something I find rather relaxing.

At first I started by doing some small cheap kits got from discount bins at Hobbycraft. My first big project was a copy of my Graduation picture for my Mum.

More recently I have been creating some 100 by 100 squares using sprites from video games. My plan for these is to eventually join them together and give them a soft back to make a blanket.

See some examplesSee how to do some basics
Chainmail

Chainmail

This is a very recent craft that I have been playing around with.

I have been playing around with some rings that I have made from Aluminium wire (from Hobbycraft) and copper wire (from stripping an old coaxial cable).

The styles that I have tried my hand at are: European 4 in 1, Dragonscale, Byzantine and a varaition on the Byzantine style that I don't know the name of.

While I would like to make a full size chainmail shirt, it was quite fun to make one for my iPod.

See some examplesSee how to do some basics