So, in case you didn't know this; I live on a boat. I'm kind of driven towards ways to share what's going on in my life since there's no one here to share it with and some of my stories are kind of out there. At the same time, there are so many things that I forget people like (most of) you probably take for granted. Like I don't have a fridge. I use ice to keep my food cold, and it lasts significantly shorter than it would if I had an actual fridge. I have running water, but its pumped out of a tank and once every few weeks I have to refill it. I have to constantly watch my power levels of my batteries so they don't completely die on me. Its an interesting life-style. And I love it.
But! To the matter at hand... I want to share my location when I go out on the water. I have ways of getting a cell signal way out on the ocean (learned how to do it in Afghanistan) so I'm not too worried about being out of contact from everyone if I'm outside the USA but when I'm here, I want people to know where I am, or at least where I last was.
So ... our feature presentation: TrackMe. Right now, its just a prototype application built for the internets and my friends or whoever really feels like stalking me. In the future I'll have ways to share just want I want with who I want. For now, for this first "big" test, the way it is, is fine. You can scoot on over and check it out right now if you'd like: My Current Location
All it does is show you where I am on my roadtrip back to Kentucky right now. As mentioned, I'll have it much more feature complete in the future. I literally coded this in less than several hours the other day. I'm not bragging or anything :)
I'm no web developer, so the underlying html/javascript could seriously use some work. In fact, its the first time I've ever really made a web application. There are a few things I'd like to do, like actually use json instead of just returning a string from the web service requiring three calls to the server. Also, I couldn't be bothered to make a database specifically for this application so right now, it simply just reads a file from disk. Way more intensive than it should be.
But! To the matter at hand... I want to share my location when I go out on the water. I have ways of getting a cell signal way out on the ocean (learned how to do it in Afghanistan) so I'm not too worried about being out of contact from everyone if I'm outside the USA but when I'm here, I want people to know where I am, or at least where I last was.
So ... our feature presentation: TrackMe. Right now, its just a prototype application built for the internets and my friends or whoever really feels like stalking me. In the future I'll have ways to share just want I want with who I want. For now, for this first "big" test, the way it is, is fine. You can scoot on over and check it out right now if you'd like: My Current Location
All it does is show you where I am on my roadtrip back to Kentucky right now. As mentioned, I'll have it much more feature complete in the future. I literally coded this in less than several hours the other day. I'm not bragging or anything :)
I'm no web developer, so the underlying html/javascript could seriously use some work. In fact, its the first time I've ever really made a web application. There are a few things I'd like to do, like actually use json instead of just returning a string from the web service requiring three calls to the server. Also, I couldn't be bothered to make a database specifically for this application so right now, it simply just reads a file from disk. Way more intensive than it should be.
