I've been working a number of different concepts during the runup to Christmas.

Soon I will be replacing the BarnyardBBS blogging system with one of my own creation. I've become very strict about having my sites validate, and none of the existing packages have a fully validating editing interface. Not to mention, I've grown to love the TinyMCE javascript-based editor. I'm reusing a bunch of the code from the Content Control project to make a self-contained blogging control. I'll switch over the site's blogs as soon as I have it ready. Hopefully, other people will be able to make use of it as well.

Speaking of other people making use of things... I've posted the Content Control over at SourceForge. Although I've distributed the source here at Barnyard for a long time, I wanted to make it more available to the masses (who gravitate to SourceForge). SourceForge is the hub for open source software. I hope by making the Content Control available there, it will be more useful.

Also, I've been experimenting with HDR photography lately. I've posted a few photos in the gallery's Philadelphia section. HDR is an abbeviation for High Dynamic Range. It's a technique where several photographs of different exposure are merged together to create a hybrid image. Andreas Tofahrn is the master of HDR. This is the best example that I've managed thus far:


The Ben Franklin Bridge, by night. Three photo hybrid.

Oh, and one final note. Jessawick has no idea what her Christmas presents are...