OzLotto Statistics

A long time ago I created a site for fun – betterlotterynumbers.com I’ve now migrated the code to my site: http://terencelegrange.com/lottery/ Here you can search for the following charts. Clicking on the link will take you to a pre-generated image. The sum of numbers – how often do all the numbers drawn add up to say, 150? Sum of numbers by zones – if you add up all the numbers in each draw, you’ll find the highest occuring totals will

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Fantasy Soccer on Github and Fixed up

I had a few hours this evening after work to fix up an old app I created in 2006. That makes it 9 years old! It’s a fantasy soccer game modeled off the world cup. Players select a team of 11 for each round, and points are awarded based on the configured rules. Points can be awarded for any configurable event, such as a goal, redcard (negatives!), hatricks, clean sheets etc. It also has a predictions section – predict for

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10,000 foot view of various Service Status Software

Analysis on some open source service status projects I’ve stumbled upon over time: https://cachethq.io/ Really nice looking interface, easy to understand Good use of graphs Good list of customers Using PHP which makes it really portable http://www.stashboard.org/ Very nice interface Lacks some graphical displays Runs on Google app engine API is restful http://dashingdemo.herokuapp.com/sample Beautiful UI Interactive Contains probably more than you’d need for service status http://williamdurand.fr/2012/01/16/services-status-dashboard/ Really like the UI Limited functionality https://status.github.com/ I don’t think it’s truly open source

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PollMe app

I built a little poll app that allows you to setup a new poll that users can vote on. This can be useful for example during a presentation to a large audience where you want to get instant feedback. Features: Public or private polls Realtime updating of data as people vote Mobile friendly – and only mobile friendly (works in desktop browsers too) 2D barcode for easy poll loading – no complex URL’s to type in Add as many options

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Way finding – a little PHP+HTML example from way back

I wrote this little app many years ago and thought I should share it. It’ basically works by drawing a 10X10 map (in html) using old tables (gasp!). By setting a start and end coordinate you can find the most optimal path through the maze. Essentially this is how most path finding works. Newer ones that friends of mine wrote used hexagonal shapes for better accuracy. There’s also a blocked option – in this example I hard coded a few

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