websites
mine
- A Journey of a Thousand Reasons - A journal of my trip to New Zealand.
- gerardwhyte.??? - Before there was gerardwhyte.net there was gerardwhyte.??? This one had much the same idea as this site, with most of the same sections. However it was more complex in design than this site, both in its looks, structure and interactivity. Decided to replace it with this site, which would be easier to maintain and was more minimalistic, at least in the beginning.
- Middle-earth Goodies - The Middle-Earth Goodies website is a site that I threw together in a couple of minutes specifically for holding some downloads of interest to people who are interested in Middle-Earth and more specifically the original Middle-Earth Online game.
- RAGD - Website for my adventure game tool.
- Tavus
The basic concept of Tavus is a virtual village in a fantasy setting. This idea of a modern implentation of a fantasy world is something which I found really interesting and it is an idea I liked a lot.
Tavus has a number of different buildings which correspond to different sections of the site. Each building has an owner who welcome you to the building. The site was intended to cover a lot of different topics and so was really too ambitious compared to what I was able to do.
It was my first attempt at a website, unfortunately, I made it with MS Frontpage Express, so it's not the best coding underneath. Not to mention the design overall, which I now find to be quite bad and it is not something that I'm all that proud of nor happy with. Tavus is nowhere near from being finished and it looks unlikely ever to get finished.
- The Matrix
The Matrix is a website which I made after I read The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling. I found it a very interesting read and also came across the term "matrix" being used as a synonym for the internet. I was also doing a module in my Computer Science course called "Computers and Society" in which we discussed and wrote about the influence of technology on society and vice-versa. So I decided to make the website to put up my essays that I had written for the module, but I also intended to write new essays specifically for the site. All of the essays would have the common theme of technology and especially the internet (or the matrix).
Specifically, I had four aims when making the site.
1. To develop my writing skills.
2. To develop my web design skills.
3. For the site to be a medium for my ideas.
4. To develop my own ideas about the specific subjects.
This site will be used instead now, with the rantings section being more or less what I had originally envisioned The Matrix being.
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- Ardan Nights - Ardan Nights is a project which I once attempted to run. Its goal is to create Middle-earth using Neverwinter Nights. Whilst I somehow fell into the role of project manager, my original responsibility was the website and it continues to be. This is the latest iteration of the website after I did a complete redesign in Summer 2003. Quite happy with it.
- KF Agencies
KF Agencies represents seven different fashion collections with varying styles of clothes for shops in Ireland.
After working on my own websites for several years, I felt happy enough to start making websites for companies. This is the first website that I have made for commercial purposes and financial gain.
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- Adventure Developers - The only site dedicated to adventure game developers, full of articles and tips from amateurs and seasoned professionals alike.
- Adventure Gamers - This site covers all the latest goings on with regard to adventure games, be they commericial or underground. With regular updates, it's a site I visit most days.
- Mac Hall - Mac Hall, made by Matt Boyd and Ian McConville, is one of the webcomics that I visit every day. It's a comic strip about a varied group of friends, somewhat modelled on the writer's and artist's lives and friends.
- Matt & Tom Rhodes - Matt Rhodes is my favourite artist, who I came across around 2000. He has done some work for Tad Williams at Shadowmarch. In his new website he has teamed up with his brother, Tom, whose work intrigues me as well.
- MegaTokyo - MegaTokyo is a webcomic, made by Fred Gallagher, following the antics of two friends, Piro and Largo, as they find themselves stuck in Japan with no money to return to the US. It's the first webcomic I came across and still a favourite of mine.
- MetaVisuals - Patrick Jensen is another talented artist who's work I really like. I first came across him in the Shadowmarch forums.
- Middle-earth Online - The latest attempt to create this seemingly cursed online RPG. Looks like it's actually going to reach the shelves this time.
- PvP Online - A webcomic made by Scott Kurtz which continues to make me laugh. One of the more longer running and successful webcomics around. This comic is the most like a traditional newspaper comic strip that I visit and it follows the goings-on at a fictional games
- ScummVM - Quite possibly, the greatest program ever written, it allows LucasArts fans to dig up their old games and play them on modern operating systems. Not only that, but it also has various graphics filters to improve the look of the games.
- Shadowmarch - Tad William's website, it was originally a venture to publish a story online in episodes, which lasted for its first season. A strong community lives there and Tad provides updates on what he is currently working on.
- Shadowmarch Pictures - These are the pictures of characters from Shadowmarch created by Patrick Jensen of MetaVisuals.
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- Nous Theatre - Nous Theatre is a theatre company which some friends have mine have started in Oxford.