More stupid web tricks coming your way…

I realize I’ve been working with PHP for too long when I get an idea like “I wonder exactly how birth rate affects population levels” and the first thing I think of is, “well why don’t I just build a PHP app to figure it out?”

This is the result of such thinking: Population Trajectory Calculator. It’s the newest addition to my Stupid Web Tricks page, and the first that’s not just JavaScript triggering an irritating pop-up.

This is probably just as pointless though, but it was a fun little exercise, and it’s starting to give me more ideas, which is always dangerous. Before long I’ll have built a web-based version of Oregon Trail.

I’m not kidding.

(Well, OK, I hope I am.)

It’s not finished yet, but it’s already pretty stupid…

You may or may not have seen my Stupid JavaScript Tricks A–Z page. For a while I’ve had a mildly enticing teaser on that page promising “something big” when I get to the letter D. Well, I finally decided to skip C and get started on that “big” letter D. It’s about half done, but since I only get the inspiration (and time) for these kinds of things in short, sporadic bursts, I decided to run with it and post it in a half-completed state. The real topper is what comes next, and hopefully someday I’ll get around to it.

In the meantime, please check out the incomplete… Delete the Internet.