donproject (code)
I dabble in the dark arts.
I took a couple basic computer classes in college in the mid-90s and have dabbled in the dark arts ever since. Making a list of all the code I've made makes me feel pretty accomplished, actually. Check it out! If you use any of these things, feel free to support the site for as little as $1.

SWGOH Tracker

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <JSON>

I have been playing a mobile game, Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes for a bit. I really liked a tracking website, so I made my own tracker inspired by that website over a month or so. Version 2 added a bunch of features including graphics and a whole settings system.

Web App (version 2)
Web App (version 1)

Bedside Clock

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <JSON>

We use an old iPhone as our bedside clock and we needed one that displayed the weather and the time and the day. So I made one.

Web App (version 2, iPhone 7)
Web App (version 1, iPhone 4)

Transformations Game

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Git>

I re-programmed an old game I made in Visual Basic at some summer teacher conference about computer animation. It's a game to help students practice their knowledge of coordinate transformations.

Web App (version 1)
Source Code
Visual Basic Source Code

Grading Curve Calculator

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>

I needed a pretty weird test score adjusting program for school and I added some nice looking graphs for my class so I can show students how they did on tests.

Web App (version 2.5)
Web App (version 2)
Web App (version 1)

jQuery RPG

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Git>

This web app was featured on the site that hosts the school as a thing that people can make when they take this class. So I guess that's good. I tried to be funny, as well. Maybe I could be a programmer after all if I just worked hard at it? So, no, then.

Web App (version 1)
Source Code

Racing Game

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Git>

I took a class in spring of 2015 on HTML/CSS/jQuery. I do that when I think about career change. It was part one of a four-part path to becoming a programmer. But do I really want to do that? CAN I really do that now that I'm old? This game is a good indicator that maybe I shouldn't. I got a good grade on this, though.

Web App (version 1)
Source Code

Crayon Sorter

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Git>

More of my work from the class I took. This is an exploration of sorting principles. I wanted to know how to sort by color, so I spent a lot of time figuring that out. The animation is pretty bad so I didn't get a spectacular grade on this one.

Web App (version 1)
Source Code

2-3-4-5 Solver

<jQuery>, <HTML>

I posed an extra credit problem in class but didn't have the right answer. So I brute forced it!

Web App (version 1)

Seating Chart Creator

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>

I'm working on a simple seating chart maker. Well, I have big plans for it (seating by demographic, preferential seating, etc.), but lost motivation a bit, so it might never get done. Right now, it's just a basic randomizer of whatever names you type in.

Web App (version 1)

thedonproject.com

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>, <wordpress>

I made this website. It has a lot of lists and I make different versions every couple years as a hobby.

Web App (2025 version)
[Other versions available sometime]

anniversary.thedonproject.com

<CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <Google Forms>

I made a real simple RSVP program for my 5th, 10th, and 15th anniversary with my partner.

Web App (year 15/wedding reception version)
Web App (year 10 version)
[Other version available sometime]

propicks.demonrally.com

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>

I modernized and ran a fantasy rally game for U.S. rally series from 2010 to 2023.

Web App (version 4.5)
[Other versions available sometime]

demonrally.com

<CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>, <PHP>, <wordpress>

I maintain our rally team's website and a wordpress installation there.

Web App (version 2 or 3)
[Other versions available sometime]

emersonvscook.com

<wordpress>, <podcast>, <xhtml>

I helped my partner and her friend create and host a podcast about movies. Subscribe!

Web App (version 1)

co-driver.info

<jQuery>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>

I test out ideas for the rally community at this domain. I haven't finished an idea there. Yet.

Web App (version 2)
[Other versions available sometime]

nataliesplatalie.tumblr.com

<PHP>, <tumblr>

I customized a tumblr theme for my partner.

Web App (version 1)

phil-burress.com

<PHP>, <wordpress>

I made a website to remember my dad.

Web App (version 1)

crazymonkeyattack.com

<CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>

I maintained an RSVP and player stats page for my co-rec soccer team for a while.

[1 version available sometime]

exempli.com

<CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>

I created the website for my most recent band.

[1 version available sometime]

exit177.com

<CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>

I created the website for my high school band.

[3 versions available sometime]

misterburress.net

<CSS>, <HTML>

I made a website for my teaching career.

[2 versions available sometime]

web-earners.com

<Javascript>, <CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>

I made a semi-honest living selling advertising and sharing the profits in the early 2000's until the market dried up.

[4 versions available sometime]

Facebook record listing app

<CSS>, <HTML>, <Perl>, <MySQL>, <PHP>

I started to make a facebook plugin right before plugins became very obsolete. Oh well.

[2 versions available sometime]

UNIX Shell Scripts

<bash>

In college, I crafted some fun UNIX shell scripts for a class.

Aliens C Shell Script Source Code
Cool C Shell Script Source Code

Visual Basic Animation

<Visual Basic>

I made a couple animations in a summer program I took early in my teaching career. They were programmed in VISUAL BASIC. Ugh.

Animation 1 Source Code
Animation 2 Source Code

HTML in 1996

<HTML>

I taught a one hour course on HTML in 1996 at college. I don't know how I got that gig, but I'm pretty sure I did a bad job.

HTML Reference Text File

Video Game Testing

<game testing>

I worked for a while as a video game tester. It didn't pay well, but it was sort of fun, I guess. Here's the games I worked on that I remember (mostly uncredited).

Electronic Arts (Redwood City, CA)
- NASCAR 2000 (PlayStation 1)

Nintendo (Redmond, WA)
- Mickey's Speedway USA (European version, GameBoy Color)
- F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (Gameboy Advanced)
- Wave Race: Blue Storm (GameCube)
- Pokemon Stadium (N64, but I only worked on it for a day)
- Mario Party 3? (N64, but again, only for a day or two)