December 9, 2007 – 6:21 pm
My Apollo/Flex mass upload tool was taking too long to code, so I sat down and made this simple mass upload tool for FAP.
The tool I’m working on in Apollo/Flex will let you select an entire folder and upload that to FAP. Until then, please enjoy Mass FAPloader.
December 9, 2007 – 6:06 pm
One part breadcrumb trail, one part FAP.
FAP Trail starts with a page of random works. By clicking on works that you like it learns and offers works that you might be more interested in. Eventually you will recieve a gallery of works that accurately reflects your tastes in art.
This was built using fAPI, the open [...]
December 9, 2007 – 5:55 pm
To help inspire growth on FAP, I’ve released A Quick FAP. It’s kind of like how people share videos on YouTube, now artists can share their works on their blog.
December 9, 2007 – 5:51 pm
fAPI has been getting a lot of attention since I released it!
Inspired by all this activity, I created Recommended FAP. Enter your username, and it finds works that you will like based on your favourites.
December 9, 2007 – 5:51 pm
I finished the tags.xml data feed for fAPI today.
One of the interesting new features offered by tags.xml is finding related tags. A simple query on tags.xml?related=fox returns vixen, kitsune, vulpine, canine and tiger. The algorithm relies on people tagging things…so the more that people tag, the more accurate it becomes.
After that, I tried plugging in [...]
December 9, 2007 – 5:40 pm
Recently, a lot of FAP’s bandwidth has been going towards hotlinked images. This isn’t very cool. But, instead of slapping down an ugly 403-image…like…
…FAP sends a polite, eloquent, beautiful little message to the person trying to take our bandwidth.
December 9, 2007 – 5:39 pm
I was working on the new FAP, adding some fun little suggestion-type-AI things…when something unexpected caught my eye.
The program was organizing things alphabetically. I didn’t tell it how to organize anything…it just did it.
…why did the program do this? I never told it to…?
It’s called Ghost Code, where the program starts doing unexpected things…nothing harmful, [...]