Thu 21 Dec 2006
Have you ever just wanted to see a bunch of people doing random stuff. I know I sure have.
That's why I made the "People Doing Stuff - Random Image Finder."
It's basically a random GIS query tool. The twist is that it searches for images based on Proper Noun + Verb. Its written using JavaScript. I used to use the diddly.com Random Personal Picture Finder for hours on end. I still do. I just wanted something a little different. Thus my People Doing Stuff finder was born.
I know it uses frames. I couldn't think of any other way to accomplish the goal. Using AJAX I kept getting permission denied when trying to pull data from off site. I guess it had something to do with preventing cross site scripting.
Enjoy. If you have any suggestions let me know.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Of course it only took one try to get a NSFW image. Ah the internets… Oh, and you have been linked to by BoingBoing (one of my favorite worktime distractions). You should be receiving a number of hits soon!
December 25th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
If you want no frames, you need to use a server side script to scrape google’s results page. You can then either just spit it out into your page, or re-format it however you like. However, there’s nothing wrong with how you’ve done it - it works, and is faster than screen scraping - where the data has to go from google to your server, then to the client, where with the frames it goes straight to the client.
December 28th, 2006 at 6:23 am
you can easily do pseudo-frames using php
please look on google
or on my delicious
http://del.icio.us/klimperei
but mostly in French…
all the best
cp
ps / good idea, i had fun !!!