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September 21st 2008

I added a new candle section. This will feature some of my more interesting candles. It is written with the jQuery framework.

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TPcal

During the fall of 2005 a friend suggested to me that I write a better calendar than the one they were currently using. I was really busy with school at the time, but it seemed like a cool idea. Over the course of a few months I filled many pieces of paper with ideas for my un-named calendar project. When Christmas break finally came I registered the domain www.TPcal.com, and began development. I finished before spring semester started up again, and immediately got my friends using it. Throughout the next year, much feedback was received from users requesting different features, but I was simply too busy to try to "fix" TPcal.

When I entered Spring semester, 2007, it was time for me to take on a senior capstone project in Computer Science. I tossed alot of ideas around, but eventually decided to scrap and rebuild TPcal. I spent about 250 hours over the course of 3 months building the new TPcal, and it went live on April 11th, 2007.

So what is TPcal?

Glad you asked! TPcal is a free multi-user calendar that can be viewed and managed anywhere you have an internet connection. You can have as many calendars as you would like, and you choose your own privacy. By default, your account and calendars are private, but you can easily set them as public and allow anyone to view your calendars. Each calendar's colors and fonts are customizable. Below is a list of some of the features you can find in TPcal

  • Free registration
  • Password Recovery
  • Users can create multiple calendars
  • Public (anyone may view) or Private (only authenticated owner can view) calendars
  • Search for friend's public calendars
  • Completely Customizable Colors & Fonts
  • Intuitive realtime interface for changing colors and fonts
  • Month and Week view
  • Fine-Grained handling of dates
  • Events can span multiple days
  • Events can re-occur (Event Series)
  • Intuitive User Interface
  • Easy to remember URLs
  • Task List
  • Users can track favorite custom colors
  • Multiple calendar overlay - to compare calendars
  • Add events to someone else's calendar, they are e-mailed for approval
  • Support for iCalendar calendar format (sync with Outlook, Apple iCal, Google Calendar, any program with iCalendar support)

Check it out for yourself!