I’m once again playing with writing web versions of random fantasy name generators. Here is one I wrote using various names I found from the Greyhawk game world of Dungeons & Dragons.
Chinese to English Translator (code only)
A Chinese to English translator web app that I wrote over 20 years ago using LAMP architecture, prior to Google Translate being released.
Dice Roller
Years ago, I wrote an app that simulates various types of dice rolls common to table-top role-playing games (TTRPGs). I know this is probably not useful to anyone, but I wrote it as an exercise to hone my skills in web programming.
NameGen: a Random Name Generator for Writers
NameGen is a random name generator for writers. It is useful for fantasy fiction authors, gamers, business users, system administrators, linguists, and game developers to randomly generate names and words of a certain flavor.
Idea Lab
The concept of an Idea Lab is to gather together all of the tools for coming up with ideas and brainstorming into one web workspace. I would also create my own tools by writing web apps to randomly generate ideas or aid in the brainstorming process.
Interesting Notes on the Taiwanese Language
Although I’ve lived in the US all my life and don’t look very Asian, I can speak the Taiwanese dialect of Chinese conversationally with very little accent. Here are some interesting things I’ve picked up about the Taiwanese language.