log entries of timotheus

Mobile Stocks is a simple WAP page designed to easily allow a user to check the stocks they own, and see how they are doing for the day. No data is stored on the site, everything is done in the URL. To use:

-Go to: http://hithlonde.com/ms on your cell phone or other mobile device.
-On the main page, enter the stock and number of shares you own and hit enter.
-The next page shows you the info for that stock, and a place to add another symbol.
-Keep adding stock symbols in this way until you have your portfolio how you want.

And that is it. You can see the last price, the gain/loss for the day, the gain/loss factored into the number of shares you own, and the date. Underneath is a total, showing you what your overall gain/loss is for the day. It is recommended you bookmark the page, so you don’t have to enter all your stocks every time. You can refresh the page to update the quote information. Also, please note that quote data is delayed 20 minutes.

Mobile Stocks is WML-based which, although isn’t always pretty, should be compatible with nearly every cell phone or mobile device. One exception to this is the iPhone, which doesn’t support WML. The financial data comes from yahoo.com.

Mobile Weather is a simple WAP page designed to easily allow a user to check their local weather, and receive a three day forecast. No data is stored on the site, everything is done in the URL. To use:

-Go to: http://hithlonde.com/forecast on your cell phone or other mobile device.
-Enter your zip code, or any zip code you want to know about.

And that is it. A page will be displayed showing the current weather conditions, and a three day forecast. It is recommended you bookmark the page, so you don’t have to enter your zip code every time. Refresh the page for up to date weather information.

Mobile Weather is WML-based which, although isn’t always pretty, should be compatible with nearly every cell phone or mobile device. One exception to this is the iPhone, which doesn’t support WML. The weather data comes from weather.com.

Weather Info for Mobile Devices

This morning I worked for several hours to bring an old application I wrote up to speed. It is a page for mobile devices that takes the zipcode from the user, and shows the current weather conditions, as well as a three day forecast. The page with the weather for a specific location can be bookmarked, and whenever it is hit it refreshes with the newest data.

The site pulls the data from the Weather Channel’s RSS feeds. My older version was manually parsing the entire XML file, and generally was a totally backwards way to do it. I now am using the SimpleXML functions to traverse the RSS feed, and pull out the data I wanted.

You might wonder why I made it in WML instead of xHTML, and my reason was so it could be used on even basic cellphones that have WAP access.

Let me know what you think.