Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Hunting duck and turkey just got a whole lot simpler

I'm not a hunter, but many of my friends are, and I recently noticed that it's a huge pain in the ass to find hunting regulations. Each state reports them differently, and at different times. It seems difficult enough to figure out when and how you can hunt in your own state, much less planning a hunting trip across the country.

To that end, HolCope Computing is proud to present When is Duck Season? and When is Turkey Season?

Using a simple interface, hunters can easily navigate to any state where they want to hunt and find:

  • Season dates (by species, if applicable),
  • Bag limits,
  • Shooting hours, and
  • Arms & ammo requirements

I'm really proud of how these sites turned out, and I'm happy that people are using them. I'd love to hear any suggestions you have for improvements in the comments, or via the contact link on the site!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

My newest website

For a couple years now, a friend and I have been trying to come up with ideas that will make us fabulously wealthy so we can buy our own private island or live in an underwater dome palace or control Congress. To that end, we just launched Which is BIGGER?

Here's the gist: You can pick the category of things you want to compare, currently landmarks, people or planets. In each category we have a small (but growing) list of available objects, and after clicking the two you want to see, we tell you which one is bigger, and more importantly how much bigger it is. You want to see how The Sphinx would look next to the Louvre Pyramid? No problem. Worried that Venus might be slightly bigger than Earth? Fear not, friend! The best part is that each comparison has a permalink and easily accessed sharing buttons for Twitter and Facebook. Prove to your friends that you know better than they do how big stuff is!