AJC pages by date

This is a list of pages I’ve built at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as complete as possible given the limits of memory and the fact that several features of ajc.com’s living section, for example Buzz, do not have permanent URLs. The interactives and photo galleries are likely to be more exciting than most of the article pages. Dates are those of publication; pages are often built at least a day in advance.

Interactives

• Virtual Tour: Southern Accents’ Showhouse (July 18, 2002)
• Quiz: Identify this plant (July 18, 2002; this is the first quiz to feature my new Javascript that randomizes the answers)
• Calculator: How can you save water? (July 11, 2002)
• Quiz: Identify this plant (July 11, 2002)
• Interactive TV that changes channels (July 10, 2002; also appeared on living section front that day)
• Quiz: Identify the space aliens (July 9, 2002)
• Interactive map: Georgia fishing holes (July 5, 2002)
• Quiz: Patriotic facts (July 4, 2002)
• Quiz: Identify this tree (July 4, 2002; this quiz is the first to feature my new permanent design for the Home & Garden quizzes)
• Timeline: The history of soul music (June 30, 2002)
• Quiz: Identify these hydrangeas (June 27, 2002)
• Quiz: Can you identify poison ivy? (June 20, 2002)

Section Fronts

• Martha Stewart (Living front, July 2, 2002; the Photoshop work on Martha is by my mentor, but I modified a Javascript to make the animation and came up with the “faster” and “slower” links. Does this serve any journalistic purpose? Of course not — but it sure is funny.)
• Hydrangeas (Living front, June 27, 2002)
• Crocodile Hunter (Living front, June 26, 2002)
• Mickey Mouse (Living front, June 25, 2002; I Photoshopped the sunglasses onto Mickey)

Photo galleries

• ‘Reign of Fire’ (July 12, 2002)
• P. Diddy’s ‘Players Ball’ (July 8, 2002)
• ‘Bad Boy’ basketball (July 7, 2002)
• ‘Men in Black II’ (July 3, 2002)
• Hydrangeas add color to gardens (June 27, 2002)
• The Crocodile Hunter (June 26, 2002)
• Scenes from ‘Minority Report’ (June 21, 2002)
• A Sandy Springs astilbe garden (June 20, 2002)
• Portfolio of architect Santiago Calatrava (June 17, 2002)
• Products to pamper pets (June 14, 2002)

Articles

• Summer Time: Hot fun, cool songs (July 21, 2002)
• Dolly Parton shows her roots (July 21, 2002)
• CD reviews: Austin impresses with Fitzgerald’s tunes (July 21, 2002)
• Getting a grip on greed (July 20, 2002)
• Southern gospel hits a high note (July 20, 2002)
• How to help keep your kids safe (July 20, 2002)
• 100 years of cool: Harley-Davidson celebrates anniversary (July 19, 2002)
• Easy-to-digest ‘Wives’ good to the last guffaw (July 19, 2002)
• ‘Widowmaker’ exhibits grace under pressure (July 19, 2002)
• Gainesville goes global with festival (July 19, 2002)
• New Paschal’s the place for power lunch (July 19, 2002)
• John Kessler: Chronicle of quest for ‘Fourth Star’ (July 19, 2002)
• ‘Six Feet Under’ leads Emmy nominations with 23 bids (July 18, 2002)
• The illuminating subject of proper room lighting (July 18, 2002)
• Beneficial bats beset by stereotypes in movies and media (July 18, 2002)
• Giving thought to rainwater collection (July 18, 2002)
• Cheesy, sunbaked fun in ‘Freaks’ (July 17, 2002)
• Hanks goes to the mattresses (July 12, 2002)
• A report from the tour bus: Usher ends tour here Sunday (July 12, 2002)
• Discovering dim sum (July 12, 2002)
• Walter Reeves: Use, store and dispose of pesticides properly (July 11, 2002)
• Down the drain: Attitudes on water use (July 11, 2002)
• Fall TV lineups (July 10, 2002; these are presented in a pseudo-TV grid format rather than a plain old list)
• ‘Worst Case’ hokey but hard to tune out (July 10, 2002)
• ’60s TV superhero Birdman resurfaces as cartoon lawyer (July 8, 2002)
• Frankenheimer’s stamp a lasting one (July 8, 2002)
• TV best bets (July 8, 2002)
• Jackson says recording industry cheats minority artists (July 7, 2002)
• Emory’s cultural showcase (July 7, 2002)
• A singularly incisive look at gender, family dynamics (July 5, 2002)
• Extreme skateboarding’s daring dudes (July 5, 2002)
• That couch you’re vegetating on is actually a sofa (July 4, 2002)
• A Southern Gardener in Connecticut’s Court (July 4, 2002)
• Here are flowering trees that can take the heat (July 4, 2002)
• Independence Day recipes (July 4, 2002)
• ‘Idol’ co-host on pop culture radar screen (July 3, 2002)
• ‘Men in Black II’ as undeveloped and pale as new intergalactic vixen (July 3, 2002)
• Three months of homespun celebrations (July 3, 2002)
• TV best bets (July 3, 2002)
• Christopher Reeve’s battle to walk documented (July 2, 2002)
• Martha Stewart’s stock still sturdy among many fans (July 2, 2002)
• Charity harvest now at half a ton (July 2, 2002)
• An Atlanta oddity? Lenox for Fourth befuddles some (July 2, 2002)
• Poll: Lopez, Spears Need New Loves (July 1, 2002)
• Back in the Day: The Soul of Black Music (June 30, 2002)
• Hong Kong’s special blend (June 30, 2002)
• Yokohama on World Cup stage (June 30, 2002)
• A heavenly drive pretty close to home (June 30, 2002)
• Solo Saadiq: Classic sound, immature writing (June 30, 2002)
• Independence Day events (June 28, 2002)
• The end of the carefree summer (June 28, 2002)
• Depth of ‘Soul’ challenges gay male stereotypes (June 28, 2002)
• Restaurant Review: Confounded credenzas don't stack up (June 28, 2002)
• John Kessler: Asher and Bacchanalia ever delightful (June 28, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 28, 2002)
• This fall, look for American remasters on PBS (June 27, 2002)
• Multihued hydrangeas captivate Atlantans (June 27, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 27, 2002)
• The heritage of Scotland (June 26, 2002)
• Stewart is grilled on ‘Early Show’ (June 26, 2002)
• Animal magnetism puts 'Crocodile Hunter' on map (June 26, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 26, 2002)
• Updates await visitors to ever-evolving theme parks (June 25, 2002)
• Hillary beating Bill in memoir race (June 25, 2002)
• Chung stakes out prime time spot with unconvincing bravado (June 25, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 25, 2002)
• At play in Norway (June 23, 2002)
• Spectacular scenery stars in cross-country Nutshell tour (June 23, 2002)
• N.C.’s Fearrington Village offers best of past, present (June 23, 2002)
• Animation adds edge to ‘Altar Boys’ angst (June 23, 2002)
• Ndegeocello too arch in lyrics (June 23, 2002)
• At Kennedy Center, a celebration of Sondheim (June 23, 2002)
• Gay pride calendar (June 22, 2002)
• As bike ride ends today, some lessons learned along the way (June 22, 2002)
• Best bets for the weekend (June 22, 2002)
• A ‘Bartleby’ filled with distractions (June 21, 2002)
• ‘Juwanna’ doesn’t do justice to drag (June 21, 2002)
• ‘Lilo & Stitch’ pretty, uninspired (June 21, 2002)
• Futuristic ‘Minority’ a Spielberg stunner (June 21, 2002)
• ‘Conversations’ about real life (June 21, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 21, 2002)
• ‘Mr. Fix-It’ helps novices get handy around house (June 20, 2002)
• Couple plants astilbe in shade garden (June 20, 2002)
• Plant a Row brings smiles to mouths (June 20, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 20, 2002)
• Pioneer village reconstructs rural ways (June 19, 2002)
• Minor miracle: Hot shower on BRAG (June 19, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 19, 2002)
• Spears sick of Timberlake talk (June 18, 2002)
• ‘The Rock’ to Play Hawaiian King (June 18, 2002)
• Affleck and Damon are true friends in a false world (June 17, 2002)
• Actors Sheen, Richards tie knot (June 17, 2002)
• Nagging their parents snags kids the products they want (June 17, 2002)
• DVD 101: VHS reigns, but new kid on disc is gaining fast (June 16, 2002)
• Reflections on season of highs and lows (June 16, 2002)
• Atlanta Opera forges ahead (June 16, 2002)
• Contemporary Art Center: Has it lost its cutting edge? (June 16, 2002)
• CD reviews: No need to get your paws on this soundtrack (June 16, 2002)
• Go with the wind to these three museums (June 15, 2002)
• Father’s Day calendar (June 15, 2002)
• Good ways to show Dad he’s the greatest gift of all (June 15, 2002)
• 20 questions for an Indigo Girl (June 14, 2002)
• New pet products baby our ‘companion animals’ (June 14, 2002)
• TV best bets (June 13, 2002)
• With ‘Invincible’ now invisible, Michael Jackson is feuding with his label (June 12, 2002)
• Committee denies license for Grateful Dead reunion concert in East Troy (June 12, 2002)
• Couple files suit over reality TV prank (June 12, 2002)

Technical

• Modifications to Error 404 Not Found page. When a visitor stumbles on a broken link within the site, the resulting error page allows her to report the problem to the AJC’s online editors with one click, rather than asking that an e-mail be sent as before. It’s not quite as sophisticated as the error page on my own site, where I am e-mailed automatically if there is such a problem without any user action, but it was the best that was possible on their server. The coding is a combination of SSI and Javascript. (July 17, 2002; unfortunately I can’t link to this project because to see the one-click error reporting system, you have to be referred to a broken link from within ajc.com.)
• Automatically updating TV best bets link (July 16, 2002; this link appears on the AJC’s index of TV coverage, and will correctly link to the current day’s prime-time TV recommendations without being manually updated each day. It’s programmed in reasonably simple XSSI.)