{"id":2,"date":"2024-02-18T08:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T08:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hireme.mappage.net.au\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:50:28","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hireme.mappage.net.au\/index.php\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi, I&#8217;m Eric"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m a freelance software developer in Adelaide. I&#8217;ve been coding for nearly 35 years as a hobbyist, student, employee and freelancer. As of March 2026 I generally have enough to do but can squeeze in a small project if there&#8217;s demand for it. Check out what I can can do &amp; what I&#8217;ve done. Get in touch if I might be able to help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JavaScript, PHP, Python. A bit of C#, Java. In earlier years, Perl, C\/C++.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vue, HTML\/CSS, MySQL, MongoDB, Google Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maths, statistics, spreadsheets, data analysis, QGIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portfolio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mappage.net.au\" target=\"_blank\">Mappage<\/a> is my magnum opus. It started in 2008 as a page for whatever I wanted to put on a Google Map and became a stats engine &amp; data story system with its own built-in code system. The majority is written in JavaScript with some in PHP and Python. I&#8217;m anticipating most visitors here have come via Mappage, but for anyone else, that&#8217;s what I like to show people. Click &#8220;Gallery of examples&#8221; and click through some links listed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stories.mappage.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">stories.mappage.net.au<\/a> &#8211; various stories\/articles\/etc about maps or data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/earthquakes.mappage.net.au\/q.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earthquake database<\/a>. Seismologists upload location files into this web app and the rest of us can see where they all are. Uses JavaScript, Vue, PHP, Perl, MySQL. I&#8217;ve made a number of other small web apps to help the cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.net.au\/\">seismology in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GrowCare (<a href=\"https:\/\/j.growcare.com.au\">info site<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/growcare.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">web app<\/a>) uses weather data to model the risk of plant disease (mainly downy mildew) and provides grape growers with spray advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2016 I helped program this robot to solve a Rubik&#8217;s Cube:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HMPS - YuMi vs Rubik&#039;s Cube\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GN7RKRFtZiQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;d love to chat about what you&#8217;re looking to achieve\/create\/fix\/etc and whether I can help. My typical rate is $110\/h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phone: 0421253504<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: ericlove5014@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eric-love-3136a0230\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a freelance software developer in Adelaide. I&#8217;ve been coding for nearly 35 years as a hobbyist, student, employee and freelancer. As of March 2026 I generally have enough to do but can squeeze in a small project if there&#8217;s demand for it. Check out what I can can do &amp; what I&#8217;ve done. 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