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Making annoying rainbows in javascript

Friday, October 13th, 2006

If you‘ve been looking for a tutorial on how to make these kinds of annoying color effects in javascript, you’ve come to the right place, as I’ve written one. And here it is.

My dog loves Beck videos

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Beck’s The Information is the first CD in a long while that I’ve purchased. Because of all the extras, I consider the 10 bucks I spent on the actual CD well worth it, for a change. 1) The album is excellent, and covers a wide range of styles. The sound engineering, as always, is amazing. […]

I’ve been dugg! (again)

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

I came home tonight to find my Whitney Music Box software toy got mentioned on digg, which increased my website traffic by a factor of 100. Way cool! Thankfully, my hosting provider (dreamhost) has been handling the increased load like a champ. No problems so far! Hey! If you’re one of those who have compared […]

Pink for October

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

If you’ve been here before, you may have noticed some changes in the look of the site. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’ve turned my site pink. As you travel around the tubes of the interwebs, you will notice many other sites have as well. This is not only a good way to raise awareness […]

1313 Halloween Costumes

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Jim’s Current Reads: Temeraire

Monday, September 25th, 2006

I don’t read a whole lot of fantasy literature, and in particular, I don’t have much use for warmed over Tolkien, such as the works of Terry Brooks. Having said that, I am currently getting a kick out of reading the Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik. The books, which reimagine the Napoleonic wars with an […]

In Numerical Order

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Flickr, meet Coverpop!

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Oddly enough, after nearly a year of coverpop development, I never got around to using Flickr photos! How silly. There are now 4 new coverpop mosaics of Flickr goodness, with a few more on the way. Hodgman’s 700 Hoboes Stick Figures in Peril Color Fields Flowers this page shows the very latest additions

333 Great Books for Kids

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

333 Great books for kids is one of a dozen new interactive mosaics I’ve added to my coverpop website. You can find the others by noodling around on the menus on the right, after you go there. More books, more DVDs, more clothes & accessories. All the amazon-powered mosaics on the site are now set […]

Thousands of Printable Puzzles!

Monday, August 28th, 2006

You asked for ’em, you got ’em. In addition to my new collection of 3,200 Jigoku puzzles, I have added 4,800 Kakuro puzzles and 1,600 Krypto Kakuro puzzles to my collection of free printable e-books. For those of you new to Kakuro puzzles, I have also added an excerpt from my book, Masters Kakuro, which […]