jazzsequence | I make websites and things

Hi, I’m ChrisI make websites and things. Lately, I’ve been experimenting a lot with Large Language Models (colloquially known as AI) to test their capabilities and to help make my job and D&D Dungeon Mastering life easier. Feel free to click around to learn more about stuff I like to do and/or am working on.

How Many USB Ports Does It Take To Cook Meat? 30.

How Many USB Ports Does It Take To Cook Meat? 30.: An imaginative computer user wanted to try cooking with USB ports. Using a USB-powered cup warmer, he soldered in the power of 30 USB ports and transformed it into a portable stove. Not kidding, the …

October 16, 2010
Free Texture Pack: Nature Textures 3

In our ongoing quest for awesome outdoor textures, we present our third all-purpose nature textures pack. This pack includes a few beach textures, a couple rocky creek bed shots, and a bunch of different types of wood textures. These pictures come from City Creek in Salt Lake City, Pescadero Beach on the California coast, and…

October 15, 2010
My relentless pursuit of the guy who robbed me – Life stories – Salon.com

My relentless pursuit of the guy who robbed me – Life stories – Salon.com

October 11, 2010
Last Bit of Summer

The Last Bit of Summer template for Blogger was inspired by thoughts of fall leaves, ripe watermelon, and the beautiful golden light of late summer. It’s a little bit of summer serenity to me and I hope it will be to you too. Warm colors, art paper textures and a little bit of extra colorful… (read…

October 11, 2010
How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Really Made

How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Really Made

October 9, 2010
A slow day?

A slow day?

October 8, 2010
A slow day?

For those that haven’t noticed it yet, upstartblogger.com has taken yet another turn. Remember the old tagline of the site? If you don’t, I’ll remind you: Successful blogging made simple. As it turns out, successful blogging just is…

October 8, 2010
dear Audrey

This charming Blogger template is a little bit vintage, a little bit writer and a whole lot of personality! It uses neutral colors and inviting paper textures with an added vintage style ornament as accents to create a warm and sophisticated setting for your words of wisdom, adorable pictures or online diary. Dear Audrey uses… (read…

October 7, 2010
Free October Calendar Wallpaper: Good Morning

This month’s wallpaper comes out of a long-exposure shot I took sometime in the pre-dawn hours a couple months ago. As I was staring at my computer screen at more or less the same time, it seemed an appropriate start for a new wallpaper. T…

October 1, 2010
How I fixed the “cannot redeclare _checkactive_widgets()” error in WordPress child themes

So, I had a problem. For a while I’ve noticed a whole bunch of code being tacked on to my functions.php file. I’ve had no idea where it came from since I certainly didn’t write it, so I generally just removed it when I saw it. Then I noticed this weird php error when I… (read…

September 27, 2010