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 I broke a javascript gallery script to make a Flash-like slideshow

This is a story about a site redesign. The site was for the mother of a client we’ve worked with on other projects. It was a kind of site we don’t normally do, but we took the gig because it was a referral and someone we know and like working with. The original site was…

April 2, 2010
who is that masked “merton”?

okay, let’s put an and to this ridiculous debate. there is a feud raging across the internet about whether the original “funny chatroulette piano” video is ben folds. i’ve taken some heat on digg for suggesting that, um, yeah, it is. so, let’s — just for the sake of argument — pretend that we don’t…

April 1, 2010
adventures in the alternate reality universe of upstart blogger

adventures in the alternate reality universe of upstart blogger

April 1, 2010
adventures in the alternate reality universe of upstart blogger

let me preempt this by saying that, although this is posted on april 1, this is not a joke. but it is funny. to me, anyway. the other day i discovered, and blogged about, twitter fireball, which i reported to be the latest reincarnation of twitter r…

April 1, 2010
all part of my elaborate plan…

extra extra update on the twitter fireball scam i wrote about yesterday. apparently twitter fireball was just an elaborate april fool’s day joke. riiiiiiight. it’s really too bad i only took a partial screenshot of the site and didn’t get the PayPal button at the bottom of the page. alas, it’s too late now as…

March 31, 2010
Microsoft wants to remember it for you wholesale

An intelligent personalized agent (e.g., guardian angel) monitors and evaluates a user’s environment to assist in decision-making processes on behalf of the user. The guardian angel can… take automated action on behalf of the user for various purposes (e.g., to compensate for memory loss, to remind a user to take medicine, to assist in social…

March 31, 2010
LL Cool J vs. Fox News, Sarah Palin

LL Cool J vs. Fox News, Sarah Palin: interestingly enough, i think @llcoolj has more clout than @SarahPalinUSA on this one…

March 31, 2010
joss whedon on faith and spirituality

joss whedon speaks about what he doesn’t have against christianity (or anything else, specifically) and addresses some of his themes of faith belief systems in his shows. via SciFi Wire

March 31, 2010
terminator + c-3po + robocop + gort = kraftwerk! (via…

terminator + c-3po + robocop + gort = kraftwerk! (via @Agent_M)

March 31, 2010
Free Wallpaper: lil somethin

This background combines two things I love: watercolor and paisley blooms spread across a subtly textured paper as if to signal the arrival of Spring in all her glory, daffodils, tulips, songbirds and sunshine spreading from her fingers. I wanted to use watercolor because it is so fun to look at, with bright colors and…

March 31, 2010