Articles 'n' Stuff

(Last change to this page (minor): 18 April, 2000. Last added item: 18 April 2000.)

Here are some contributions to the Net at large. Except as marked, all items were created by Jed Hartman and are freely distributable.

• Articles and essays:
  • An HTML version of my anti-chain letter. Help break the chain! (Broken links fixed or pruned 1/12/99.)
  • My recommendation against forwarding email without verifying its accuracy first. Perhaps even more important to read than the anti-chain letter. (Last modified 1/12/99.)
  • How to Host a Story Reading. (Heavily revised 12/22/96.)
  • An essay about my mother, titled "Distances and Directions." (Posted 8/17/98.)
  • A pair of essays about following dreams: "Where Are All the Dreamers that I Used to Know?" (Posted 4/18/00.)
• Silly stuff:
  • A note on a new programming language proposal.
  • A high-school essay parodying an essay by Matthew Arnold.
  • A demonstration of a new footnote object for Dreamweaver 3.0; only works in 4.0 and newer browsers (Netscape and IE). (Posted 12/19/99.)
• Software of various sorts:
  • My PostScript rendition of the biohazard symbol.
  • A perl script to turn text upside-down. (Broken link fixed 2/1/00.)
  • VRML items (latest addition 4/9/98).
  • A follow-the-computer's-pattern game. (Posted 11/24/99.)
• A variety of works of fiction and verse. (Last addition 7/19/99.)
• Collections and lists:
  • My situation puzzles list.
  • My movie ratings and reviews (giant table; beware of download size). (Last modified 9/7/99.)
  • Laws and sayings.
  • A page of tips for achieving HTML effects, specifically for use with Netscape Navigator.
  • A page of hints and suggestions for using Web browsers effectively, and for troubleshooting downed HTTP servers. (Written in 1996, and pretty much entirely outdated or old hat. Left up for historical purposes; will eventually remove.)
  • Tips on how to drive in Boston like a native. (Last modified 12/10/99.)
• Some art (from a roleplaying game we were in) by Mark Precious and Ananda Patterson. (New pictures added 5/8/98)
• A writeup of a lovely derivation of the value of i to the i power. (Posted 11/30/99.)