Oct. 16, 2005 18:52 Games - On-line

Sudoko Puzzle Generator

This little script generates a different Soduko puzzle each time you run it. (For the uninitiated: in a Soduko puzzle, you must fill in the digits 1-9 in a 9-by-9 board such that each digit appears only once in each row, each column and each 3-by-3 subsection of the board.) Each puzzle has a unique solution.

May 2, 2004 15:54 Games, Puzzles

Cryptogram Puzzle Generator

Here is a little substitution cipher generator. With it, you can create your own cryptogram puzzle to torment your friends, or, if you'd rather, you can have the program create a puzzle for you, presenting a random famous quotation for you to decipher.

Mar. 13, 2004 17:58 Popular Culture - Cinema

Ub Iwerks Brings Infinite Joy And Terror to Little Children

Ub Iwerks (1901-1971) was a technical innovator in the field of film animation. He started out with Disney in the early 1920's, was the original Mickey Mouse animator, built the first multiplane animation camera out of parts from an old car, and... oh, yes, he had his own animation studio for a few years. Let's just kindly describe most of his output as "odd" and leave it at that. All these cartoons lapsed into the public domain years ago, so I think it would be wise to torture you with some of his weirdest work. In this excerpt from the frightening "Mary's Little Lamb" (1935), watch as Percival the pupil gets down with his bad self (WMV, about 6 MB).

Feb. 9, 2004 23:50 Music - Popular

New MIDI uploaded: Krazy Kat rag

This is a sequence of an obscure ragtime piece credited to a "Ben Ritchie", published in 1911. The "Krazy Kat" in the title does indeed refer to Herriman's komic kreation, although at this time Krazy was still a second-bill character in The Family Upstairs and not yet in a separate strip. It's a lively piece, and a little different from the other keyboard works I've sequenced.

Nov. 25, 2003 18:50 Internet, Articles - Humor

Web Noobs Give Geocities.com Top Marks For Having Best Harem Pants on Internet

HEY, GUESS WHAT! I SAW THIS REALLY GREAT SITE CALLED GEOCITIES THAT WAS ALL ABOUT BATMAN AND IT HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE RIDING MOTORCYCLES ON IT AND THERE WAS WEIRD STUFF LIKE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE WALKER TEXAS RANGER! THERE WERE CASINO ADS FOR BENEFITTING 9/11 VICTIMS AND I CLICKED ON THEM! IT WAS REALLY COOL BUT MY WEB SITE IS BETTER! What happens when clueless people review clueless web sites cluelessly.

Nov. 24, 2003 1:40 Popular Culture - Old Advertisements, Links - My Other Sites

Archive of Archaic Advertisements

Hello there! You're just in time to meet two of the most eminent physicians of the new century. Introduce yourself to Old Dr. Grey and Old Dr. Grindle, Specialists in Diseases of Men. Sit down, take it easy, make yourself comfortable. Strap on Dr. McLaughlin's Electric Belt, and listen to the Fresh News of Fashion from the Paris Girl. I have all sorts of MECHANICAL CURIOSITIES! to show you, but I don't want to entertain in these old, high-gussified duds I picked up from Traphagen Hunter & Co. (although they do mark their goods in Plain Figures, which I appreciate.) Please wait a minute, while I don my straw hat, my snappy fur-lined coat, and strum my Ukulele! (they were all the rage in 1915, don'tcha know.)

If you're not feeling well, there's a bottle of Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery (refuse substitutes - probably worthless!) sitting on the 'Nonpareil' billiard table over there in the corner for you to sip on. It will mantle your faded cheek with YOUTHFUL BLOOM AND BEAUTY. But if you're sure you're coming down with the Scrofula, well, hully gee, I'll just break out this bottle of Pommery champagne - the very thing for cheering up the sick - and we'll have a roaring good time with that!

Pfaff's Lager says the forecast for today is FAIR, so once we're finished with the champagne, we'll go wash up with Santa Claus Soap and we'll take a jaunt out on my 1905 Pope-Hartford and catch Billie Burke's Tango Shoes at the Orpheum. Your interest in aeroplanes is probably a good deal like mine, but remember that I SCRATCHED for 28 YEARS before I was cured - CURED - AND FOREVER - by Cuticura Remedies. Besides, it's always healthful!

Nov. 22, 2003 18:07 Hobbies - Adventure Gaming

King's Quest VI Walkthrough

I don't know what it is about King's Quest VI walk-throughs. Some of them try to convert you to Christianity. Some of them are part of an amazingly-stupid money making scheme. Some of them have horrifying backgrounds. Some of them are, disturbingly, written in the first person. And, finally, some of them are just not funny.

When your child receives his or her first King's Quest VI walkthrough, I want it to be mine. I just found this lying in some long-neglected folder of my hard drive, and decided to post it onto the INTARWEB. You might think it's only of minimal interest to you, but you'd be wrong. Compare those King's Quest VI walk-throughs to mine and you'll see the Codehappy difference. In fact, you'll never use any other sort of King's Quest VI walkthrough again. This King's Quest VI walkthrough is a must for any household!

(Is my sense of humor fine enough for you?)

Nov. 22, 2003 17:23 Bloggish Blatherings, Articles - Other

Kiss Your Elbow

Life is full of unusual stories. This is one of them. An odd superstition, a horrific accident, and even a little gender-bending combine to result in this dandy Slice O' Life^TM vignette.

Nov. 20, 2003 18:03 Bloggish Blatherings, Hobbies - Mushrooming

Why You Should Love Mushrooming, Too

If you can't understand how anybody could enjoy being a mycologist, mycophagist or simple myco-hobbyist, well, remember that we share the company of people like this: a restaurateur outbidding a dog to win a $35,000 mushroom, via satellite, in what had to be the auction of the year. Yes.

Coverage originally from the LA Times is linked to above. Choice excerpt from the article follows (emphasis mine):

Pytka made his purchase [the mushroom] -- by far the highest price ever paid for a single truffle -- during the fourth annual charity truffle auction known as Asta Mondial del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba. He did so in a lively bidding war with Tony May, the owner of San Domenico restaurant in New York, and a dog named Gunther IV, heir to a large German fortune, whose bids were made by his owner, Maurizio Dial. Pytka's bids were made by his 12-year-old daughter Arielle (with Pytka prompting her from a seat alongside.)

This year, for the first time, the truffle auction was held simultaneously in three places, linked by closed-circuit satellite television. Pytka bid at Valentino restaurant in Santa Monica... May bid from his restaurant in New York.... Gunter was at the castle of Grinzane Cavour, just outside Alba, the home of the white truffle.

Nov. 20, 2003 17:18 Bloggish Blatherings, Science

Students drop 4,000 bouncy balls from top of a building

I'm so proud of these kids. From the WWU Math 'n' Physics departments, two of my old haunts, we have this elegant little experiment that was sold to the school officials as a demonstration of gravity and chaos theory.

Go here to see photos and Quicktime videos of 4,000 Superballs being dropped from the top storey of Bond Hall in Belligham, WA.

Mar. 13, 2004 17:35 Polls, Hobbies - Mushrooming

So which mushroom is edible?

It's about time to retire our current poll, so if you want to find out whether you chose your mushroom wisely or you chose your mushroom poorly, check out this article in which ALL WILL BE REVEALED.

Nov. 18, 2003 0:05 Announcements

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What happened here?

Hey, all. As you can see, there's been some redesigning going on at Codehappy.Net. Most of this stuff was done to make the page a little more dynamic, easy-to-maintain, and most of all, quick and simple to update. The site is now driven by a special script of my design. (No website maintenance or "blogging" package can offer the flexibility that I can get simply by writing my own stuff. Plus, I really really like writing software.)

Categories are to the right, as usual, some with sub-categories. You can access all of the stuff through the links. I would like to emphasize: Nothing has been taken down; any old links to the pages in the old format work just fine. This redesign was done mainly to motivate me to update a bit more regularly, and to make my miasma of multitudinous meanderings a bit more navigable.

I may make some changes to this system to make the page more search-engine friendly, but overall I like the new design and hope that you enjoy using it as well. Please note that you can indeed navigate this website using the old format if you like that better.

Comments are welcome; you may direct them to me at my oh-so-predictable e-mail address.

Welcome to the brand spanking new (I dare not add "improved" just yet) Codehappy.Net! I hope you enjoy your stay.