Archive for the 'Feature' Category

Snowfall! An Experiment Using HTML5/CSS3

Sunday, December 1st, 2013

I cooked up a fun experiment using HTML5/CSS3 for the holidays. I call it Snowfall. It’s a screenful of falling snow for your enjoyment. If you’re a huge nerd like me and a big fan of Star Wars, you can also use a special alternate set of snowflakes borrowed from Anthony Herrera’s set of Star [...]

Xbox Live Support Woes Followup

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

After writing my blog post about issues I was having with my son’s Xbox Live Gold account, I used social media to my advantage and tweeted a link to my story to @xboxsupport, and started a thread in the Chatty on Shacknews.com (where I regularly hang out … I’d link to my profile, but … [...]

PSA: When Signing Up for Xbox Live, Lie About Your Kid’s Age

Monday, March 14th, 2011

My nine year old son and I play video games together. A lot of video games. So many in fact, that I decided a while back to buy him his own Xbox 360 so we could play System Link games together. Halo co-op is a lot more fun when every player doesn’t have to share [...]

Wishlist Buddy Greasemonkey Script *UPDATE*

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

*UPDATE* Wishlist Buddy fell on some hard times a few months ago.

Using Ajax to Count Clicks

Monday, October 9th, 2006

For a bunch of years I’ve had my own database-driven links page I call LINK’d. I built it way before the terms “social bookmarking” or “tags” entered the vernacular, and while sometimes I think about exporting the database and moving the whole thing over to del.icio.us or ma.gnolia.com, I’m kind of attached to my site [...]

Busy Busy Busy

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Things have been very hectic lately, but I did get a chance to create my portfolio page, so please check that out. I also wanted anyone that stops by here to know that Tipcast.org is up and running. It’s a daily (Mon-Fri) podcast featuring tech/computer tips. If you’re not already a listener, please take a [...]

Grand Unveiling

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

I’m pleased to welcome you to the new ThomWetzel.com. The site’s been completely redone from scratch to serve as a landing point for people looking for information on all of the projects I’ve done over the years.

FIRST POST!

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Since I’ve been sending out links to some people to check this monstrosity out, I might as well use this space for something productive.