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My very favorite links to other people's pages:

• Google (the best search engine)
• Amazon.com
• The Dilbert Zone (Dilbert comic strip)
• ItsYourTurn.com (play checkers, chess, backgammon, Battleship, Othello, Connect4, Go, etc., for free, at three days or longer per move)
• MathWorld (huge online mathematics encyclopedia)
• Ebay (buy and trade)
• NASA
  • Mars Rover
  • M2K4 - Mars 2004 (requires Flash 6 plugin)
• Theban Mapping Project (Tomb KV5 and more)
• The Tomb of the Chihuahua Pharaohs (Egyptian clip art and fonts)
• Symantec's Security Response

My most popular pages:

• THE MOST PLEASING RECTANGLE WEB POLL
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Egyptology
  • Your Name In Egyptian Hieroglyphics
  • My Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary
• Checkers
• Puzzles
  • The Monty Hall Trap
• Mathematics
• Book Reviews
• Billiards/Pool
  • Bozeman Pool League Standings
• Complaint Department
  • Lighthouse Credit Foundation
  • A Scam from Nigeria
• Jokes
• Montana
  • Bozeman, MT Links
• Cinderella graphics (requires Java)
• Science Fair Projects

My pages have been awarded the Britannica Internet Guide Award from Encyclopedia Britannica. Also see more of My Awards.

My bicker stumper, sorry, bumper sticker.

At the left, we see my tool for removing shrink-wrap from CDs.

The picture that you see above is a Paint Shop Pro image of a stained glass picture that I designed. Click here for a larger view.

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Free online (brought to you by the ACF and me)

ACF Bulletin #306 (December 2003)

ACF Bulletin #270 (December 1997)

The picture that you see, above, is a petit point (sorta like cross stitch) design that I did. It won a blue ribbon at the 1996 Montana Winter Fair. Click here for a scanned image of the stitched version.

Road Map

Perhaps you need a Road Map to all of my pages.

1204835 accesses. This is my new visitor (accesses?) counter, starting 4/5/03.

This is what my visitor counter looked like on 2/18/01, just before it was reset to zero. I'm probably getting over 8000 visitors a month.

My copyrighted material: Most of what you may read, on my pages, is copyrighted. That means that they are original works of art (sort of), which you may not copy without my permission. But, I am hereby giving you permission to print anything in my pages for your own use. Sorry, but I guess you'll have to ask my permission to copy and distribute any of my stuff widely. See About Copyrights.

Jim Loy

New stuff:

Latest additions to my WWW pages:

• The Reign of Terror in my History pages
• McCulloch's Anderson Online in my Checkers pages
• ItsYourTurn.com USA vs. World 8/04 in my Checkers pages
• Genuine Replica Rolex Watches? in my Issues/Opinions pages
• The Word "Cook" in my Checkers pages
• E. Johnson - W. G. Hill in my Checkers pages
• I've added The Mighty to My Favorite Movies
• Bobby Fischer Goes to War - by David Edmonds, and John Eidinow in my Book Reviews
• Kear's Encyclopedia Online in my Checkers pages
• Inkheart - by Cornelia Funke in my Book Reviews
• the curious incident of the dog in the night-time - by Mark Haddon in my Book Reviews
• A. Hynd - R. T. Ward, English Tourney 1904 in my Checkers pages
• Hanhouser - J. Wyllie, c. 1874 in my Checkers pages
• R. Martins - C. Adamson, 1884 match, game 19 in my Checkers pages
• G. Dick - M. C. Priest, 1883 match, game 5 in my Checkers pages
• G. Jewitt - J. Moir, Scotland v England 1884 in my Checkers pages
• Jesse Priest - gst_favian, ItsYourTurn.com in my Checkers pages
• Quiz 12 in my Checkers pages
• Quiz 13 in my Checkers pages
• J. Loy - P. Heringer, 2004 Dist. 9 Mail Ty. in my Checkers pages
• The FTC's Do-Not-Call-List (stop telemarketers) in my Complaint Department
• Lees' Guide Online in my Checkers pages
• The Radioactive Boy Scout - by Ken Silverstein in my Book Reviews
• The Tale of Despereaux - by Kate Dicamillo in my Book Reviews
• Advice to Checkers Authors in my Checkers pages
• Bringing Down the House - by Ben Mezrich in my Book Reviews
• Jennifer Government - by Max Barry in my Book Reviews
• Who Says Elephants Can't Dance - by Louis V. Gerstner in my Book Reviews
• Some Anderson - Wyllie Errors in my Checkers pages
• The Pleasure of My Company - by Steve Martin in my Book Reviews
• Practice algebra quizzes in my Mathematics pages (these require JavaScript):
  • Algebra Practice 001 - Solve for x
  • Math Practice 002 - Reduce the fraction
  • Algebra Practice 003 - Factor the polynomial
  • Math Practice 004 - Improper fractions
  • Algebra Practice 005 - Parentheses
  • Math Practice 006 - Adding fractions
  • Math Practice 007 - Multiplication NEW
• A Bridge Ending by H. Morrall in my Checkers pages
• The Fugitive King Escapes? in my Checkers pages
• Mobility in my Checkers pages
• Getting into Debt in my Issues/Opinions pages
• A Maximum Area in my Puzzle pages
• I've added Spellbound to My Favorite Movies
• Free sample online: ACF Bulletin #306 (December 2003) in my Checkers pages
• The W32.Novarg (or Mydoom or SCO) Worm in my Computer pages
• Easy Draw in my Checkers pages
• Checker Books for Sale - from the Estate of Don Goodwin in my Checkers pages
• Basic Checkers vs. the Minotaur in my Checkers pages
• Checker King - J. Loy, 1982 in my Checkers pages
• W. Aiken - J. Loy, 1985 Dist. 9 Mail Ty. in my Checkers pages
• R. L. Fortman - D. Cayton, 1990 World Mail Championships in my Checkers pages
• ACF Logo Contest in my Checkers pages
• Brundibar - by Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak in my Book Reviews
• M. Tinsley - A. Long, 1947 Practice Game in my Checkers pages
• Bank or Cut? in my Billiards pages
• Archimedian Solids in my Mathematics pages
• 1-1 or 2-0 Split? in my Bridge pages
• The 26-17 Defiance in my Checkers pages
• Only Six Cuts? in my Puzzle pages
• A Flawed Matchstick Puzzle in my Puzzle pages
• Bar Rules in my Billiards/Pool pages
• Hustling, Gambling, and Playing for Money in my Billiards/Pool pages
• Credit Foundation of America and Debt Consolidation in my Complaint Department
• The Star of Bethlehem in my Astronomy pages
• Word Arithmetics - Impossible? in my Puzzle pages
• I've added an addendum to Various Calendars in my Mathematics pages
• The Darwin Awards, Volumes I, II, and II - by Wendy Northcutt in my Book Reviews
• 666 in my Pseudoscience pages
• 5-Card Majors vs. 4-Card Majors in my Bridge pages
• Qwest Voice Messaging in my Complaint Department
• Trisecting a Square in my Puzzle pages
• No Longer a Checkers Disaster, the Saga Continues Some More in my Checkers pages
• Rectangle to Square Dissection in my Puzzle pages
• The Cesaro Curve a fractal in my Mathematics pages
• Bozeman Pool League Standings in my Billiards/Pool pages
• F. B. Hutchins - D. Dickson in my Checkers pages
• I've added an animation to The Koch Curve in my Mathematics pages
• I've added a puzzle to World's Greatest Checkers Puzzle? in my Checkers pages
• Ancient Egyptians in Australia? in my Pseudoscience pages
• Trisecting a Line Segment in my Mathematics pages
• Til Eulenspiegel in my Music pages
• The Pumping of the Fist in my Sports pages
• D. Watson-G. Gibson in my Checkers pages
• 1972-88 Inter-District (I-D) Tournament Games in my Checkers pages
• Bad Programs in my Checkers pages
• Why Do They Hate Us? in my Issues/Opinions pages
• Patriot Act? in my Issues/Opinions pages
• Handle Guns Responsibly in my Issues/Opinions pages
• Some Lunar Optical Illusions in my Puzzle pages
• Some Rules and Equations in my Mathematics pages
• Eragon - by Christopher Paolini in my Book Reviews
• Words from Ancient Greece in my Language pages
• Freesole vs. Shoe Goo in my Tennis pages
• Obnoxious WWW Advertising in my Computer pages
• Lying by Telling the Truth in my Language pages
• 123456789 = 100 in my Puzzle pages
• Some Optical Delusions in my Puzzle and Humor pages
• The Governor of Kgovjni in my Puzzle pages
• Some Ambiguous Objects in my Puzzle pages
• 101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions and 99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventions - by Kenji Kawakami wacky inventions in my Book Reviews
• Plagiarism and the WWW in my Issues/Opinions pages
• The Essential 55 - by Ron Clark (become a successful student) in my Book Reviews
• Relays and Interference in my Bridge pages
• Some Matchstick Puzzles in my Puzzle pages
• Moscito (a relay Precision) in my Bridge pages
• Writing a Book Report in my Arts pages
• His Dark Materials Series - by Philip Pullman in my Book Reviews
• The Electoral College in my Issues/Opinions pages
• The Language Police - by Diane Ravitch in my Book Reviews
• King and Queen vs. King and Rook in my Chess pages
• Mate Efficiently in my Chess pages
• Some Paintings by Childe Hassam in my Arts pages
• Behind Deep Blue - by Feng-Hsiung Hsu a book review in my Chess pages
• The Rail Nurse (Part 2) in my Billiard pages
• How to Open a Chess Game - by seven Grandmasters a book review in my Chess pages
• Jim Loy - Walter Browne, 1972 Simul, Orem, Utah in my Chess pages
• Stacking the Deck - by Bryan Berg and Thomas O'Donnell an amazing book in my Book Reviews
• The Hank Zipzer Series - by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver a children's book in my Book Reviews
• Jim Loy - Leo Kupersmith, 1971 U. S. Open in my Chess pages
• Some Paintings by John Singer Sargent in my Arts pages
• The Da Vinci Code - by Dan Brown in my Book Reviews
• Iso-Metrics in my Puzzle pages
• Serendipity in my Science pages
• M. Botvinnik - J. R. Capablanca, 1938 AVRO Tournament in my Chess pages
• Some Paintings by Albert Bierstadt in my Arts pages
• A Double Cross Game a quiz in my Checkers pages
• Some Paintings by Edouard Manet in my Arts pages
• Some Paintings by Winslow Homer in my Arts pages
• Trofim Denisovich Lysenko in my Biography pages
• I've drawn a nice picture for my Issues and Opinions page
• Beware of Executable Email Attachments in my Computer pages
• Six Unfinished Games in my Checkers pages
• Some Paintings by Camille Pissarro in my Arts pages
• Some Paintings by J. M. W. Turner in my Arts pages
• Some Paintings by Edgar Degas in my Arts pages
• H. Meadows - C. Bideaux, Internet 2003 in my Checkers pages
• Ishmael - by Daniel Quinn in my Book Reviews
• Dog Crap on the Jogging Path in my Complaint Department
• Some Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (takes a while to load) in my Arts pages
• Division by 1/2 in my Mathematics pages
• Stupid Pedestrians in my Complaint Department
• Blondie24 by David B. Fogel a book review in my Checkers pages
• Historical Computer Brilliancies in my Chess pages
• Jim's Endings in my Checkers pages
• Sam Loyd's Back from the Klondike in my Puzzle pages
• Inside Checkers by Walter W. Walker in my Checkers pages
• The Classic Smothered Mate in my Chess pages
• Interview with Terry Pratchett about The Amazing Maurice in my Arts pages
• Interview with Terry Pratchett about The Wee Free Men in my Arts pages
• Some Paintings by Alfred Sisley in my Arts pages
• The Fixed Point Theorem in my Mathematics pages
• More Geometric Constructions in my Mathematics pages
• No Crueler Tyrannies - by Dorothy Rabinowitz in my Book Reviews
• Another Tough Position in my Pool/Billiards pages
• Non-Transitive Dice in my Puzzle pages
• Broderbund's Clickart in my Complaint Department
• Nose to Nose - by Barry J. Schieber in my Book Reviews
• A Killer Safety? in my Pool/Billiards pages
• The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - by Alexander McCall Smith in my Book Reviews
• Sweat Your Bowling Ball in my Bowling pages
• Steve - Jim Loy, 2002 ItsYourTurn.com in my Checkers pages
• New Improved Forms of Checkers in my Checkers pages
• Participate in The Most Pleasing Rectangle Web Poll which moved to jimloy.com on 4/30/03
• Beginner's HTML Guide VIII - Forms in my Computer pages
• Think Like a Grandmaster - by Alexander Kotov (a book review with some comments for checkers players)
• Tesselations in my Mathematics pages
• Atlantis in my Pseudoscience pages
• Blank Slate - by Stephen Pinker in my Book Reviews
• Sector 7 - by David Wiesner a children's book in my Book Reviews
• Is Natural Selection a Tautology? in my Biology pages
• Transfinite Numbers in my Mathematics pages
• Integrals in my Mathematics pages
• I've added Spirited Away to My Favorite Movies
• The Hugo Award Winners in my Book Reviews
• World's Greatest Checkers Puzzle? in my Checkers pages
• Ending a Sentence with a Preposition in my Language pages
• Left Wing/Right Wing in my History pages
• I've added an addendum to A Parallelogram? in my Mathematics pages
• A Rectangle Inscribed in a Square is a Square in my Mathematics pages
• A Point Inside a Circle is On the Circle in my Mathematics pages
• Some Impossible Objects in my Puzzle pages
• Is Someone Staring at You? in my Pseudoscience pages
• Some Optical Illusions in my Puzzle pages