2BrightSparks listed permadi.com as one of the Top 25 Websites pick as said this about permadi.com: "A great site from a creative heavyweight." 

Thank you 2BrightSparks!

Statistics from Alexa: 

• Traffic rank for today: 201,512
• Traffic rank (3 months average): 261,268
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Kaleidoscope Painter appeared on the STARKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Indiana) newsletter.

  

Congratulations to Lee Semel, who wrote the award winning Wolfenstein 5K.   Thank you for mentioning permadi.com's Ray Casting tutorial.   You can play Wolfenstein 5K at http://www.innofinity.com/5k/2002/ or http://www.wolf5k.com/index.html

  
the Hive (an experimental wiki that uses wiki and blogs in collaborative environment) linked Kaleidoscope Painter under their definition of KaleidoScopic. 

  
PC WORLD has an article by Steve Bass which mentioned the Java Applets on this site.  This is what it said:
"Dig this: Okay, now for a work avoidance technique. Zip over to F. Permadi's and spend a little time with Missile Invasion, Battle Tank 3D, or one of the other dozen games and toys."

Link to the article: http://pcworld.com/howto/article/1,aid,104442,00.asp.
The article also appeared on About.com. 
The article also appeared on Yahoo (no longer active). 

This site has been favorably reviewed on "SMORK Awesome Internet Sites for Kids,” a book published by Ride The Wave Media Inc.

  
Kaleidoscope Painter is one of "The Week's Links" on "O'Donnell on Computers" radio show. This show airs on Saturdays from 10am to 1pm PST on KSFO (560 AM) - San Francisco. 

  
Lockergnome.com (a free technology e-mail newsletters) has this to say about 
FLA JIGZAW:

"I''ve always enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, no matter how complicated they may be. In fact, I have found that working on one jigsaw puzzle is a pleasant way to kill the next six or seven years of your life. Anyway, this online jigsaw puzzle isn't quite as daunting, but it's a fun way to pass the time. ..... Check out the rest of this site for loads of Flashy, mind-bending goodness"

Link to the full article: http://www.lockergnome.com/issues/digitalmedia/20020502.html (under GnomeFEATURE)

For the second year in a row, Kaleidoscope Painter has been honored in the following book.  

It's is listed in the highly-coveted 10 Special Don't Miss Hotlists category.  This hot-list appears at the beginning of the book.   (Note: I have no influence over the listing; in fact, I don't even know how it got listed on the book, but thanks for including it)
(Book by Jean Armour Polly,  Osborne McGraw-Hill, publisher)

 

 

Kaleidoscope Painter is also listed as one of the 100 hot sites for families on the "netmom" site (art category).   The link is at the following: http://www.netmom.com/ikyp/samples/hot_art.shtml. 

Kaleidoscope Painter has been selected as a featured web site on the book Kids & Family Internet Guide (Yahbooks Publishing).

   

  February 2002

CLiCKStoday has these to say about Kaleidoscope Painter:

Link to the article: http://www.clickstoday.com/2002/0207.html

  
Kaleidoscope Painter was reviewed by brizcomm (Australia) and discussed on ABC Radio.   The review also appeared in Brisbane News magazine.  It declares that Kaleidoscope Painter is: "In a net shell: Fun."  

Read more of the review at http://www.brizcomm.com.au/extras/newsletters.asp?id=96

   

Missile Invasion is rated 4 (out of 5 stars) by Bonus.com users.
 

Regarding Kaleidoscope Painter.  I received this e-mail from Backwash.com:
"Congratulations! Your content has been recommended by Backwash.com! ... you've received the Backwash Seal of Approval from our Internet Community..."

 

Kaleidoscope Painter has been honored in the following book.  

It's is listed in the highly-coveted 10 Special Don't Miss Hotlists category.  This hot-list appears at the beginning of the book.  (Note: I have no influence over the listing; in fact, I don't even know how it got listed on the book, but thanks you for including it)
(Book by Jean Armour Polly,  Osborne McGraw-Hill, publisher)

Note: The Painter link above is an old URL.  The current URL is http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/  

  
Kaleidoscope Painter was used to create the logo for an event called "Kaleidoscope."   The one day event is organized by the University of Manchester.  
  

Kaleidoscope Painter is listed on Monitor magazine, July 2000 issue.   Link: http://www.monitor.ca/monitor/issues/vol7iss12/kidsnet.html

 

Netweek magazine (Australia) selected Kaleidoscope Painter as one of the editor's choice site, and reviewed it on the magazine.    Also, on November 2000,  they e-mailed me and told me  that it has been nominated for Netweek's Best Website Awards.
    

www.permadi.com opens.  Some areas are still broken or under construction .. please be patient (yep, please click the 'Back' button if you hit a broken link).

Netscape.com selected Kaleidoscope Painter as a New Site of the Day.   

But the applet has been online for over a year, why call it "new", I wonder?  According to their Editorial Policy: "new doesn't simply mean newly hatched or radically updated. The editors of What's New also believe that new means timely and topical information."   To be selected, the site must excel in both content and design.  The link is here.

Note: The link at the above site might still point to the old URL.  The current URL for Kaleidoscope Painter is http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/
  

  Monday  November 1, 1999

  

Kaleidoscope Painter received this award for being named one of the "Best on the Web" by C&T Publishing.   Kaleidoscope Painter is also listed in "Free Stuff for Crafty Kids on the Internet," a book by Judy Heim and  Gloria Hansen, published by C&T Publishing.  

Note: The link at the above site might still point to the old URL.  The current URL for Kaleidoscope Painter is http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/.

Kaleidoscope Painter is featured at ZDTV's  Internet Tonight show, in the Stupid Net Tricks segment.  Here's some of what they said: "Check out those groovy design...man." 

Note: The link at the above site might still point to the old URL.  The current URL for Kaleidoscope Painter is http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/.
  

  
Kaleidoscope Painter has received this award.

Barbara J. Feldman, who is a columnist for syndicated column "Surfing the Net with Kids" has awarded 4 (out of 5) stars to Kaleidoscope Painter.  On her Interactive Coloring article, she described the applet as "Guaranteed to capture your imagination."  

Ms Feldman's column is syndicated by the United Feature Syndicate. 
http://www.surfnetkids.com/daily.html

The link to the article is here and also elsewhere here. 

 

The main index page has been changed.  Some areas are still empty; so if you happen to come across an empty page, sorry. Yep... click that browser's back button.

My Java Applets Gallery is featured on TV as the Website of the day on CNN Headline News. It is also listed on the  CNN's WebLinks, as one of the Internet addresses seen on air.

Here's a screenshot (look for 5/20 entry which I marked with the red arrow on the right).  The link to the CNN page shown below is here: May 1999 (active as of 02/2001).   (Jun 2001 update - CNN recently rearranged their site, and this page may no longer be there, here's the link to the page as of Jun 2001 http://cgi.cnn.com/SPECIALS/weblinks/hln/9905.html



Note: The link at the above site might still point to the old URL.  The current URL is http://www.permadi.com/java/.  

The Java Applets Gallery is selected as one of the fascinating animation sites in About.com, by Tom Franks of the miningco.com.   He seems to be impressed by the Java Biomorph applet.

Excerpt from the article:

Note: The link to the Java materials in the article might still point to the old URL.  The current URL is http://www.permadi.com/java/.

The link to the article is here.  

On it's Saturday edition, the San Jose Mercury News  newspaper Technology section (Silicon Valley Life) listed the Kaleidoscope Painter as one of the "web sites to see."  

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