1. I can see your movies, but I can't hear any sound!

Assuming your sound is set up ok, you probably have an old version of the Flash Player. Right click on the movies when they're playing, and a pop up window will appear. At the bottom of the window, there should be something that says "about flash". Click on that. You should see a window that tells you which version of flash you are running. If you are running 3 or older, then you need to install the latest player. Go to the Flash website. The flash player is free to download, and easy to install.

I've been asked this quite a bit. Here is a section where I list the main software that I use to create the animation. I've also put together a list of some of the better manuals that I used to learn the various programs.

The files are probably already in your cache file. The easiest way to find those files is probably to do a search...enter whatever search program your computer has and do a search for ".swf". That will return a list of every flash file on your computer. When you find out the location, simply drag the files out of the cache and into a different folder, then you'll have your own copy. There may be a better way, but that's the only method I know of at the moment.

Most of the animation is still drawn on paper with pencil, then scanned, then brought into FLASH, from macromedia (version 4 was used for most of the content on the site. More recently I have shifted to version MX). You can download a trial version of the software here, it's approximately $300 if you want to buy the full copy. I've put some more info about the software here.

Click here for the secret code.

We had a difficult task when choosing a name, since almost every word in the English language has been registered as a domain. Finally I started looking for old words that are no longer in use. In Elizabethan times, "idleworms" were said to grow under the fingernails of lazy girls. I thought it sounded funny, hence the name. You can see the info here.

''Not half so big as a round little worm,
Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.''

William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.