on Sprott's Gateway

Periodic Updates

A new Fractal of the Day is produced every day at midnight and added to Sprott's Fractal Gallery.

Statistics on server usage are updated early every Sunday morning.

The Madison Contra Dance Schedule is updated at least monthly.

Major Recent Changes and Additions

1/11/11 Sprott's Gateway is being mirrored at thor.physics.wisc.edu

10/29/10 The Fractal of the Day is now chosen randomly from the 5000 of the past 14 years.

6/9/10 The Website server was upgraded to Apache 2.2.15

5/24/10 - RAM was upgraded from 1 GB to 4 GB

5/5/06 - The Website server was upgraded to Apache 2.2.2

4/14/06 - A survey for the Wonders of Physics was added.

12/21/05 - The Website server was replaced by Apache 2.0.55

12/21/05 - The computer was changed to a 3 GHz Dell PowerEdge 1800 with quad Xeon processors

11/1/05 - The seewho.exe CGI program was removed for security reasons

9/20/05 - The IP address was changed to 128.104.165.254

9/20/05 - The RAM was upgraded from 256 kB to 1 MB

7/28/05 - The IP address was changed to 128.104.223.199 (may have happened earlier)

7/26/05 - A directory of fractals for sale was added

4/19/05 - The uploader has been disabled for security reasons

4/15/05 - A firewall has been installed

4/1/05 - Saunders Physics Demonstrations video has been added

3/28/05 - The Wonders of Physics videos have been added

1/4/04 - The links page has been removed because of abuse.

5/15/02 - Server software upgraded to Deerfield WebSite 2.0

5/15/02 - Sprott's Gateway upgraded to Dell 4400 (1800 MHz P-5) running Windows 2000

3/10/01 - A gallery of publication quality fractals was added.

3/20/00 - A Sprott family history page was added.

3/10/00 - A popular lecture on Radio Communications was added.

3/7/00 - A Sprott family tree was added.

2/2/00 - A slide viewing program was added.

1/12/00 - A collection of sound effects from The Wonders of Physics was added.

12/26/99 - Photographs from a 1963 summer in Brazil were added.

10/22/99 - A popular lecture on Seasons, Tides, and Phases of the Moon was added.

10/4/99 - A tribute to Ragnar Oswald Rollefson was added.

9/7/99 - A popular lecture on Simple Chaotic Systems and Circuits was added.

3/29/99 - Sprott's home page can be dialectized in Jive or Pig Latin.

11/20/98 - The IP address of Sprott's Gateway was changed to 128.104.222.103.

7/22/98 - A home page for the Chaos and Complex Systems Seminar was added.

7/8/98 - The server is now running under Windows NT 4.0.

1/7/98 - Sprott's home page can now be viewed in 6 different languages.

12/21/97 - A collection of natural fractal photos was added.

11/30/97 - A list of Web kudos has been added.

11/26/97 - A directory was set up for MST posters and documents.

11/5/97 - A list of Sprott's Spots Awards has been added.

11/1/97 - Visitors can now add links to their home pages or favorite sites.

10/3/97 - A calendar of Sprott's special presentations and commitments was added.

7/12/97 - Sprott's home page can now be viewed backwards.

7/5/97 - A viewer test page was added.

6/18/97 - A list of technical notes was added.

6/16/97 - A random HTML document on the server can now be accessed.

6/9/97 - A new server log analysis program was added.

6/2/97 - A page was added for the Fall 1997 Plasma Seminar (Physics 922).

4/6/97 - Lists of client referrers and browsers are now available.

4/4/97 - A survey form was set up to collect answers to questions about the future.

3/3/97 - A home page was set up for Physics 505.

2/23/97 - A collection of MIDI music files was added.

2/19/97 - A directory was set up for Cary Forest.

2/14/97 - Sprott's Gateway can now be accessed by anonymous FTP.

2/14/97 - The server software was upgraded to WebSite Pro version 1.1h.

1/24/97 - A page was added for the Madison English Country Dance Society.

12/05/96 - A page was added for Madison Scandinavian Dance Schedule.

12/05/96 - A form was created to order tickets for The Wonders of Physics.

11/26/96 - The server software was upgraded to WebSite Pro version 1.1g.

11/18/96 - Sprott's home page now has a map of where he lives and works.

11/2/96 - A cgi program that writes random contra dances was added.

11/1/96 - A list of Contra Dances by Marilee Standifer was added.

10/4/96 - The Future Project was established to collect people's predictions of the future.

10/2/96 - The Wishing Project was established to collect people's wishes.

9/9/96 - The server log can be searched for all accesses to a document in the week ending last Saturday.

7/26/96 - The server software was upgraded to WebSite Pro version 1.1f.

7/14/96 - A new search engine is now being used to speed word searches.

7/5/96 - MIDI fractal backround music was added to Sprott's Fractal Gallery.

7/4/96 - Twenty-two new fractal images were added to Carlson's Fractal Gallery.

7/2/96 - Several VRML (Virtual Reality) files were added to Cliff Pickover's home page.

6/28/96 - An HTML version of the manuscript of the book Strange Attractors was added.

6/17/96 - A Java applet that searches for new strange attractors was added.

6/12/96 - Animated GIF images were added for 19 of the simplest known chaotic flows.

6/3/96 - A collection of animated GIF images were added to Sprott's Fractal Gallery.

5/28/96 - Several server administration features have been consolidated.

5/24/96 - You can now upload a file to the server.

5/20/96 - The operating system was changed to Windows 95 and the server to WebSite 1.1e.

4/26/96 - The manuscript of an unpublished book Physics Demonstrations was put online.

4/5/96 - The manuscript and programs from the book Strange Attractors were put online.

3/30/96 - A Java applet was added to Pickover's home page.

3/19/96 - A JavaScript scrolling marquee was added to Sprott's home page.

1/19/96 - A Gallery of Photographs in JPEG format was added.

12/15/95 - A new Server Statistics program is now being used.

11/29/95 - The Server Home Page now includes a word search of all HTML documents.

11/27/95 - An Index of screen captures from the Chaos Demonstrations program was added.

11/25/95 - Figures were added to recent abstracts of Sprott's publications.

11/20/95 - What's New on Sprott's Gateway (this document) was added.

11/16/95 - An Index of Images and Icons collected from the net was added.

10/11/95 - Carlson's Fractal Gallery was established to display the artwork of Paul Carlson.

10/7/95 - A RealAudio welcome message was added to Sprott's Home Page.

9/25/95 - A home page for Ted Biewer was added.

8/23/95 - A home page for the Plasma Physics Theory Group was added.

7/26/95 - A home page for the Madison Scottish Country Dancers was added.

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