Hello, I'm Jim Bumgardner, a software technologist, teacher and devotee of recreational programming (e.g. that swirly thing on the right). I am the inventor of The Palace, a mid-90s avatar chat system. I am the proprietor of KrazyDad, the website where I give away a few of the hundreds of software toys I make every year.

This is my personal website, I've been dumping stuff here since the mid-90s so it is somewhat cluttered and disorganized. The main sections can be reached by clicking on the links on the upper-right of this page.

I have diverse interests which aren't easily categorized. You can read about a few of them by clicking on the links below.