Summary:
+ Version 4.3 re-incorporates the Ambilight feature from Version 2.4 into all 3 ASP.NET MVC refactored websites.

Details:
The Ambilight feature from Version 2.4 changed Murphee K dot com's (Classic ASP) background colors via an unsupported Flickr URL and calculates the average color through a perl script.  This version re-incorporates the Ambilight feature into all 3 ASP.NET MVC refactored websites by using supported API calls to get the latest photo from my Flickr account.

Once the latest photo was fetched from the API, a complementary color algorithm -- similar to the one used by John's Background Switcher -- gets launched to select new colors for Murphee K, MPK Adventures, and George Ryan Perez.  (Credit goes to John Conners of John's Background Switcher fame for some tips with the algorithm!)  Lastly, the perl script from Version 2.4 was reverse-engineered to select other colors.

Two (2) incremental builds were deployed since version 4.2, and the following list summarizes those features/fixes:

// all sites
- [4.3.0] re-incorporated the Ambilight feature from Version 2.4 by (1) using Flickr API (via FlickrNet 3.17.0), (2) a complementary color using an algorithm similar to JBS, and (3) by a reverse-engineered perl script from Version 2.4
- [4.2.1] added transitions for image hovers
- [4.3.0] defaulted all css to Version 3.0 colors

// Murphee K
- [4.2.1] added image backgrounds and thumbnails in shows page
- [4.2.1] added next show flyer to front page
- [4.2.1] added flyers in shows rss

// MPK Adventures
- [4.2.1] used only a comic's first frame in metadata for sharing in google plus, facebook, twitter, etc.
- [4.2.1] used only a comic's first frame in rss

// Home
- [4.3.0] shortened Version announcements

-George Ryan

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