How to randomize initial image with jquery-cycle plugin

After searching for a solution to show a random image from the sequence using jquery-cycle, I found this post with a simple (undocumented) solution. Just add the following line to your cycle function, replacing 4 with the total number of slides:

Adding Shift Multiselect to jsTree jQuery Plugin

Before beginning development on our inDrop file management application I knew I wanted to use some kind of file tree structure. I searched high and low for a decent jQuery plugin that could pull it off, only to find many failures. Then I found jsTree which in my opinion is the most stable and complete [...]