// Taken from http://www.mattfarina.com/2007/02/01/preloading_images_with_jquery
// After including this script, use this in a separate script header, with each image path separated by commas
// $.preloadImages("image1.gif", "/path/to/image2.png", "some/image3.jpg");
jQuery.preloadImages = function()
{
  for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)
  {
    jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
  }
}