Modifying jQuery Splatter plugin to avoid collision/overlap

[URL=”http://coryschires.com/jquery-splatter-plugin/”]jQuery Splatter by Cory Schires[/URL]

I was looking for something that would allow me to scatter elements (divs w/ background-images) behind text. Splatter is almost what I want, but I would need:
– no overlap in the positioning of elements
– keep the elements inside the container
– remove the default asterisk completely

As I have varying article dimensions, this keeps the splatter area the right size:

[CODE] height: $(“#article-text”).height(),
width: $(“#article-text”).width()[/CODE]

Could the collision detection code in jQuery UI Position be used somehow?

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