var start = true;

function spin() {
  var slides = $('#slideShow').find('.item');
  if (start==true) {
    /* c = Math.floor(Math.random()*(slides.length-1)) */
    c = 0;
    start=false;
  };  
  slides.fadeOut(1500);
  $(slides[c]).fadeIn(1500,function(){
    if (c!=(slides.length-1)) {
      c++;
    } else {
      c = 0;
    };
    setTimeout("spin()",3000);
  });
}

$(document).ready(function(){
spin();
});