This section contains webpages that I created to either help others in one way or another (or to help me but thought others might find useful) but don’t fit anywhere in other sections.
I originally created this so that artists could accurately portray people of different heights by showing (roughly) what their silhouettes look like standing next to each other. Since only two silhouettes are used (one male, one female), this is a rough estimate only, but it should help. (The old Lofty Bearing Forums had a similar and more diverse tool, but that went down with the rest of the site) After a number of requests, I created a second page that allowed for up to six.
The original HTML page uses only two sillhouettes, each of which can be either male or female; these sillhouettes are actually JPEG images. It also allows you to create a special link with pre-specified heights so you don’t have to re-enter the numbers each time you visit the page.
The upgraded page allows for up to six colour-coded figures (male or female) along with the ability to link to pre-specifed heights. The upgraded page is actually an XHTML+SVG page, though most browsers today can handle that just fine.
Both pages require JavaScript to work.
This was created because I had troubles finding the character codes that I wanted to use on various websites. This will display the codes for various characters in UTF-8. Requires JavaScript.
This was created because I wanted a quick reference to any mainstream Doctype I might want to use (as opposed to those I’ve created for my custom XML languages.
As I find it quite useful, you might find it useful too. Also includes the XML namespaces where they exist.
I’m a busker—someone who performs in public for tips—and I came up with this as a quick way to calculate how much money I made in a busking session. While 1-¢ coins are no longer issued and 50-¢ coins are seldom seen outside of collections, I included those too.