useful tools
Mondays are my days for finding useful but mundane tools. Today's useful tool is xpdf. Why is it useful? I want to compare two pdf documents, and that is much easier to do when they are not pdf documents. Happily, xpdf has in its repertoire a script for converting pdf files to text. It is [...]
more headers
I have replaced the logo with one that suits me better. The other one was too abstract. The astute observer will notice that I have not dropped the inverted "R" theme; I have merely found a new way to hide it. For the non-astute, look at the flame on the match.
The lovely stony background was [...]
headers and such
If you have not refreshed your browser since visiting last, open a new tab and hit refresh. There is a big difference between the old placeholder header and logo, and the new ones. By the way, by logo I mean the red thing in the header bar, not the programming language. I hope everyone can [...]
ukulele
I have spent the day listening to Bach's Concerto for Ukulele and Chalumeau in B-Flat Major. It is very calming. I often wonder how Bach achieved such balance between the ukulele, the contrabassoon (though he called it merely a "large bassoon"), the oboe da caccia, and the chalumeau. Of all the orchestral instruments, the oboes [...]
Hobby Programming
As some readers may know, I have taken up Python programming as a hobby. I was once a world champion underwater Logo programmer, but I thought it would be nice to move on to a slightly more modern language. Before I go on, I should mention that I was once heralded as the Muten-Roshi of [...]
Regarding Capitalization
start your head on fire will now use capitalization in posts. I have upgraded to a server that has capitalization and other useful features pre-installed. I am also developing useful (capitalized) content for your enjoyment.
Test:
cAPitaLiZatiOn…
In other news, I plan to place a "real" header and icon at the top of this page over the weekend. [...]
special announcement - 13th of the month
robertbeverly.com has been officially launched. this includes robert beverly's weblog, start your head on fire. this weblog includes such features as punctuation, but may omit capitalization due to the demand capitalization places on the web server. even now, we are nearly at capacity with the mass of visitors engaging in this site's active content.