Odd And Ends—Mr. Initial Man’s Den

There are a number of thing I've done over the years that really don't fit anywhere else, but I feel are good enough (or useful enough) to be included on this site.

Here they are.

Comparing Heights

I originally created 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, and I couldn't find anything to replace it, so I coded my own, and later, an upgraded version.

The original page: 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 to pre-specified heights so you don't have to re-enter the numbers each time you visit the page.
The upgraded page: The upgraded page allows for up to six colour-coded figures (male or female) along with the ability to insert a size code that allows you to save your progress. The upgraded page is actually an XHTML+SVG page, though most browsers today can handle that just fine.

Both pages require JavaScript to work.

UTF-8 Numerical Character References

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.