December 29th, 2008

My last year as a hexadecimal teenager

Hi, I’m Terence J. Grant, and my last year as a hexadecimal teenager (I’m 0×1f) begins today.

In honor of this I’ll be doing the following sometime in January:

Moving my existing software/math site to this web address
Starting this blog, which will have more “blog” stuff rather than just software release notices… Hah, so we’ll see how that goes.
Adding content beyond the math and software portions; I’m not exactly sure what this means just yet, but I’ll figure something out.

From a web software standpoint, I’ll be taking leaps of faith with new software interfaces as time progresses. It should be all for the better though. I’ve started to think that sticking with one piece of back end software can be stifling, but regardless I’d like to expand my field of knowledge in the others that exist anyway.

In terms of the software I’ve authored, I’m looking to update everything before February 2009, though I’m not sure what changes are in the queue at this point.

As to why I’m doing this exactly; well truth is, I’m looking for more creative expression and artistic freedom. I’m also looking to have ideas in a more finished state, and definite places to put them.

Ok, so if you’ve still stuck around and are still curious as to what 0×1f means, check out Wikipedia’s article on Hexadecimal for a primer.

Here’s a hint though: In terms of any two-digit hexadecimal (or base-16) number 0xLN, N takes the role of a single digit going from 0 to 15, and L takes on the role of “sixteenth’s” place– that is, how many times we have counted to sixteen with N.

Sum them both, and you have the following:

for 0xLN, Y = (L*16) + N