I have to give Google props for creating a solid API for language detection and translation services in the cloud.  Using their free service, I've now added some cool new functionality to help people out when using the Esoteric Delights Gematria Database.  In the first panel for translation, I'm using the Google Ajax Language API to detect if someone is entering Hebrew or English into the input box, and then proposing a "feeling lucky" kind of translation. More...

In the early days of Pegataur, we weren't sure if we were going to have vocals or not.  We came up with the idea that, to stay true to the esoteric conceptual basis of the band, we should come up with a way to analyze the music, on a song-by-song basis, using Qabalistic techniques.  The challenge was to come up with a way to translate musical notes into Hebrew letters, and to let our songs tell their stories by spelling Hebrew "words" and "sentences" which could then be studied using gematria to figure out what the songs were telling us.  We could then use these jumbles of words and numbers to help us write lyrics and choose titles for our songs.  This presented a series of puzzles to solve and questions to answer and decisions to make, let me assure you!  More...

Two new web methods are available here. Follow the link for the (wsdl) service descriptions. More...

This is the obligatory "welcome" post for my new website. 

The impetus for the creation of this site is somewhat crazy (well, to some it may seem that way).  To make a long story short, I have a rock band, Pegataur, that is heavily rooted in conceptual mayhem inspired by Western hermetic and occult principles (mostly Qabala, or Kabbalah, if you prefer).  Most of the early symbolism came from dreams from Aaron, and then I got the crazy idea that I should write some software that could analyze the music that we were writing along qabalistic lines.  A year later, I had a pretty solid code base written in C#.NET that allows me to enter in song "data" and churn out qabalistic-derived points of analysis using gematria, notarikon, and temura techniques.  This also necessitated that I create my own gematria database, which was a wild ride in and of itself.  After a year of this I felt like I was going to be sucked into the movie Pi.  It should be noted that I am not Jewish, although one friend who teaches Hebrew school suggested that I may in fact be an honorary Jew at this point.

I've been wanting to get the code out here for people, but I'm a little weary of having to support it.  However, I will be making the database and other functionality available via web services, which I will be hosting off of this site.  When I find the time, I'm going to try to make posts to this site about how I did this stuff and how you can use my stuff for anyone who is interested.  I may also be trying to get help building and cleaning up the gematria database.