https://tylergalash.com/A collection of concise articles, reading notes, and reference pages covering language, typography, timekeeping, public-domain literature, and everyday systems.en-usWed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://tylergalash.com/notes/reading-note-the-open-window/https://tylergalash.com/notes/reading-note-the-open-window/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTLiteratureA reading note on Saki’s compact study in storytelling, social discomfort, misdirection, and the pleasure of a perfectly timed ending.https://tylergalash.com/notes/how-alphabetical-indexes-are-organized/https://tylergalash.com/notes/how-alphabetical-indexes-are-organized/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTLanguageThe sorting choices behind a useful index, including spaces, punctuation, numerals, prefixes, subentries, and cross-references.https://tylergalash.com/notes/basic-color-terminology/https://tylergalash.com/notes/basic-color-terminology/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTReferenceA bridge between artists’ vocabulary and technical color models, from hue and chroma to RGB, HSL, and hexadecimal notation.https://tylergalash.com/notes/markdown-punctuation-reference/https://tylergalash.com/notes/markdown-punctuation-reference/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTLanguageCommonMark-based examples for turning plain punctuation into headings, emphasis, lists, links, quotations, and code.https://tylergalash.com/notes/typographic-marks-and-their-names/https://tylergalash.com/notes/typographic-marks-and-their-names/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTTypographyA field guide to dashes, quotes, primes, dots, slashes, and other marks that look similar but perform different jobs.https://tylergalash.com/notes/international-paper-sizes/https://tylergalash.com/notes/international-paper-sizes/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTTypographyDimensions, proportions, and everyday uses of the ISO A series, with a comparison to North American Letter and Legal paper.https://tylergalash.com/notes/how-utc-offsets-are-written/https://tylergalash.com/notes/how-utc-offsets-are-written/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTTimekeepingA practical guide to signs, hours and minutes, conversions, and the important difference between a fixed offset and a time zone.https://tylergalash.com/notes/a-concise-guide-to-roman-numerals/https://tylergalash.com/notes/a-concise-guide-to-roman-numerals/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTReferenceHow the familiar seven symbols combine, where subtractive forms belong, and why historical examples do not always follow modern rules.