On: Planes overhead

[Dobbs]

Just realized wolfram alpha works really well for doing complicated data conversions, particularly data transfer rates.

    100 Terabytes a month in megabits a second.

[kalid → Dobbs]

Shameless plug: you might like instacalc which can do these conversions too:

http://new.instacalc.com/366

You can even use made-up units ("hits", "people", etc... has a pluralizer). I made it as a personal productivity tool and have a slew of updates in the works =).

[tripzilch → kalid]

Ooh Instacalc! I really liked that app when I first heard of it (must be over a year ago?), thanks for reminding me of its existence, I'll check out how far it's come.

Hope the cross-browser issues got solved, I seem to remember that was my major hurdle (I'm on Opera).

[kalid → tripzilch]

Ah, thanks for the note -- I haven't checked it in opera in a while :)

[scorpion032 → Dobbs]

And for time conversions:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6:30+am+ist+in+austin+t...

[tripzilch → Dobbs]

I prefer Google's Calculator feature for that, mostly because it loads so much quicker than WA and (perhaps related) feels slightly more reliable.

[ma2rten → Dobbs]

Google can do the same, you have to say per instead of a though.