Introducing the Calculators Page
May 16, 2008 – 1:45 amCheck out that snazzy new calculator to your left, baby. Sleek, stylish, and oh-so embeddable. Embeddable? Yes, I've set it up on the new calculators page so there's a small block of code underneath each calculator, easy to copy and paste into your blog or web site and get the calculator to entertain you and your visitors.
After doing all those calculations on 100,000 kilometers in bologna and pennies and stuff in Wednesday's post, I figured it was worth doing another calculator. Not only does it make my life easier to have the calculations all rolled up, but I'm hoping you will have lots of fun with it.
For example my commute to work is currently around 22.6 miles. That translates to:
- 715,968 AA batteries, weighing 50,826 pounds
- 130,176 Sheets of copy paper (end to end, lengthwise), weighing 1,301.76 pounds
- 303,093 Compact discs (end to end), weighing 10,023.14 pounds.
I've also put the "your weight in gold" calculator on the new calculators page. There have been a few requests for additional items like processed cheese, salt, guacamole, and breakfast cereal. So please, if you have a preference, be it on the topic of Velveeta vs. Cheez Whiz or Lucky Charms vs. Crunchberries (are you worth your weight in Crunchberries?), post a comment below and let your voice be heard.
If you'd been thinking about putting the calculator on your blog, then decided to wait because you don't want to have the old one when I update it... Never fear. With the simple cut and paste code on the new calculators page, your visitors are always getting the latest, greatest version of the calculator delivered to their browser. So the moment calculating the value of your weight in Crunchberries becomes available here on Rough Equivalents, it will become available worldwide.
And did I mention the calculators are free? Yeah. Rough Equivalents is new. I need publicity. So I give you something free and you give me eyeballs... fresh gooey eyeballs. Okey doke, 1:34 a.m. is when I officially reached "stayed up too late."
So have fun with the new calculator, post suggestions or vote for new "your weight in" calculator items in the comments, and I am now going to go to sleep.
