Archive for the ‘Energy’ Category
Monday, May 5th, 2008
On Friday, I created a calculator where you could find out how much you're worth if you're worth your weight in gold, pretzels, crude oil, etc.
It occurred to me that some people might be a little embarrassed to put in their real weight. A bit silly since it's not ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
In my previous post, I discussed the British Thermal Unit (BTU) and how it converted into horsepower. The thing I didn't mention is that a BTU is very similar to a food calorie. A BTU is the energy needed to raise one pound of water by one ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Even though it snowed less than a week ago here in Seattle ("I'm dreaming of a white... Passover?"), we're barely a month away from Memorial Day weekend, the official kick off of Summer. To me, Summer means two things: barbecues and air conditioners. And the cool/hot thing is ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
So, based on the post I wrote to launch Rough Equivalents, here's my first Rough Equivalents viral video, entitled "If People Could Run on Gasoline":
Feel free to embed it on your web site, share the URL, or pop over to YouTube and rate it or leave a comment.
Thank you for ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Welcome to Rough Equivalents. This is where my twisted brain comes up with odd factoids like how long it would take to drive to the moon in rush hour traffic, creating strange correlations and using odd measurements. It's fun with math, but plain enough that you don't have ...
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