Google rocks my world

Journal entry
August 12, 2003

As if Google wasn’t absolutely amazing already, it now features a calculator. Apart from doing basic calculations, it also converts various physical units, ie what is 45 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit. How cool is that?

Oh, and shameless Firebird plug: I just realized how Firebird and other browsers make this addition to Google so much cooler. I always have a “Search in Google” textfield in the corner of my browser. A simple keyboard shortcut and I can convert and calculate. Good job.

Now, patiently waiting for currency conversions to appear.

Sorry for my continued adding to this entry, but this search in the calculator is too funny. (Via, Mark Pilgrim)

Categories
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Comments and Trackbacks

Jeppe S August 15, 2003

42!
Google just gets better and better.

adot's notblog* August 16, 2003

I guess I don't understand all the buzz about using google as a calculator. Maybe it's because I've have a boomark for javascript: in Firebird/Mozilla with the custom keyword "calc" and so typing "calc 3+3" and hitting enter already gives me an answer ...

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