I needed to look up the formula for converting Fahrenheit to Centigrade.  Actually, I already knew.  I’ve known it since Mrs. Paul taught it to me in sixth grade.  What I really wanted was the precise value of one scale in terms of the other.  See, we’re in the middle of monster heat wave in Southern California (due to the Santa Ana winds) and my English wife doesn’t yet quite grasp our use of Farhenheit.  I took a pretty good guess at the converted value, but I wanted to be sure.

In an act of blind optimism, I typed “110 degress F in C” into my Google Search bar.  It instantly responded “110 degrees Fahrenheit = 43.3333333 degrees Celsius”.  The gang at Google had anticipated me yet again.

I was impressed that I didn’t have to be more specific, and my wife was impressed at how freakin’ hot it was (in terms that she could understand).

Google Search bar seems to have formulas for converting any unit pretty much into any other.

Way cool.