The HenryMan List - Patrick McLean

Do the right thing. Always, everywhere, without exceptions. Know that rules aren't always the right thing. Throwing a punch and being polite may seem contradictory. They are not. There are occasions when throwing a punch is polite and standing inactive is the rudest thing you can do. 

For more such crisp advice, read: Patrick McLean @ 

http://www.theseanachai.com/2009/02/19/the-henryman-list/

Dictionary of numbers

Just found a wonderful extension for Google Chrome: Dictionary of numbers.

It searches the text in your web browser for numbers and provides context to help you understand the numbers better.

For example, if a web page contains “318 million people”, it says

 

318 million people [≈ the population of the United States]

http://www.dictionaryofnumbers.com/

Microsoft Converter

Since last couple of days, I have got quite addicted to an app called Microsoft Converter. It has 20 categories (area, speed, energy, currency, time, etc.) and each category has 10 units within which you can do conversions. 

Thanks to this app, now when am gently cruising at 60 kmph, I know am travelling at 0.05 Mach (speed of sound) or, that distance from home to office (2km) is equal to 1.34x10^-8 AU (distance between Sun and Earth).