I was trying to figure out the conversion from ounces to mililiters. I was looking at some cool little bottles I’ve been using to keep my assorted vitamins and old people medications straight. American Science and Surplus has all kinds of stuff you didn’t know you needed including these great little glass bottles.

I searched Google for a site to convert ml to oz I turned up a bunch of sites with conversion functions. Then I noticed in big type right up there at the top 1 ml = 0.0338140226 US fluid ounces and a link for more information about the Google calculator.

I checked that out. Did you know you could just enter some math equation into the Google search bar and get an answer? Who knew?

Where the heck was that when I was a kid? Oh wait, the first computer I ever saw was a big as a house and you asked it questions by means of punched cards. As I write this, it sounds a bit like a sophisticated Ouiji board. That just doesn’t seem right!

Oh well.. Lucky for kids these days.