Odd and end: One Tom Cruise equals 14 spider monkeys, property tax calculators are the new bikini babe photo galleries
By William M. Hartnett on Jun 19, 2007 in newspapers, oddities
Item 1: One Tom Cruise equals 14.17484673447 spider monkeys, to be more precise. This is but one of many amusing but unsubstantiated, totally spurious conversions you can make between two arbitrary and unrelated units of weight or height using weirdconverter.com. Please don’t release this into the wilds of your own newsroom, as some well-intentioned reporter will inevitably attempt to use it for a real story. (Via Doug Fisher)
Item 2: We’re going property tax crazy in Florida these days, and, as usual, Mo Tamman and Charlie Szymanski in Sarasota have whipped up a great interactive tool. (Via Melissa Worden) See? A little programming skill in the hands of a journalist can go a long way. More accurately, a lot of programming skill can go a long way. Orlando also has two property tax estimators covering different aspects of the current proposals. See the first calculator here and the second one here. These tools are getting great traffic, I’m sure. Possibly even bikini babe photo gallery-esque traffic.
