Links and Miscellania

My memory is so bad. It sputters, coughs & wheezes up surprising stuff, appearing out of a fog, or washed up on the beach like they were messages in a bottle. It occured to me that my ol' dad told me, probably 40 years ago, an easy formula for converting between Fahrenheit and Centigrade. I got depressed because I knew wouldn't ever remember it, but then it came to me within a minute or two, after I stopped straining my brain. Here it is: Whatever temp you have, in either Centigrade or Fahrenheit, add 40 to the number. (I recalled the number 32 at first, incorrectly, and found that value generated had an error of a few degrees.) After adding 40, multiply by either 5/9 or 9/5. If you want to convert Fahrenheit into Centigrade, multiply by 5/9. Then subtract that same 40. That will be your converted temperature. [(F + 40) 5/9] - 40 = C is the formula for converting F into C. [(C + 40) 9/5] - 40 = F is the formula for converting C into F. For ea