A fun conversion app themed to Josh and Chuck from Stuff You Should Know.
JoshConverts is a simple web portal that lets you convert quantities into fun comparisons! Enter anything like "20,000 pickup trucks" or "1000 big macs" and get back a list of equivalent amounts in other items.
- 🎙️ SYSK-themed design and branding
- 📊 Convert between various items (vehicles, animals, food, landmarks)
- 💡 Fun facts for different conversions
- 📱 Responsive design works on any device
- ⚡ Pure client-side - no server required!
- Open
index.htmlin any web browser - Enter a quantity and item (e.g., "5 blue whales", "1000 elephants", "50 pickup trucks")
- Click "Convert It!" to see the conversions
- Learn something interesting from the fun facts!
- Vehicles: pickup trucks, cars, school buses
- Animals: elephants, blue whales, cats, dogs, horses, giraffes
- Food: Big Macs, apples, bananas, potatoes, watermelons
- Objects: bowling balls, grand pianos
- Landmarks: Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower
- And more!
This is a static site that can be:
- Opened directly from the filesystem
- Hosted on any static web server (Apache, Nginx, etc.)
- Deployed to GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, or any static hosting service
Example using Python's built-in server:
python3 -m http.server 8080Then visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser.
- Pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- No dependencies or build process
- All conversion data stored in JavaScript objects
- Client-side only - no backend required
Inspired by the amazing podcast Stuff You Should Know by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant!