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JoshConverts

A fun conversion app themed to Josh and Chuck from Stuff You Should Know.

About

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.

Features

  • 🎙️ 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!

How to Use

  1. Open index.html in any web browser
  2. Enter a quantity and item (e.g., "5 blue whales", "1000 elephants", "50 pickup trucks")
  3. Click "Convert It!" to see the conversions
  4. Learn something interesting from the fun facts!

Supported Items

  • 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!

Hosting

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 8080

Then visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Technical Details

  • Pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • No dependencies or build process
  • All conversion data stored in JavaScript objects
  • Client-side only - no backend required

Credits

Inspired by the amazing podcast Stuff You Should Know by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant!

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A fun conversion app turned to Josh from Stuff You Should Know.

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