The IETF writes the Requests For Comments (RFCs) that are the rules of the road of the internet. They include an RFC http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3092.txt explaining the significance of foo, bar and related terms for those unfamiliar. I can’t have anything but respect for such a thorough engineering effort.
Archive | April, 2012
Calculate your BMI using Wolfram Alpha
Harness the power of the Wolfram Alpha computational engine to see how your height/weight ranks against the currently-accepted BMI calculations and populations:
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Wolfram Alpha provides a WordPress plugin that allows the WordPress author to use a shortcode to place a widget in a post. There’s also (separate) support for putting a Wolfram Alpha widget inside a WordPress sidebar or widget. There’s a gallery with lots of pre-created widgets and an interface to create your own. Pretty cool.
Note that you need to specify the units (“lb” for pounds, “in” for inches, or 5′ 7.5″ for typical foot-inches height expressions) otherwise the widget seems to make some really poor choices, deciding that weight of 67 means aged 67 years.