Archive for March, 2010

Handy Construction Calculators released for Android!

March 30th, 2010

I’ve released a version of Handy Construction Calculators for Android, now with 12 handy calculators.

Aggregate-estimate tons required for a given length, width, thickness and density.

Board Foot-estimate # of board feet for a given length, width, thickness and quantity.

Paint-estimate gallons needed for a given area and wall type.

Drywall-estimate materials needed for a given area and panel size used.

Concrete-estimate cubic yards needed for a given area and thickness.

Asphalt-estimate tons needed for a given area and thickness.


Flooring – Estimate materials needed for a given length, width and wastage.

Framing-estimate studs and plates required for a given area based on stud spacing, number of window and door openings and corners.

Insulation-estimate number of rolls needed or quantity of blown insulation for a given area and roll size used.

OSB Sheeting-estimate number of 8×4 sheets required for a given area.

Roofing- Estimate materials needed for a given roof type, pitch, size, nail size and bundle size.


Brick-estimates number of bricks needed for a given area based on type of brick being used.

Please send along any feedback or ideas for new calculators.

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Essential Cooking Calculators – now available in Palm App Catalog!

March 1st, 2010

We just submitted a group of cooking calculators to Palm. This is what I think is one of the most powerful group of cooking calculators on any mobile platform. Here’s the catalog description:

Essential Cooking Calculators will become your new partner in the kitchen. These calculators will save you time and eliminate the guessing in doing many complex conversions. There are 16 calculators, conversion tables and handy lookups included.

Weight to Volume Converter – choose from 180 common ingredients to convert a quantity between 28 common weight and volume measurements.

Recipe Scaling – add, subtract, multiple and divide whole and fraction measurements to easily help scale recipes.

Fraction to Decimal – convert a fraction to it’s decimal equivalent.

Decimal to Fraction – convert a decimal to it’s fraction equivalent.

Temperature Converter – Convert a temperature between 5 common temperature scales.

Convection Oven Converter – Converter a time and temperature from a conventional oven to a convection oven.

Ingredient Weight Conversion – convert a given quantity between 69 common (and not so common!) weight measurements.

Crockpot Conversions – crockpot cooking times and temperatures for many common dishes.

Heirloom Measurements – the recipe from Grandma calls for 10 penny weights of vanilla? Many measurements from old recipes covered here.

Turkey Dinner Estimator – for a given number of adults and children, estimate amount of turkey, gravy and stuffing needed.

Ingredient Substitutes – a huge list of ingredients and their substitutes with measurements.

Sugar Substitutes – table of many of the sugar substitutes and their equivalent sugar measurements.

Spice Mix Table – many popular spice mixes with ingredients.

Honey Flavors – a fun lookup of all the different honey flavors.

Soup and Stew glossary – learn the difference between a Borsch and a Burgoo and many other soups and stews.

v1.0.0 – Initial release.

Future calculators will be updated and enhanced based on user feedback. Send your comments and ideas to me at support@sidetop.com.

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