{"id":611,"date":"2009-05-18T10:40:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T00:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/?p=611"},"modified":"2009-05-18T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T00:49:05","slug":"a-new-type-of-search-engine-in-town-wolframalpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/2009\/05\/18\/a-new-type-of-search-engine-in-town-wolframalpha\/","title":{"rendered":"A new type of search engine in town &#8211; WolframAlpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since finding out about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolframalpha.com\/\">WolframAlpha.com<\/a>, I've been playing with it and I must say it's pretty amazing and addictive.  <\/p>\n<p>WolframAlpha(tm) is a new type of search engine - or what they call \"computational knowledge engine\".  <\/p>\n<p>Rather than trying to explain what it is and what it does in words, lets have a look at a few different searches I did today:<\/p>\n<h3>This is what I got when I searched for Microsoft: <\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=Microsoft\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>And searching for home loan gave me this:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=home+loan\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=home+loan<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Where is Myanmar, my country of birth?  <\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=Myanmar\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=Myanmar<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Typing in domain names gives you host information and stats:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=eisabainyo.net\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=eisabainyo.net<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>It is a currency converter too!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=1+AUD+in+USD\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=1+AUD+in+USD<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Next Monday falls on:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=next+monday\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=next+monday<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>And what I am having for lunch:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=tuna+sandwich\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=tuna+sandwich<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Looking for complementary colors?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=sky+blue\">http:\/\/www10.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=sky+blue<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Hours to seconds; 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