Quiet referenceUtils
The small things, kept to hand.
A handful of conversions and timings we always end up looking for. Nothing clever — just the numbers, close by, so the work needn't stop.
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01By length
Inches to centimeters
Rough but reliable for the usual suspects.
- 1 inch
- 2.54 cm
- 1 foot
- 30.48 cm
- 1 yard
- 0.91 m
- 1 mile
- 1.61 km
02Time
Time zones at a glance
UTC offsets for the ones we check most.
- New York
- UTC−5
- London
- UTC+0
- Tokyo
- UTC+9
- Sydney
- UTC+11
03In a pinch
Keyboard shortcuts
When the mouse comes up a little short.
- Copy
- Ctrl / Cmd + C
- Paste
- Ctrl / Cmd + V
- Undo
- Ctrl / Cmd + Z
- Find
- Ctrl / Cmd + F
04By the clock
Simple timings
The everyday ones, kept close to hand.
- Short break
- 5 min
- Pomodoro
- 25 min
- Deep work block
- 50 min
- Daily review
- 10 min
Off by heart
Bits & bytes
The four we've stopped needing to look up — but they live here anyway, just in case.
- 1 byte
- 8 bits
- 1 kilobyte
- 1,024 bytes
- 1 megabyte
- 1,024 KB
- 1 gigabyte
- 1,024 MB