Old Money will tell you how much a specified historical amount is equivalent to at any other point (1264 – 2008). It presents two figures; one based on the Retail Price Index and another based on average earnings.

The data is derived from the data available on MeasuringWorth. The full data set isn’t used – I took 5 year averages to reduce the size, so I recommend you visit the original source if you want more accurate figures.

Created in response to a request in the B3ta newsletter.

DOOMWATCH removes the hassle of having to actually read the news to find out what you need to be afraid of. Using state-of-the-art Science™ it analyses various news sources to determine exactly what will cause the downfall of society today.

By default it uses the BBC News service, but if you need an extra dose of pessimism, it also include a Daily Mail mode – guaranteed to included 150% extra baseless panic!

Update: Now with extra features, and default Daily Mail. Woo!

Entry for B3ta’s image challenge. Click the image for the bigger PNG version.

I assure you that any similarity between this and the Slurm Queen is entirely coincidental.