Author Archives: dougaj4

Pictures of Sicily

Posted on 27/09/2014 by dougaj4

Trapani and Erice Segesta, and Mozia  

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Another WW1 story

Posted on 18/09/2014 by dougaj4

From the Youtube link: I don’t mean to infringe on copyrights of artists, especially not respected ones like the Incredible String band, but I felt I should publish this track because of the strange tale attached to its origins. A … Continue reading →

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More on Long Lost

Posted on 16/09/2014 by dougaj4

This weekend was shooting for my daughter’s short film “Long Lost” at Callan Park in Sydney. The film is based on the story of a French soldier, but coincidentally there was an Australian soldier who went through the same ordeal … Continue reading →

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Run Fortran from Excel with Python and F2Py

Posted on 15/09/2014 by dougaj4

I have previously posted on the use of the Silverfrost Fortran compiler with Excel (e.g. Linking Excel to Fortran).  More recently I have been concentrating on accessing high performance compiled routines via Python and the Python maths and science libraries … Continue reading →

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ExcelPython2, Alglib and Spline-Matrix update

Posted on 12/09/2014 by dougaj4

The ExcelPython add-in, offering easy access to Python code from Excel VBA, has had a major update to Release 2.  The new version provides new features and simpler installation, but has some incompatibilities with code written for the previous  version, so the … Continue reading →

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