Category Archives: Computing – general

WolframAlpha

Posted on 10/04/2009 by dougaj4

WolframAlpha is coming! From the link: “Some might say that Mathematica and A New Kind of Science are ambitious projects. But in recent years I’ve been hard at work on a still more ambitious project—called Wolfram|Alpha. And I’m excited to … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Newton Excel Bach

Posted on 21/02/2009 by dougaj4

Newton Excel Bach is one year old today.   To mark the occasion I have downloaded the statistics for number of hits on each post, and pasted them into an Excel worksheet.  The link to each post is preserved in the … Continue reading →

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Spreadsheet Hell

Posted on 02/02/2009 by dougaj4

“I, too, am in spreadsheet hell” Why am I linking to yet another data analysis guy whinging about Excel? Mostly because I liked what he said on his Home sheet: “I’m a number cruncher, SAS programmer, Linux user, and an … Continue reading →

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Apple Numbers 09

Posted on 27/01/2009 by dougaj4

A review of the new Apple spreadsheet, with an emphasis on engineering applications, from the “Engineering for the Real World” blog. I don’t think I’ll be changing any time soon, but for Mac users familiar with Apple Script it looks … Continue reading →

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Lotus Day

Posted on 27/01/2009 by dougaj4

As well as being Australia Day, January 26th is also the anniversary of the first release of Lotus 123 (for my younger readers, “Lotus” is what we used to call spreadsheets, before they became “Excel”). Lotus 123 is now 26, … Continue reading →

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