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Author Archives: Samuel Huckins
Handy Excel Tip: Open workbook in new instance
I’ve written before about using Excel for some remote data collection and analysis tasks. One thing that often annoyed me in such situations was the inability to utilize multiple monitors. Whenever I wanted to break out a sheet, or especially … Continue reading
Charlie Sheen is a long way from philosophy– but the journey is winning
After reading about an interesting phenomenon witnessed in a cartoon by Randall xkcd I decided to see how true it was that you could get to Philosophy from most any Wikipedia term via a reasonable number of clicks (here the … Continue reading
Show all available documents to new Google Apps – Docs users
At my job we use Google Docs (via Google Apps) for internal collaborative documents and archives. One big issue with this platform is that when new folks are hired/given accounts and they go to view “All documents”– lo, and behold! … Continue reading
Bag of useful Bash aliases and functions
Here are a number of assorted aliases and functions for Bash that I’ve made in the last few months and found to be useful. Enjoy!
Great iPad Apps
I purchased an iPad 2 recently and have really been impressed with the versatility of the platform. I keep finding new uses for it, including some that are new roles instead of replacements for more limited options. I don’t have … Continue reading