At What Cost, Knowledge?
Free Beer? There is a generation out there which has forgotten (or more correctly, never learned) the value of knowledge. In the last decade or so, it is safe to say the internet has replaced television as the ubiquitous...
A Schutzstaffel for Modern America
This isn’t tech-talk! I know, but I couldn’t resist. Normally I would avoid politics in the blog space. But this is an issue which transcends right vs. left, Democrat vs. Republican, and the partisan bullshit we find...
Logical Functions in Excel Part II – AND and OR
Having represented this site as a technology blog with a focus on programming and software development, I find myself starting off with a tutorial on Excel basics instead. Somehow, I thought it was going to be more glamorous than...
Things to love about Java: Exception Handling
In my quest to learn and become a better developer, I undertook an excursion into Java-land. Partly this was driven by the fact that Java is the language used for Android app development, and partly because it was time to branch...
Whose Idea was This, Anyway?
An Opinionated Rant About the State of the US patent System Whether or not you are a software developer, smart phone manufacturer, or purveyor of touch-enabled devices (just to name a few), you have no doubt heard the back and...
Logical Functions in MS Excel: IF, AND, and OR
Having represented this site as a technology blog with a focus on programming and software development, I find myself starting off with a tutorial on Excel basics instead. Somehow, I thought it was going to be more glamorous than...
Excel Basics Part IV: Number Formats
Having represented this site as a technology blog with a focus on programming and software development, I find myself starting off with a tutorial on Excel basics instead. Somehow, I thought it was going to be more glamorous than...
Excel Basics Part III: Expressions, Functions, and Formulas
Having represented this site as a technology blog with a focus on programming and software development, I find myself starting off with a tutorial on Excel basics instead. Somehow, I thought it was going to be more glamorous than...
Microsoft Excel Basics Part II: Data Types in Excel
Having represented this site as a technology blog with a focus on programming and software development, I find myself starting off with a tutorial on Excel basics instead. Somehow, I thought it was going to be more glamorous than...
Microsoft Excel Basics Part I
Having represented this site as a technology blog with a focus on programming and software development, I find myself starting off with a tutorial on Excel basics instead. Somehow, I thought it was going to be more glamorous than...