September 2011
32 posts
Watchcitystates 10 trailer (by onedotzero)
at EMPAC tonight.
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10 Useful Google Spreadsheet Formulas You Must... →
Google Spreadsheet is a powerful and free tool to manage complex spreadsheets. This tutorial illustrates ten useful formulas you must know to help you simplify the way you work in Google Spreadsheet.
Building an Idea Bank using Google Apps Script -... →
So why did I choose Google Apps Script? Well for one it is at no extra cost, comes with your Google Account, it is in the cloud (i.e. no servers required), integrates well with Google Sites and Spreadsheets, and most importantly it uses GWT UI widgets. Google Apps Script’s UI Services and the ability to easily integrate with any REST interface make Apps Script an easy choice.
JavaScript Garden →
JavaScript Garden is a growing collection of documentation about the most quirky parts of the JavaScript programming language. It gives advice to avoid common mistakes, subtle bugs, as well as performance issues and bad practices that non-expert JavaScript programmers may encounter on their endeavours into the depths of the language. JavaScript Garden does not aim to teach you JavaScript. Former...
“The best thing I’ve ever used Mathematica for.”
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Neil Bickford calculated the first 458 million terms for the continued fraction of pi, breaking the previous record of 180 million. He used Mathematica to develop his code and verify his results—which he posted shortly after he turned 13.
Bickford, who broke the record last fall, said creating...
“Bonus Depreciation Increased to 100% for 2011 and 50% for 2012”
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Bonus depreciation was first enacted in 2008 as a temporary measure to help our ailing economy. As first enacted, and then extended for two years, the deduction was a first-year 50% bonus deduction. It allowed taxpayers to depreciate 50% of the cost of qualified property during the first year the...
Crowdsourcing Translation
Transfluent offers near real-time, professional translation of social media feeds and websites. Back in April, we featured a guest post by Transfluent (then called PremiumFanPage) founder Jani Penttinen. More recently, we decided to give Transfluent a try.
First, of course, we had to choose a language to translate to. Apparently, the Dudesons opted for Spanish because they have a large fan-base...
Watch(via Tosh.0: Web Redemption - I Like Turtles Kid - Video Clip | Tosh.0 | Comedy Central)
“For the longest time, people felt bad if they spent a lot of time on a computer....”
– 4chan Spins Off A More Mainstream Image Board @PSFK
I shacked up with Chromebook →
good analysis of chromebook after using it for a month.
“6. Third party verifications Google Apps and our data centers are SSAE 16 Type...”
– Official Google Enterprise Blog: Top ten reasons why customers trust Google Apps with their business data
1. Powerful administration tools give you control of your data
2. Pure and proven cloud architecture
3. Patch management
4. Strong authentication
5. Disaster recovery
6. Third party...
