Stacking it on a Saturday run
On a mild yet wet, muddy, and sludgy early morning, my Saturday 12 km run turned into a bit of an obstacle course in places. However, I was doing fine up until the last couple of kilometres, when I unexpectedly…
EXCEL IS 40! 🥳
Happy birthday to Excel! Check out my video reflecting on its beginnings and the path that led to where it is today. Watch the video Transcript Microsoft Excel is 40! That’s right. It was on 30th September 1985 when the…
Remove Excel worksheet and workbook protection
If you think Excel’s worksheet and workbook protection will truly keep your files secure — think again. Both are surprisingly easy to bypass. That’s bad news if you’re relying on them for security, but good news if you’ve ever forgotten…
My experience with WHOOSH! — the Apple-backed screen cleaner
Tech hygiene. Those are the words that accompany WHOOSH!, a brand of screen-cleaning products designed for a wide range of devices. Since the advent of touchscreen phones and tablets, smudginess and grubbiness have become very common. It doesn’t matter how…
Sync the tab name with the worksheet title in Excel
Having a title in each of your Excel worksheets is often a good idea to help distinguish between them. Typically, you’ll want the title to be the same as the tab name. However, if you change the tab name, the…
From Aldi to ‘Aldeh’ — how a local joke became a cultural landmark
More than ever in this heavily commercialised world, companies feel compelled to jump on special events with marketing gimmicks and flash-in-the-pan campaigns. Whether it’s limited-edition packaging, novelty products, or cheeky ads, they see it as a great way to wrap…
