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Entries for December, 2008

Programmatically creating Excel (XLS) Files, as XML files – Things to Keep In Mind

I worked on a small project that required to export data to Excel. The spreadsheets needed to be formatted very precisely, and the best way to do this is with the XML format of an excel file. But I have found some gotchas throughout the project, which will cause the .xls files to not load. [...]

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Blogging

I haven’t blogged much lately. Why? Well the main reason is that I am using a Mac. :) At work I use Windows – Windows XP (ugh), and I run into all these technical things that I even have drafts for in WordPress – 4 drafts so far. Thing is, I don’t blog from that [...]

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Sunday Night Show – The Annex (Madison, WI)

This sunday (Dec 14th), the Band I am in (Saturday Morning Cartel) is playing at the Annex in Madison. We are doing a charity/benefit show. The tickets are 10.00 and it all goes for the cause, which is for a little girl who is having medical problems. It will be my first show with the [...]

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Morning Question: What Mobile Phone Do You Use, and Why Do You (Or Don’t You) Like it

I have had countless mobile phones over the years. Starting with a Nokia 5125 back in like 97, moving up the Nokia chain, then to Sanyos when I worked for Northern PCS (A Sprint Affiliate), then Windows Mobile Phones (6601, etc), then a T-Mobile Dash, and now the iPhone. I have to say the iPhone [...]

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Technology Hypocrites?

Why do IT Departments, SysAdmins, and techno geeks love to push the latest and greatest server products, use the latest technologies in hardware, etc, yet they are scared out of their boots about Vista? (Side Note: Testing out the QuickPress feature of WordPress 2.7)

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