http://www.rossedwards.net Warning: may contain nuts or other nut-based products Mon, 12 May 2008 12:28:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BBC headline writers in soft pr0n shocker! http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/05/93/ A while back, one of the guys at work came to me with an Excel problem... He had a matrix of data, and wanted a formula that would, given row and column criteria, return the appropriate value: I initially thought about combining lookups with IF statements but it got *really* messy. ... http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/05/88/ Ok, so it's not quite May 1st yet but hey - I'm early for a change. Thanks to Nick for the heads-up on the great Subtle theme. I'm still trying to work out how to embed my flickr badge in the sidebar but none of the widgets seem to work ... http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/04/87/ Since updating to Wordpress 2.5.1, I've had a few problems with the random anti-spam thingy. Sadly, the fancy Turing test has gone and in it's place is a little maths problem. Calculators are allowed, and show your working. http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/04/86/ As mentioned a while ago, I'm collating the parts to assemble a copy of a Fender Stratocaster; specifically a copy of David Gilmour's (Pink Floyd) 1954 Strat with the serial number 0001. Huge tracts of information exist on this guitar, so I won't go into details on the original ... http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/04/85/ Geeks of the world unite - it's Pi Day! http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/03/84/ ...are now here. That is all. http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/02/83/ Headline writing from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7252746.stm http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/02/77/ OK, not *mine* in a strict sense but I did make it up, based on these instructions gleaned from Adrian and Clive: Go to the Wikipedia random article generator and note the title of the randomly selected article. This is your band name. Similarly, go to this random quotation page and note ... http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/02/72/ The illusion has been shattered. My ghast has never been so flabbered. What am I blathering on about? Well, dear reader, it appears that BBC TV's "Top Gear" may not be strictly playing by the rules... There was I, enjoying yet another repeat of TG on Dave (no relation); specifically ... http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/02/71/