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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. A little digging revealed [...]

I’ve just been told that, if you use binary, you can count up to 31 using the fingers of one hand.
And if you use both hands (side by side), that number increases to 1023 - no, really!
Here’s the proof:

Betcha don’t learn *that* at McDonalds…

Now with new image-verification-y goodness[1]!
(Thanks Nev for the heads-up)
[1] Yup, no more need to register, nor worry about your personal details appearing on government DVDs.

OK, so I read something in the paper about these a few days ago but didn’t give them any more thought. Pretty much everyone else seems to have posted them, so I might as well jump on the bandwagon…
Ladies and Gentlemen! I present, for your delectation and delight, much merriment and mirth:

Are you a celebrity? [...]

Today, I passed my Microsoft Excel 2003 Expert certification; part of the MOS suite of exams. And pretty chuffed I am too at getting 93.8%, too.
This is the first real step on my road to justification… I’ve been training MS products for years but have only now started to get the appropriate piece of paper that [...]