If you have your nose buried in spreadsheets all day at the office, you might enjoy a little change of pace even with Excel open. Cary Walkin, a chartered accountant up in the great white north, has created an RPG using just Excel's macro system. It works on the Windows versions of Excel 2007 - 2013. The story goes that you are captured by the Emperor and are thrown into an … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Linux distros portrayed as a world map
FabianInostroza has created a great work on his deviantART page that creates a map out of various Linux distributions and sizes them roughly according to their use. The map is great and is reminiscent of the maps you see at the start of great novels like Game of Thrones and Name of the Wind. The images come in multiple varieties. A second version of the map was put out with … [Read more...]
Using Newsblur as a Google Reader replacement
I had Newsblur sitting in my inbox since November, meaning to check it out as a new RSS feed reader. I wasn't quite sure it was worth paying the premium price given the number of feeds I subscribe to but one fateful night when it was stated that Google Reader would be retired this Summer, I made the investment and the jump. I was most interested in a cloud-based feed reader … [Read more...]
Can a professional mouse pad make you a better gamer?
With Logitech's launch of their G series devices, it was interesting to see how many comments were asking for or recommending that Logitech produce a gaming grade mouse pad. Mouse pads have had an interesting life. They were all the rage with ball/mechanical mice and fell out of favor as optical and laser mice have made them less necessary. Since then, gamers have led an … [Read more...]
Microsoft provides free Quick Start Guides for Office 2013 products
Office 2013 is not that big of a change compared to Office 2010 but it does have its differences. Get up to speed no matter which version of Microsoft Office you're coming from with these free Microsoft Office 2013 Quick Start Guides. They come direct from Microsoft and are available as separate PDF files to help familiarize yourself with the interface and get into some of the … [Read more...]