raleighnet.org http://raleighnet.org/Speak Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:04:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 That Doesn’t Make Any Sense http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/12/26/that-doesnt-make-any-sense/ http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/12/26/that-doesnt-make-any-sense/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:10:27 +0000 Will http://raleighnet.org/Speak/?p=1418 Upgraded my Wordpress install to the latest, and my theme started throwing errors on every page. I added a comment to the first line of every PHP page, and that fixed it. I don’t know why it fixed it. It shouldn’t have done anything at all, but whatever.

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The computer works. I have a network again, but I remain thoroughly unsatisfied.

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]]> http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/09/26/soapbox-derby/feed/ 0 Adventures in Installing My New Microwave http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/09/25/adventures-in-installing-my-new-microwave/ http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/09/25/adventures-in-installing-my-new-microwave/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:24:19 +0000 Will http://raleighnet.org/Speak/?p=1408
  • Buy New Microwave – Open Box, Floor Model Woo Hoo, Deal!
  • Try to Cram Microwave in Car
  • Carry Microwave Upstairs
  • Discover Microwave Didn’t Include Mounting Plate – Boo, Not Such a Deal!
  • Back to Store – We’ll FedEx You a New One
  • Start Marking Wall
  • Drive to Home Depot for Stud Finder
  • Find 7 Different Places for Stud Edge
  • What?! I need an Outlet in My Cabinet?!
  • Hire Electrician
  • Wait for Mounting Plate
  • Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait
  • Call Store
  • Call Store Again
  • Drive to Store – Can’t Get Part, so We’ll Give You New Microwave, Same Price
  • Wait for Delivery Drivers Between 2 and 6
  • Delivery Drivers Come at 7:30
  • Go to Home Depot for 2 New Drill Bits and Longer Bolts
  • Drill Baby Drill
  • Oh My God, There’s a Stud There Too?! I used the wrong bit, VERY WRONG
  • Drive to Home Depot for Longer Screw, Hope that fixes it
  • Mount Wall Bracket
  • My Drilling Mistake Pulled Me Off Center by 1/16″. At least it’s sort of level
  • Hang Top Cabinet Template
  • I Need a Different Drill Bit For the Top Cabinet?! FFS!!!! Why Don’t They Use the same sized screws and bolts? I think they’re just F’ing with me now
  • And, it looks like the longer bolts I got were TOO Long
  • I don’t want to go back to home depot for a 3rd time today. Screw it. I’ll go tomorrow
  • To Be Continued…..
    • ]]>     http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/09/25/adventures-in-installing-my-new-microwave/feed/ 0     Using Conditional Formatting to Create Alternating Color Rows in Excel http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/24/using-conditional-formatting-to-create-alternating-color-rows-in-excel/ http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/24/using-conditional-formatting-to-create-alternating-color-rows-in-excel/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:35:49 +0000 Will http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/24/using-conditional-formatting-to-create-alternating-color-rows-in-excel/ Go to Conditional Formatting, set the drop down to Formula is: =MOD(ROW(),2)=0 That will apply your selected format to odd rows.

    Nice. From Five Favorite Excel Tips

    ]]>     http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/24/using-conditional-formatting-to-create-alternating-color-rows-in-excel/feed/ 0     What’s So Funny ’bout Peace Love and … Country Music? http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/18/whats-so-funny-about-peace-love-and-country-music/ http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/18/whats-so-funny-about-peace-love-and-country-music/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:42:19 +0000 Will http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/18/whats-so-funny-about-peace-love-and-country-music/ Finally saw Elvis in concert. Finally saw a concert at the Greek. That crosses two off my life list.

    It was a fun show, but a very weird encore. It seems like the encore may have been longer than the show itself with a few song choices that seemed to kill the show’s momentum. It was good though. I should have ponied up for the better seats. The Greek is a small venue, but even still, I could barely see the stage, and the TV monitors didn’t do much to help. An extra $50 would have gone a long way, and in the scheme of things, what’s $50?

    ]]>     http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/18/whats-so-funny-about-peace-love-and-country-music/feed/ 0     Museum of Latin American Art http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/17/museum-of-latin-american-art/ http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/17/museum-of-latin-american-art/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:22:16 +0000 Will http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/17/museum-of-latin-american-art/ Over the weekend, I went to the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA. It’s free on Sundays since Target is sponsoring them, which certainly bumped up their goodwill with me. I’d never been to that museum before, but I really liked it. It’s not too big, and the art is all really interesting.

    ]]>     http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/17/museum-of-latin-american-art/feed/ 0     Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/10/sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks/ http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/10/sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:24:30 +0000 Will http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/10/sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks/ I took a drive through Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks making pictures of soaring vistas, tall trees, playful wildlife and deep, dark caves.

    ]]>     http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/08/10/sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks/feed/ 0     Taguchi Explained Though Not Understood http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/07/28/taguchi-explained-though-not-understood/ http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/07/28/taguchi-explained-though-not-understood/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:10:38 +0000 Will http://raleighnet.org/Speak/2009/07/28/taguchi-explained-though-not-understood/ I heard about something called Taguchi split testing. Now, you’d think I’d know what this is, being that I’m a marketing professional and all. Unfortunately, it turns out I still don’t know everything. So, off to Google where I found Taguchi Explained… For Dummies. Now, at least I understand what it is. I still have absolutely NO clue how it works. In fact, I wonder if it really even does work. I need to find a good statistics class.

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