Limits of Excel as Data Tool People do use tools not specifically designed for the task sometimes when the best tool for the task is not available or — in my case — not entirely to be trusted. I’m sure my distrust of proprietary software is slowly becoming apparent — perhaps too much so —… Read More 03. Discovering the Limits

Caveat: This is how I go about problem-solving in general and programming specifically, which is probably pretty pedestrian and real programmers would have far more elegant solutions, but… it works. I’m running Excel/MS Office 2000 in Virtual Box/Windows so if some of my notes seem a bit OS-schizophrenic, this might be the reason. When I… Read More 02. Our first bit of code

Let’s create something practical… for us Poser users — I’m sure others can see and apply this to something more in line with what they do. Let’s also use no-cost software. I’m going to use Libre-Office. This alternative is available for Windows as well, so you don’t have to install GNULinux … not just yet,… Read More 01. For Us Poser Users