Calculate the the Number of Working Days [Excel Tip]

You already knew that Excel can do straight date math, but it can also take into account holidays to find the number of working days between two dates. Tech blogger Chandoo points out the =networkdays(start date, end date, list of holidays) formula, which turns out the number of days minus holidays (and vacation) between […]

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Microsoft has serious plans to do away with Windows

It’s one thing to have a skunkworks operating system project, Midori, that could conceivably replace Windows. It’s another to actually have plans on how to switch users from …
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Looking for Something to Do Tonight?

It’s Friday night and you have no plans? Relax, there’s some good tunes over at John C. Fremont Park this evening. I’ll let the Fremont Tribune tell the tale. Bare will be the featured band at this Friday’s free concert in the park. …
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Boost Morale with “Inbox Fuzzies” [Morale]

Reader Jared writes in:
It’s easy to become jaded and disheartened in any workplace. I created a ‘Fuzzies’ folder for my Inbox, where I save any particularly inspiring or gracious messages from co-workers. I take a few moments to browse my Fuzzies whenever my morale needs bolstering.
This is a really effective way to turn a bad […]

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Disc Eraser Renders Optical Media Unreadable [Stuff We Like]

Destroy your optical media like CDs and DVDs without the fuss or mess with the portable and lightweight Disc Eraser gadget. The Disc Eraser is pocket-sized plastic apparatus that will make your CD or DVD unreadable in any disc drive or CD/DVD player after it is used. The Disc Eraser opens like a book—place the […]

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Clean Your Grill with an Onion [Food Hacks]

Wipe your grill clean without the chemical waste by rubbing an onion against the grate of the grill. The Apartment Therapy blog explains that scrubbing a halved onion faced downwards on a heated grate will remove the grime and grit without requiring the hard and frustrating scrubbing of a Brillo pad. Plus, it’s an affordable […]

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Get Files 1.4.0

If you have link(s) in clipboard then use the paste shortcut to list them in download list. * Provide a web page address and it will parse all the links and fill them to appropriate task list. Downloading files is easy just press the …
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Closing Microsoft Office’s Annoying Clipboard Bar [Office Tip]

As anyone who works in an industry that uses Microsoft Office exclusively can tell you, there are certain Office annoyances that grate on your nerves over time. For me, one of the biggest Office annoyances is the Clipboard bar that decides to dock itself to the side of whichever Office application I had the […]

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Closing Microsoft Office’s Annoying Clipboard Bar [Office Tip]

As anyone who works in an industry that uses Microsoft Office exclusively can tell you, there are certain Office annoyances that grate on your nerves over time. For me, one of the biggest Office annoyances is the Clipboard bar that decides to dock itself to the side of whichever Office application I had the […]

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Dems on Gas Prices: Content to do nothing

Go read Ed Morrissey. By all means, let us work on alternative energies, but they’re not going to be practical, afforable or wide-ranging for a while. In the meantime stop lying to us about the “ten years to drill” nonsense and get busy …
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