Category Archives: Excel blog

Occasionally I check the Google Trends page, to see what’s the hot news of the day (or hour). If you’re stuck for a blog idea, or dinner conversation topic, you might get some inspiration there. It’s not too surprising, but … Continue reading →

For my desktop computer, I have two monitors – a 22” widescreen (that seems to be dying), and a 20” square. It’s easy to forget that other people don’t have as much screen real estate, and they’re reading my site … Continue reading →

Akismet blocks most of the spam comments on my blogs, which is great. I check the list of blocked comments, and have only found a handful that were incorrectly marked as spam. Most of the flagged comments are obvious spam, … Continue reading →

Yes, I have a new microphone but don’t worry, I’m not using it for singing. The injuction that the neighbours filed is probably still in effect. I’ve been making Excel tutorial videos for a while, and posting them on my … Continue reading →

I’ve added pages for my sites at the AboutUs.org website wiki. Contextures Excel Pivot Tables Excel Theatre Debra D Because the site is a wiki, you can create an account and edit your own pages, or other pages. It seems … Continue reading →

I’ve added a new static page to this blog – Excel Videos – using the TubePress plug-in. It was really easy to install and set up, and you can show YouTube videos for a specific user or playlist, or show … Continue reading →

Last weekend I transferred my domain registration for this site to a different web host. That went smoothly and quickly, despite the warning that it could take 5-7 days. It’s Complicated With my confidence bolstered by that success, I was … Continue reading →

Today I was backing up my RSS feeds in Google Reader, and was shocked to see that I’m subscribed to 386 feeds. Wow, that’s about double what I would have guessed. There are only a few blogs that I read … Continue reading →

New FTC Disclosure regulations for bloggers took effect on December 1st. I’ve added disclosure information to my blogs and website, and hope that’s sufficient. On Louis Gray’s site today, there’s a set of FTC Disclosure icons that you can download, … Continue reading →

This blog was down for most of the day, but seems to be fully functional again. It’s hosted on DreamHost, and the System Status forum there was full of complaints, as you’d expect. Apparently the servers were down for a … Continue reading →