Monthly Archives: July 2007

‘They threw my laptop into the atmosphere’ | The Register

By Martin Murphy | Published: July 26, 2007
It’s funny what happens in really large organisations. ‘They threw my laptop into the atmosphere’ | The Register I wonder if I could try any of those excuses with my boss?
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Create an in-cell bar graph with Excel

By Martin Murphy | Published: July 26, 2007
Excellent tip here to Create an in-cell bar graph with Excel from the Lifehacker Shortcut Screencast Contest. Really handy for quick graph, and it works in OpenOffice.org also. Screencasts look like a good way to distribute tips like this, so I’ll have to look into that for the future, maybe using Jing for screenshots and screen [...]
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Nokia N95 vs. iPhone

By Martin Murphy | Published: July 24, 2007
Nokia are saying that the N95 is better than the iPhone, at least in the European market. Just read an article on SiliconRepublic.com: Nokia aim to “rip through the iPhone hype” While I personally would prefer the features in the N95, the screen, interface, and form factor of the iPhone are much better. If Apple could [...]
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Friday Fun: The Internet Crash of 2007

By Martin Murphy | Published: July 20, 2007
Saw this on LifeHacker, it’s a fun video from the onion about the Internet crashing: Friday Fun: The Internet Crash of 2007 – Lifehacker
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Today’s word from Dictionary.com: triskaidekaphobia

By Martin Murphy | Published: July 13, 2007
Today’s word in the dictionary.com word a day feed is “triskaidekaphobia” Nice one guys.
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