Archive for March, 2008
Null Pointer Exception
By Chandoo at 31 March, 2008, 3:08 pm | 0 Comments
or Powerpoint Cartoon #2
On a more personal note, I have migrated this blog to spanking new version of wordpress 2.5, which promptly broke several of my installed plug-ins. I couldnt get enough time in the morning to figureout what went wrong, so checked the blog quickly in IE and Firefox and it seemed to [...]
73 Free Designer Quality Excel Chart Templates - Grab now and become a charting superman
By Chandoo at 28 March, 2008, 5:18 pm | 27 Comments
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How many times you created a chart in Microsoft excel and formatted it for minutes (and sometimes hours) to reduce the eye-sore?
Well, I will tell you my answer, its 293049430493 times
Worry not! for you can become a charting superman (or elastigirl) by using these 73 free [...]
PHD’s Regular Blah #12
By Chandoo at 26 March, 2008, 7:37 pm | 2 Comments
I have been busy last few days both at office and home. While work is keeping me busy at office, at home I am occupied with learning how to drive.
I took my permanent license exam today and failed miserably. My examiner was surprised that I failed on so many counts, once I actually joined the [...]
Read More >>Did you see the moon-walking bear? - nice ad
Transport for London’s new advertising campaign to increase the safety of cycle travel in London is pretty innovative, watch the ad here (totally safe for work, so go ahead and watch):
But there is another important lesson in the ad, as Seth Godin suggested, way too many marketers wanted us to count the passes and let [...]
Read More >>Wow! - Traveling salesman in the age of ebay
Xkcd simply rocks, so much so that its one of the first things I check in the morning. See this gem:
Read More >>Track / share your goals using Google Spreadsheet Gadgets
By Chandoo at 20 March, 2008, 7:06 pm | 3 Comments
Google docs team has announced gadgets, auto-fill support, formula help while typing and several other goodies yesterday. I was experimenting with these stuff and wanted to share a cool idea with you all.
Tracking / Sharing your goals (or resolutions, progress) with everyone using Google Spreadsheet Gadgets:
For the example purpose, let us build a gadget that [...]
Car gets PHD, nobody is hurt
By Chandoo at 19 March, 2008, 3:13 pm | 9 Comments
Well folks, we have finally purchased a car, a toyota camry that is, ah! typical dvd (Desi in ViDesh) choice you may say, well, I have nothing to respond for that. I dont have permanent license yet, so you can roam around freely on columbus roads for few more days, walk all you want.
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