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GIS: Free control and API to batch find which shapefile shape a longitude / latitude co-ordinate is in 4 Mar 2011 | 07:31 am
When geographically mapping data, for business or (unlikely) pleasure, a common file format used is the ESRI “shapefile”, typically recognised by ending with .shp. This file format allows one to speci...
Excel macro to fix "Number Stored As Text" error 24 Sep 2009 | 08:58 am
It has been a particularly geeky day for the Poorhouse today as it happens. Ugh. So let's celebrate with the latest of his Excel discoveries designed to allow an optimum amount of user laziness in bet...
Translate whole Microsoft Powerpoint or Word documents for free 24 Sep 2009 | 08:52 am
The Poorhouse's discovery of the day: DocTranslate - A heavenly, and free, treat for those of us poor info-workers who deal with several countries, not all of which are polite enough to speak English ...
Cash machine banter 22 Sep 2009 | 10:17 am
Cash machines, aka ATMs, never the funnest of things are they? Useful, yes, when they're being friendly. Offensive, also, when they're not. And goddamned annoying whenever anyone except you yourself a...
The adventures of a space cheese 3 Aug 2009 | 10:12 am
The ingenuity of mankind knows no limit. Even in these recessionary economically disastery times of crime-ridden misery, nothing is getting in the way of the human urge to push the boundaries of knowl...
Smile or the sack 20 Jul 2009 | 09:18 am
Crikey, this has to be one of the most annoying things that corporate businesses has introduced in a while, and that's saying quite a lot with the amounts of business BS that goes on. Better yet, it i...
Some delightful free Excel add-ins - naming and charting 7 Jun 2009 | 10:56 am
Joys! Another post on the intricate un-wonders of Microsoft Excel. As all those who are unlucky enough to be Excel fiends know, there is enough about it that is a right royal pain in the ass. Anything...
Swine 15 May 2009 | 08:56 pm
Killer swine! Yes, those notoriously filthy beasts have been at it again, only unfortunately this time they've been mixing it up and cavorting with pigs would you believe? Hence, mutated viruses, yada...
Evidence: recreational websurfing at work should be mandatory 17 Apr 2009 | 08:46 am
The Poorhouse is a big fan of acronyms, and here's a new one that surely is about to take the world by storm: WILB. Researchers (well, a researcher) use it to mean "Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing...
Some ultimate cheapskatery 6 Apr 2009 | 09:30 am
Darryl C: legitimately smugTo some, the Poorhouse has something of a reputation for miser-like tendencies on certain items, allegedly. Or let's put it nicely: frugality. Anyhow, despite having a broth...
