First convert the PDF to excel format. Remove any unwanted lines, rows or any characters. Verify the data is correctly formatted, then save it as .csv file.  Use import/export...

Remember the old piece of wisdom which says "Be careful what you ask for.  You just might get it."  In my fourth IT positon I managed a start-up department for...

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I would quite like to experiment with a 3D printer.  One of my hobbies is building model railways and after trying to scratch build the Victorian bridge at...

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Rod, our electricity went out about 8:30am on Thanksgiving and was out until around 1:00pm.  I'll bet lots of folks were upset about their holiday meal prep.  Then yesterday a...

I ran across this post while searching how to do just this task.  I have a 776-page hardbound book with ancestry data that I want to import and parse into...

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Rod, I hear you on the old furnace.  We bought a home right across the street from my youngest son who owns an HVAC company.  He had earlier done some...

I've never really been much into tech gadgets, but I would like to have something like a 50" wide-screen display with a wrap-around screen for multi-tasking - or playing...

My Christmas shopping for my wife is done.  We are just making the move of all her 'stuff' from a 14-year-old Dell desktop to a brand new custom-built Win 11...

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I'm consciously going to make myself very unpopular but feel I must comment on this whole idea of 'working too hard' and the effects on 'mental health'.  I seriously doubt...

I can't believe you folks are stewing over this.  Use freaking alias and move on.

Now for my next cup of java before I get up.  It's past 9:00.

It depends on whether it's Monday morning or Friday afternoon.

I would guess trust in science is at an all-time low, not because there is anything wrong with the scientific method, but rather because it has become so...

Can data save the world?  Well, maybe

Can data destroy the world?  Well, maybe.

WILL data save the world?  I'm not very optimistic.

I have related to you all earlier a situation where...

As someone who has a degree, I agree that a degree is not necessary. I've lost out on even being considered for some jobs because my GPA was not...

One of the affects of the gig economy you all should be aware of is what I hear is a current trend.

I've been retired now for 13 years and living...