September 2007

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Slightly new look…

You may notice that I have updated the blog’s look and feel slightly.

The original theme, also called Methodological Madness, was two years old and is beginning to look dated. The new theme, called Madness 2, is more modern and slightly more colourful, while still retaining a link to its past.

I’m still doing some finetuning […]

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Don’t use Microsoft Excel 2007 yet

There is currently a newsgroup post about a serious calculation error in Excel 2007.

The issue relates to certain formulae which should return 65535 when it doesn’t.

That’s why most companies don’t upgrade software so quickly they have released. Imagine what would happen if critical financial computations were compromised by this bug.

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Theology and atheism in practice

In John Anderson’s valedictory speech to Parliament this week on the relationship between what people believe and what they will end up doing in the world. It sort of ties up with what I have noted earlier, though from a slightly different perspective. It is also an interesting contribution to the recent debates […]

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You know you are Asian when…

More than 20% of your Facebook friends’ surnames start with the letters W to Z.

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Random things to learn

Here are some random things that I have to learn:

What is the easiest way to set up a non-profit company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001 Whether an incorporated association can act as a corporate trustee What are the responsibilities of (a director of) a corporate trustee under Australian trust law. The amount of separation required […]

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