Monthly Archives: January 2011

Fun Pyramid Set Math

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Jeremy Shapiro

If you’re doing work out sets with a pyramid, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 , there is some really cool math to figure out your totals, or work backwards from a total to get your max count … Continue reading →

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Building a Snow Cave

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Jeremy Shapiro

So you wanna build a Snow Cave? Thankfully it’s a lot easier than I thought – easy as in not complicated, that is. Building a snow cave takes a lot of hard physical labor, but is well worth it in … Continue reading →

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Extending the Battery Life of Verizon Android Phones

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jeremy Shapiro

If you have an android phone such as the Droid or Incredible, you know how horrible the battery life is. If you don’t touch the phone all day, you MIGHT make it to lunch time before needing to recharge it. … Continue reading →

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Reducing PDF File Sizes on OSX

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Jeremy Shapiro

Sometimes when I print a file to a PDF, the resulting file is HUGE. There’s no reason for a print-ready 1 page, mostly text page made in Microsoft Word to be 7 – 40 MB. Fortunately, there’s a little-known, but … Continue reading →

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Copying and Pasting Non-Hidden (Visible) Cells in Excel

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Jeremy Shapiro

Every have a huge spreadsheet with some hidden rows and columns, only to find that when you copy and paste the data, all the hidden data comes along for the ride? Guess that would be helpful sometimes, but other times, … Continue reading →

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