Monthly Archives: May 2014

Dumb email bounces

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Patrick O'Beirne, Excel/VBA developer

A spammer is sending mail to Polish addresses faking an address from one of the domains I administer. Nothing unusual in that. What’s more annoying is all the recipient postmasters replying to the APPARENT from-address, ie my address, saying the … Continue reading →

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Irish Computer Society evening talk on Spreadsheet Controls

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Patrick O'Beirne, Excel/VBA developer

My talk on “Spreadsheet Management and Controls” is next month at the ICS. Monday 18:00 – 19:30 9th Jun This session outlines current concerns about risks from the uncontrolled use of spreadsheet-based information systems. The session will cover how to … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Cell

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Patrick O'Beirne, Excel/VBA developer

I liked this post on the Excel-L list today. On 07/05/2014 10:21, Laurent Wright wrote: Reminds me of a question, many years ago, that I got asked. In Layman’s terms, what is the difference between Access and Excel? My reply … Continue reading →

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