The Final Piece. After compiling the mind maps for different aspects of what I believe is required for a successful story, I spent an afternoon outdoors in the sun. After moving, I hadn’t spent any time looking at the garden areas outside, so I decided to get out there to clean out the weeds. While…
Read MoreWriting Tips – Mind Maps: Style Finally, once you have thought about all the other aspects covered in my other mind maps, you then need to consider the writing style you want to employ to create the story. In the mind map below, these are some of the aspects (let me know if you can…
Read MoreWriting Tips – Mind Maps: Characters Probably the most important part of any story are the characters. They are the inhabitants of your world, and if you cannot describe them, then your audience will be unable to connect. The challenge is to create characters that are believable. How do you do this? Think about people…
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The Most Annoying Song In The World This could easily be done with a disgusting blend of noises to create a “song”, however, in the true spirit of a song, it must have some form of structure. I thought that this was going to be a difficult task, but it seems that it has already…
Read MoreFinding Inspiration Requires A Plan I mentioned yesterday how I was unsure how I was going to find the inspiration to get myself back on track with my goals. One thing I realised I do on a regular basis is to make lists. Almost everything I know is written down on scraps of paper that…
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How Am I Ever Going To Find The Inspiration? I’ve come to the realisation that it’s going to take an extreme amount of effort to get my head into DJ/producer mode. I spend a large amount of time listening to tracks, finding new artists, new songs…it takes up so much time. Add to that work,…
Read MoreI wanted to know a list of all radio stations within my state because I used to use a belkin fm transmitter to listen to my ipod. When travelling I find that the clarity of the signal gets a bit noisy some times. So searching the web, I found a list of all the radio…
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Excel Worksheet Tips: Average Without Zeros Have you got a collection of data that you wish to take the average of, but do not want to include zeros? By including them, it will alter the average you are looking for. Excel 2003 =SUM(A1:A10)/COUNTIF(A1:A10,”<>0″) Excel 2007 & 2010 =AVERAGEIF(A1:A10,”<>0″,A1:A10) This is the quick way to use…
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Excel Worksheet Tips: Hiding Buttons When Printing You may have a sheet that contains buttons, which when pressed, perform an action. When printing an active sheet, these buttons will be displayed on the printout. This may not be desired, as it doesn’t look professional. To remove these from printing: 1. Ensure you are in design…
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Excel VBA Tips: Selecting the Default Printer in VBA I had created a document that is to be printed by multiple people in different locations. However, when pressing the print button that I created on the worksheet, I needed to ensure that the default printer for each location was selected. This can be done with…
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