Comments for ElaineGiles.co.uk http://elainegiles.co.uk - Semper Fi - Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Excel … It Doesn’t Add Up! by MikeT http://elainegiles.co.uk/2008/05/27/excel-it-doesnt-add-up/#comment-169 MikeT Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:17:22 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/2008/05/27/excel-it-doesnt-add-up/#comment-169 I have a spreadsheet (Numbers as it happens but it could have been Excel) that I use for finances. The current balance on my credit card is £1418.59 (in case you're wondering, I have recently paid for my Man United season tickets). The credit card is more for convenience than extravagance so when it gets used, I try and cover the spending by transferring money to a savings account, thereby having enough funds to pay it off each month (of course that's the theory but doesn't always happen in practice) So now the balance of the savings account is £1418.59, which means that, in reality, I have enough money to cover the credit card bill but... According to numbers, 1418.59 - 1418.59 = 2.27374E-13 (which in real money is 0.000000000000227373675443232) By the way, the problem doesn't happen if the cells are formatted as currency I have a spreadsheet (Numbers as it happens but it could have been Excel) that I use for finances. The current balance on my credit card is £1418.59 (in case you’re wondering, I have recently paid for my Man United season tickets).

The credit card is more for convenience than extravagance so when it gets used, I try and cover the spending by transferring money to a savings account, thereby having enough funds to pay it off each month (of course that’s the theory but doesn’t always happen in practice)

So now the balance of the savings account is £1418.59, which means that, in reality, I have enough money to cover the credit card bill but…

According to numbers, 1418.59 - 1418.59 = 2.27374E-13 (which in real money is 0.000000000000227373675443232)

By the way, the problem doesn’t happen if the cells are formatted as currency

]]> Comment on Finally!! by MikeT http://elainegiles.co.uk/2008/07/14/finally/#comment-161 MikeT Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:23:29 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/2008/07/14/finally/#comment-161 It was well worth the 6-hour wait! Thanks to the guys in the Apple Store who did a great job as did Mark and Stuart from O2. Nobody lost their rag and it was all good natured...and I even realised that computer games can be fun (well Super Monkey Ball is anyway) It was well worth the 6-hour wait! Thanks to the guys in the Apple Store who did a great job as did Mark and Stuart from O2. Nobody lost their rag and it was all good natured…and I even realised that computer games can be fun (well Super Monkey Ball is anyway)

]]> Comment on Creating Global Shortcuts with Typinator by ElaineGiles.co.uk » Blog Archive » The Fox Gets More Fire http://elainegiles.co.uk/2007/10/22/creating-global-shortcuts-with-typinator/#comment-147 ElaineGiles.co.uk » Blog Archive » The Fox Gets More Fire Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:52:42 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=4#comment-147 [...] entirely my own system with the majority of my bookmarks, a process I’ve mentioned before in Creating Global Shortcuts with Typinator but despite this I can certainly see the benefits of the new management system Firefox brings with [...] [...] entirely my own system with the majority of my bookmarks, a process I’ve mentioned before in Creating Global Shortcuts with Typinator but despite this I can certainly see the benefits of the new management system Firefox brings with [...]

]]> Comment on Sharing calendars in multiple accounts on a Single Mac by macbites.co.uk » Blog Archive » Shownotes - MacBites Episode 0008 http://elainegiles.co.uk/2007/12/31/sharing-calendars-in-multiple-accounts-on-a-single-mac/#comment-18 macbites.co.uk » Blog Archive » Shownotes - MacBites Episode 0008 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:31:38 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/2007/12/31/sharing-calendars-in-multiple-accounts-on-a-single-mac/#comment-18 [...] Elaine’s how-to for sharing calendars on a single Mac [...] [...] Elaine’s how-to for sharing calendars on a single Mac [...]

]]> Comment on About Me by Chris http://elainegiles.co.uk/about/#comment-14 Chris Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:05:19 +0000 #comment-14 Hi Elaine, I listen to a few Mac based (biased?) podcasts, it's great to hear some British voices though - particularly northern! Thanks for your efforts and I wish you the greatest success. Regards, Chris - a northerner now floating on the Isle of Man. Hi Elaine,

I listen to a few Mac based (biased?) podcasts, it’s great to hear some British voices though - particularly northern! Thanks for your efforts and I wish you the greatest success.

Regards,
Chris - a northerner now floating on the Isle of Man.

]]> Comment on About Me by Elaine http://elainegiles.co.uk/about/#comment-11 Elaine Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:58:46 +0000 #comment-11 Hi Chris What a great tip! I don't have a PPC Mac so I've never really looked for something like this but I shall certainly mention this on MacBites. I'm sure there are many people who have PPC Macs and would be thrilled to try it. I definitely couldn't live without my second screen :-) Thanks again Chris Elaine Hi Chris

What a great tip! I don’t have a PPC Mac so I’ve never really looked for something like this but I shall certainly mention this on MacBites. I’m sure there are many people who have PPC Macs and would be thrilled to try it. I definitely couldn’t live without my second screen :-)

Thanks again Chris

Elaine

]]> Comment on About Me by Chris Dodds http://elainegiles.co.uk/about/#comment-9 Chris Dodds Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:57:59 +0000 #comment-9 Hi to all Well done on your new podcast "macbites". Just incase you haven't come across this little application. In episode 5 you were talking about screen spanning, with this little app "Screen Spanning Doctor" you can enable a (PPC) G5 imac to use screen spanning (Two Monitors), works great been using for a while. http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html Hi to all

Well done on your new podcast “macbites”.

Just incase you haven’t come across this little application.

In episode 5 you were talking about screen spanning, with this little app “Screen Spanning Doctor” you can enable a (PPC) G5 imac to use screen spanning (Two Monitors), works great been using for a while.

http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html

]]> Comment on FREE Training Resources - Part 1 by elainegiles.co.uk » Blog Archive » FREE Training Resources - Part 2 http://elainegiles.co.uk/2007/10/20/free-training-resources-part-1/#comment-6 elainegiles.co.uk » Blog Archive » FREE Training Resources - Part 2 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:51:03 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=5#comment-6 [...] you missed part 1 you can find it here and without further ado here’s part [...] [...] you missed part 1 you can find it here and without further ado here’s part [...]

]]> Comment on Creating Global Shortcuts with Typinator by macbites.co.uk » Blog Archive » Show Notes - MacBites Episode 0003 http://elainegiles.co.uk/2007/10/22/creating-global-shortcuts-with-typinator/#comment-5 macbites.co.uk » Blog Archive » Show Notes - MacBites Episode 0003 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:53:02 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=4#comment-5 [...] Elaine’s tutorial on creating global shortcuts in Typinator [...] [...] Elaine’s tutorial on creating global shortcuts in Typinator [...]

]]> Comment on FREE Training Resources - Part 1 by Elaine http://elainegiles.co.uk/2007/10/20/free-training-resources-part-1/#comment-3 Elaine Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:48:35 +0000 http://elainegiles.co.uk/?p=5#comment-3 You're very welcome Eda and much more to come in future parts - I found many more resources than I imagined! Elaine You’re very welcome Eda and much more to come in future parts - I found many more resources than I imagined!

Elaine

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