What program lets you rate many things by comparing two at a time?
Help me find a program/web app that sorts lists by asking you to compare two items at a time. I'm pretty sure I've actually seen this program (web site? Excel sheet?) somewhere, but I only remember the...
View ArticlePlease help me sort this out
Sorting algorithm - how would you do this? I have a list of Type objects, somewhere around 100 - 120 objects in the list. This list determines the persistence order in which any of these objects will...
View ArticleCase-sensitive, but not sensitive enough
Can Excel 2003 sort (or filter) primarily on case? I have some data in Excel of mixed case-some all caps, some all lower case. I want to segregate the lower case items, so I can delete them. As far as...
View ArticleI'd rather be obsessive/compulsive than confused.
Organization, self and environmental control and time management: How do I holistically reduce chaos from my life so that I can function well? I don't just need a plan, I need follow through. I was...
View ArticleHow can I load (and sort) a really huge text file in Perl?
How do I load and then sort a really huge (94 MB) text file list of words? Perl runs out of memory trying to load all the lines-- before I have a chance to try to sort it. My text file contains a list...
View ArticleClothing mess - how to solve?
Help me organize my 7 year olds clothing! I am in the process of going through my daughters (7) room and cleaning it. The end goal is to declutter and allow for her to put away her laundry/find clothes...
View ArticleServer-side script for combining RSS feeds?
Do you know of a server-side script for combining RSS feeds, removing duplicates, filtering out items that match keywords, and then generating a new RSS feed as a result? I'm looking for something that...
View ArticlePuzzles Weren't My Major: How Do I Re-Order An Mixed Up List?
Help me sort out this problem of ranking bracket winners... Thx in advance, hivemind. I have a bunch of data that needs to be ranked in the form of "A won over B", "C won over F", "A won over F", "B...
View ArticleWhere does "Cashew, Carrot and Cardamom Cupcakes with Cashew Cream Cheese...
Help an application Luddite find a good system for organising recipes. I'm looking for a blog-like organisational system that I can use for an offline compendium of files--specifically, a recipe...
View ArticleSlugQuest
Has anyone ever found a source for life-like rubber slugs? I've been trying to find some for an art project and every source I've been able to think of has turned out to not to have any such thing. And...
View ArticleMake Windows XP sort by Modified Date automatically... every time?
Easy Windows XP question, yet hard to google: Is there anyway to set the 'select file' dialog boxes used by virtually every program to sort by Modified Date instead of Name? At work I constantly find...
View ArticleFacebookFilter
Facebook has been telling me "Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours. We apologize for the inconvenience" for 5 days. I'm...
View ArticleFolder, i hardly even...
How can I change the view of EVERY FOLDER on my computer (vista 64) to the same view, sort by and group? For he past few months my computer has taken it upon itself to change the view and layout of...
View ArticleWelcome to Flingers!
What is kitty trying to tell me with this litter flinging? First, let me preface this question by acknowledging that the true answer to all cat behavior questions is "Because it's a cat." Onward... Our...
View ArticleHow to sort data WITHIN a cell in Microsoft Excel 2007 on Windows?
How to sort data WITHIN a cell in Microsoft Excel 2007 on Windows? I have row after row of data, some of which has multiple lines of text in a single cell. I'd like to sort the data within that cell in...
View ArticleHow to tell a client they're wrong?
How to explain and persuade a client that their brilliant idea isn't? Apologies, up-front, for the length... I have a client for whom I maintain a website. It's a moderate-sized site and, while not...
View ArticleDoes excel have a WHERE clause?
I have an excel file with a list of expenses that are continually updated, sorted by date. There is a column for specifying the category that each expense belongs to. Is it possible to create a formula...
View ArticleSort Gmail Inbox by Sender
How Do I Sort My Gmail Inbox by Sender? The Gmail inbox shows messages by date, the most recent first. Is there any way to sort by Sender, so that I can read (or move or delete) everything by sender?
View ArticleDatabase from Word.doc
How to make a database from word doc? I have 32 pages of email addresses, not in table form, on an MS Word doc. What do I do to import these into an Access database? Must I put each address into its...
View ArticleHelp me organize my Gmail account
In gmail, is there a way to search for emails that don't have a specific label or don't have any label? I have something on the order of 10,000 emails. I have only sporadically organized my emails (eg...
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