Francisco of XL Cubed announces the development of an Excel Chart Tamer utility. This utility will be an alternative charting interface, which will offer chart types and formats designed for easy creation of effective charts. A public beta is expected in October. I’m looking forward to it.

John of cellmatrix.net explains Two-Way Variance Analysis in Post 2 of the series (Post 1 was published almost a year ago).

Large Hadron Rap - A YouTube performance celebrating the opening of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. More info from Wired article This ain’t no jive, particle physics rap is a hit.

Chandoo of Pointy-Haired Dilbert reviews seven alternatives for Microcharting in Excel. He starts with a couple versions of in-cell REPT() formulas, moves on to shrunken versions of actual Excel charts, discusses using dingbats and other fonts in cells, and finally touches on free and commercial utilities that build sparklines for you.

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