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Comparing strings in JavaScript is quite easy, as long as you know about the equals operator and the JavaScript If Statement . This is all you need to know to find out if two strings of your choosing are equal. Below we have created a fake authentication system and use an if statement to see if the user's name will grant them access to a special message. JavaScript Code:
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Create Coloring Book Pages from Photos
Instructables user PenfoldPlant gives a great step-by-step guide to turning photos into coloring book pages using Pixlr , a free online imaging webapp. The steps are pretty system-neutral and you should be able to figure how to follow the instructions using Photoshop, GIMP, and other image editors easily enough. Once you've mastered the basics of converting the photo to grayscale, inverting the photo, and applying a Gaussian blur, you can add in additional elements from other photos such as the example above that places a child in an island paradise with a treasure chest. If you're looking for inexpensive, yet thoughtful holiday gift for the children in your life consider creating a short coloring book using this method. How to Make a Coloring Book | Instructables <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
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You are cordially invited to match wits with some of the best minds in IBM Research. Seems some of us can't see a problem without wanting to take a crack at solving it. Does that sound like you? Good. Forge ahead and ponder this month's problem.Programming
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In previous versions of Excel, one of the most powerful and least understood functions is the Pivot Table and the Pivot Chart. Inside the finance department there usually lurk some very intelligent people who know how and why Pivot's are a good idea, but outside of this environment the knowledge appears to be scarce at best! I recently started delivering a 2 minute overview of Pivot capabilities in Office 2007 to my customers through the Microsoft Buzz Day program which helps train end-users in our enterprise customers and it seemed to go down rather well across industries and across different user groups.
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About the Speed of Spreadsheets #2 This is the second post on Excel speed. The first part benchmarked the calculation speed of Excel 2003 versus Excel 2007 for various size arrays of formulas. This part analyzes the effect of formula complexity on the spreadsheet speed. Power Management: An Animated Buck Switching Regulator Model in Excel 2003 This is an animated model of a Buck voltage switching regulator in MS Excel 2003.