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Excel Inventory Control System DEMO

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This video shows an Inventory Control System that was built in Excel. The purpose is to demo the various layers to consider in creating such a document:
– Distinct Incoming, Outgoing and Inventory Sections
– Required fields so that complete info is entered
– Alerts that give users an idea of anything that’s missing
– Protected cells so that formulas can’t be accidentally corrupted
– Prevention against a user requesting something that isn’t in inventory
– Prevention against a user requesting more than what is in inventory
– Use of dependent drop lists to control input and output

I don’t go into the “how-to” but if anyone is interested, please let me know.

NOTE: Several people have contacted me about this document.
I’ve made it available for download at a low price at http://datascopic.net/downloads/inventory/

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VLOOKUP: compare lists and retrieve information

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I was asked for my Top 5 Excel Functions. Number 2 is VLOOKUP.
This video goes along with a blogpost on my site:

In this video I show 2 ways that VLOOKUP can be used:
1. How do we determine which of our members HAVE NOT replied to their invitations?
2. How to retrieve data from a master list to round out an incomplete list

Kurt & Oz Making Ice Cream with Liquid Nitrogen

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This afternoon Kurt and I experimented with liquid nitrogen, habanero-infused vanilla extract and coffee beans.

The video starts with the end of the coffee bean roasting. In order to get the beans to stop roasting and not get too bitter, they’re normally taken off the stove and dipped into an ice bath. Today, we poured liquid nitrogen on them. Kurt will deliver the taste test results later.

The ice cream was delicious. The habanero flavor was completely missing but the bourbon and vanilla flavors were nice.

We’re planning to do it again, folks!

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Using Dummy Data in Excel. Also: Pivot Table and VLOOKUP

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(It’s best to view this “Large” rather than the small default window”)

In this video we see an example of using dummy or bogus data. Often we get data sets that are hard to work with because it’s got Employee IDs, Part Numbers, or other strings of characters that aren’t easily comprehensible.

I show how I often convert data like this into names of fish. As part of the process, we see a pivot table and a VLOOKUP.

NOTE: my tutorials are still a bit crude. Hopefully they’re improving. :-)

Oz Dragon Cookie Followup

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This is follow-up to a recording that was interrupted by technical difficulties.
Just wanted to share that part of the Dragon Cookies mission is to bring maturity to the pleasure of eating the hottest peppers.

The interview can be seen at http://www.spreecast.com/events/dragon-cookies-live

There are a lot of pranksters and masochistic videos that overshadow the flavor and enjoyment of spicy foods. My invitation is that we pause and create opportunities to enjoy the gift of capsaicin. Please, Respect the Cookie.

Nicole Challenges the Peanutbutter Dragon Cookie

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Nicole has her first experience with the Peanutbutter Dragon Cookie. A cookie filled with the flavor of peanutbutter and a mixed of ghost peppers and habanero peppers.

Find more info @ www.DragonCookies.com

Kate, Oz & Peanutbutter DragonCookie

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How to enjoy the Dragon Cookie

Kate and Oz enjoy the Peanutbutter Dragon Cookie and milk on a Thursday evening.

Ghost Pepper Bourbon Infusion

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This bourbon was rated as a “best value” so for $12 I got it to experiment with infusing ghost peppers.

This will sit for 48 hours and we;ll see what happens.

Stay hot, my friends