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R.I.P. Michael Crichton

November 11th, 2008 ·

The high spirits I felt at the election of Barack Obama were tempered upon hearing of the death of Michael Crichton, one of my all-time favorite authors.

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Tags: Books · Jamel Cato · Michael Crichton · Pleasure Reading

An Easy Way to Master INDEX/MATCH Formulas

September 1st, 2008 ·

At least once a month I use an INDEX/MATCH formula to match and merge patient data from multiple Excel files. I wrote this post because when I first sought to learn the technique I found the other tutorials on the web either lacking or hard-to-follow.

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Tags: Data Analysis · Excel · Jamel Cato

A Scathing Review of The Happening

June 19th, 2008 ·

I’m not a professional movie critic. But if I were, both my thumbs—and my toes—would be pointing down when I reviewed The Happening, the latest thriller from filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. There are two main reasons why.

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Tags: Jamel Cato · Movies

The End of the Easy Rawlins Series

June 2nd, 2008 ·

I recently finished reading Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley, the 11th and final novel in the acclaimed Easy Rawlins mystery series (the one that President Clinton made famous when he declared it his all-time favorite). Like the 10 installments before it, it was excellent. Instead of reviewing this particular book, I want to commemorate the [...]

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Tags: Books · Jamel Cato · Pleasure Reading