Perl / ExcelProgramming idea for the day! Instead of me trying to convince everyone to stop using bloody spreadsheet for everything, and use a system of mine instead, why not modify my systems to read a real excel spreadsheet! It's going to be impossible to conv... Perl and ExcelFound some handy documentation at <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-pexcel/">IBM.com</a> of all places.Ongoing Excel / PERL stuffThe PERL Excel project is coming along nicely, it takes a long time to parse an Excel file, they're enormous... I've been working with a month's worth of gigs, just in partner venues in the UK, and that comes to about 1.1MB, so I opened it in Excel a... How to convert an Excel date to a UNIX dateExcel stores a date as the number of days since the start of 1900, and UNIX as the number of seconds since the start of 1970, so the sum is:<br /><br /><code>$unixTime = ( $excelDate - 25569 ) * 24 * 60 * 60;</code><br /><br />ExcelSuccess, got the barfly listings being inserted into a fairly basic excel spreadsheet here... Should mean it's easier for magazines to include / minpulate the listings.Will figure out a way of using this for popex, for those who want it, without it m... Excellent work there PhilExcellent work, cheers!Can you send me a DVD of it..? Not familiar with <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Charlotte+Street,+Folkstone,+Shepway,+Kent,+CT20&spn=0.013932,0.038813&iwloc=A&hl=en">Charlotte Street in Folkestone</a>, but will try and check it out... Excellent, cheers!A follow up to the original <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/blog/45/13//DARKSIDED.html">Darksided</a>.Excellent news, cheersYou spotted that pretty fast, who are you, where did you come from? <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/cgi-bin/register.cgi">Sign up</a>, let's make this a bit more communal...PopEx + PopExcellentlessJust wanna stick my oar in and say "here's to pastures new!"... even if it is in a year or so.<br />Plenty of time to plan.<br /><br />I hear there's an England Manager's job on offer around then.RE: hahaha excellentI think most baby items have similar types of "warnings " on them... my mum and I had hours of fun in mothercare! Yep, baby due in less than 2 weeks, its all still a bit surreal and sitting at home before the move is KILLING me....Those are excellent icons...On a similar note I bought a breast pump yesterday that told me only to use it under adult supervision. Did they think I was going to let the baby milk itself??hahaha excellentI think it's a "modern" kind of warning, ie if you are an eleven year old who has just given birth, ask someone to help you out.<br /><br />I didn't know you were pregnant, congratulations.Excellent 80s videos!!!Look out linkers to excellent 80s videos, you're getting suckered. Insurancemovies.com has gathered together a load of free youtube content - the idea is you link to it (and if you just copied the URL or used the default title that it has on del.icio... Excellent Folkestone gig history history from Patricia Duke (nee Brown)Got sent a picture of The Pretty Things at the Flamenco Bar, which is now nowPipers, on Tontinee Street... Anyone else got any any old photos like this?... AC/DC's new video in ASCIIOriginal on youtube, in case that didn't work.Via Musically, download the original Excel spreadsheet there, cheers Stu.Don't forget your AC/DC tickets... RT @itchypaws @pauly Have you seen this: http://bit.ly/8A4Jo3<a href="http://blog.motorcycle.com/2009/09/30/funnies/the-vw-motorcycle-sidecar/Excellent">VW splitty side car</a>! Cheers Andy... Excellent homemade dinner todayI had one of the dinners I made the other day and it was fabulous, sausage casserole, roast carrots, leeks, peas, and swede and potato mash, really really tasty. I forgot to mention I also made carrot and coriander soup the same day, that was ace too... Ricky GervaisExcellent little pub warm up for his Animals shows / DVD... Sharks and Nazis!Graham CoxonExcellent, good to see his <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/tag=clarkeology-21#&amp;mode=blended&amp;keyword=blur" title="Amazon: Blur">Blur</a> bandmates turning out to cheer him on the audience too, Damon was pogoing away like a goodunTen Years After<blockquote>left [the Derek and the Domino's gig] very early to go see Ten Years After at the Leas. They were excellent, having stood in for Jethro Tull at short notice. - Nick Ashman</blockquote> - so, guessing that makes it this date!Kings of Leonwarmup, excellent!Latitude Festival 2010 in SuffolkOne of the newer festivals and an instant hit with all you revellers. Latitude aims to be different. Poetry, politics, comedy and of course excellent...Equator Festival: Coco XpressPlaying Salsa, Mergengue, Bugaloo, Bachata, Cha Cha Cha, and all popular Latino rhythms. This band will guarentee an excellent night's entertainment, for top dancers and left-footed tropical party-goers alike.