Wednesday, April 13, 2011

2011 NFL Draftees and Mock Draft Template - Excel Spreadsheet Download

I don't know if this is useful for anybody here but many individuals participate in mock  NFL drafts where each of the 32 teams is represented by a member. I imported all 2011 draftees from a website into Excel. I might have missed a few. Like I said I don't know if this is useful to anybody here but thought I'd share anyways. List of players:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3ATTL5XG

Use this blank NFL Mock Draft to predict the players being drafted. Fill in your predictions or print it out and manually write in the predictions. Download this blank NFL Mock Draft by clicking the image or this link: NFL Mock Draft

NHL Downloadable Excel Spreadsheet Bracket

Click here to download the newly updated 2012 NHL Playoffs bracket!

Track your favorite teams progress in this 2011 Printable NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket.  Fill in your team’s progress in this 2011 Printable NHL Playoffs Bracket. Download this 2011 Printable NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket by clicking the image or this link: 2011 Printable NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket


Click here to download the newly updated 2012 NHL Playoffs bracket!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Excel as a 3D Graphics Game Engine

I've longed believed that Microsoft Excel really is the Swiss Army Knife of software tools. It never ceases to amaze me just *how* versatile a program it is and how user friendly it is as it doesn't matter what your skill level is - anyone can use it. Some people take Excel programming to the extreme. One such example is using Microsoft Excel as a 3D graphics engine.


 
Peter's work doesn't exploit any hidden code whatsoever – the feat was done using completely documented features installed as standard on a default Excel build. Worksheet=Screen of the engine. Cells=Pixels.



"Obviously whimsical but slightly mind-blowing — an Eastern European coder has published video and the Excel tables to get full 3D wireframe running in Microsoft Excel. He even has solid polygonal graphics running. This isn't an Easter Egg by the Excel creators. Rather, he's using formulas to output the graphics, using two different methods, and showing all the variables on-screen in real time as the 3D is created."





 
Now we have arrived at the next step of this integration, as Excel's cutting-edge 3D functionality is not hidden in Easter Eggs anymore but can be accessible publicly and easily. Excel has grown up and started its conquest as a revolutionary 3D game engine. Excel is very useful program indeed. 


Download the Microsoft Excel 3D Graphics Engine Here