When I was growing up, our family had a bookcase containing a set of encyclopedias – it was where I went to obtain information and facts about various things, to satisfy my curiosity and impress my friends. Now that we have the Internet, Wikipedia has …
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Counting fast-food calories over the holiday
Most of us put on a few pounds over the holidays. It’s difficult not to, with the holiday dinners, and then all the special desserts, snacks, and candies. But there might also be another source of extra calories that you hadn’t thought about – fast-foo…
What do they call Santa in other countries?
With the Christmas holiday approaching, I got to wondering what they call Santa in other countries. Of course, some countries don’t celebrate Christmas – but most countries at least have some sort of “winter holiday,” and most also have some tradition …
How to share your SAS knowledge with your professional network
As you might have heard, sasCommunity.org — a wiki-based web site that has served as a user-sourced SAS repository for over a decade — is winding down. This was a difficult decision taken by the volunteer advisory board that runs the site. However, the decision acknowledges a new reality: SAS […]
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Timeline of all the U.S. presidents
I was recently reading the Wikipedia page about the U.S. presidents. There was a table with a lot of interesting data, but I thought it would be much easier to get a handle on the information if there was also a timeline graph. So, of course, I set out…
Tricks for importing text files in SAS Enterprise Guide
I’m a big fan of the Import Data task in SAS Enterprise Guide, especially for its support of text-based files (CSV, tab delimited, fixed width, and more). There’s no faster method for generating SAS code that reads your data exactly the way you need it. I use the tool so […]
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Who was the oldest US president?
Donald Trump is pretty spry and energetic for an old guy – he’s currently 71 years old, and seems to have more energy than I do (and I’m about 20 years his junior). But is he the oldest US president? Well, as with many questions … it depends. Follow …
Yes – Wednesday is M&M day at SAS!
Some people might think it’s an urban legend that SAS gives its employees free M&M’s. Well, I’m here to tell you it’s true! Every Wednesday at the Cary headquarters, a bucket of M&M’s shows up in each of the break rooms. I’m only half-kidding i…