I wrote some papers you may be interested in? shifty metadata 18Jul2017 Current file path 30Oct2014 finding conventions, establishing standards 27Aug2014 getOption 18Aug2014 benchmarking the sasload statement 17Jul2014 rebuilding wide macros 09Jul2014 last week of quarter 19May2014 setting %array values through %do_over 03May2014 convert to a [hhmmss-type integer to a] sas time - (SO) 30Apr2013 pretty note blocks 01Apr2013 writing fractions in html 01Feb2013 my sas global forum 2013 abstract 26Nov2012 blocks, not lines 30Oct2012 dates from date times 28Oct2012 classical sas 25Sep2012 resolve function 17Sep2012 wuss2012: building macros and tracking their use 02Aug2012 windows environment variables 10May2012 my sasgf12 timeline 26Apr2012 self-purging macros? 06Apr2012 simulating child's play 02Apr2012 getting feedback on macro parameters 29Mar2012 macros and the data step 14Mar2012 api upgrades 19Feb2012 vending machine math 23Jan2012 the positive side of keeping all your eggs in one basket 05Jan2012 dates in datetime fields 22Sep2011 continue-looping 14Sep2011 the VVALUE function--like a quick PUT function 25Apr2011 label carryover 07Mar2011 month of quarter variable 08Feb2011 how do i read a file's creation date? 26Jan2011 prxparse(dates) 04Feb2010 the utility of generic macros 09Nov2009 an mmddyyyy hhmmss informat. kinda. 20Oct2009 random dates 15Jul2009 calculating average time (duration) 10Jul2009 %d: a handy little macro for dynamic dating 08Jul2009 encoding data points for use with google charts api calls 01Jun2009 reading overlapping text segments 19May2009 reading non-standard datetime values 11May2009 reading iso dates and datetimes 06May2009 frustrations with dashboarding in sas 9.1.3 28Apr2009 %expExcel 25Feb2009 sas variable lists 25Jan2009 scraping the sas training pages 14Jan2009 proc pwdecode 07Dec2008 the missing format: qyy 06Aug2008 wiping usb drives 18Jun2008 autosave my day 24Jan2008 the ugly truth about call execute 16Jan2008 let that be a lesson to 'ya! 21Dec2007 converting yyyymmdd-type integer to sas date values 21Dec2007 what's the point of this? 09Nov2007 itunes xml parser 08Nov2007 sashboards = dashboards in sas? 06Oct2007 calculating period-to-period changes in sas 06Oct2007 ZipsNear 14Sep2007