Looking for a way to cheer up? Combat some work frustrations? Tune in to the melodic charm of stock charts… Here are some melodies derived from stock charts, arranged with Songsmith by Johannes Kreidler, a downturn never sounded so good. You can download this app and make some yourself too!

But wait, there’s more!

Make Pt1087
AC/DC “Rock N Roll Train” – music video in an Excel spreadsheet Like PowerPoint, once everyone has something it’s abused, used and eventually art comes of it.

Make Pt1739
Excel drawings.

 Hypocycloid
Spiral Star art made in Excel.

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Games developed in Excel.

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Use Excel to read the web – (good way to be sneaky at the office)…

BY Phillip Torrone

Editor at large - Make magazine. Creative director - Adafruit Industries, contributing editor - Popular Science. Previously: Founded - Hack-a-Day, how-to editor - Engadget, Director of product development - Fallon Worldwide, Technology Director - Braincraft.

2 Responses to Financial data as music… Excel as art…

  1. Financial data as music. Seems to me Douglas Adams thought of this.

  2. I once implemented Conway’s game of Life in excel. That was fun.

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