Down with tinyurl! (was Re: importing excel data into a python matrix?)

[Ken Watford]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.343.1283384585.29448.python-list at python.org>,
> geremy condra  <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:35 PM, patrick mcnameeking
>><pmcnameeking at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been working with Python now for about a year using it primarily for
>>> scripting in the Puredata graphical programming environment. I'm working on
>>> a project where I have been given a 1000 by 1000 cell excel spreadsheet and
>>> I would like to be able to access the data using Python. Does anyone know
>>> of a way that I can do this?
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/2eqqjxv
>
> Please don't use tinyurl -- it's opaque and provides zero help to anyone
> who might later want to look it up (and also no accessibility if tinyurl
> ever goes down).  At the very least, include the original URL for
> reference.
>
> (Yes, I realize this is probably a joke given the smiley I excised, but
> too many people do just post tinyurl.)

Not that I disagree with you, but you might find this helpful:
http://tinyurl.com/preview.php