I first used Excel at university in Cork while studying maths and physics. It soon rebranded as the Microsoft Excel world championship. It’s a niche thing in some ways but, then again, Excel is used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. View image in fullscreen Diarmuid walking down the ‘hype tunnel’ at the Excel World Championship. But when I saw the instructions for the final case – using Excel to fold a virtual sheet of origami – it felt like something I could do.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2026 06:31 UTC