You have a series of hyperlinks from which you want to extract the URLs. You want to keep the hyperlink display text as well.

1. Copy the hyperlinks into a column in Excel (column A).
2. Copy the hyperlinks into the adjacent column as well (column B).
3. Select column B and right-click on the selected cells. Choose "Edit Hyperlink"
4. In "Display" the value will be "multiple cells". Delete this text and save. Just the URLs will remain in column B.
5. Select column A and right-click on the selected cells. Choose "Remove Hyperlink". Just the display text will remain in column A.

I'm not willing to let terrorists scare me too much. I Am Not Afraid.

The rise of emerging markets and a host of new billionaires from third-world countries helped boost the ranks of the 10-figure club to a record 793, as 102 people managed to make the leap. The average net worth of the list's members is $3.3-billion (U.S.). Their combined wealth grew 18 per cent to $2.6-trillion, greater than the GDP of all but six countries in the world.

My kind of Guy: a Mac and hockey lover

Brad Templeton's blog is good. It's mostly an ideas blog, and his post on the implications of IM on friendships is worth reading.

Electro-smog isn't good for you.

A post with some substance.

Conan O'Brien pointed out that the Globe and Mail was wrong about two of his characters:

Diehard fans can only hope O'Brien includes some of his program's popular regulars, like the Masturbating Bear, the Dancing Gorillas, the Quake Guy or the Constipated Robot.

O'Brien noted that the dancing gorilla and quake guy have never been on his show. But instead of asking for a retraction, Conan made the Globe correct by introducing, for the first and last time, the dancing gorillas and quake guy.

It's in the newspaper; it must be true.