SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Born to be wild - analyzing motorcycle data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/motorcycle_mark.jpg)
What is it that people like so much about motorcycles? The thrill/excitement/freedom of riding them, the 'biker image' portrayed in movies, or great songs such as Little Honda by the Hondells? I'm not a biker per say, but I do have a couple of motorcycles, and am a known associate
![Is Greece in hot water, financially?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/greek_ruins1.jpg)
Greece has been in the news lately, trying to secure funds to repay 1.5 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of the month. And as luck would have it, there is some data available and some graphs to be created ... I love this job!
![Pyramids, body parts, and gender differences](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/angela_pyramid.jpg)
Nope - we're not digging up mummies in pyramids and analyzing the gender - this blog is about population pyramid charts and "digging into data"! But since the title might have lured in some pyramid fans, here's a picture of my friend Angela posing beside a pyramid - pretty cool, eh?!?
![2 days. 2 exams. 2 SAS certifications.](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/Shang_Hua_Wu.new_.jpg)
In just one weekend Shang-Hua Wu went from a SAS user to a super SAS user by getting not just one, but two SAS certifications – SAS Certified Base Programmer and SAS Certified Advanced Programmer. Wu wanted to earn his certifications to position himself for new career opportunities in the
![Using SAS to get the jump on Shark Week](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/man_bites_shark1.jpg)
Discovery Channel's Shark Week starts July 5, 2015 - and I've created a special SAS map & graph of shark attacks in North Carolina to get you in the mood for their week of shark education! But first, to get you in the mood for my blog, here's a picture
![How to handle time (mm:ss.ss) values in SAS](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/dragonboat_race.png)
One of my earlier blogs on handling percent (%) values in SAS was very popular (it's been viewed over 34,000 times!), so I thought I'd write a similar blog on handling time (mm:ss.ss) values in SAS ... This past weekend I was in a dragonboat race (that's me in the