Interesting reading on the dangers of corporate research labs.
I’ve been writing LaTeX lately as god^Wknuth intended it, choke full of mathematical goodness. The output is beautiful.
August 1, 2007
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Muli Ben-Yehuda's journal 
I wonder if the author actually intended to write “panty raid” or if that is a Freudian slip!
Comment by unknownblogger — August 1, 2007 @ 9:53 AM |
Since it’s a quote, one hopes it’s accurate.
Comment by sneakums — August 1, 2007 @ 10:25 PM |
One thing I discovered when I was playing with TeX and LaTeX is that there is a big gap between what it gives you by default and what it takes to get the beautifully fitted pages you see in Knuth’s books.
Comment by sneakums — August 1, 2007 @ 10:27 PM |
My old resume started with this prolog:
\hoffset=-0.25in \advance\vsize0.5in \nopagenumbers \def\br{\hfill\break} \parindent0pt \parskip0.5\baselineskip plus 1pt minus 1pt \def\section#1{\penalty-2000\vskip0.5\baselineskip{\bf #1}\par\penalty10000} \newbox\leftbox \long\def\table#1#2{{\setbox\leftbox\hbox{#1}\lineskip\baselineskip\lineskiplimit\lineskip\halign{\hbox to \wd\leftbox{##\hfil}&\vtop{\advance\hsize-\wd\leftbox\normalbaselines\relax ##}\cr #2}}} \def\ipar#1{\parskip0pt\normalbaselines\advance\leftskip0.5in\relax #1} \def\inset#1{\noalign{\ipar{#1}}} \def\idt#1\par{\par\penalty1000{\ipar{#1}\par}} \vskip\parskipComment by taral — August 1, 2007 @ 10:31 PM |
I write plain TeX. Hardcore.
Comment by taral — August 1, 2007 @ 10:28 PM |