I learn new things every day. Gisela just sent me a hint about putting those super-long URLs between brackets to avoid breaking the URL when the line is wrapped in an e-mail application: <http://www.somesite.com/a/really/long/url>
Read more →I had a discussion about which software tools I use for my research, so here is a list of the most important (in no particular order): Firefox: with adblock and mouse gestures. NetNewsWire: for handling all the blogs I am reading. MarsEdit: to write blog entries. Publishes directly to my WordPress driven blog. OmniGraffle:...
Read more →I have received a number of Word attachments recently. Nowadays, I only touch MS Word when I am forced to by other people, as I rely on TextWrangler, TextEdit, OpenOffice and LaTex for my various text related activities. I started to summarize why I think people should avoid Word, especially as e-mail attchments, but...
Read more →I recently discovered that it is possible to generate PDFs with video/animation included in the file using LaTeX. Works like a charm, but unfortunately the files only work properly in Acrobat (not Preview).
Read more →