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Some notes on fonts

Recently I’ve discovered some fun new things about fonts, in LaTeX and under linux. (Yes, it’s another geek-out post. Sorry mum.) All this stuff can be found online (that’s where I found it), but it’s a bit scattered around. And I can’t remember where any of it is. Summary: XeTeX gives LaTeX access to non-TeX-installed [...]

Discoveries: stumpwm and screen-profiles

Apparently my family don’t understand anything I write on this blog any more. This post isn’t going to help. The good news is, I’ve got a bundle of photos from Stockholm which I hope to put up sometime over the weekend. Travels in Scandinavia, that’s not geeky at all, right? This, on the other hand, [...]

Kubuntu wireless woes

I just bought a wireless card, installed Kubuntu Dapper Drake, and imagine my delight when it just worked, out of the box, no problems at all! Glory be. So I ran a complete update, crowed publically, and went to bed. The next time I started up, the wireless card had apparently evaporated. The solution is [...]