Hopefully Helpful Hints
The purpose of this page is to make some of my notes on computing issues available to others. Expect updates every now and then...
- Mathematica graphics and fonts
- They say it's been "reinvented". Like Madonna? Or like the wheel?
- Invoking Mathematica without starting the Notebook interface
- This works on UNIX and Mac OSX systems.
- Embedding movies and other objects into PDF using LaTeX
- A simple example is discussed here
- Creating Animations for Presentations and the web
- Some tools, with emphasis on UNIX and Mac OS X platforms
- Setting up a new web site at uoregon.edu
- Information for new faculty and students.
- Blackboard content management
- How to deal with Blackboard at the UO
- LaTeX education
- Some pointers on LaTeX and word processing
- Annotating and manipulating scientific graphics
- Some issues with Adobe Illustrator as a vector graphics tool are solved here.
- LaTeX and scientific computer presentations
- Here is a discussion of possible strategies
- LaTeX with small-size images for the web
- Replacing large vector graphics by small bitmap images in LaTeX documents
- Leopard issues and solutions
-
- Leopard tweaks and recipes:
- Under Leopard, Preview doesn't play nicely with Keynote, so you have to work around that.
- Searching with and without Spotlight on Mac OS X
- Some old and new ways - and old isn't always bad.
- Additional notes on Mac OSX and X11
- Most recent entries refer to Intel Macs.
- LyX downloads (version
≤ 1.6) -
LyXversions 2.0 and above now include my code, so you should download them from the official site.
A watercolor painting program in HTML Canvas (supports both browser types: Mozilla and WebKit).
© James Nöckel 2010
Disclaimers
There's nothing to it. You just have to press the right keys at the right time with the right force, and the organ will make the most beautiful music all by itself.Johann Sebastian Bach
This book fills a much-needed gap.Moses Hadas
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.Blaise Pascal
Try to remove the color-problem by restarting your computer several times.Microsoft-Internet Explorer README.TXT
Jens Nöckel Last modified: Mon Nov 21 08:38:27 PST 2011