Posts about the TeX language, about the destributions (LaTeX, tetex, miktex, etc.).
2009.09.0116:26:09 BSTSome latex tricks with referencesA few LaTeX tricks I just discovered today related to labels and references. Much of these are described in more detail in the Wikibooks guide. Beside the standard \label{marker} and \ref{marker} pai
2009.03.1912:02:42 EDTGowers's experiment and future of blogOhmA remarkable on-line collaboration in mathematics happened recently. Tim Gowers initiated a fairly modest program some 6 weeks ago, trying to get a heuristic justification (or refutation) on how one s
2008.02.1000:29:57 ESTwrapfig.styCute trick I just found: it is possible to "in-line" a picture or a block of text or a table similar to the HTML box model where the in-line material is floated in the middle of the page with text wra
Anime/Manga (3) News, reviews, recent purchase, thoughts, and pretty much everything about Anime and Manga.
Books (7) Book reviews primarily. Sometimes recommendations of new publications or mentioning of books I really want.
Chinese (33) Posts written in Chinese, posts about the Chinese language or culture, or posts concerning my experience being of Chinese descent. (以中文寫作, 或是內容有關於中國語言及文化, 和我個人的華人經驗的文章.)
Creations (12) My creations, could be musical, literary, graphical, or in other formats, but generally fall under the category of Art.
German (1) Posts written in German. It will be empty for a while, until I become passable writing in German.
French (1) Posts written in French. (Les entreés écrivées en français.)
Religion (1) My thoughts about religion in general, specific news about the various religions.
Japanese (1) Posts written in Japanese. It will be sparse until my Japanese becomes better.
Linky! (55) Boing-boing-like entries which links to fun stuff I found on the web (many of them through boing-boing).
Linux (22) Things related to the Linux operating systems. Particularly prominent on things about Gentoo, my preferred flavor.
Mathematics (59) Posts about mathematics. Upcoming conferences, conference descriptions, papers I am reading, papers I am writing, pre-prints, all sorts of goodies. Also some of my thoughts about mathematical education and such.
Movies (1) Movies I saw recently. Reviews. Movies I plan to see in the future. Expectations.
Music (10) Posts about the music I listen to or the music I play. Things about the music industry usually don't go here (they end up, almost always, in the outrageous! category.
Politics (7) Things that, unfortunately, I have to deal with as an American in a democratic republic, but about which I really wish I could just stop caring.