TeX and Me

I just wanted to document how I installed TeX on my MacBook Air. I grabbed and installed BasicTeX-2008 from the MacTeX folks. TeX binaries were installed in: /usr/local/texlive/2008basic/bin/universal-darwin. So I added that directory to my path. Next I updated the installed packages: tlmgr update bin-texlive texlive.infra tlmgr update –all Since the ACM style file seems …

Love is a Warm Scanner

I have too much paper. Between various old documents, bills, statements, and magazines there’s reams of paper cluttering up my life. While I’ve been shifting as much as possible to paperless solutions where possible, the paper still accumulates. That’s why I love my Fujitsu ScanSnap. It’s a little scanner that tames the paper piles. While …

Magically Multiplying Fish Tanks

Kim received a “free” fish tank from my buddy Rob last fall. In the past 5 months that single tank has magically expanded into 4 separate fish tanks: Kim’s 29 gallon Freshwater Hex My 3 gallon Freshwater Eclipse My 46 gallon (Empty) Bow-Front Kim’s 29 gallon Saltwater Reef BioCube Here’s a new page of pictures …