Monthly Archives: March 2007

ksh stuff

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Ben

Below is a little code I use with ksh. The wt() function can only be expected to work in an X-term. The code sequences are different for other terminal emulators. DIRSTACK=$PWD function dirs { print $DIRSTACK }   function pushd … Continue reading →

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More math, shift in blog direction

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Ben

I’m planning to drive this blog in a slightly different direction. That is, I want to narrow down what I write about here to a few categories that interest me most, instead of shooting off in all directions with no … Continue reading →

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Joi Ito’s Web Math Joke

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Ben

As Joi Ito said, too funny not to blog. I know it’s old, but I still laughed out loud: After explaining to students through various lessons and examples that [tex]\displaystyle \lim_{x\to 8} \frac{1}{x-8} = \infty[/tex]. I tried to check if … Continue reading →

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Latex on WordPress.com

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Ben

I saw the recent announcement that wordpress.com now supports native latex equations. The posted examples are pretty sweet, and the syntax is just fine: $latex $. I thought to myself, “boy, I sure would like to have that on my … Continue reading →

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