Recently, I ran across a laptop I hadn’t used for several years. It had Windows Vista installed and, for the life of me, I was unable to recall the administrator (or, for that matter, any […]
Sometimes, it is convenient to change the font temporarily within a paragraph in LaTeX. This can be achieved quite simply by using the fontspec package (which requires XeLaTex or LuaLaTeX.) In order to change the […]
A list of the world’s independent nations with capitals. You can download this list as a comma delimited text file here. (Field delimiters are double quotes.) Afghanistan Kabul Albania Tirana Algeria Algiers Andorra Andorra la […]
Linux boxes usually include a utility shred that can be used to repeatedly overwrite files on a disk, ensuring that they are irrecoverable. On FreeBSD, the shred utility is included in the GNU coreutils port. […]
One of the perennial annoyances when moving between file formats is the dealing with the way in which some editors wrap text. I sometimes receive files that I need to un-text-wrap. Here’s a handy PERL […]
(initramfs) unable to find a live medium containing a live file system Had this error when trying to boot the TAILS operating system for the first time. Apparently, there’s an issue with some older SanDisk […]
Windows 10 comes with a handy little utility that enables USB drives to be wiped and configured from a command prompt. This is particularly handy if you’ve been using the USB stick with Linux or […]
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