Generating PDF files with RTeX

I love LaTeX and I love ruby/rails. I want to use rtex, it seems perfect for me. But, I am having trouble and am looking for help — once i get this working i’ll make a blog post for the world. First, do i have what it takes? tim@polycarp:~/test_rails$ which pdflatex /usr/bin/pdflatex tim@polycarp:~/test_rails$ which latex … Read more

pdf rtex

I love LaTeX and I love ruby/rails. I want to use rtex, it seems perfect for me. But, I am having trouble and am looking for help — once i get this working i’ll make a blog post for the world. First, do i have what it takes? tim@polycarp:~/test_rails$ which pdflatex /usr/bin/pdflatex tim@polycarp:~/test_rails$ which latex … Read more

Dragon Naturally Speaking on Windows 2008 Server

Recently, I purchased the upgrade to Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 for Windows and experienced some difficulty installing the software. Officially, the web-site lists the following supported versions: Windows Server 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows XP SP2 or higher, 32-bit Windows 2000 SP4 or higher Windows Vistaâ„¢ or Windows Vistaâ„¢ SP1, 32-bit 64-bit OS not currently … Read more

Setting up my Radiant Blog

I just started setting up my personal Blog after forays into WordPress and Mephisto I have settled on Radiant. Radiant is a very flexible system with lots of development. The folks in #radiantcms are extremely helpful and the entire site is in ruby and uses the rails construct. How did I set up GIT? Which … Read more

My first blog post

Today was a sad day. Sad because a friend left. This friend gave me much and I feel that I gave so little in return. The whole day seemed so surreal. There were many who stood up and said things and I sat there stuffing my face with food. I was aware that I was … Read more