ptex2pdf release 0.8
I have uploaded ptex2pdf to CTAN. Changes are mainly about how files are searched and extensions are treated. ptex2pdf now follows the TeX standard, that is: first check if the passed in filename can...
Kobo firmware 3.16.0 mega update (KSM, nickel patch, ssh, fonts)
As with all the previous versions, I have prepared a mega update for the Kobo firmware 3.16.0, including all my favorite patches and features. Please see details for , and . As before, the...
TeX Live 2015 released
After long time of waiting we finally released TeX Live 2015. Get some champagne, and ready to party! Get it via downloading the net-installer, by obtaining a DVD, or downloading the iso. Besides the...
柿くへば。。。ー 二つの解釈
日本語の先生は正岡子規の下記の有名な俳句を読ませてくれた：「柿くへば
鐘が鳴るなり
法隆寺」日本語のクラスの後、自転車での通勤しながら、解釈を考えた。そして、妻の意見と感覚を尋ねた。全然違う解釈その結果をここに述べる。
まず、句の言葉の説明
Tribute to Hermann Zapf
Last weekend Hermann Zapf, one of the greatest font designers and typographers of our times, has passed away at the age of 96. Much has been written about his life, his immense sphere of...
Debian/TeX Live 2015 – the new layout
While updating the TeX Live package for Debian for the upcoming 2015 release, one of my aims was to convert as much as possible of the TeX configuration infrastructure to use dpkg triggers. We...
USB stick update: Debian is back, plus GRML
In the on the multi-boot usb stick, Debian had to be dropped, due to missing support of iso-loading in the Debian installer iso images. Thanks to helpful comments from Jonathan McDowell and private emails,...
USB stick update: TAILS 1.4, GParted 0.22, SysResCD 4.5.2, Debian Jessie
I have posted a view times ( and ) about how to get a multi-boot/multi-purpose USB stick working. Now that TAILS has seens a major upgrade, and Debian 8.0 Jessie has been released, I...
Debian/TeX Live 2015 preparations
I have uploaded a preliminary version of the texlive-bin based on the 2015 sources (plus the first fixes) to the Debian archive, targeting experimental. As there are four new packages built from the sources...
TeX Live 2015 DVD preparation starts
As the last step in the preparation of the TeX Live 2015 release we have now completely frozen updates to the repository and built the (hopefully) final image. The following weeks will see more...
クライミング 雑穀谷 (Climbing Zakkokutani)
昨日久しぶり雑穀谷へ。グルジアの友だちと福井の友だちと富山の山の会の友だち、ちょっと混雑になった。グルジアのＴさんは、バレリーナみたいいろんなルートを登っていた。どんなにジョーズだな〜と思っていた。
コンスタンティノ・ウェッケル ー 年々に何が起こる？
Komm, wir gehen mit der Flut und verwandeln mit den Wellen unsre Angst in neuen Mut. 上げ潮で行って、波で僕らの虞を新しい勇気に変更しよう！
Shishiodoshi or Us and They – On the perceived exclusivity of Japanese
The other day I received from my Japanese teacher an interesting article by Yamazaki Masakazu 山崎正和 comparing garden styles, and in particular the attitude towards and presentation of water in Japanese and European gardens...
