Time flies! Cuti-cuti 🏖️ Malaysia 🇲🇾 : Make your own customisable state-by-state holiday calendar 🗓️ for 2025 with #TeXLaTeX tex.my/2024/11/17/cuti-malay…
Reposting. To edit or make your own 2025 Malaysian public holiday calendar, you can clone this Overleaf project or download the source files as a .zip; details in blog post tex.my/2024/11/17/cuti-malay… #TeXLaTeX
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From #CTAN:
Takayuki Yato submitted the bxcoloremoji package.
Version: 1.0 2024-11-11
License: mit
Summary description: Use color emojis more conveniently
ctan.org/pkg/bxcoloremoji
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From #CTAN:
LianTze Lim submitted the beamertheme-mirage package.
Version: 1.1 2024-10-24
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A beamer theme with dark and light colour schemes
ctan.org/pkg/beamertheme-mir…
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If you’ve been given a #TeXLaTeX template (or sample .tex file, or doc class .cls file) to write your manuscript, report or thesis, be careful not to load incompatible packages! In this blog post I’ve listed some common gotchas to look out for.
tex.my/2024/08/21/beware-inc…
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With no rain for several months in many areas of Thailand and a record breaking heatwave, a rain-making ceremony was held. Traditionally, a real cat would be used, but it seems the locals decided on Doraemon instead—a modern twist against animal cruelty.
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What the hell are italics?
First: proper italics aren't just the same letters but slanted — they've been slightly redesigned.
Second: it turns out they come from Italy, hence the name.
But the story begins with a man called Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg...
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In Finland it's standard for people to have a gap in their CV of some years during their 20's. In job interviews it's accepted as normal and politely ignored. The section title for it in the default CV layout provided by the state translates roughly to "dark night of the soul"
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Charles Darwin perfectly captures the joy of writing:
"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything" - Oct. 1, 1861.
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Merry Christmas with TikZ and @overleaf! I wish you a TikZ or #TeXLaTeX book underneath the Christmas tree! 🎁🎄
Are you still looking for a #Christmas present? If your friend uses #TeXLaTeX, consider gifting them the 'LaTeX Graphics with TikZ' book! Or ask for it as a gift yourself. 😉 check out TikZ.org just a few days left🎄happy #Advent #AcademicTwitter #phdlife
