Dia Creating UML diagrams with Dia works like a charm! It provides some default tools. You should simply try it. Dia is a free tool. Take a look at these screenshots: LaTeX I only know MetaUML for creating class diagrams entirely in LaTeX. Does anybody know something different? Of course, you can include a diagram [...]
Some animals are truly amazing. Just take a look at them. I’ve also included some video clips of funny individuals. Axoltotl The axoltotl is capable of the regeneration of entire lost appendages in a period of months, and, in certain cases, more vital structures. Some have indeed been found restoring the less vital parts of [...]
I recently had some problems with TikZ because of my outdated LaTeX-Version. Ubuntu does only provide TeX Live 2009. The latest one is TeX Live 2011. As Ubuntu doesn’t provide the latest LaTeX-Code, I’ll explain how to install it by yourself on an Ubuntu System. What is LaTeX? LaTeX is a document markup language. So [...]
I’ve decided to fill some holes in my ceiling and my wall today. I don’t want to paint my room the next time as it is too cold at the moment, but the holes were really ugly. I’ve added a photo of them. So I went to the next hardware store and asked what could [...]
I’ve just stumbled across a full, working example how to create a html form within an LaTeX document. You can fill this form within your PDF-Reader. Here is the example PDF-file. It looks like this in Chromes PDF reader: You can save this as pdf-form.tex and run this command in Linux: It seems as if [...]
Anamorphic Art Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image. Here is a good example by Felice Varini: Pavement Drawings Pavement Drawings can be combined with anamorphic art. One great artist I’ve found is Julian Beever. Here is one [...]
What is ACTA? The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a trade agreement between the following states: United States: signed 1 October 2011 in Tokyo Australia: signed 1 October 2011 in Tokyo Canada: signed 1 October 2011 in Tokyo Japan: signed 1 October 2011 in Tokyo Morocco: signed 1 October 2011 in Tokyo New Zealand: signed [...]
