- Changes in Funding for 3rd Level and research after the Budget
Ireland had an ‘emergency’ budget re-allocation today. In addition to the general measures, which can be seen here [Supplementary Budget Changes], there were additional changes to the University Sector. I have copied these sections from the document [Minister O'Keeffe outlines key Budget measures in Education as part of efforts to cut public spending] which is [...]
- Macports through a proxy
We have a proxy in work that prevents connections from being made out directly. I found out about the awesome MacPorts program, which is a bit like apt for OSX. It pulls backports from a repository and installs them for you. There’s not a lot to the tool’s installation if you live on the open [...]
- Automatic Table Row Numbers in LaTeX
I am writing my thesis in LaTeX at the moment, and I highly recommend it. The main advantage is the ability to mark a document up with tags, such as section and chapter numbers, which count automatically. This means that it is possible to move parts of the document around transparently, and all the references [...]
