Installing Windows on a MAC using BOOT CAMP

This is for those who wish to dual boot their MAC with Windows. Whether you accept it or not, Windows is quite popular among the masses and the profusion of useful windows specific software forces MAC users to install it on their beasts even if they don't quite like it. Compatibility with other Windows users is another driving factor for the necessity to install Windows. Apple made this possible with their Intel transition in 2006. Boot Camp made the process very simple with its introduction along with MAC OS 10.5 (Leopard). Boot Camp has seen an upgrade to version 3 with the release of MAC OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), with support for Windows 7. Let us go through this simple process without further delay.

Latex Tutorial: Lecture 1

OK guys. I've decided to write a series of blogs on how to start using LaTeX. This is for people who are willing to make a switch from MS-WORD/Open-Office/Pages to LaTeX to prepare their complex documents. The reason I use the word 'Complex' will be evident either later in the post or some other post that I will write later. First up, I'll cover the installation part on 3 Operating Systems (Mac OS X, Windows and Linux). This will be equivalent to overcoming a major hurdle for newbies (That's how I felt when I began learning LaTeX). Installing is not difficult, but a bit confusing. Hence, I've decided to dedicate a complete post to that. I plan to go in a step-by-step manner on how LaTeX works. Firstly, I'll start off by showing y'all a picture I came across on the Internet. This picture summarizes the need to make the switch when preparing complex documents.

The most important advantage of LaTeX is that you need not worry about formatting the document. Globally specified, the formatting remains the same throughout the document. Just worry about the CONTENT. Preparing complex documents like, say a Book, becomes a tedious task once you have to keep adjusting the position of text relative to the figures and tables in the document. You end up spending more time formatting the document than adding content to it. More on the advantages sometime later. My attempt here is to encourage more people to use LaTeX. This post is not to condemn or highlight the short-comings of Word processors. Every person has their own comfort zone and being a tech geek, I would prefer preparing complex documents in LaTeX. For people who are not tech-savvy, better stick to word processors. So, decide if you are willing to give LaTeX a try before continuing to read further.

Make Safari open new windows in tabs

Here's a small workaround to make safari open new links in tabs. Just copy-paste the following command in terminal. Restart the browser and there you go.

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

Note that this trick is for Safari 4 and below versions. In Safari 5, there's an 
option in the preferences window which allows one to change the setting such 
that new pages always open in new tabs. A screenshot is attached.

I know I haven't been writing enough. I promise to share my views and post my latest tweaks more frequently. I guess even small posts aren't that bad!