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pdfTeX error

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Sam

! pdfTeX error (font expansion): auto expansion is only possible with scalable fonts. \AtBegShi@Output …ipout \box \AtBeginShipoutBox \fi \fi l.207 \include{declaration} If you’re using microtype add \usepackage{lmodern}

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Putty SSH Multi-hop X11 Forwarding

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Sam

If your remote computer is sitting behind a firewall and the only way through to it is an sshgateway server you can use a multi-hop. e.g.
Home Computer-> SSH_Gateway -> Work_Computer

With plink on the command line: Continue reading →

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Canada Cancer Council Fun Run 2009!

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Sam

Ran for Cancer and pancakes at the Canada Cancer Council 5/10 km Fun Run today! This time with Susannah, Kas, Holland, Chris, and Linda. They all did well and we helped raise $41,000 for cancer research (as in all the … Continue reading →

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ANU Sailing Club and PARSA BBQ

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Sam

I tried sailing for the first time Sunday afternoon on a choppy, windy, cold lake Burley Griffin. It was a lot of fun! Mostly I sat in the boat while someone else sailed, baby steps. I’m planning to take a … Continue reading →

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Brisbane and Palm Cove July 2007

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Sam

I finally uploaded some photos from my two weeks in Queensland (a few are captioned). More to come. Enjoy these for now.

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Canada Fun Run For Cancer

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Sam

Today a friend and I ran the 10k (6mile) Canada Fun Run (formerly the Terry Fox Fun Run). It was a nice day with cool weather, many people participated to raise money for cancer research, and we managed a good … Continue reading →

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Second Place in Burgmann Food Festival!

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Sam

I won second place in the Burgmann College Food Festival for my Chocolate Chip Cookies! (First prize went to Spicy Chicken Wings.) For second place I won a tea set for two. Don’t ask me, apparently there was a Mother’s … Continue reading →

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Vim: Search and replace in all buffers :bufdo %s/pattern/substitution/ge | update bufdo: applies the following command to all buffers. %s: means search and replace the whole file g: change all instances in a line e: avoids the error when the … Continue reading →

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Sam | 2 Comments

More Marathon Photos

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Sam

I received the photos taken by the marathon’s photographers along the route. Here they are, appropriately captioned :-)

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Brumbies vs The Crusaders Game

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Sam

I went to the footy on Saturday. Not soccer or American football, but Australian Rugby Union, which is not to be confused with Rugby League or the AFL (Australian Football League :-). Despite my friends best efforts to explain the … Continue reading →

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