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Cheat Sheet: Adding Math Notation To Markdown

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0100

A quick-reference guide, with examples, on how to add math notation to Markdown documents.

Microsoft Edge Browser as a PDF Viewer & Markup

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:07:00 +0100

Microsoft’s Edge browser supports viewing PDF files. It enables marking up PDFs with your own comments, highlights and drawings.

How To Use A Passkey with SSH

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:34:00 +0100

Here’s how to use Passkeys to authenticate SSH connections.

Windows 11, 2024 Snipping Tool Fix Save Location

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:34:00 +0100

The Snipping Tool in Windows 11, 2024, has a problem with the save location. The default location is the Pictures > Screenshots folder. Also the tool does not remember the last location used, unlike older versions of the Snipping Tool.

Here is how to fix it.

Launching Windows Apps From Within WSL

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:29:00 +0100

The interoperability provided by WSL enables calling or running Windows applications directly from within the Linux command line.

PowerShell: Adding Colour & Icons to File Listings

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:34:00 +0100

Adding icons and colour to folders and files improves the user experience in PowerShell.

Use An Alias To Quickly Find Your IP Address - Windows & Linux

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:37:01 +0000

Here’s how to create Alias commands to simplify tasks on the command line. The examples given relate to retrieving IP addresses. The process is shown for Linux using Bash and Windows using PowerShell.

How To Avoid Long OneDrive Folder Names

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 14:13:00 +0100

If your employer or university provides you with Microsoft OneDrive, you’ll know how useful it can be. But the OneDrive folder name tends to be very, very long, like “OneDrive - The University of Quahog”. The long name can get in the way, for example when in the prompt of an IDE, in a terminal session or when browsing files in Explorer. One simple command, mklink, can fix that.

Windows SSH To Remote Server With FIDO2 + Hardware Key (YubiKey) Multi Factor Authentication MFA / 2FA

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:34:00 +0100

Windows ships with OpenSSH. Here’s how to update the version then use it with MFA option FIDO2 + a hardware security key, such as a YubiKey.

Working With Python Virtual Environments

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:01:01 +0000

Here’s how to use virtual environments within Python projects to reduce the risk of version conflicts across Python projects.

Install Manim On Windows 11 & Windows 10

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:20:01 +0000

Manim is a Python based tool that creates animations of math and technical concepts.

Browsing A WSL Distro In Explorer

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:37:01 +0100

If you have installed WSL and one or more linux distributions, it is possible to work with the contents of their file systems from within Windows Explorer.

MySQL and Windows Terminal

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0100

MySQL has it’s own terminal emulator, providing a command-line interface (CLI) for the direct input and execution of SQL commands and scripts.

Markdown, Mathematical Expressions and VSCode

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0100

Markdown documents can include elegant representations of algebraic formulae, using KaTeX.