Writing and its tools

Scrivener Writing Software

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:37:06 -0800

Any of you have Macs? You might want to check out Scrivener. Very cool looking outliner/ storyboarder/ editor all wrapped in one. Almost makes me want to get a Mac. Product review here. Anyone know of anything similar for PCs?

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MyNoWriMo Is Coming!

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:42:53 -0800

As just posted in the NaNoWriMo group, March is MyNoWriMo -- like NaNoWriMo, but sooner! Anyone care to get on board and write a novel in a month? Just let me know -- I've got a word-count check-in system on another website, and would be happy to create a login for anyone who wants to join in the fun...

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The most complex document I have ever seen

nobody@vox.com(enrico) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:32:34 -0800

This is a post about LATEX TYPEWRITING!
Direct link to a PDF-File
This is so advanced... I really don't know how to approach this. It is fascinating how they made it. Really. Since I am creating a formulary at the moment... I dig in deep and try to find methods how to create it. The layout. The structure.

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An advice for my hopefully new pen(s)

nobody@vox.com(enrico) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:25:21 -0800

So, I used a lot of fillers when I was a teenager, then converted to the religion of cool-people-with-underlings, but lately... I started using my old filler again. Since this is an old filler, I can't buy ink for it anymore.

Dry writing doesn't work, thus this post.
I had the Faber Castell Finepen 1511 for a while, but its tip gets really scratchy after a while.
Underlings ... I am sick of... so ...? Any advice? :D
I know, I know... there couldn't be any stranger place and occasion to ask, but ... well ... just asking. :)

edit:
Woops. Fine writing should be possible. I mean the tip should be like "fine". Small. Or... narrow. Whatever the term is. Sorry can't explain it better.

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TeX Tools

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:12:14 -0800

For anyone getting started with TeX/LaTeX, here are a few links that might help:

TeX Users Group (lots of great software and info)
MiKTeX (excellent Windows implementation of TeX)
MiKTeX TTF Font Installer (for installing truetype fonts in MiKTeX)
TeX Live (another TeX system)
LaTeX Community (new forums just getting off the ground)
TeXnicCenter (excellent, free Windows TeX editor)
LyX (a beautiful, semantically-based front end to TeX)
LEd (another free Windows TeX editor)
Texmaker (a free, cross-platform TeX editor)

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