for /r %x in (*.ext) do ren "%x" *.other.ext

from l in context.LeftTable
join x in context.RightTable on l.Id equals x.LeftTableId into y
from r in y.DefaultIfEmpty()

Unfortunately I can no longer remember where I learned this from so I can’t give credit.

Joel Albahari points out in an MSDN thread that it is not necessary to use the join keyword at all and presents this, (IMO) much more understandable version:

from l in context.LeftTable
from r in context.RightTable.Where(x => x.LeftTableId == l.Id).DefaultIfEmpty()

The above snippets accomplish the same as

from LeftTable l
left join RightTable r on l.Id = r.LeftTableId

in regular SQL. The key in both solutions is the DefaultIfEmpty()

What’s the solution then?

There are three steps, all quite simple, and they just require a restart of the browser.

1. Enable quality rendering in Cairo for smaller font sizes.

   This can be done through about:config. Find browser.display.auto_quality_min_font_size and set it to a pixel value of your choice. If it’s zero, all text will be rendered in quality mode. Note that this will affect performance, so you may want to skip this step.

2. Make Firefox use GTK settings for smoothing.

   This is also done through about:config. Find gfx.use_text_smoothing_setting and change it to true.

3. Enable autohinting in GTK.

   Open a file called .fonts.conf in your home directory. Add the following section to it:

   <match target="font">
     <edit mode="assign" name="autohint">
       <bool>true</bool>
     </edit>
   </match>
   

   (If the file does not exist, you can see its structure here.)

Now, just restart the browser and enjoy smooth fonts!

For reference, here’s the gist of my (unoptimized) eps2pdf script I use before I run pdflatex:

#!/bin/bash
mkdir temp-eps-eps
for file in *.eps; do
    echo -e "$file";
    eps2eps $file temp-eps-eps/$file;
    cd temp-eps-eps;
    epstopdf $file --outfile=`echo -e $file | sed -e "s/\.eps/\.pdf/g"`;
    mv `echo -e $file | sed -e "s/\.eps/\.pdf/g"` ..;
    rm $file;
    cd ..;
done
rmdir temp-eps-eps

This should be called in the directory whose EPS files you wish to convert to PDF.

And why do I use EPS? Pretty much any vector graphics application supports it. Pretty often, saving your illustrations directly as well-behaving PDFs can be much more difficult than using EPS.

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\@biblabel}[1]{/#1/}
\renewcommand*{\@cite}[1]{/#1/}
\makeatother

The code above changes the citation marker from [n] to /n/.

To change the bibliography title, use (right before \begin{thebibliography}, especially if you’re using babel):

\renewcommand\refname{New Title}   % for article, or
\renewcommand\bibname{New Title}   % for other types

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

iconv -f from -t to < input > output

where for example from=ISO88591 and to=UTF8

!
not, huutomerkki, ei, kertoma (matikkayhteyksissä)
not, exclamation point, factorial

"
lainausmerkki, lainaus
quote

#
risuaita
hash

$
dollari, äs (muuttujien nimissä)
dollar

%
prosentti, modulo
percent, mod

&
änd, ja, et (xml)
and, amp (xml)

'
heittomerkki, heitto
single quote, char quote

( )
sulut
parentheses

[ ]
hakasulut, laatikkosulut
brackets, at index

{ }
aaltosulut, lohkosulut
(curly) braces, block

< >
pienempi/suurempi kuin, kulmasulut (xml)
less/greater than, angle brackets

*
tähti, kertaa
star, pointer (c), times

+
plus
plus

,
pilkku
comma

-
miinus, viiva
minus, dash

.
piste
dot, period (at least in Pascal "end.")

/
kautta, kauttaviiva, per (matikka)
slash, over

\
keno, kenoviiva
backslash

:
kaksoipiste
colon, as (Pascal type), in (Java foreach)

;
puolipiste
semicolon

=
on
equals

?
kysymysmerkki
question mark

@
ät
at

^
hattu, ksor
hat, xor

_
alaviiva
underscore

`
yläpilkku
grave

|
or, tai, putki (asiayhteydestä riippuen)
or, pipe

~
tilde, ei
tilde, not

Ja sitten monimerkkiset:

==
on on, tupla-on
equals, is, double equals

===
on on on, tripla-on
really equals, triple equals

=< =>
pienempi/suurempi tai yhtä suuri kuin
less/greater than or equal

:=
kaksoispiste-on
is

!= <>
ei ole, erisuuri kuin
not equals, is not

::
tuplakaksoispiste
double colon

=>
jolle (C#), nuoli (PHP)
for which, arrow

+= -= /= *= &= |= ^= %= .=
plus on, miinus on, kautta on, tähti on, ja on, tai on, hattu on, prosentti on, piste on
plus equals, minus equals, slash equals, times equals, and equals, or equals, ex-or-equals, mod equals, dot equals

...
piste piste piste
ellipsis

->
nuoli
arrow

..
-sta -een, piste piste
from to, dot dot

<>
oikealle
right, shift right

<<<
kolmoisnuoli
triple arrow

++ --
plus plus, miinus miinus
plus plus, minus minus

**
tähti tähti
star star

@"
ät lainaus
at quote

<< >>
vasemmalle/oikealle
left/right, shift left/right

..
-sta -een, piste piste
from to, dot dot

->
nuoli
arrow

<<<
kolmoisnuoli
triple arrow