Connecting PPTP VPN in Linux

September 28, 2005 blog system

I am in CUHK. Hence I need to connect to VPN from time to time. The CUHK VPN pool is using PPTP implemented by the Cisco routers or access servers (although another using IPSec is also available, but I am not supposed to know about its existence…) and I am... [more]

Use Comic Sans Font in LaTeX

April 8, 2005 blog system

I’ve prepared a presentation for my supervisor using LaTeX. The presentation is to mimic a version created using MS Powerpoint and in LaTeX, I used seminar package for formatting. [more]

Stirling's Formula

February 20, 2005 blog code math

We may need to calculate factorials \(n!\) from time to time. But we will easily get into a very large number as \(n\) increases. We all know Stirling’s formula for calculating factorials: [more]