https://misha.brukman.net/math/contests/vtrmc/1997/ Recent content in Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest (1997) on Misha Brukman Hugo -- gohugo.io https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2025/11/extract-vectors-from-pdf-to-svg/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2025/11/extract-vectors-from-pdf-to-svg/ Instead of screenshots (which are blurry at higher zoom levels), extract charts and diagrams as vectors from PDF to SVG using my new open-source app. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2024/10/custom-list-marker-styles-via-css/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2024/10/custom-list-marker-styles-via-css/ Creating custom list marker styles with CSS, and figuring out browser fallbacks. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2023/12/estimating-the-doubling-rate/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2023/12/estimating-the-doubling-rate/ If something is growing at a rate of 5% per year, how many years will it take until it doubles? Common wisdom suggests it’s approximately 70/5 = 14, but why? https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2023/10/copy-paste-on-the-command-line/ Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2023/10/copy-paste-on-the-command-line/ How to copy and paste on the command-line in macOS and Linux. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2023/09/solving-virginia-tech-regional-math-contest-problems/ Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2023/09/solving-virginia-tech-regional-math-contest-problems/ Sharing my solutions to the Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest problems. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2022/06/nothing-gold-can-stay/ Sat, 18 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2022/06/nothing-gold-can-stay/ A poem by Robert Frost https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2022/05/quadratic-formula/ Sat, 28 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2022/05/quadratic-formula/ Let’s look at how we can solve the quadratic equation without using the memorized formula, and then derive the quadratic formula itself from scratch using our method of solving the quadratic equation. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2022/04/writing-math-with-hugo/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2022/04/writing-math-with-hugo/ Evaluation of KaTeX and MathJax, along with client-side rendering as well as static (server-side) rendering, trade-offs and feasibility, and a comparison of rendering and maintainability of the various options. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2021/01/typography-fonts-and-licenses/ Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2021/01/typography-fonts-and-licenses/ Typography, typefaces, fonts, and their various licenses. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/12/making-of-running-decade-old-games-in-containers/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/12/making-of-running-decade-old-games-in-containers/ How I wrote the earlier post “running decade-old games in containers” and generated the incremental file diffs of the Dockerfile and runner.sh script. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/04/running-decade-old-games-in-containers/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/04/running-decade-old-games-in-containers/ How I got decade-old (32-bit) games running in containers on 64-bit Linux, step-by-step, and what I learned along the way. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/04/add-a-repl-to-any-cli-tool/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/04/add-a-repl-to-any-cli-tool/ How to add a REPL (read-eval-print-loop) to any CLI tool. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/03/oo-style-testing-in-go/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/03/oo-style-testing-in-go/ How to improve Go testability with overridable methods, similar to OO-style programming. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/02/git-shortcuts/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/02/git-shortcuts/ My personal Git shortcuts and how you can streamline your own Git workflows. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/01/learning-japanese-hiragana-and-katakana/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2020/01/learning-japanese-hiragana-and-katakana/ How to get started in learning Japanese, starting with hiragana and katakana. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/12/uniting-vim-and-emacs-in-zsh/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/12/uniting-vim-and-emacs-in-zsh/ Configuring Zsh to support both Emacs and Vim key bindings. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/10/disclaimer-vs-disclosure/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/10/disclaimer-vs-disclosure/ Differences between ‘disclaimer’ and ‘disclosure’ and proper usage of each. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/09/dual-boot-linux-windows-uefi/ Sun, 15 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/09/dual-boot-linux-windows-uefi/ Configuring Linux and Windows dual-boot, trade-offs between UEFI and BIOS. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/08/configuring-evoluent-verticalmouse-4-on-linux/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/08/configuring-evoluent-verticalmouse-4-on-linux/ Configuring Evoluent VerticalMouse 4 on Linux with X Window System. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/06/license-your-work/ Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/06/license-your-work/ Why and how to license your open-source projects and how to encourage other project owners to do the same. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/including-code-in-blog-posts/ Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/including-code-in-blog-posts/ How to include code from external files into blog posts. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/a-shell-by-any-other-name/ Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/a-shell-by-any-other-name/ /bin/bash, /bin/tcsh, and more shells! https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/switching-hugo-theme/ Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/switching-hugo-theme/ How to switch the theme of a Hugo-generated blog. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/building-a-site-with-hugo/ Sun, 05 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/05/building-a-site-with-hugo/ How to build a statically-generated site using Hugo. https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/04/hello-world/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://misha.brukman.net/blog/2019/04/hello-world/ Restarting my blogging after a long hiatus; how I got started with static site generators.