## Monday, 9 May 2016

### Visually engaging periodic plots using Python

In order to obtain periodic images with a technical feel to be embedded in a website, I decided to compose them with Python and Matplotlib. The plots are essentially some sums and multiplications of "noisy" sines.

## Wednesday, 30 December 2015

### LaTeX and code highlighting using MathJax and Prettify (or Highlight.js) on Blogger

Do you want to display math formulas using MathJax and highlighted code with Prettify on Blogger?
This is done by adding just two lines!

## Saturday, 20 June 2015

### Reduce screen blue light - f.lux and RedShift

Day by day, artificial lights with a huge blue spectrum are becoming more ubiquitous.
By mean of the melatonin mechanism it is said blue light can influence the ability to sleep.
In pre-fluorescent era, the standard was the incandescent bulb: this bulb is known to radiate similarly to a 3500K black body, thus with a low blue component and with a low effect on the melanopsin-containing cells in your retina which reacts to light.
The change to fluorescent and led [and...] lights has changed the paradigm.

### Long titles with math in LaTeX

Recently, while writing my dissertation I stumbled upon some difficulties with chapter and section titles.
The first problem was caused by too long headings, while the second by mathematics inside the pdf bookmarks when using hyperref .

## Friday, 19 June 2015

### Template Tesi e Frontespizio LaTeX UNIBO - Versione 2

Fresco fresco dalla laurea magistrale ho deciso di pubblicare il template che ho utilizzato per preparare la tesi in $$\LaTeX$$.