As if anybody cares !
Adding a plugin to show maths using LaTeX in you wordpress posts is a pain.
The worst plugin experience was with WP KaTeX.
WP KaTeX : absolutely no documentation to help usage, after plugin installation. No mention of limitations or restrictions. No description for the recommended jsDelivr CDN addon. No examples or sample sites or tutorials or support forums.
$ latex
\frac{1}{\pi} = \frac{2\sqrt{2}}{9801}\sum\limits_{k=0}^\infty\frac{(4k)!(1103+26390k)}{(k!)^4 (396^{4k})}
$
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It is not the fault of the swines. Why blame the swines ?
In the meantime, 26 April 2020 is getting closer, relentlessly.
See: Casting-pearls-before-swines
Wake up, at least now, and show that sometimes, even swines can recognise pearls.
Why was I not born in USA ?
Unlike many Indians today, I was never attracted by the lure of living in USA. That was till recently. It all changed when I was browsing the w-w-web and I came across the website of Princeton University Press. I took the time to look around all that they had on display and I discovered many gems which I would love to own. You can browse their publications, catalogues, titles, series, and blog. Some books also make available a pdf version of some chapters. The listings are searchable by subject, by title, by author name, by date. You also get to see the author’s biography and a short synopsis of the book/title. Now I know why they say, only the luckiest of the blessed enter Princeton. If you can’t visit Princeton, make Princeton come to your home. At least try to collect a book from this amazing publisher. Beg, borrow, steal, do anything, to own a piece of Princeton University (I prefer begging).
Start here : https://press.princeton.edu/
Also see : Rome-was-not-built-in-a-day
Many reasons …. one of which is
Do yourself a good turn : discover Linux for yourself.
Discover Ubuntu for your Desktop.
Made for each other ….
Meet T. Shrinivsan and his wife Nithya Shrinivasan (Nee Nithya Duraisamy), a remarkably well-matched couple of Chennai. Lovers of FOSS and Tamil will know this couple well. I happened to have met Shrini several years ago, in my quest to learn some typesetting in Tamil. Shrini was not married then, and lived in Chennai’s Anna Nagar. I learnt a lot about Linux, FOSS, Tamil typesetting and ++++ from him. Now, my visits to Chennai always include a few trips to Tambaram Sanatorium (that is where Shrini, Nithya and their son lead a, no-fuss, no-pomp life). And, when I am not in Chennai, I use Shrini as my SOS Helpline for all my FOSS/Linux misadventures.
Shrini is not only an active volunteer for FOSS activities in India, he is also an active contributor to the Wikimedia efforts in Tamil, and Creative Commons. He is the Chief Animator of ILUG-Chennai. He is also an active blogger in WordPress (I learnt WordPress from him). I always wonder how he finds time and energy for all that he does.
His WordPress.com blog tells a lot about him: https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/
Some interesting facts about Shrini:
Shrini’s ideal partner in life, as well as in all his activities, is Nithya, a remarkably gifted person. Nithya is a guru in big data, testing tools, Python, machine learning and, of course, Tamil. I happened to attend one of her lectures at IIT Chennai, and came out admiring her style and depth of learning. Wish many of my teacher colleagues would learn something from her.
To know more about Nithya, see her blog : https://nithyashrinivasan.wordpress.com/
Interesting facts about Nithya:
In this selfish and greedy world, we need more people like Shrini and Nithya.
I am lucky to have you as friends Shrini and Nithya.
partha
This page is a part of my non-traditional teaching initiatives.
Blogs : 
It feels nice to see all my blogs in one place.
Here, we have :
Twitter : I also post regularly on twitter using the handle @profpartha 
Downloadables : There is also a whole lot of tutorial material I create and publish on the web, for all to
see and use under a CC-BY-SA license.
All this is part of my “reaching out” efforts.
I fact, you can keep yourself up-to-date with these tools.
There’s a lot I learn from all the above. I learn the principles behind new tools and techniques. I learn a lot about people’s attitudes and behaviour. I learn to recognise my real friends.
Some signs show up in all geniuses.