### Wordpress renders LaTeX

I was so pleasantly surprised to learn that wordpress blogs will render latex. The tags are simply $latex and $.
So $latex e^{ix} = \cos(x) + i\sin(x)$ will render as

There are some cool parameters that you can set (from hints here and here):
1. increase size by adding &s=X where X is an integer [-4,4]: $latex x^2 &s=2$
2. Instead of inline equtions (default) display as block (bigger): $latex \displaystyle x^2$

### Python: Multiprocessing: passing multiple arguments to a function

Write a wrapper function to unpack the arguments before calling the real function. Lambda won't work, for some strange un-Pythonic reason.

import multiprocessing as mp def myfun(a,b): print a + b def mf_wrap(args): return myfun(*args) p = mp.Pool(4) fl = [(a,b) for a in range(3) for b in range(2)] #mf_wrap = lambda args: myfun(*args) -> this sucker, though more pythonic and compact, won't work p.map(mf_wrap, fl)

### Flowing text in inkscape (Poster making)

You can flow text into arbitrary shapes in inkscape. (From a hint here).

You simply create a text box, type your text into it, create a frame with some drawing tool, select both the text box and the frame (click and shift) and then go to text->flow into frame.

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