Why do I write this blog?

I came across two Twitter feeds (is that the word?) that mirrored my thoughts on why I write this blog.

Camille Fournier I love how many blog posts I ave that are 80% complete and will probably have to be completely rewritten to actually be complete. Ugh. Writing.

Brian Goetz You've fallen for your own Jedi mind trick, which is that you are writing for others. Really, its about organizing, validating, and sharpening your thinking, and the pot of "likes" at the end of the rainbow is just motivation. In the end, it's mostly for you. So, success!

Angular 9.0.0 has arrived!

Wowie! Angular 9 has entered the building!

I am going to be looking long and hard at it and immediately upgrade my existing apps!

References

Version 9 of Angular Now Available — Project Ivy has arrived!

https://blog.angular.io/version-9-of-angular-now-available-project-ivy-has-arrived-23c97b63cfa3

Angular Update Guide | 8.0 -> 9.0 for Basic Apps

https://update.angular.io/#8.0:9.0

Some comments on blog comments

So, for a long time I've had comments enabled on this blog for anyone and without moderation.

And I did get a fair amount of spam comments about other websites, especially those polite bastards giving all that training in Chennai.

Stuff like this:

I have read your blog its very attractive and impressive. I like it your blog.

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And I've decided to turn on moderation to the max.

This means that any comments will be moderated by me, at my convenience.

So, if you're comment does not show up on the article in question right away, my most sincere apologies.

I will try and keep up.

Regards,

Angular

The blog about Angular JS (http://blog.angularjs.org/) has moved (last year already) and is now, as it should be The Angular Blog.

It can be found at https://blog.angular.io/.

Creating Math in Blogger

I've decided to add MathJax¹ to my blog.

I have tried in the past to use MathML³, but it's support among internet browsers is still too fragmented to be of any use. It looks like this situation is likely to continue. Also, I am a big fan of the Tex notation, instead of the verbose XML I would need to get anything done in MathML.

The difference is obvious when you right-click on the Math Expressions below.

Example

When \(a \ne 0\), there are two solutions to \(ax^2 + bx + c =
0\) and they are \[x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac} \over 2a}\]

JavaScript Snippet

I have added the below snippet to my HTML in my Template, as according to source [2].

<!-- Script for installing MathJax -->
<script type='text/x-mathjax-config'>
   //  <![CDATA[
    MathJax.Hub.Config({
      extensions: ["tex2jax.js"],
      showProcessingMessages : true,
      tex2jax: {
          inlineMath: [ ["\\(","\\)"] ],
          displayMath: [ ["\\[","\\]"] ],
          preview : "TeX",
          processEscapes: true
      },
      TeX: {
        Macros: {
            Moon: "{&#9790;}"
   }
   }
    });
   //   ]]>
</script>
<script src='http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML' type='text/javascript'/>
<!-- End Script for installing MathJax -->

References

[1] MathJax

https://www.mathjax.org/

[2] The Astronomy Learner - MathJax on Blogger

http://astro-learned.blogspot.nl/2015/01/mathjax-on-blogger.html

[3] Wikipedia - MathML

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML

W3 - MathJax Overview

http://www.w3.org/Math/MJ/Overview.html

Hanselman - Exploring Crossbrowser Math Equations Using MathML or LaTeX With MathJax

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ExploringCrossbrowserMathEquationsUsingMathMLOrLaTeXWithMathJax.aspx

How-To: Removing Required Title from Blogger Image Gadget

Recently tried to add an image indicating that I am a member of the Dutch Java Users Group (NLJUG). (You can see the image on the right)

Surprising to me is the fact that I had to put a title. This requirement was thankfully absent in the past.
Luckily, other people already found out about it, and had a workaround.

Basically a no-brainer, when you think about it.

How-To: Removing Required Title from Blogger Image Gadget