Automatically numbering figures, schemes, and charts in pandoc
Chemists may be unique in the number of different types of floats we use when writing. At a minimum Figures, Schemes, and Tables, and often Charts. Keeping track of all of these when writing can be a...
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Wrapping figures in pandoc pdfs
In general, I like to write my pandoc documents as close to the canonical format as possible and let LaTeX deal with positioning figures. It works pretty well, and it’s infinitely more straightforward...
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Visualizing molecular isosurfaces (MOs, etc.) in Blender
For all that I like using Blender as a tool to visualize molecular structures, there are obvious tradeoffs when using general-purpose software instead of something customized for chemistry. One of...
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Pandoc syntax highlighting in Sublime Text 3
This post is a bit specific, but hopefully useful for anyone who uses pandoc and happens to use Sublime Text as their text editor of choice. I bought Sublime Text a few years ago when I was first...
View ArticleAlfred and the Chemistry Reference Resolver
We live in a strange time. Working at a small/medium-sized university, I can access almost any scientific article published in the 20th century without leaving my office chair. In principle, each of...
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Modular, simple vector diagrams of glassware
Recently, I was working on an exam for a lab course, and wanted to ask a few questions about basic reaction setups. I had a harder time putting together simple figures than I would have expected....
View ArticleAn improved filter for handling schemes, charts, and graphs in pandoc
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a series of pandoc filters designed to facilitate writing chemistry in pandoc. Specifically, I was looking to solve a few problems: Not surprisingly, there is no...
View ArticleA personal article resolver in Python
A while back, I wrote a little post on my fondness for the Chemistry Reference Resolver. It is a wonderful tool for quickly accessing journal articles in a not-so-hyperlinked world, especially when...
View ArticleAnnotating lecture slides with an iPad and Sidecar, live and in recordings
I like to design my lectures around slides that can be annotated. When teaching standard organic chemistry courses, I leave lots of blank spaces (e.g., for mechanisms). This provides a bunch of...
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Managing an academic life with Personal Kanban
I first heard of kanban ages ago as a passing mention on a tech podcast I was listening to. If you’re unfamiliar, it is a lean method for streamlining manufacturing that originated at Toyota. It has...
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