Flowing Fix: Quickly share a large file via your browser

At some point in time, you might find you need to transfer a large file. There are numerous file-sharing services (Dropbox, Google Drive, Box.com, Amazon Drive, etc.) however if you need to quickly send a file without uploading it to a central server first, File Pizza delivers.

File Pizza is a peer-to-peer file transfer via browser (nothing needs to be installed and it just works), the only caveat is since the transfer is directly between sender and receiver (no middle server for the file to be uploaded to), both sender and receiver need to be online at the same time. It is very convenient for one-off file shares, not for a persistent link that people can download at any time.

File Pizza (your files delivered)
https://file.pizza/



More details via the https://github.com/kern/filepizza website:
"Using WebRTC, FilePizza eliminates the initial upload step required by other web-based file sharing services. When senders initialize a transfer, they receive a "tempalink" they can distribute to recipients. Upon visiting this link, recipients' browsers connect directly to the sender’s browser and may begin downloading the selected file. Because data is never stored in an intermediary server, the transfer is fast, private, and secure."

Flowing Fix: Installing garamondx font (and other non free fonts) on Mac

To install the Garamondx font on TexLive distribution for Mac (not include in TexLive utility) do the following:

1) download the getnonfreefonts script from https://tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/install-getnonfreefonts  and save it to an arbitrary folder on the desktop

2) Open terminal and cd into the folder where you saved the getnonfreefonts script

3) run the script via terminal line by entering:  sudo texlua install-getnonfreefonts

4) check the install by typing:  getnonfreefonts --help

5) check the status of fonts on the system by typing:  getnonfreefonts -l

6) install garamondx font by typing:  getnonfreefonts garamondx

7) check install status by typing: getnonfreefonts -l

More detailed instructions can be found at the two links below:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/110057/how-to-install-garamondx-font-properly-dont-know-how-to-create-bitmap-font-for

http://tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/

Flowing Fix: How do I get those data points off an image? [revisited]

A while back, we posted how to get data off an image by running digitizing software on your local system (see the link to the prior post below). However, if you have limited admin access to install/run the software (or don't want to install software), WebPlotDigitizer is a web-based tool that runs directly your web browser https://automeris.io/WebPlotDigitizer/ that allows you to extract data from plots, images, and maps

Link to prior post:
https://digitalspigot.blogspot.com/2011/10/flowing-fix-how-do-i-get-those-data.html