From f56bfb9738c87882591339606ef705d30e7e553b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Odle Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:51:20 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Moved support info from first chapter to coda --- 006/chapters/coda.tex | 23 +++++++++-------------- 006/chapters/open_source.tex | 2 +- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/006/chapters/coda.tex b/006/chapters/coda.tex index ec2b69b..87b4529 100644 --- a/006/chapters/coda.tex +++ b/006/chapters/coda.tex @@ -2,20 +2,6 @@ \section{What I Learned About \LaTeX{} While Creating This Issue} -\subsection{Easy Ways with \textsf{tikz}} - -I included some illustrations of card layouts back on page \pageref{cards}. Since these are just rectangles, I knew I could create them pretty easily using the \textsf{tikz} package. All I needed were the coordinates where the three rectangles would begin and end, and the coordinates of the nodes where I would put the letters. - -As it turns out, this was difficult to figure out using my mind alone—I have a lot going on, I am easily distracted, there was too much guesswork. I'm a big fan of having the right tools to do a job and then using those tools. I see no point in being a martyr. So I pulled out the best tool I had for this: graph paper and a pencil. No guess work, just straight lines and a bit of counting. I felt like I was in my eighth grade geometry class again, and I actually enjoyed it. - -\textbf{Protip:} draw it on paper first. - -\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt} -\setlength{\fboxrule}{0.5pt} -\begin{center} -\fbox{\includegraphics[scale=0.28]{tikz-on-paper}} -\end{center} - \subsection{\texttt{include} is Your Friend} Last time around, I mentioned using \verb|\input{}| to keep your \LaTeX{} GUI happy. But I've also found that using \verb|\include{}| keeps \textit{me} happy. Creating this zine means I end up with a very long file (the file for issue \#5 was 1005 lines long!) making it time consuming to constanty scroll through the file to get to the last part I was editing. (It's not terrible in and of itself, but repeatedly having to do it impacts my overall efficiency.) @@ -52,6 +38,15 @@ To mark this change, I've made a few changes to the title page to make it a bit \paragraph{A shameless bit of self-promotion:} I wanted to learn more about using Tikz in \LaTeX{} so I created a zine of funny (or at least what I found to be funny) Venn diagrams. You can see and even buy a copy on Etsy at \kref{https://wolfgangswishlist.etsy.com/listing/1884948144/funny-venn-diagrams-a-zine-and-coloring}{https://wolfgangswishlist.etsy.co\\m/listing/1884948144/funny-venn-d\\iagrams-a-zine-and-coloring}. +\paragraph{How to Support This Zine}In a lot of ways, this zine is an open source project. It's published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerical Sharalike 4.0 license (\ccbyncnd)\footnote{See \kref{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/}{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/} for more information.} so there's no reason you couldn't just take this code and do your own thing with it. The only reason somebody hasn't already is that there's just not a huge market for zines about Linux. + +You're already doing the best thing you can do to support this zine: you're reading it. (I'm grateful that you are and I hope you're enjoying it.) + +But everything that I wrote in section \ref{support} also applies here: Please talk about this zine on whatever social media platforms you participate on and share the Etsy link. And yep, please remember to talk about \textit{why} you like this zine. (Also tell me what you'd like to see more of. Like a lot of creative people, I vacillate between having too many things to talk about and not having enough things to talk about.) If you have friends you think would like this zine, please send them over to take a look, or buy them a copy. If you want to buy some copies in bulk to give away, please contact me so we can work out a pretty hefty discount. + +If you want to donate just to keep this thing going, you can always do so via PayPal at \kref{https://paypal.me/kjodle}{https://paypal.me/kjodle}.\footnote{You are under absolutely no obligation to do so, and my imposter syndrome actually means I would be embarassed if somebody did so. Relevant link is here: \kref{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl_NpdAy3WY}{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl\_NpdAy3WY}.} + +But really, please just read and enjoy this zine. And remember to tell your friends. Thanks! \paragraph{Me, on social media:} I used to love Twitter, and was disappointed (to say the least) to see what it's devolved into. I am on both Mastodon (\texttt{@kjodle}) and Bluesky (\texttt{@iswpw.bsky.social}). Please feel free to reach out to me there, although I am not nearly as active on either of those platforms as I used to be on Twitter. Maybe someday, again, although I doubt it. Sometimes that which is lost will never be found again. \paragraph{Zine site:} I make other zines besides this one, which you can read about at \kref{https://just13.click/}{https://just13.click/}. I also have a mailing list there, and I encourage you to sign up for it. I have to pay if I send out more than one email per month anyway, so I definitely won't be clogging up your inbox. diff --git a/006/chapters/open_source.tex b/006/chapters/open_source.tex index 4eb45c2..191ea69 100644 --- a/006/chapters/open_source.tex +++ b/006/chapters/open_source.tex @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ And now that WordPress (.org? .com? I'm not sure which anymore.) has attacked WP Again, this would not be an issue if wordpress.\textit{com} were not a thing. The creators (or forkers) of open-source software should not be allowed to create for-profit entities that directly benefit from the volunteer labor of thousands of volunteers. -\section{How to Support Actual Open-Source Software Projects} +\section{How to Support Actual Open-Source Software Projects}\label{support} It's not always about money. (I mean, it is \textit{partly} about money for now, at least until we can build a society based upon ensuring people have what they need, and can contribute what they are able, rather than a society built upon avarice.)