My résumé is typeset using LaTeX. It generates nice PDFs, but many online job applications require plain-text versions to be submitted.

Here is a sequence that converts my LaTeX file to plain text:
$ latex zdpurvis_resume.tex ( Read more... )

A friend was asking me how to do an approximation symbol in LaTeX. He didn't like \~{} or $\sim$. Here's what we came up with:

\newcommand{\ktilde}{$_{\widetilde{}}\,$}

Then, in the LaTeX document, you can use \ktilde12\,meters.

Comments, suggestions?