diff --git a/common/bin/clean.sh b/common/bin/clean.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ee242d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/bin/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+rm -f *.{nav,log,aux,out,snm,toc,vrb}
diff --git a/common/bin/export-org-to-beamer b/common/bin/export-org-to-beamer
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8cc77d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/bin/export-org-to-beamer
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# this is horrible... quotes all around :-(
+#
+# but creating a temporary file like in
+#
+# cat > /tmp/export.$$ <<EOF
+# (progn
+#   (require 'ox-beamer)
+#   (add-to-list 'org-beamer-environments-extra '("picblock"  "P" "\\begin{picblock}%o{%h}"      "\\end{picblock}"))
+#   (org-beamer-export-to-latex)
+#   )
+# EOF
+# /usr/bin/emacs $1 --batch --eval="(load-file \"/tmp/export.$$\")"
+# rm /tmp/export.$$
+#
+# is horrible too :-(
+#
+
+/usr/bin/emacs $1 --batch --eval="\
+(progn \
+  (require 'ox-beamer) \
+  (add-to-list 'org-beamer-environments-extra '(\"picblock\"  \"P\" \"\\\\begin{picblock}%o{%h}\"      \"\\\\end{picblock}\")) \
+  (org-beamer-export-to-latex) \
+  )"
diff --git a/common/make/Makefile.slides b/common/make/Makefile.slides
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..0efe1a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/make/Makefile.slides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile.slides.rubber
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/make/Makefile.slides.latexmk b/common/make/Makefile.slides.latexmk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2257696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/make/Makefile.slides.latexmk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Depends: latex-make
+
+ORGS = $(wildcard *.org)
+TEXS = $(patsubst %.org,%.tex,$(ORGS))
+PDFS = $(patsubst %.org,%.pdf,$(ORGS))
+
+# master documents to build for latex-make; see "texdoc latex-make"
+LU_MASTERS = $(patsubst %.org,%,$(ORGS))
+
+export TEXINPUTS = :$(CURDIR)/../../common/latex/
+
+all: $(PDFS)
+
+%.tex: %.org
+	../bin/export-org-to-beamer $<
+
+distclean::
+	rm -f $(TEXS) $(PDFS)
+
+include LaTeX.mk  # should come last to allow overrides
diff --git a/common/make/Makefile.slides.rubber b/common/make/Makefile.slides.rubber
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6809a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/make/Makefile.slides.rubber
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Depends: rubber
+
+ORGS = $(wildcard *.org)
+TEXHOS = $(patsubst %.org,%.handout.tex,$(ORGS))
+TEXS = $(patsubst %.org,%.tex,$(ORGS))
+PDFS = $(patsubst %.org,%.pdf,$(ORGS))
+
+export TEXINPUTS = :$(CURDIR)/../../common/latex/
+
+all: $(PDFS)
+
+.PRECIOUS: $(TEXS)
+%.tex: %.org
+	../bin/export-org-to-beamer $<
+
+%.pdf: %.tex
+	rubber -m pdftex $<
+
+%.handout.tex: %.tex
+	sed 's/\\documentclass[[]/\\documentclass[handout,/' $< > $@
+
+clean: $(patsubst %,%/clean,$(TEXS) $(TEXHOS))
+
+%/clean:
+	if [ -f $* ]; then rubber -m pdftex --clean $* ; fi
+	rm -f $*
+
+distclean: clean