About Me
I'm a thirty something engineer with an interest in Computing (particularly Linux), Psychology and Mathematics. Married with three kids, I've been studying with the Open University since 2008, I'm focussing on BSc (Honours) Computing and IT (B62).
An enthusiastic but amateur runner.
Yeah and a total geek.
Author Archives: Dougie
TMA results for Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone, whatever your faith (you get the sentiment)! MS221′s first TMA was returned yesterday. My tutor has a sense of humour – she gave me an extension, acknowledged receipt and within a day emailed me to tell me … Continue reading
Largest product of five consecutive numbers in a 1000 digit number
Haven’t done much Project Euler recently – I’ve been busy studying. So here is an answer to problem eight which asks: Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number.
MS221 TMA01
I’ve had nothing but problems with this TMA, the latest being Word refusing to open my solution document. Last time I bother with that, its a lot easier just to write it all out by hand. I hope I can … Continue reading
MT254 TMA 01
First TMA on MT264 (Designing applications with Visual Basic) got returned today – 96%. I’m very pleased with that and exceptionally lucky given that I read the material in a week, attended one on-line tutorial and wrote the assessment in a couple of days. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Computing, Open University
Tagged Coding, MT264, Open University, TU100, VB.Net
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Certificate in Information Technology and Computing
I finally realised how you link qualifications together “on the way” to a degree with the Open University. So I’ve now achieved the Certificate in Information Technology and Computing. Which was nice (as they say on The Fast Show). Apparently, … Continue reading
Developing a developer
Still some way to completing my degree part-time (at the end of this academic year I’m half way). I’m not soliciting my services – just looking for advice from the community and if anyone has a few minutes it’d be … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Personal
Tagged Linux, Open Source, Open University, Planet Ubuntu, Volunteering
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Assumption
Someone asked me yesterday “You’re good with computers, can you give me a copy of Photoshop?“. Aside from the fact I run Linux on most of my computers, I’m not keen on being accused of software piracy on the basis that … Continue reading
Best Linux comment ever
Extract from an article over at “The Art of Manliness” that gives instructions on editing hosts to block time wasting sites: Linux If you’re using Linux, you’re probably a geek and don’t need some guy who blogs about manliness to … Continue reading
Samsung NP-RV511-S02UK
I bought a new laptop the other week, a Samsung NP-RV511-S02UK. I have been using a Samsung NC10 dual booting Ubuntu and XP. An NC10 is a wondrous thing but when push comes to shove, a 1280×600 resolution is too small for Visual … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Open University, Personal
Tagged Fix, Mathematics, MS221, MT264, Netbook, Open University, VB.Net, Windows
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Repair Samsung NC10 MBR
Repair the Samsung NC10′s MBR – returning the F4 recovery option. Continue reading
