About Me
I'm a thirty something engineer with an interest in Computing (particularly Linux), Psychology and Mathematics.
Married with three kids, I'm studying with the Open University since 2008, I'm focussing on BSc (Honours) Computing and IT (B62).
An enthusiastic but amateur runner.
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Author Archives: Dougie
Homefront
After not inconsiderable cajoling by a friend of mine, I hired a copy of Homefront on PS3. It transpires that this is a formulaic FPS title. The game is buggy. I’ve played through the first four levels and the PS3 … Continue reading
Conics (or Khanics?)
I’ve been reading over the course material for MS221 (I quit this module’s last presentation for personal reasons). Khan Academy has a very good series of videos. Plus it gives you points (seriously I’m addicted to rewards – you should … Continue reading
Open access to data
During T175 there was a section on “eGovernment” – block 4 part 3. Section 2 discussed modernising government and suggested that two essential aspects of electronic government should be: Making most, or even all, of the government’s services available online. Bringing … Continue reading
Why are video games the 30 something’s hidden vice?
I’m 35. There’s one PS3 in our house and I bought it. It’s attached to a nice big Plasma TV with a high refresh rate. If that sounds like I’m bragging, I’m not. See the kids come in from school … Continue reading
Injuries, contracts and holidays
TL,DR: leg injured – no running; OU still on holiday as am I, sitting playing video games. Continue reading
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Another one down
T175 results out today, got a pass (OES 89% and OCAS 94%). One more course out of the way, a third of the way to a BSc (Hons) Computing and IT.
Sum of all the primes below two million
The sum of the primes below 10 is 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 17. Find the sum of all the primes below two million. Seemed pretty straight forward, loop through all numbers up to 2,000,000 – if … Continue reading
Pythagorean triplet
Project Euler again, this time its problem 9. A Pythagorean triplet is a set of three natural numbers, abc, for which: For example: . There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000. Find the product abc. My first … Continue reading
The 10001st prime number
Project Euler time again, I’ve come out of sequence – here’s problem 7. Continue reading
Running injuries
My Dailymile report is looking a little sorry for itself this week as I’ve picked up an injury. Tendinitis – doctor recommends two weeks off running, anti-inflammatories, ice and rest. He suggested investigating my running shoes too, so I went … Continue reading
