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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Category Archives: Computing
Largest prime factor of a composite number
Project Euler problem 3 – largest prime factor of a composite number. Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Computing, Open University
Tagged Coding, Mathematics, Project Euler, VB.Net
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Finally succeeding?
I read an article by James Somers at The Atlantic called “How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code”. Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Computing, Open University
Tagged Coding, MS221, MST121, Planet Ubuntu
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Completing BSc (Honours) Computing and IT
With ten years remaining in my contract and the government’s intentions unclear, I’ve decided to focus on completing the BSc (Honours) Computing and IT (B62). Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Open University
Tagged B62, M150, M255, MS221, MST121, Open University, T175
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Black Ops “Strict”
Odd solution to an irritating problem – Black Ops say “Strict” in multi-player, even with “Open” NAT. Load Modern Warfare 2, go to multi-player on-line up to the point where you choose the game type and eject the disc using the button on … Continue reading
TU100 Café
The Open University have kindly asked me to be one of the moderators in the Café on TU100. Continue reading
Any colour will do
I hope Dustin Kirkland wont mind me re-posting this but it’s so insightful I felt I must. Poul-Henning Kamp posted this concerning Free BSD development over eleven years ago…
Twitter vulnerabilities, using Windows, studying and new WordPress themes.
Graham Cluley, a Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos, has a nice blog piece on the Twitter worm from earlier this week. To cut a long story short, he reminds us of the importance of sanitizing inputs. Still, it was more … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Computing, Linux, Open University, Ubuntu
Tagged Coding, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Wordpress
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Bash
Two things that improve my bash productivity – stopping the cursor keys inserting characters in vim and history search in bash. Edit ~/.vimrc or /etc/vim/vimrc (for system wide) and add turn off vi compatibility: set nocompatible The latter can be … Continue reading
Install web applications locally on Ubuntu
I was talking with someone yesterday who is hacking a WordPress theme together. If you work with web sites, being able to run a site locally allows testing, experimentation, developing new themes and even just checking that a software update … Continue reading
Advocacy by not advocating
We have Ubuntu installed on two of the machines at home and recently, after losing a Windows restore disc, I suggested installing Ubuntu 10.04 on her Dell 1545 after my suggestion. As installations go, it was relatively painless – certainly … Continue reading
