Monthly Archives: September 2009

Officially a Student Again

Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 by Peter

I’ve spent most of the last week signing forms, handing over money and sitting for photographs in exchange for a student ID card, a couple of computer accounts and a rather confusing timetable of lectures and lab sessions. The postgraduate … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Elite!

Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 by Peter

The BBC website assures me that Elite was released 25 years ago today (more or less). There have been loads of ports/re-imaginings since then and one of my favourites is Oolite. It was originally developed for Mac OS X, but … Continue reading →

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A Pointless Waste of Time

Posted on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Peter

I haven’t had very much to do since I finished work for the Summer so I’ve been wasting time on Hubdub (It was on the BBC Click program a while ago). Basically, it involves betting fake money on mundane events and … Continue reading →

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Eye Test

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Peter

I had my eyes tested today. This seems appropriate.

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Installing GPG on Mac OS X

Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 by Peter

GPG is an open-source implementation of the PGP encryption standard, useful for encrypting and signing digital communications. Think sending a letter in a sealed envelope rather than a postcard. I’m currently using MacGPG 1.4.9 along with the GPGMail extension to … Continue reading →

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