Random Nerd Rants

Author: fmneto

  • Debian, APT and gpg keys

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    For quite some time now Debian’s repositories have been relying on gpg keys to ensure the authenticity and integrity of their packages. One thing no one had the decency of explaining is how to get a certain repository’s key into one’s “trusted ring” so apt won’t complain when downloading packages from there. Well, I’m going…

  • Driving Permission in a week

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    Now it’s official. I’m a licensed driver. I passed the exam almost flawlessly, the only mistake I made was forgetting to use the flasher once. All in all, it was pretty easy, actually. Easier than I expected, though, to be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Anyway I was very calm and relaxed and,…

  • I wanna have Time 5.

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    Man, I can’t believe two weeks have already passed since my last post. Time is running fast this year. To think that in about two months I’ll be defending my masters is a bit frightening, to be honest. I’m not sure I’m prepared for that, and there is still a lot to do. At least…

  • Lack of planning

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    I hate it when people do not plan ahead. My PIXE studies for my masters are linked to other studies by other people with other objectives. A scientific initiation student from the Chemistry Institute, is one of them. She’s planning on attending a congress on thermal analysis in september, and the abstract submission deadline is…

  • Happy, but a bit frustrated

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    As previously mentioned, I passed the theoretical examination last thursday. No surprises there. As predicted, it was pathetic. The only question (out of thirty) I missed concerned knowing by heart the seriousness of “not updating the register of vehicle or driver’s license”. Honestly, how would that be useful in traffic? Certainly it’s desirable to know…

  • Now she needs a name

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    For once, things in my life seem to be going well. In a way, they always have, actually, but this time everything seems to be turning out ok without too much trouble. My work is almost finished, and I think I’ll be able to defend by the end of July. I’m still a bit worried…

  • Fooling around with The GIMP

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    It’s been quite some time since I fiddled with The GIMP. I used to do all kinds of stuff using it, but for some reason I stopped doing that. For the last years I’ve been essentially using it for preparing images for posters, presentations and the like. Today I decided to do something different. And,…