Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Not so much breaking the law as just bending it slightly

Oh no! I am a criminal.

I am sitting in the library at Uni waiting to meet a 'client'. She should be here between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.

It really isn't anything as interesting as you might be wishing that it is. The University library supplies us with a copy of EndNoteX1, which is a clever little program that compiles all of your references and creates a bibliography or reference list for you at the end of your essay. The issue is that it is far surpassed by EndNoteX2 (which incidentally also works well on Macs, where X1 doesn't...), however the University won't pay for access to X2 for it's students. Cheap Bastards.

So, I happened to come across a copy of X2 (one for the PC and one for the Mac) and have them on a USB drive that I am sharing around with people.

Fight the Power!
Damn the Man!
Share the Software!

Ok, maybe I've seen Empire Records one too many times.

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