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tcpipTuesday was Linux Users of Victoria general meeting where Dr. Zoltan Somogyi gave a talk on declarative programming and the Mercury project. As the second speaker was ill, with a few hours notice I composed a reasonanble talk on E-Business Strategy Using Linux. Appropriately Friday was my second-last exam for my MBA, on e-Business Strategy. Although a rather rambling course that could do with a firmer sense of structure and an update on technology (especially open-source technology) it did correctly emphasise the importance of non-technological factors in such strategy. Post-exam caught up briefly with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darklion, ariaflame and kremmen as part of the opening night for Continuum.
Todaycaseopaya went to see Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco, a truly spectacular performance of movement and colour, but alas the Rod Laver Arena was a less than optimal location. On a related subject of performing arts we have tickets booked for Elegy by the Australian Ballet. On a different level of performing arts, the Melbourne Roleplaying Salon gave an initial shot to the Albedo game system on Thurday (now in its third edition), designed by Paul Kidd and Craig Hilton. Think of it as furries in space; I have a Echidna Engineer named Beatrix Tiggy-Winkle, better known by her nickname "Spike". Our group decided on a distinctly Australian theme with a group from Planet Oz having to deal in the invasive Lapine Republic.
The Victorian Secular Lobby is meeting next Saturday with a bit of optimism. A group of parents is taking the Education Department to the Equal Opportunity Commision which has the head of the National Chapliancy Program a little worried, as it seems that now there are complaints. Better still, there is now a High Court challenge to the program as a whole, specifically on the prohibition of religious requirements in s116 of the Australian Constitution.
darklion, ariaflame and kremmen as part of the opening night for Continuum.Today
caseopaya went to see Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco, a truly spectacular performance of movement and colour, but alas the Rod Laver Arena was a less than optimal location. On a related subject of performing arts we have tickets booked for Elegy by the Australian Ballet. On a different level of performing arts, the Melbourne Roleplaying Salon gave an initial shot to the Albedo game system on Thurday (now in its third edition), designed by Paul Kidd and Craig Hilton. Think of it as furries in space; I have a Echidna Engineer named Beatrix Tiggy-Winkle, better known by her nickname "Spike". Our group decided on a distinctly Australian theme with a group from Planet Oz having to deal in the invasive Lapine Republic.The Victorian Secular Lobby is meeting next Saturday with a bit of optimism. A group of parents is taking the Education Department to the Equal Opportunity Commision which has the head of the National Chapliancy Program a little worried, as it seems that now there are complaints. Better still, there is now a High Court challenge to the program as a whole, specifically on the prohibition of religious requirements in s116 of the Australian Constitution.