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tcpipAbout a week or so ago a small storm occurred on the Linux Australia mailing list about women in IT, or specifically the existence of bridging programmes to improve the significant gender disparity. It is clear from the discussion that some are still unaware of the existence of subtle but powerful forms of discrimination that exist - so I've written a small article on the matter. In other Linux-related news, on Wednesday night gave a presentation at Linux Users of Victoria on Linux and MMORPGs (PDF) which looked at the history of multiplayer games, virtual worlds, MUDs etc and some contemporary examples. Enjoyed doing a "show and tell" with an original boxed set of Dungeons & Dragons with supplements and went positively nostalgic in the final slide. On Saturday 16th Andrew Pam will be giving a more hands-on talk at the LUV Beginners meeting in the same. Was also pointed to a very good article on Bringing Gaming to the Library - but say, who is that playing Glest in the photo?
Thursday night was another episode of Martin's Eclipse Phase game, albeit the game was heavily interspersed with a great deal of tangental table banter. I now know far more about Titan than would be necessarily outside of that context, including our mission objective at a base near lake of methane, ethane, and propane at the moon's south pole. In terms of other visitations to Willsmere, was delighted to play host today to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uke and his partner Leslie, and youngster Ezekiel. Gave the tour of the estate including on of the main entrance building apartments which is going up for auction soon. Speaking of which, Willsmere once included a resident involved in the first same-sex marriage in Australia - courtesy of St. Francis' Catholic Church - take a walk on the wild side.
Thursday night was another episode of Martin's Eclipse Phase game, albeit the game was heavily interspersed with a great deal of tangental table banter. I now know far more about Titan than would be necessarily outside of that context, including our mission objective at a base near lake of methane, ethane, and propane at the moon's south pole. In terms of other visitations to Willsmere, was delighted to play host today to
uke and his partner Leslie, and youngster Ezekiel. Gave the tour of the estate including on of the main entrance building apartments which is going up for auction soon. Speaking of which, Willsmere once included a resident involved in the first same-sex marriage in Australia - courtesy of St. Francis' Catholic Church - take a walk on the wild side.
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Date: 2013-11-14 09:44 pm (UTC)It's still so funny to meet someone literally halfway around the world and then years later end up at their home for lunch.
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Date: 2013-11-14 10:33 pm (UTC)As for the meeting, it is the brave new world we live in - we can meet in a virtual sense a decade ago, engage in correspondence, find out what the other is up even on a daily basis, and then finally meet IRL.
Interestingly the Victorians would have grokked this, courtesy of the telegraph.
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Date: 2013-11-14 10:45 pm (UTC)