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MBA, LUV, FSF - The Age - Gaming
Apr. 26th, 2011 11:21 pmIn the last fortnight handed in what I hope will be my final assignments for my MBA. The one on e-Business Strategy has led to a spin-off article on the benefits of open-source on the desktop from a business perspective and the other on Leadership where I derived from notes at the last Philosophy Forum. On a related tangent my workplace has decided to make some use of my studies (at last) and have handed over quality assurance matters to my care and "ownership". Also, attended the LUV-beginner's workshop last Saturday week where Ben Sturmfels gave a presentation on the importance of free software. Afterwards attended a brief initial organising meeting for Software Freedom Day (not until September, relax). The following week attended a small meeting of the local chapter of the Free Software Foundation which discussed what appears to the ongoing issue of software patents.
The Age published a letter of mine last week over women in the military. It is not quite the same as the full version I submitted, but I do notice it seems to be the final word on the subject. It's a little hard to argue against facts, I suppose. Apropos with The Age, I was impressed with a recent editorial which criticised current state government policy on religious instructions in schools. Whilst subtracting the supernatural elements of the holiday, I prefer recognition of the death of an influential political activist. On Friday we had Jacqui, Damien and Brendan visit. Made another mid-eastern dish appropriate to the day. Even more appropriately watched "Life of Brian" - surprisingly one of the party had not previously seen it (I do think it is possibly the greatest comedy ever made) and played a few rounds of HeroQuest afterwards.
RPG Review Issue #11 has finally been released, with an interview with Jonathan Tweet as a particular feature. The theme is "different worlds" and my own contributions (A Multitude of Worlds, Realistic World Design) are based on a literary typology of imagined settings and some realism issues that I keep encountering in sf/fantasy. In other gaming related news on Sunday we had our annual Bunnies & Burrows game, where our intreprid English lagamorphs managed to defeat a teleporting monkey from mythic China. Preceeding Monday was Pendragon, where new player Mimi was welcomed as we travelled through the Perilous Forest (Lancashire is a nice place, really) dealing with fey magics and a mad queen. The previous Thursday was the second session of our mythic Egyptian In A Wicked Age, where Candice joined the group (whom I haven't seen for about fifteen years). As a highly competitive story-game it was very impressive to witness the narrative victory of the erotic temple slave in this "Blood & Sex" themed scenario.
The Age published a letter of mine last week over women in the military. It is not quite the same as the full version I submitted, but I do notice it seems to be the final word on the subject. It's a little hard to argue against facts, I suppose. Apropos with The Age, I was impressed with a recent editorial which criticised current state government policy on religious instructions in schools. Whilst subtracting the supernatural elements of the holiday, I prefer recognition of the death of an influential political activist. On Friday we had Jacqui, Damien and Brendan visit. Made another mid-eastern dish appropriate to the day. Even more appropriately watched "Life of Brian" - surprisingly one of the party had not previously seen it (I do think it is possibly the greatest comedy ever made) and played a few rounds of HeroQuest afterwards.
RPG Review Issue #11 has finally been released, with an interview with Jonathan Tweet as a particular feature. The theme is "different worlds" and my own contributions (A Multitude of Worlds, Realistic World Design) are based on a literary typology of imagined settings and some realism issues that I keep encountering in sf/fantasy. In other gaming related news on Sunday we had our annual Bunnies & Burrows game, where our intreprid English lagamorphs managed to defeat a teleporting monkey from mythic China. Preceeding Monday was Pendragon, where new player Mimi was welcomed as we travelled through the Perilous Forest (Lancashire is a nice place, really) dealing with fey magics and a mad queen. The previous Thursday was the second session of our mythic Egyptian In A Wicked Age, where Candice joined the group (whom I haven't seen for about fifteen years). As a highly competitive story-game it was very impressive to witness the narrative victory of the erotic temple slave in this "Blood & Sex" themed scenario.