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Have prepared a brief presentation on Why Heresies Fail for All Heretics Day, with the realisation that most former heresies have been rather comfortable in the communities and have rather given up the grand debates that lead to their formation (in strategic management, this is considered a failing trajectory). Apropos, I have also joined the organising committee for the Sunday Assembly for this city, following its success in the United Kingdom. The first meeting is planned for Sunday the 21st of April with Luke Ryan, a "hilarious cancer survivor". Some of this does sound like Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists.
Much of my free time this week has been spent working on my Graduate Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Education; although it is week 6 of the 14-week course, I have completed all the readings, the thematic paper, the moderation questions, and the major project plan. I rather wish there was some way I could have done both required courses in a single semester to finish it quicker. Then I could start on my fifth degree instead! Apropos to this I'll be conducting a second set of courses for April has been set up for Introduction and Intermediate High Performance Computing and Linux due to demand, with a fair part of last week spent on rewriting the course manuals, along with preparation and conduct for our ISO 9001:2008 audit.
Gaming news this week consists of working on the next issue of RPG Review; dedicated to the theme and setting of the apocalypse, and still looking for an article or two. Appropriately on Sunday will be playing the last session of the Pirates of the Vistula scenario for Twilight 2000. Also in a post-apocalyptic setting on Thursday played our second session of Eclipse Phase, which does remind me a great deal of Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix. Last weekend's game was Space 1889, where my sharpshooting yellow-skinned delusional Martian saved the day; my Martian character named is generated by pwgen (obviously by mechanical computers).
Much of my free time this week has been spent working on my Graduate Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Education; although it is week 6 of the 14-week course, I have completed all the readings, the thematic paper, the moderation questions, and the major project plan. I rather wish there was some way I could have done both required courses in a single semester to finish it quicker. Then I could start on my fifth degree instead! Apropos to this I'll be conducting a second set of courses for April has been set up for Introduction and Intermediate High Performance Computing and Linux due to demand, with a fair part of last week spent on rewriting the course manuals, along with preparation and conduct for our ISO 9001:2008 audit.
Gaming news this week consists of working on the next issue of RPG Review; dedicated to the theme and setting of the apocalypse, and still looking for an article or two. Appropriately on Sunday will be playing the last session of the Pirates of the Vistula scenario for Twilight 2000. Also in a post-apocalyptic setting on Thursday played our second session of Eclipse Phase, which does remind me a great deal of Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix. Last weekend's game was Space 1889, where my sharpshooting yellow-skinned delusional Martian saved the day; my Martian character named is generated by pwgen (obviously by mechanical computers).
