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First three days of this week were pretty much entirely taken up with the HPC and Linux courses for the RMIT SPACE research centre. They were a good group and worked well through the material, however I understand that they are working through their own parallel program and in that regard they certainly have their work cut out for them. A planned three-day course at La Trobe University has been delayed given us a moment's respite to get our ISO 9001:2008 audit in order which has been sadly neglected somewhat.
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caseopaya. We stayed at the thoroughly functional Inverloch Cabins. It's a pleasant town whose main feature is some rather impressive beaches. Nearby we also visited the very impressive Wonthaggi State Coal Mine heritage centre which included quite an extensive underground tour. It was also a short trip to Phillip Island, a place perhaps most famous for it's evening Penguin Parade and Nobbies which is well worth the visit. There was certainly plenty of wildlife; apart from the aforementioned penguins there were numerous Cape Barren Geese with goslings about along with the occasional wallaby. Needless to say, picked up a few unique Ingress visits and hacks and had a chat with one of the agents from the opposing faction on the island, which is one of their strongholds.
Managed to get home in time last night to rush out the door to play in the regular fortnightly session of Eclipse Phase and finish off the Chain Reaction scenario, which really hasn't grappled with the technological and social changes of a transhumanist future. In other gaming news, updated my reviews from the Pirates issue of RPG Review and copied them to the RPG.net site. Currently working on some reviews for "dead and undead" themed games, mainly White Wolf line (obviously) but also with zombie apocalypse settings such as All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Also interested in exploring the strangely neglected subject of undead in 7th Sea.
Took two days off for the end of the week and went to the Gippsland South region with
caseopaya. We stayed at the thoroughly functional Inverloch Cabins. It's a pleasant town whose main feature is some rather impressive beaches. Nearby we also visited the very impressive Wonthaggi State Coal Mine heritage centre which included quite an extensive underground tour. It was also a short trip to Phillip Island, a place perhaps most famous for it's evening Penguin Parade and Nobbies which is well worth the visit. There was certainly plenty of wildlife; apart from the aforementioned penguins there were numerous Cape Barren Geese with goslings about along with the occasional wallaby. Needless to say, picked up a few unique Ingress visits and hacks and had a chat with one of the agents from the opposing faction on the island, which is one of their strongholds.Managed to get home in time last night to rush out the door to play in the regular fortnightly session of Eclipse Phase and finish off the Chain Reaction scenario, which really hasn't grappled with the technological and social changes of a transhumanist future. In other gaming news, updated my reviews from the Pirates issue of RPG Review and copied them to the RPG.net site. Currently working on some reviews for "dead and undead" themed games, mainly White Wolf line (obviously) but also with zombie apocalypse settings such as All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Also interested in exploring the strangely neglected subject of undead in 7th Sea.
