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tcpipVisited the doctor on Monday to discuss my bronchitis and they were of the opinion that it's on its way to clear up. Now back at work, although being careful not to overdo it, and still prone to some coughing (and keeping a good arm's length form workmates). I am far from operating at 100%, and I suspect it will be several days before I am completely in the clear. Will be going in for blood tests as part of a general checkup and chest x-rays as part of the hemoptysis, although this is almost certainly part of the bronchitis rather than anything more serious. There are now four days of my life which were pretty much spent on the couch wrapped in a blanket and sipping tea with a rapidly emptying box of tissues next to me, whilst playing Supertuxkart and Torcs.
Among all this I have managed to step outside into the world for brief periods of time. On Sunday I presented at The Philosophy Forum on The Philosophy of Technology, which is a subject that I have had a long standing interest in. Take away message; technology has ontological and empirical priority over science which provides epistemological abstraction and rational predictions. On Tuesday night presented at Linux Users of Victoria on New Developments in Supercomputing, deriving from material from ISC and the HPC Advisory Council conferences. Of particular interest to me is the number of issues and challenges that Intel, that most mighty of chip manufacturers, has faced over the past year - and how competitors are positioning themselves. Also last week wrote a whimsically entitled piece for Isocracy on Killing and Eating Your Prime Minister following the circus that has been Australian politics recently.
Various gaming plans have been put on hold over the past few days, which I really need to get my teeth into. Final confirmations with Kryal Castle are being put in place for RuneQuest Con Down Under III, a LARP scenario has been received, Chaosium are providing prizes and an organised play scenario and so forth. Tickets will be on sale very soon, just as the final budget it put together. Plus there is the RuneQuest special of RPG Review coming up, plus I am hoping to hold some sort of dinner to celebrate ten years of the publication, and perhaps this can coincide with a new online RPG Review store. This is, of course, in addition to the usual actual play and various writings.
Among all this I have managed to step outside into the world for brief periods of time. On Sunday I presented at The Philosophy Forum on The Philosophy of Technology, which is a subject that I have had a long standing interest in. Take away message; technology has ontological and empirical priority over science which provides epistemological abstraction and rational predictions. On Tuesday night presented at Linux Users of Victoria on New Developments in Supercomputing, deriving from material from ISC and the HPC Advisory Council conferences. Of particular interest to me is the number of issues and challenges that Intel, that most mighty of chip manufacturers, has faced over the past year - and how competitors are positioning themselves. Also last week wrote a whimsically entitled piece for Isocracy on Killing and Eating Your Prime Minister following the circus that has been Australian politics recently.
Various gaming plans have been put on hold over the past few days, which I really need to get my teeth into. Final confirmations with Kryal Castle are being put in place for RuneQuest Con Down Under III, a LARP scenario has been received, Chaosium are providing prizes and an organised play scenario and so forth. Tickets will be on sale very soon, just as the final budget it put together. Plus there is the RuneQuest special of RPG Review coming up, plus I am hoping to hold some sort of dinner to celebrate ten years of the publication, and perhaps this can coincide with a new online RPG Review store. This is, of course, in addition to the usual actual play and various writings.
