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Diary of a B+ Grade Polymath ([personal profile] tcpip) wrote2004-08-04 11:02 am

A life so busy it has to expressed as dot points...

Apologies dear readers, but it's going to be like this for a few weeks...


  • Presentation at Melbourne Unitarian Church on genetic engineering, artificial intelligence and uplifting went well. Will convert into a web document later this week. I forsee potential in converting it into a decent academic journal article.

  • Update. And next Sunday, August 8th, I'm conducting the service. One step further in becoming Reverand Doctor tcpip

  • RMIT's Head of Life Sciences has contacted me regarding my complaint concerning the behaviour of one of their lecturers (see previous two protected posts). The investigation is underway.

  • I have booked to take the CCNA exam at Excom on Friday, September 3. This means I have one month to study a subject that which is normally recommended to be taken over six months. I estimate seven hours per day study.

  • Apropos the above, I'm going to buy a Cisco 2600 Router. I used these in East Timor and I reckon they're really good. I also want a Cisco Catlyst 2950 switch

  • I been interviewed, approved and enrolled in a Certificate of Small Business Management at RMIT. I start on August 23.

  • Of all people, an Australian-Thai motor vehicle research company headed by Peter Brock has approached me for webhosting and developing.

  • My article was published in New Community Quarterly yesterday. I must confess I don't really like this journal-cum-magazine. A little too cavalier on matters of facts.

  • My PhD supervisor is meeting me on either the 11th or 12th, once he makes up his mind.

  • Labor for Refugees General Meeting. Saturday August 1st7th at the New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, 11am. As El Presidente, I'm chairing.

  • Brisbane and SAGE-AU conference on August 18, my paper to be presented on August 20.

  • Meeting Martin Hall from the North Richmond Community Health Centre later today. Made good friends with him in East Timor where he was visiting as part of the Australian Dental Association. When he and Sandra (dentist from Sydney) visited, the total quantity of dentists in East Timor doubled.

  • Brain breaker of the week goes to a certain staff member of Michael Danby's (Federal MP for Melbourne Ports) office who sent out a 10 line email en-masse inviting people to a local branch fundraiser at Michael Moore's 9/11 film. He also attached a Word document leaflet version of the 10 line email. It was 7 megabytes in size.

On that last point...

[identity profile] drzero.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
The only response I can think of is to RSVP in such a way as to leave the attachment on your response. Hopefully they'll learn their lesson after the 4th or 5th of such a response. :)

BTW, I have your email at home and will respond ASAP!

Re: On that last point...

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)

The only response I can think of is to RSVP in such a way as to leave the attachment on your response.

Heheh.. Especially if it send back via a *nix shell email client, so it's all binary code expressed as ASCII!

BTW, I have your email at home and will respond ASAP!

Goodo- I understand that you and frou_frou have been a little bit busy!

[identity profile] ktwhoopi.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
are you coming to brisvegas??? whoo hooo!! ;)

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)

Yep - arrive August 18, have most of that day free... Conference on the 19th and 20th and then have the 21st free as well..

So plenty of time to frolic!

(Finally - after all these years - I make it to Qld!)

[identity profile] ktwhoopi.livejournal.com 2004-08-04 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
frolic!!! hurrah!!

[identity profile] caseopaya.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
So what does the investigation into the lecture consist of??

My article was published in New Community Quarterly yesterday

Which article is this one???

Labor for Refugees General Meeting. Saturday August 1st

Hate to pull you up on mistakes again (LOL) but August 1st was last Sunday ;p

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)

So what does the investigation into the lecture consist of??

Tell you about it later.. Not LJ stuff :/

Which article is this one???

Review of Cyberactivism.

Hate to pull you up on mistakes again (LOL) but August 1st was last Sunday ;p

I need an editor ;-)

OK, I'll fix that...

[identity profile] caseopaya.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
You will have to email me a copy of that cyberactivism article

I need an editor ;-)

OK, I'll fix that...


I do try and tell you this but you forget to ask/send ;P~~~

[identity profile] greg.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks like things are going well. Don't forget to stop and smell the roses sometimes too! Can't be working too hard.

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2004-08-03 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)

Good point. My social dairy is looking a little slim over the next few weeks, but I have managed to slot in a day either side of the SAGE-AU conference in the sunny Queensland...

[identity profile] excessivepurple.livejournal.com 2004-08-04 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Hurrah for being busy, although it sounds like your schedule is a hell of a lot more interesting than mine. Ahh well. I for one would be interested to see the web version of that presentation.. :]

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2004-08-04 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)

Alright, just for you I'll change my timetable ;-)

http://au.geocities.com/lev_lafayette/0408future.html

(Hmmm... For someone who usually writes webpages in gedit, I've just discovered that Bluefish ain't so bad as a composer ...)

Stuff.

[identity profile] longi.livejournal.com 2004-08-05 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
I also want a Cisco Catlyst 2950 switch.

I had one of these... 48 port with dual 1000baseFX. nice machines.

Certificate of Small Business Management at RMIT.

Heh, I'm doing this at Kangan Batman TAFE.... It'd be interesting to compare the two.

We should catch up for beer and documentation collaboration some time soon too.





Re: Stuff.

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2004-08-05 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)

I think beer and document collaboration is a good idea. But you'll excuse me if it isn't for a few weeks, whilst I cram like a mad thing. How about after I get back from Queensland?

NCQ

[identity profile] claudine-c.livejournal.com 2004-08-10 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
My article was published in New Community Quarterly yesterday. I must confess I don't really like this journal-cum-magazine. A little too cavalier on matters of facts.

Oh good, so it's not just me. There's some good content in there but it seems too casual for a serious 'journal'.

Re: NCQ

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2004-08-10 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)

*nods* my main problem with it as well.. Mind you, I happily admit to be being (a) a book/journal snob and (b) someone who loathes "guilt by implication/association" strategies. Especially in the world of social and political systems.