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tcpipA couple of days ago I completed my fifty-second orbit around the sun. There was a small mountain of people on Facebook sending me good wishes, a couple on LJ/DW, and even a few on LinkedIn, which was surprising. I didn't do much on the day itself, much of which was taken up with a move to a new office (and unpacking the following day). Workmates NinjaDan and Martin insisted on shouting me lunch at a local Italian restaurant, and in the evening made my way through a couple of cognacs. The best part of the day was undoubtedly quality communication with friends. I don't know what I"ve done in life to be surrounded by such exceedingly good people (and a remarkable lack of bad people). Whatever it is, I promise to keep doing it as it seems to generate pleasing results.
I've just booked a trip to New Zealand, starting with a week in Dunedin (Feb 9) which will include enrolment for the second year of my MHEd at Otago University, and attendance at EResearch NZ (which has a conference dinner at Lanarch Castle, one of my favourite Dunedin locations). After that (Feb 16) I'll fly to Wellington for attendance at Multicore World, and then return to Melbourne (Feb 21). It would be good if I can convince the university to pay for this, but I'm going nevertheless. The university's travel policy has become increasingly stupid over the years to the point it's not even worth applying, which is really quite shocking. Anyone, I should be able to catch up with a few people in both cities, check on my secret South Pacific base and maybe even enjoy some free time.
Finished a review of Bellanca's book Isocracy: The Institutions of Equality, which is a worthwhile contribution to this nascent political theory. Also picked up the first supplement for Papers & Paychecks, Cow-Orkers in the Scary Devil Monastery, and apropos, finished my part of RPGaDay 2019 (over four thousand words!), which will come out in the next RPG Review. Arcanacon turned out pretty well on the financial side of things as well. The Cooperative store sold about $1800 worth of games among vendor-members, signed up a few people, and sold a few copies of Papers & Paychecks.
I've just booked a trip to New Zealand, starting with a week in Dunedin (Feb 9) which will include enrolment for the second year of my MHEd at Otago University, and attendance at EResearch NZ (which has a conference dinner at Lanarch Castle, one of my favourite Dunedin locations). After that (Feb 16) I'll fly to Wellington for attendance at Multicore World, and then return to Melbourne (Feb 21). It would be good if I can convince the university to pay for this, but I'm going nevertheless. The university's travel policy has become increasingly stupid over the years to the point it's not even worth applying, which is really quite shocking. Anyone, I should be able to catch up with a few people in both cities, check on my secret South Pacific base and maybe even enjoy some free time.
Finished a review of Bellanca's book Isocracy: The Institutions of Equality, which is a worthwhile contribution to this nascent political theory. Also picked up the first supplement for Papers & Paychecks, Cow-Orkers in the Scary Devil Monastery, and apropos, finished my part of RPGaDay 2019 (over four thousand words!), which will come out in the next RPG Review. Arcanacon turned out pretty well on the financial side of things as well. The Cooperative store sold about $1800 worth of games among vendor-members, signed up a few people, and sold a few copies of Papers & Paychecks.
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