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My contract at IVT is over; nothing to complain about, it was only supposed to be for one month and went on for four or so. One of sites being developed by said people is Choisir, who are selling Le Faguays bronze "tireuse a l'arc", which I have a reproduction of. I dread to think of the price of the original.

Somewhere along the line I've been converted into a computer game; check the copy for CoA-Prologue. "A fantasy roleplaying game (RPG): join Lev on his travels through secret passages and an old mine that’s not as empty as it appears... Solve riddles; survive battles and help the goblins as they try to rid themselves of a colony of Cave Spiders." OK, so I'm not the only Lev on the planet by any means but still, sounds just like the thing I'd get up to.

On related news, I've had an article published in the Rolemaster zine The Guild Companion which takes up the nature/nurture argument in simulation gaming. Recently reviewed Mythweaver, a likeable 80s style dungeon crawler. Played the classic Hacker on Friday night and finished the Rogue Mistress campaign on Sunday.

Last Tueday I gave a presentation at IVT on routing and netmasks, which was diverted to some basic material during the discussion (classful addressing and OSI layering). The Tuesday prior presented at the Existentialist Society on the topic Towards an Existentialist Political Economy, which had a good turnout and was well received. The following week attended the Atheist Society to hear Russell Blackford of Monash University speak on "Religious Vilification and Freedom of Speech". Pleasingly, his comments vindicated remarks I have been making on the subject.

Oh, I have a Facebook. Not sure what it's good for (apart from the fact there's a lot of people there who aren't here). Apparently it's a waste of time. Please stop the stupid; man jailed for two years for possession of drugs which he had a prescription for. From