A very long weekend, Gaming Updates, Activism on Political Economy

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Spent three days off work last week feeling more than a little under the weather; mostly OK now. Prior to that managed to get an ab-initio simulation package installed on the main cluster; it wasn't easy and there are still MPI bugs to iron out. In my time off I did put up some more Bahasa Indonesian lessons; two, three, and four. Also spent a bit of time playing Solar Wolf; best personal score is now close to that of the designer's. SW is, imo, particularly interesting for developing heuristic solutions to shortest path problems. Or at least that's what I thought whilst dosed up on Demazin, Mersyndol etc etc.

I also took some time to do some more editing on Rolemaster Cyradon; a final draft is due on May 1st and thankfully it is pretty much finished. Managed to squeeze in a game D&D/Pathfinder Fantasy Australia and, on Sunday, ran part two of the famous "Cradle" scenario in the RuneQuest game in which the PCs engaged in some thoroughly heroic actions to protect the giant baby. Took the opportunity to name all the forty or so NPCs siding with the defenders; surprised in both this and the preceding session on how smoothly the RQ combat system operates with such large numbers of participants as well.

Next week will be busy; speaking next Sunday at the Unitarian Philosophy Forum on "The Philosophy of Economics Part I: Normative Economics or, Who Gets What and Why" (will be followed up with Part II: "Positive Economics, or, What Works And What Doesn't"). Preparing another article on LeftFocus on "Labor's Georgist Tradition" for later this week and speaking at the St Kilda branch of the ALP next week on the global financial crisis. Writing a new article for Isocracy on "Nationalism and Internationalism" Express your thoughts on the Melbourne's public transport system and potential solutions here.

Comments

[sandypawozbun.livejournal.com]

*wistful sigh* Rolemaster was the first gaming system I ever used. No one I know now even knows what it is, let alone how good it was.

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

Oh my. Do you spend hours every day playing video games? =)

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I do believe I remember you from university. :)

[roblayton.livejournal.com]

This post reminds me that I really need to find an actual physical community where I can engage in discussions about complex issues before entropy sets in.