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Writings, Visitors, Events
Dec. 6th, 2023 10:48 pmIt is more than several days since I've added a journal entry, but not for want of activity. Quite the contrary, there has been a great deal of finger-to-keyboard activity, not the least being a reiteration of the "zero state solution" in a recent article on the Isocracy Network, "Universal Rights from the River to the Sea". Plus my summary of the Environmental conference in China made it its way to the ACFS Newsletter at the end of last month, with a copy made publically available by yours truly. Further, there was the matter of Spartan finally making it in the Top500 world supercomputers after being eligible for many years but for actually conducting the necessary test, meaning that it was deserving of a summary write-up of its story. I have also been writing a great deal on Python performance issues, but these are yet to be released to the public, so that will have to wait for the next entry.
There have been many events in the past several days concerning interstate and international visitors. Liana F., had a birthday gathering last Friday which continued on today for all intents and purposes, with the consumption of a setting-appropriate kirstorte. The Friday gathering ended up at the Creature Bar and consisted of a gathering of four - Liana, myself, Simon S., and Julie A. We are all friends from more than 30 years ago in Perth, so it was an interesting migrant gathering, which was followed up with a visit from James N., and yesterday with a catch-up with Nathan B., visiting from Sydney at Naked for Satan, which provides the best views of any pub in Fitzroy. On Friday and Sunday, I spent time with Mel S., and Victoria S., both from Christchurch which is the other side of my migrant history (I am one of the few in Melbourne who can say that they are both a migrant from New Zealand and Western Australia, but such are circumstances), which included a visit to the Hellenic Museum. Last week also caught up with some of Alison B's friends at Hopscotch bar who were also part of a rather notorious UniMelb club that I had a tangential association with - the Friends Of Unnatural Llamas (FOUL).
On Thursday, Nitul D., took me to an Italian jazz event at the most politically powerful building in the state - government house. It took a while to find an open entrance, and we accidentally gatecrashed a wedding at Garden House for a while, but we finally made it to what is a truly impressive building. The following evening I helped Carla move into her new home (and put up some large but extremely well-designed shelving units), and the following day I joined the youthful Ru's Crew group the following day for another session of the boardgame, "Root" where my mighty river otters succeeded through position and assistance. Another moving session is planned for this Saturday. In summary, it has been a busy past several days - and I really must make use of some of those planned holidays (New Caledonia et al, alas, is delayed to January).
There have been many events in the past several days concerning interstate and international visitors. Liana F., had a birthday gathering last Friday which continued on today for all intents and purposes, with the consumption of a setting-appropriate kirstorte. The Friday gathering ended up at the Creature Bar and consisted of a gathering of four - Liana, myself, Simon S., and Julie A. We are all friends from more than 30 years ago in Perth, so it was an interesting migrant gathering, which was followed up with a visit from James N., and yesterday with a catch-up with Nathan B., visiting from Sydney at Naked for Satan, which provides the best views of any pub in Fitzroy. On Friday and Sunday, I spent time with Mel S., and Victoria S., both from Christchurch which is the other side of my migrant history (I am one of the few in Melbourne who can say that they are both a migrant from New Zealand and Western Australia, but such are circumstances), which included a visit to the Hellenic Museum. Last week also caught up with some of Alison B's friends at Hopscotch bar who were also part of a rather notorious UniMelb club that I had a tangential association with - the Friends Of Unnatural Llamas (FOUL).
On Thursday, Nitul D., took me to an Italian jazz event at the most politically powerful building in the state - government house. It took a while to find an open entrance, and we accidentally gatecrashed a wedding at Garden House for a while, but we finally made it to what is a truly impressive building. The following evening I helped Carla move into her new home (and put up some large but extremely well-designed shelving units), and the following day I joined the youthful Ru's Crew group the following day for another session of the boardgame, "Root" where my mighty river otters succeeded through position and assistance. Another moving session is planned for this Saturday. In summary, it has been a busy past several days - and I really must make use of some of those planned holidays (New Caledonia et al, alas, is delayed to January).
