Classes, Chapters, Courses, Cyberpunks, Cuisine
Late last week spent two days giving workshops; Parallel Programming (CPU-based), and GPGPU Programming (GPU based). Both classes, at least in my opinion, went smoother and were better structured than the last time I delivered them. Whilst teaching is slowing down for the year, I suspect I have probably four more day-workshops to give before the end of the year. As it is I have satisfied was required for more for the year; the rest is over and above my work requirements. Whilst on similar topics, a draft of the proposed book chapter on HPC throughput for large datasets has been submitted (I know it needs revision), a presentation was given to the Melbourne Agnostics on the continuum from needs and wants to virtue. Finally, decided to smash my way through the remaining parts of my Macroeconomics MOOC tomorrow, completing the last quiz (developing economies), the test exam, and then the final exam; 93% overall, I can live with that.
Planning for the end-of-December Cyberpunk conference is going quite well, with a more thorough agenda developed. Tod Foley (Cyberspace, Day Trippers, UbiquiCity) will be presenting as a guest of honour. I also have several GMs lined up for evening RPG sessions of Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, and Eclipse Phase, with more coming. There's now an interesting set of speaker's panels, as per tradition there will be an auction. The conference, upon consideration, has a vaguely "Australian" theme to it, appropriate not only due to locale, but also because of some interesting future speculations that Australia can contribute to (solar energy and aquaculture immediately come to mind)
Last night attended a Diwali dinner; a rather well-known Vedic religion celebration of the "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance" (Vasudha Narayanan; Deborah Heiligman, 2008), which are certainly principles I can agree with. It is not a celebration that I am particularly familiar with but, to be fair, it was a pretty secular gathering. Which meant that in, in accord to the universal tradition of the giving of food; prawn biryani, fried anchovies in chili, dhal, roti, mango sticky rice &, etc. The tradition (or at least from what I've read) suggests the provision of desserts, and so I decided to engage in some cross-cultural mixing and made a heavily amaretto infused sabayon with mixed fruit and meringue which seemed to have some appeal. Whilst it is great to partake in such culinary delights and a joy to be around people who enjoy the skill and art of the cuisine, it is the quality company that really made the night. This entry was originally posted at https://tcpip.dreamwidth.org/306162.html.
Planning for the end-of-December Cyberpunk conference is going quite well, with a more thorough agenda developed. Tod Foley (Cyberspace, Day Trippers, UbiquiCity) will be presenting as a guest of honour. I also have several GMs lined up for evening RPG sessions of Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, and Eclipse Phase, with more coming. There's now an interesting set of speaker's panels, as per tradition there will be an auction. The conference, upon consideration, has a vaguely "Australian" theme to it, appropriate not only due to locale, but also because of some interesting future speculations that Australia can contribute to (solar energy and aquaculture immediately come to mind)
Last night attended a Diwali dinner; a rather well-known Vedic religion celebration of the "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance" (Vasudha Narayanan; Deborah Heiligman, 2008), which are certainly principles I can agree with. It is not a celebration that I am particularly familiar with but, to be fair, it was a pretty secular gathering. Which meant that in, in accord to the universal tradition of the giving of food; prawn biryani, fried anchovies in chili, dhal, roti, mango sticky rice &, etc. The tradition (or at least from what I've read) suggests the provision of desserts, and so I decided to engage in some cross-cultural mixing and made a heavily amaretto infused sabayon with mixed fruit and meringue which seemed to have some appeal. Whilst it is great to partake in such culinary delights and a joy to be around people who enjoy the skill and art of the cuisine, it is the quality company that really made the night. This entry was originally posted at https://tcpip.dreamwidth.org/306162.html.