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Conventions
I'm off to Essen in Germany for the Spiel boardgame convention on Wednesday, and Gaelcon in Dublin the following weekend. This should be an expensive two weeks. I'm really looking forward to it though. -
Avengers Assemble
I went to see an early preview of the Avengers Assemble movie this morning, the latest in the Marvel franchise, courtesy of the UCC SciFi Society. I had my worries about the film given the huge cast, but they did a good job, with some good dialogue, appropriate characterisation, and plenty of in-jokes for the comic fans ( Read more... ) -
K2 convention games log
The K2 convention in Killarney was great, as usual. The only annoying thing was the timing - it clashed again with Itzacon in Galway, which I keep missing as a result.
I'm using this blog for my games log as I don't write here very often anyway. This is the beginning of an attempt to track what games are popular over the years, as the sort of info ( Read more... ) -
Into the Unknown
In 2011 I finally earned a M.Sc. on my third attempt in the last 25 years. I proved to myself I could do it ( Read more... ) -
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I got home from Gaelcon yesterday. I really enjoyed the con itself, though the commuting was a pain. Still, we were lucky the con was on at all after D4 got flooded out, and D4hotels are responsible for moving most of the displaced guests out as far as Leopardstown.
We had lots of space in the RDS, the RPG room was half empty. I spent all weekend ( Read more... ) -
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Thesis submitted, finally. I had idealistic plans of submitting early, but delays arose, and I just submitted my thesis in the last half hour on the day of the deadline ( Read more... ) -
Study hell
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett
First writing of his I didn't automatically hate.
Though I would prefer not to actually fail my upcoming exams. Passing would be fine. "good enough" is the secret to aim at.
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Back to College
I'm heading back to college, starting a taught masters degree in Computer Science, with lectures starting tomorrow Mon 20th, according to the info I was able to access online from the registration packet I received in Friday 17th - bringing Just In Time to a new level ( Read more... ) -
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Being a glutton for punishment, and back in Cork early due to a kind lift (thanks, (omentide and hrafen ), I went to Rebel Alliance tonight. There were only two other people, but enough to try out Ad Astra, which was straightforward and intuitive enough a game that we finished it first time around in a little more than an hour - the listed playing time.
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Back after K2
Just back after a internetless K2 in Killarney, the world seems to have survived.
Good fun with boardgames, my wheely luggage handle bent a little basically due to overloading, mea misere culpa.
I got to play Power Grid (twice), Agricola, Age of Steam, Attika, Fjord, Race for the Galaxy, Battlestar Galactica (thanks omentide - damn Cylons, mutter mutter) ( Read more... )