Sunday, October 04, 2009
I'm still running a Traveller RPG. Just finished one campaign book - Project Steel. We're quite short of players.
I bought a new Traveller universe / supplement book and a campaign book. Its the "Judge Dredd" RPG which builds on top of the Traveller core rules. And the adventure book is "Bad moon rising".
On the computing side, my (7 year old) PC started developing reliability problems. I thought the motherboard was going. Someone from the LUG recommended checking to see if everything that should be firmly plugged in, is firmly plugged in. The network card wasn't in properly. Fixing that seems to have fixed that problem. I use Windows XP to run the itunes software. I use Ubuntu 8.10 the rest of the time. Ubuntu is much more efficient than Windows XP - its easy to say that but look at it this way:- if I was only using Windows XP, I would have had to completely replace the hardware by now.
After much humming and hawing I eventually bought a Samsung NC10 netbook from Argos. I use Ubuntu Net Book Remix on the NC10, mainly for wordprocessing to support my Traveller stuff.
I bought a new Traveller universe / supplement book and a campaign book. Its the "Judge Dredd" RPG which builds on top of the Traveller core rules. And the adventure book is "Bad moon rising".
On the computing side, my (7 year old) PC started developing reliability problems. I thought the motherboard was going. Someone from the LUG recommended checking to see if everything that should be firmly plugged in, is firmly plugged in. The network card wasn't in properly. Fixing that seems to have fixed that problem. I use Windows XP to run the itunes software. I use Ubuntu 8.10 the rest of the time. Ubuntu is much more efficient than Windows XP - its easy to say that but look at it this way:- if I was only using Windows XP, I would have had to completely replace the hardware by now.
After much humming and hawing I eventually bought a Samsung NC10 netbook from Argos. I use Ubuntu Net Book Remix on the NC10, mainly for wordprocessing to support my Traveller stuff.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Right now America is arguing over health care reforms. Some of the opinions voiced criticise the NHS.
Well, as a long time user of the NHS I would like to state that while the NHS isn't perfect, I would rather be an NHS patient than a patient in America.
Well, as a long time user of the NHS I would like to state that while the NHS isn't perfect, I would rather be an NHS patient than a patient in America.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Unsuccessful slogan from the 1990's:-
Go to work on an egg-head.
Unsuccessful love poem from the 1990's:-
Men are from Mars
Women are from Venus
We could have had the stars
But fate came between us
Go to work on an egg-head.
Unsuccessful love poem from the 1990's:-
Men are from Mars
Women are from Venus
We could have had the stars
But fate came between us
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Today, after months of preparation, I ran a game of Traveller using a pre-release of "Book 2 : Prison Planet". It is quite an achievement to get my thought processes going - enough to run a RPG.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Thanks to changes at Contact, I am about to become a (volunteer) Linux Systems Administrator.
2008 was the year of the Babylon 5 : A Call To Arms tabletop wargame.
Been learning a programming language - Haskell - Quite Interesting.
I hope 2009 will the the year of Traveller, a science fiction Role Playing Game (RPG)
I am no longer a vegetarian - limited diet, too much cheese and sauces.
New Year's resolution - eat properly, exercise more.
We'll see what happens.
2008 was the year of the Babylon 5 : A Call To Arms tabletop wargame.
Been learning a programming language - Haskell - Quite Interesting.
I hope 2009 will the the year of Traveller, a science fiction Role Playing Game (RPG)
I am no longer a vegetarian - limited diet, too much cheese and sauces.
New Year's resolution - eat properly, exercise more.
We'll see what happens.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Google.
Still having problems with Google’s front end to blogs. Think I’ve worked it out for this post.
Cognitive function.
I’ve noticed that compared to some people that my thinking isn’t as rigorous as it could be. This has been going on for a good year or so. I’ve been referred to a specialized clinical psychologist. She interviewed me once a week for three weeks and then produced a report about my thinking skills. I’m now working with my main clinical psychologist to discuss and react to the report.
As an attempt to get some thing going, I’ve bought a Nintendo DS Lite with a copy of “more brain training”. Its proving to be quite addictive. And my thinking seems a little clearer these days.
Fun stuff – Babylon 5 style.
For years now, me and a social worker (call them ASW_RPG for now :) have been knocking around the idea of running roleplaying games. Nothing much came of it. Then I bought some Babylon 5 (B5) RPG (Role Playing Game) stuff along with the core rules for the B5 wargame. We’re going to play it at Morpeth Gaming Club, at the hospital
On closer examination, it is less demanding to play a wargame than it is to run a RPG. Later on, ASW_RPG and I may play the RPG. I’m getting hold of the gaming books and, hopefully one day I will have enough concentration to run a RPG.
Still having problems with Google’s front end to blogs. Think I’ve worked it out for this post.
Cognitive function.
I’ve noticed that compared to some people that my thinking isn’t as rigorous as it could be. This has been going on for a good year or so. I’ve been referred to a specialized clinical psychologist. She interviewed me once a week for three weeks and then produced a report about my thinking skills. I’m now working with my main clinical psychologist to discuss and react to the report.
As an attempt to get some thing going, I’ve bought a Nintendo DS Lite with a copy of “more brain training”. Its proving to be quite addictive. And my thinking seems a little clearer these days.
Fun stuff – Babylon 5 style.
For years now, me and a social worker (call them ASW_RPG for now :) have been knocking around the idea of running roleplaying games. Nothing much came of it. Then I bought some Babylon 5 (B5) RPG (Role Playing Game) stuff along with the core rules for the B5 wargame. We’re going to play it at Morpeth Gaming Club, at the hospital
On closer examination, it is less demanding to play a wargame than it is to run a RPG. Later on, ASW_RPG and I may play the RPG. I’m getting hold of the gaming books and, hopefully one day I will have enough concentration to run a RPG.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
I've had a bit of trouble updating my blog, now that Google has taken over. We'll see how well this turns out.
Anyway, take a look at the history site of St George's Park, http://www.stgeorgeshistory.org.uk/site/ - it is quite revealing
Anyway, take a look at the history site of St George's Park, http://www.stgeorgeshistory.org.uk/site/ - it is quite revealing
