As some others have noted, we've had weird weather today. Driving into work, I looked up Pirie St into Mt Vic, and saw fog covering the hill, with a band of bright blue sky above. Even weirder was driving along the waterfront, shrouded in mist, and then getting through the cutting to find Mirimar basking in sunshine.
One of the reasons for the fog is the lack of wind - Wellington is still, almost eerily so. And hot, too; our air-conditioner was working overtime, and because we're at the top of the building, the stairwell became a chimney. We attempted to keep the door closed as much as possible.
Amusing sidenote - someone made the trek up to ask me for FileMaker help. I came down with them to try and diagnose the problem, while encouraging them to make Support their first port of call. They thought that they had been locked out of FileMaker, because they were unable to type anything in; after watching them unsuccessfully try to enter a number, I suggested that turning Num Lock on might help.
Okay. Well, amusing to me, alright? :)
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At hix's request, I did a quick write-up of the InSpectres game that I ran at Kapcon14, called Operation Icebox. It's written from the point of view of trying to describe how I adapted the game to a nonstandard setting, and what good and bad things I found about running it, rather than a description of what happened in the game, but I figured that there might be some readers who'd find it interesting.
To post, I had to create an account on the Forge. I'm quite lucky to have a fairly distinctive name, since that means I can often just use use it in these situations, rather than being "fluffycamel" or "svend103432". (This came up today when I was setting up a trust - while there may be an "Andersen Family Trust", there probably won't be one with my full name in it's title.)
Anyway, it ended up branching out into a discussion about the Jeeves & Wooster idea I had - that discussion ended up here. Interesting stuff, if you're interested in that sort of stuff. :)
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This is probably my last night in the Nairn St flat, and the last time I use this internet connection. I've cleared out my room apart from furniture, bed stuff and the clothes I'll be wearing tomorrow, and I'll be carting the computer downstairs once I've finished. I'm glad I moved into this flat. I've had some fun times here, and I'm really happy that I got a chance to know some people better - Sok, for example. Some neat stuff has happened while I've been here too, like the European trip, finally getting back to Hatepe, and having exotic backpacking visitors.
Still, onward to new adventures! Of course, so far these adventures seem mostly to be giving people money, or being told by people how much money you're going to end up giving other people. But the end is in sight, dear readers - before long, I will be insured, trusted, willed, power of attorneyed, inspected, valued, mortgaged, conveyanced, settled and firmly ensconced in this strange new world of Home Ownership, where I will learn the mystic arts of Pink Batts installation and general house upkeep.
So - time to post this, turn off the computer, pack the last remnants of my room away, and sleep in Nairn St for the last time.
I don't like change, but I think I've made my peace with this one. :)
Posted by svend at February 3, 2005 11:32 AM