For the past few days I've been feeling pretty sluggish & strained, didn't complete any running at all.
But other stuff was done this week.
I found out that there are now many more roguelike games, and they are getting closer to my want of a free to play tactics (like Tactics Ogre & Fire Emblem) kind of roguelike. I'm not too worried whether it's going to have an ASCII GUI or what, the gameplay is more important. I'm not a graphics whore. It also means that I'm no longer limited to the same kind of nethack-ish stuff or those realtime ones that come across as a plan view 2D version of counterstrike.
I also believe I can now deal with a random guy who turns up at my stand-up comedy (if I decide to have one) and hurls random insults or random shit questions at me.
One of the best responses IMO is : "I'm paid to make a fool of myself. What's your excuse ?"
and the response to kids is : "I've only got 20 minutes to make a fool of myself, you've got the rest of your life, so just shut up!"
Recently, I've also managed to get back in touch with one of my primary school friends. I was told that my face hasn't changed, and that I'm still easily recognisable.
I things I learnt this week include the photogrammetry triangulation concept (which eventually veered off into orienteering/location triangulation).
That veered off even further into how to use a stick (the shadow), the position of the Sun and the local time on my watch to determine where north/south is.
That eventually became a read-up on wilderness survival, which in turn went to knives, which in turn went to knife making. I suddenly realised that the machinery in my company would allow me to do up the finishing touches for a survival knife. What I would need to do first would be to design and shape the main blade out of a reasonably thick piece of steel. Then I suppose I could sharpen the blade and get it coated in my company. It then dawned on me why permits are required for industrial equiopment.
Also, I went to go virtually visit the the processes that I'm supposed to be good at, 6 Hats (more fun than 6 sigma), and lateral thinking.
And yeah, I was reminded of why I talk a lot of crap (so some say). I shall now vindicate myself.
A 'crap' idea can be dissected into a few concepts, which can be made use of, and used to churn out good ideas. Don't believe it ? Check this out. But I guess not every problem is solved with creative solutions. Sometimes you just got to drill through.
"You can't get fit in one workout, just as you can't live your life in one day."- Johnny G
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On a side note, I think I should change the design, layout etc. of this page, because I now think this 'tropical' design is more like some kids blanket cover. I might even attempt to make my talking box work properly for IE.
