I know you are thinking to yourself: "Hmmm... He usually posts these entries at 4am or so. What is this 9am on a Saturday stuff?" In answer to your question, I just got back from the office. I have to say that there is very little in this world that sucks quite as much as pulling an allnighter on a weekend. Unfortunately I suspect I will be doing it again tomorrow. <sigh>
For the record, I was/will be working on my Databases Project. Other
than that there is not a whole lot to report. Professor Xie was well
pleased with my progress at our weekly meeting. Lehmann helped me
straighten out my CSS float issue.Recently I have been reading the Amber series by Roger Zelazny. My interest in meta game design and more specifically diceless roleplaying led me to read about Amber, which is a successful diceless RPG. These books seemed inexorably bound to the game, so I have been picking them up at the library one at a time. The premise of the series is that there is only one real place. This place is called Amber. Extending from Amber there are an infinitude of other dimensions (called shadows). The Royal family of Amber can move amongst these dimensions (in addition to their other more or less interesting super powers). The books are interesting in their treatment of the "infinite worlds" hypothesis and in the use of political intrigue amongst the Royal Family. A brief excerpt:
"I am going to tell you something Benedict should have told you long
ago," I said. "Never trust a relative. It is far worse than trusting
strangers. With a stranger there is a possibility that you might be
safe."
"You really mean that, don't you?"
"Yes."
"Yourself included?"
I smiled. "Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy, and goodness. Trust me in all things."
"You really mean that, don't you?"
"Yes."
"Yourself included?"
I smiled. "Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy, and goodness. Trust me in all things."