Xmas thing

(set: _colours to (a: (text-colour:green), (text-colour:red) ) ) Do you want to write a (bg:white)[(either: ..._colours)[''Ch''](either: ..._colours)[''ri''](either: ..._colours)[''s''](either: ..._colours)[''tm''](either: ..._colours)[''as'']] talk? 🎄 [[Yes. ->Talk Yes]] [[Not now. ->No1]]

What's the topic then? Physics? [[I guess so. ->Physics Reroute]] [[No chance. ->Ideas]]

OK. How about work in //History//? As part of a master project on (link:"history of science")[(replace: ?project)[Mangling Geochronology: Agency, Contingency and Emergence in (link:"Kelvin's debate")[(replace: ?debate)[A nineteenth century debate between William Thomson and (link:"Geologists")[(replace: ?antagonists)[Geologists, biologists & evolutionists.]] []<antagonists| ]] []<debate| ]] []<project| ...I've been: * ~~Hanging out~~ Researching in the [[Kelvin Archive]] reading historical documents * Working with [[Games and Gaming Lab ->GGLAB]] to design a game based on the history * Participating in [[CoAH PG Conference ->Counter Conference]] * Thinking on [[New Things]] * ~~Messing around with~~ Developing [[Lo-Fi Games]] (text-colour:black)[[[Hidden link ->Hidden page]]]

The (link: "Games and Gaming Lab")[(goto-url: 'https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/research/artslab/ourlabs/gamesandgaming/')] promotes cross-disciplinary research into Games and Gaming, from Tabletop to Electronic media, from Children to Adults, and across time periods from Ancient to Modern, Fantasy, and Futuristic. My involvement is in mixing *history of science* x *game based learning* ... |close1>[(link-rerun:"Board example")[(show:?open1)(hide:?close1)]] |open1)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open1)(show:?close1)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/kelvin_project/mb_board.png" alt="Kelvin plaque" width="600" height="450"> Milton Bradley gameboard version. ] |close2>[(link-rerun:"Simulation example")[(show:?open2)(hide:?close2)]] |open2)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open2)(show:?close2)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/kelvin_project/first_20_games.png" alt="Kelvin plaque" width="600" height="450"> Player positions for 20 two-player games. ] |close3>[(link-rerun:"Comparison Plot")[(show:?open3)(hide:?close3)]] |open3)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open3)(show:?close3)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/kelvin_project/big_comparison_moves.png" alt="Kelvin plaque" width="600" height="450"> Comaprison of player numbers and common rulesets: * number of turns per game per player decreases as more players play - better chance of finding optimal path * shortest games with re-rolls for sixes and no penalty for repeated sixes ] [[Back to other stuff ->No Physics]]

Glad to hear it. Let's get started. [[Begin writing... ->Start writing]]

Oh, come on. You know you're gonna eventually. ''Let's do it.'' [[OK, go on. ->Talk Yes]] [[No. I don't wanna. ->No2]]

But it's a chance to join in with friends and colleagues in some organised festive fun. ''Join in!'' [[Fine. I'll do it. ->Talk Yes]] [[Boke! No way. ->No3]]

Would you rather spend the day on moodle doing mandatory training? [[God no. Hit me. ->Talk Yes]] [[Yes! ->Do Work]]

I don't even know you anymore. ''Be gone!'' <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/sadness.jpg" alt="View from the Archive" width="600" height="400"> (text-colour:black)+(bg:white)[End Transmission.]

You don't mean that. Let's get serious! [[No Physics ->Ideas]]

OK, let's work on some ideas... [|erm1)[ |erm2)[ |erm3)[ (link:"Oh, maybe AI do this for me?")[(replace: ?warning)[**Haven't you seen: Teminator 1/2/3/4/5/6, The Matrix 1/2/3/4, Alien 1/2/3/4/-1/-2/1.5, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ex Machina, ... ?!** Try something else: [[Professional gripes ->Gripes]] [[Well-intentioned though controversial material ->Shitlist]] [[No Physics]] ] ] ] (link:"ergh...")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show:?erm3)] ] (link:"erm...")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show:?erm2)] ] (link:"hmm...")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show:?erm1)] ]<warning|

(bg:red)[''You have have insuffient space left on this device.''] Please choose another... [[Well-intentioned though controversial material ->Shitlist]] [[No Physics]]

Well, that's a tricky thing. It really takes some skill to be able to handle serious issues in an ironic or satirical fashion. You probablly want to avoid... (link:"The Middle East")[(replace: ?contro1)[(display: "Controversy")]]<contro1| (link:"The US")[(replace: ?contro2)[(display: "Controversy")]]<contro2| (link:"The BBC")[(replace: ?contro3)[(display: "Controversy")]]<contro3| (link: "The Monarchy")[(replace: ?contro4)[(display: "Controversy")]]<contro4| (link: "The Far-Right, Alt-Right, Elon Musk")[(replace: ?contro5)[(display: "Controversy")]]<contro5| (link: "Politics, Religion, University policy on Pay and Renumerations")[(replace: ?contro6)[(display: "Controversy") Maybe just stick to: [[Professional gripes ->Gripes]] [[No Physics]] ]]<contro6|

(either: "Dude", "Bro", "Bruh","Broski"), (either: "you have a wife and children", "you got responsibilites", "people depend on you"). You need this (either: "wage", "job", "gig").

The (link: "Kelvin Archive")[(goto-url: 'https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archivespecialcollections/discover/specialcollectionsa-z/kelvincollection/')] comprises the books and papers of the physicist William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907). Correspondents 19th century boffins, including George Boole, Fleeming Jenkin, J P Joule, James Clerk Maxwell, P G Tait and C J Varley. |close1>[(link-rerun:"Kelvin's plaque")[(show:?open1)(hide:?close1)]] |open1)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open1)(show:?close1)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/kelvin_project/kelvin_plaque.jpg" alt="Kelvin plaque" width="500" height="400"> A commemorative plaque up in the square. ] |close2>[(link-rerun:"Archive View")[(show:?open2)(hide:?close2)]] |open2)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open2)(show:?close2)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/kelvin_project/archive_view.jpg" alt="View from the Archive" width="350" height="600"> View from level 12 of the library. ] |close3>[(link-rerun:"Thomson's scribbles")[(show:?open3)(hide:?close3)]] |open3)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open3)(show:?close3)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/kelvin_project/kelvin_scribbles.jpg" alt="Some of Thomson's scribbles" width="350" height="600"> Here, Kelvin is discussing the Age of the Earth (//c//f 10^^6^^ centuries) and how tides might affect the spherical shape of the Earth over time (vertical scrawl). * working on using (link: "online tool")[(goto-url: 'https://www.transkribus.org')] to help read using AI tricks ] |close4>[(link-rerun:"Kelvin's desk")[(show:?open4)(hide:?close4)]] |open4)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open4)(show:?close4)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/kelvin_project/kelvin_desk.jpg" alt="Kelvin plaque" width="600" height="400"> Kelvin's desk in 506 (see underside for C19 chewing gum). ] [[Back to other stuff ->No Physics]]

*"This conference invites scholars, artists, and practitioners to submit papers that explore the relationship between marginalised voices and dominant cultural narratives. We are particularly interested in how the periphery -whether social, geographical, political, or historical - shapes alternative or counter-narratives. How do voices from the margins contest, reframe, or interact with central ideologies, histories, and power structures?"* |close1>[(link-rerun:"My contribution")[(show:?open1)(hide:?close1)]] |open1)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open1)(show:?close1)] Connecting Historical Games Studies and Science and Technology Studies. * highlight synergies between two counter-narrative disciplines which are often regarded separately. ] |close2>[(link-rerun:"Venue")[(show:?open2)(hide:?close2)]] |open2)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open2)(show:?close2)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/CoAH_cinema.jpg" alt="Kelvin plaque" width="600" height="450"> A friggin' cinema in the Gilmorehill Centre! (align:"==>")+(box:"=X")[(link: "Online slides")[(goto-url: 'https://kelvin-project.docs.cern.ch/8_Progress/803_PG_Conference/')]] ] [[Back to other Stuff ->No Physics]]

This narrative was made with (link: "Twine")[(goto-url: 'https://twinery.org')] |close1>[ - (link-rerun:"Site map")[(show:?open1)(hide:?close1)]] |open1)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open1)(show:?close1)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/twine_map_final.png" alt="Site map" width="600" height="600"> ] More gaming platforms: * (link: "Ren'Py")[(goto-url: 'https://www.renpy.org')] is a visual novel engine (python based). * (link: "itch.io")[(goto-url: 'https://itch.io/')] is a simple way to find and share indie games online for free.(align:"<==")+(box:"X=")[ - including (link: "Vote Now!")[(goto-url: 'https://itch.io/queue/c/6527610/lausanne-at-glasgow?game_id=1649699&password=')]: Swiss political history game] My Stuff: * [(link: "Snake & Ladders simulation")[(goto-url: 'https://simulation-kelvin-project.app.cern.ch')]] (python): compare variations in S&L rulesets * [(link: "Snake & Ladders game & remix (TBF)")[(goto-url: 'https://play-kelvin-project.app.cern.ch')]] (python): choose S&L rulesets and play OG game and remix * [[Custom Quiz ->Dima Quiz]] (twine): test your specific knowledge

Congratulations! You have found the hidden page. |close1>[(link-rerun:"**Dima**")[(show:?open1)(hide:?close1)]] |open1)[(link-rerun:"put away")[(hide:?open1)(show:?close1)] <img src="https://wraight.web.cern.ch/Xmas_thing/Dima_pic.jpg" alt="Dima!" width="300" height="500"> ]

Building a story... Take a bit of |close1>[(link-rerun:"Byung-Chul Han")[(show:?open1)(hide:?close1)]] |open1)[(link-rerun:"hide")[(hide:?open1)(show:?close1)] (link: "Byung-Chul Han")[(goto-url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byung-Chul_Han')] writes about how our modern Western culture (''Achievement Society'') go beyond analyses of past (e.g. C19 ''Disciplinary Society''). Topics: * //The Crisis of Narration //((link: "UoG library")[(goto-url: 'https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/record=b4132034')]): data is killing meaning (//cf// Walter Benjamin). * //Psychopolitics// ((link: "spotify")[(goto-url: 'https://open.spotify.com/show/7CgYpxJS9VWUiDm1yS3lAP?si=90e4228a96c94c42')]): The power of Capitalism has changed from C19 discipline and demand to C21 anticipated selection and FOMO (//cf// Karl Marx). * //The Burnout Society// ((link: "researchgate")[(goto-url: 'https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369815185_The_Burnout_Society_-_Byung-Chul_Han')]): late-modern living can be a destructive buzz of activity (//cf// Sigmund Freud). ] Mix in some |close2>[(link-rerun:"Speedrunning")[(show:?open2)(hide:?close2)]] |open2)[(link-rerun:"hide")[(hide:?open2)(show:?close2)] ''Speedrunning'': playing a (often classic) video game with the goal to complete all or part as fast as possible. Started (let's say) 1980s and now commercialised entertainment. Links: * //Running with Speed// ((link: "wiki page")[(goto-url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_with_Speed')], (link: "amazon")[(goto-url: 'https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Speed-Summoning-Salt/dp/B0B75CCPKP')]): ] In order to (link-rerun:"build a narrative")[(replace: ?narra0)[ Incorporating //high-brow// societal critique with //low-brow// gaming. (link-rerun:"Early videogaming")[(replace: ?narra1)[ Early games (1970s, 1980s) display disciplinary tendancy: * Examples: //Shoot 'em ups// to chase high score, //platformers// to get to end of a linear (left-right) course, //racing games// to complete courses as fast as possible * Even //text adventures// directed players to an end * Choice of game designer structure play (link-rerun:"Later videogaming")[(replace: ?narra2)[ Games evolve to achievement period (in part thanks to advances in technology) * Many goals may be selected (points, time, NFTs) * World-openness allows //partically unlimited// exploration within a game engine * MMO communities generate game etiquette beyond (or in conflict with) game design (link-rerun:"Speedrunning")[(replace: ?narra3)[ Speedrunning is activity which sits between the two - in chronology and technical requirements * Speedrunning goals ignore design and focus on //speed// * Often exploiting glitches in the game design * Communities of players agreeing standards of achievement * Spending time on speedrunning replaces gaming world-openess with precise constraints (link-rerun:"The punchline")[(replace: ?narra4)[ In the history of videogames and videogame culture there is evidence of the change in modern society from prescribed play and to world-open recreaction. [[Back to joy ->No Physics]] ]]<narra4| ]]<narra3| ]]<narra2| ]]<narra1| ]]<narra0|

Welcome to the ''Dima quiz!'' //So you think you know Dima? // Let's find out... {(set: $quizValue to -1, $qIndex to 1, $complete to false)} |close1>[(link-rerun:"Ready?")[(show:?open1)(hide:?close1)(set: $quizValue to 0)]] |open1)[ [(display: "Question_"+(text: $qIndex))]<question| |prompt>[(link-rerun: "next question")[ { (set: $qIndex to it + 1) (if: $qIndex <5)[{ (replace: ?question)[(display: "Question_"+(text: $qIndex))] }] (else:)[(hide:?prompt)(replace: ?question)[ (display: "Result") ] ] }] ] ]

''Question 2'' Which eye did Dima get an infection in? (set: $qValue_1 to 0, _comment_array to (a: 'interesting', 'uh-huh', 'ok', 'sure')) Select option:  |A1>[(link-rerun:"A) Left")[(set: $qValue_1 to 0)(replace: ?prompt1)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |B1>[(link-rerun:"B) Right")[(set: $qValue_1 to 1)(replace: ?prompt1)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |C1>[(link-rerun:"C) Neither. It was make up.")[(set: $qValue_1 to 0)(replace: ?prompt1)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] [Please choose]<prompt1|

''Question 3'' What is Dima's age in hexadecimal? (set: $qValue_2 to 0, _comment_array to (a: 'interesting', 'uh-huh', 'ok', 'sure')) Select option:  |A2>[(link-rerun:"A) 2B")[(set: $qValue_2 to 0)(replace: ?prompt2)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |B2>[(link-rerun:"B) 3D")[(set: $qValue_2 to 0)(replace: ?prompt2)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |C2>[(link-rerun:"C) 28")[(set: $qValue_2 to 1)(replace: ?prompt2)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |D2>[(link-rerun:"D) FFS")[(set: $qValue_2 to 0)(replace: ?prompt2)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] [Please choose]<prompt2|

''Question 4'' What is Dima's patronymic name? (set: $qValue_3 to 0, _comment_array to (a: 'interesting', 'uh-huh', 'ok', 'sure')) Select option:  |A3>[(link-rerun:"A) Endeavour")[(set: $qValue_3 to 0)(replace: ?prompt3)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |B3>[(link-rerun:"B) de Pfeffel")[(set: $qValue_3 to 0)(replace: ?prompt3)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |C3>[(link-rerun:"C) Afanasyevich")[(set: $qValue_3 to 0)(replace: ?prompt3)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |D3>[(link-rerun:"D) Alexandrovich")[(set: $qValue_3 to 1)(replace: ?prompt3)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] [Please choose]<prompt3|

Questions complete. (set: $score to $qValue_1+$qValue_2+$qValue_3+$qValue_4) Total score: $score/4 (if: $score is 4)[ - You know your Dima!] (else-if: $score is 3)[ - You're pretty good at your Dima.] (else-if: $score is 2)[ - You have a reasonable working knowledge of Dima.] (else-if: $score is 1)[ - You have more to learn of Dima.] (else:)[ - Have you even met the guy?] [[Back to joy ->No Physics]]

''Question 1'' How busy is Dima? (set: $qValue_4 to 0, _comment_array to (a: 'interesting', 'uh-huh', 'ok', 'sure')) Select option:  |A4>[(link-rerun:"A) He's got time, and his door is always open.")[(set: $qValue_4 to 0)(replace: ?prompt4)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |B4>[(link-rerun:"B) A few things happening right now.")[(set: $qValue_4 to 0)(replace: ?prompt4)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |C4>[(link-rerun:"C) Lots to do.")[(set: $qValue_4 to 0)(replace: ?prompt4)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] |D4>[(link-rerun:"D) Oh man, he's so busy, man. You can't believe how busy he is!")[(set: $qValue_4 to 1)(replace: ?prompt4)[ (either: ..._comment_array) ]]] [Please choose]<prompt4|