Tempus Tommy

A Dane living in The Netherlands

Monday, September 08, 2003  

I got to borrow a laptop at school. Finally! I've been phoning all kinds of people at school, and now it seems like it paid off. No matter what happened, I'm happy! Thanks to those who decided I could get it!
The last week has been hell because of that - imagine to write a thesis and then suddenly someone took away your computer, saying: "Sorry, but you can only borrow it for six days! But you can get it back if you hand it in, so we can clean the harddrive - and still only if you're so lucky no one else signed up for it". That's how the rules are right now - not satisfying for me!

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My love is coming to Copenhagen in two weeks - I'm counting down now!

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Friday was western party night at school - I used most of the time bartending and socializing; nice!

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I'm considering changing my thesis title to: "Supported Social Interaction" or "Supporting Social Interaction", since that's what it most accurately is about. The old title ("Social Interactions in EverQuest") is not accurate enough anymore, since I'm writing about what kinds of SI are supported in EQ. I'm also writing about SI as a subject, but on a more method/historic level. And I might use EQ as a case, but I want to make the conclusion cover more than just one case.

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Nick Yee next phase is out. Please take some time to fill in one of both questionnaires:
www.nickyee.com/mmorpg/main.html
Nick Yee's site (including the EQ study - The Norrathian Scrolls:
www.nickyee.com/
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archives:

Trying to make the central heating work again.

links:

game-research.com

gamasutra.com

Susana Tosca (My former advisor)

dutch in dk (A blog: twin blogger - mirrorwise)

Klastrup's Cataclysms (my friend)

Bygballe's blog (my friend)

Louise's thoughts (my friend)

Frank Schaap (a Dutch researcher working in the same area as I)

Nick Yee's Hub (an Online Study in MMORPG)

books on my desk:

Michael Argyle:
"The Psychology of Interpersonal Behavior"

Danii Elkonin:
Legens Psykologi (The Psychology of Play)

Erving Goffman:
"The presentation of Self in Everday Life"

Erving Goffman:
"Behavior in Public Places"

Erving Goffman:
"Frame Analysis"

Lisbeth Klastrup:
"Towards a Poetics of a Virtual World" (not yet in press)

Edward Hall:
"The Hidden Dimension"

update Feb. 23

mail:

tommyblogger@hotmail.com

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