I’ve always been interested in the idea of information visualization–that there are better ways to present information than the simple ones we always use. In fact, I once wrote a university paper on things that were experimental at the time, like transparently overlaid GIS information, etc. In this spirit, I present the eight other players in my weekly poker game,… Read more →
Category: HGPA
Tuesday is poker night
When Mal cashed out at 500% of his buyin, I thought he was surely going to be the champion of the night. Until I cashed out, several hours later, at 1900% of my initial buy in. I believe the phrase here is “Boo-ya-ka!” That is all. (I am going to be so tired tomorrow.) Read more →
About Movies: Atlantic Film Festival Blog
I am somewhat saddened that due to a conflation of poor planning, vacation timing, parenthood, and crap at the office, that I won’t be seeing nearly as many films this year at the Atlantic Film Festival as I have in past years. However, my weekly poker pal Carsten (no, you can’t call him Bu’)–one of who’s hats is that of… Read more →
How I Spent My Friday Night
So, we had another poker tournament at “the Drake” this Friday. I was quite excited since this would be the premiere of my custom Cthulhu chips, which had just arrived on Thursday. Here’s a shot of my new chips (which, like all the images in this post, is a link to a larger image): <Insert your own “gambling with your… Read more →
One other time sink
In addition to all my legitimate excuses below for being too busy to blog, I also have a weekly poker game on Tuesday. It’s no big deal, just a lot of dealer’s choice: mostly hold ’em and seven card stud, with the occasional high-low variant when we have a full table. The game is pretty regularly at Mike Drake’s place… Read more →
