I used to take pride in saying I played Go better than a computer. However, this is no longer the case. This past week for the first time ever a computer actually beat a high ranking(8 dan) professional player. Of course, the human gave the computer a 9-stone handicap and the computer had 800 processors, but this is still unprecedented. The pro ( Read more... )

I've been thinking that I may get too easily addicted to things I enjoy. Caffeine and Nicotine are actually addictive drugs, so I have an excuse there. However pool and concerts create no natural physical dependency but I am entirely dependent upon them. I've been playing in league 2 nights a week recently instead of just one and I've been ( Read more... )

Well after about a 2 month drought finally I'm seeing shows again. So Many Dynamos tonight, Wolf Parade on Tuesday and Bound Stems on Friday. It's going to be a good week, but I'm going to be unreasonably sleep deprived ( Read more... )

I know, I know, it's still 6 months away but I've been seriously considering doing it for sometime now and it happens to be particularly on mind today. I was wondering, from those of you who have tried it (and I know there is at least one or two of you), are there any prep tips that I should start taking into consideration now? Also, have any of ( Read more... )

Well, Tom Waits has finally annouced the dates for his upcoming Summer Tour. Unfortunately there's no Chicago date this time around. That means I'd have to travel to either St Louis on a Thursday or to Columbus on a Saturday to see him. This will most likely happen. With the travel though I'm not sure if hiimryan will want to go. Also, if he does want ( Read more... )

It's official. I'm now 23. It happened yesterday. I celebrated by reading High Fidelity, playing pool, eating dinner with my roomie and his GF, and catching a drink with my visiting sister. It was good, but let's get rowdy this weekend.

I never thought I'd say it but right now Sam Beam is definitely challenging Tom Waits for my favorite song-writer, through songs such as Upward Over the Mountain, Each Coming Night, Trapeze Swinger, and Resurrection Fern. He's definitely passed John Darnielle to solidly take #2. Although Waits wrote Martha when he was 22 that deserves a lot ( Read more... )

The Chinese. Apparently shooting rockets at things IS the solution to all of life's problems. Go figure.

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Please stop collectively and repeatedly fellating Radiohead. It makes me sick.
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I think growing up in southern Michigan has made me an avid supporter of the individual's right to own guns.( Gun control? )