The EC contract has finally been signed, details are finalized, and registration is open!  It sure took long enough, I know, but we had a hard time finding a venue here because there's an AMC (Amway wannabe) convention going on here that's taking like all the rooms!  Seriously, it's a huge conference.  But we got a great venue which I'm sure people ( Read more... )

I've been a self-taught dabbler in programming stuff since I was like 15, maybe? ( This is my latest coup: )

If you've got the latest issue of Rolling Stone there's a great article about privacy.  "The Most Dangerous Man in Cyberspace. Meet the hacker who's on the run after Wikileaks released classified documents about the Afghanistan war. By Nathaniel Rich"

I hate dislike Zyzzyva's definition for poignant. I'm trying to remove the word hate from my ( Read more... )

Play in Nathan's ISC Blitz Tourney.  http://ar-raqis.livejournal.com/12224.html

Also, I hate dislike it when I remember a cool play occured, but I can't remember what it was.  A couple years or so ago, someone played a (possibly disconnected), and I think on column m or n -- at least on the ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599201315000Read more... )

How about a central place:

http://cross-tables.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=293&p=2119#p2119

( Thing's I've learned looking at 10k-20k 7s... )

From a series of speed games with bbstenniz

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=6690

Later he played LYRI(C)IZE through my C in CALIBER(S) for 119.  One left woulda been a 3x3!  'Twas quite a night.

Will really miss Nationals but can't justify the cost, the spending $1k to likely win nothing, when the money could be put to better use.  And it will be ( Read more... )

Illness kept me from Rockford. For the best, I guess. Using my time (somewhat) wisely ( Read more... )

Cornelia asked me to write about the badqoph directory for The Last Word newsletter. So I did. :)