The flag flies at half mast today...

Music: Taps

Counting to infinity, I thought to take my rest.
My body won't cooperate; who would have ever guessed
I'd lie awake, wide-eyed tonight, too petrified to sleep,
haunted by the image of a thousand phantom sheep?

By the way, if you actually considered the position given in the August 15th entry, you probably had enough wits to declare Black the winner. Perhaps White should have traded queens when he had the chance...

I've had it in mind for some time now to write a computer program that plays chess. Why? A couple of years ago I had my first encounter with online chess at Yahoo! After being soundly beaten several times (also my first experience with blitz chess--shudder). I began to wonder if I could write a computer program that could learn to play the way ( Read more... )

I have taken, as of late, to playing correspondance chess by e-mail. Although it can be really slow, it's fun, and is easily worked into a busy schedule ( Read more... )

I downloaded LJ for my palm. It would appear that I can only add entries with it. I was hoping for more options...

We must also remember to remain planted in reality. News from, and references to. the Real World (terra firma, Earth, the land of the living, etc.) will be referred to as Mundania. That should keep my aimless ramblings somewhat organized, until I figure out what I actually want to do with this...

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I have given some thought to whaf use I should make of this journal, and have concluded that to keep track of everything would be somewhat confusing. As I see it, my world consists of three major spheres. As should be evident already, many a fantasy has played in me noggin. I thought to share some of it, but... I will place fantastic references ( Read more... )

A game I am currently playing (as White) against my computer stands thus ( Read more... )

What does the monarch of a fictional one-town kingdom write as a first journal entry? The King of Shades, whose true name is nearly lost in antiquity, is the ruler of the Southryn Barrens, specifically the island in the sparkling Great Volcano Crater Lake, whence the town of Lockton makes its abode. Few people venture that far south ( Read more... )