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I originally posted this in davis_squareI've started a Yahoo group for Euchre players ( Read more... )

I need more book recommendations!

( Books )

"Once tagged by this entry, the assignment is to write a blog entry of some kind with six random facts about yourself. Then, pick six of your friends and tag them; no tag backs. This explanation should be included ( Read more... )

Picture of chess at Au Bon Pain

That's me winning, second table in, player on the right.

I owe patrickwonders a nice, crusty loaf of French bread next time I see him, as I've been baking loaves of the stuff from the recipe in The Bread Baker's Apprentice, a book he recommended a while back. I've never been able to make a good bread until now - now I have wonderfully airy and soft loaves with crispy-yet-not-to-crispy crusts. Damn ( Read more... )

Man, extravaganza would be a great Scrabble word.

First Media

As a big fan of Don Red (and Ouch!, and Prince Bud, and The Thungs) I've got mention:



Nerd Core For Life, a documentary about nerd hip-hop. It's not all that Don/Ouch!/Prince Bud are about, but the documentary is pretty eye-opening. Lots of nerds rap. Which is awesome. I hope there ( Read more... )

In September I played in the Thursday Night Swiss at the Boylston Chess Club and had two of the best performances of my life. I drew an Expert (a chess player with a rating over 2000) and beat a USCF Master (a player with a rating over 2200). For comparison, I’m rated around 1500 ( Read more... )

jluke, gib, rmeinhart, rat_girl3 and I'm sure others have posted this challenge:

The first FIVE respondents to this post will get a free piece of art from me, made by me! In turn, they must make the same offer to five other folks.

Possible art includes watercolor paintings, drawings, music, or some other unspecified work.

If you're local to me (Cambridge, Somerville) and interested in helping provide community Internet, please join the MIT Roofnet/Cambridge Public Internet mesh network ( Read more... )