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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Go

elbeno, 29 January, 200629 July, 2007

Friday night I played my first game of Go. It’s the kind of game where somebody just a little better than you can handily beat you, and my friend at work is a lot better than “absolute beginner”. His highest rating has been 3 kyu, which I think is saying something (beginners start at 30 kyu and approach 0 as they get better).

But it seems like a really good game. Perhaps I’ll get the hang of it after a few hundred games.

PS. Got ALSA sound working in Cedega. Bit crackly, but it mixes now!

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