Archive for March, 2007
Run Run Run
Mar 29th
Last night was crazy.
I had two campus rec intramural playoff games, one Volleyball and one floor hockey which were at almost overlapping times. I decided to play the volleyball one because if we won, then we’d make the final which was the same night. So I went there and we lost really fast. It was 8:00 – about the time our floor hockey game was to start. So I ran over to the bus stop and saw that the bus to get over there was there! I hopped on, and got to the gym to find my team down a goal with 3 minutes or so left. I grab a guy’s stick and play the remaining two minutes straight — unfortunately we couldn’t tie the game up. *sigh*.
So then I go home and sit down at my computer where I code a script that will help the development of the poker bot I’m working on … and don’t finish that until 3 in the morning. I’m TIRED.
So if you’ll excuse me, maybe I’ll go take a nap.
Heraldk
Elton John Improvising
Mar 27th
This is pretty awesome. I don’t actually know much of Elton John’s music, but there’s no denying he’s got some talent.
Enjoy!
Heraldk
Distant Mountain Sunset
Mar 25th
On the way out to Jasper for the annual CS Department Ski Trip, 2007 edition, I just had to stop the car so I could take a shot of this. To me, it looks like a slightly surreal photo. The mountains in the background are distant and look almost like there were drawn in. I rather like the trees on the left – they add a little character to the photo. What do you think?
Poker Bankroll Info
Mar 24th
I’ve created a new page (accessible from the top right menu, or here) that summarizes how my poker and online casino bonuses have gone over the last couple of years of playing. It is starting to look like a fairly impressive set of numbers, if I do say so myself!
The particularly cool thing about these numbers is that my win rate at poker has skyrocketed in the last couple of months since I started playing no limit. No limit has totally been good to me – and I’m very happy to have made the switch (and so is my bottom line!).
Heraldk
Mar 21st
Wow, I can’t believe I’ve found a social networking site I actually don’t hate. I can’t stand myspace — most pages are garish and poorly presented. Orkut became meaningless when people lost interest with it in the first couple months. So I never really considered joining facebook since I assumed it would be another waste of time. Eventually though, I heard enough people talking about it that I decided I needed to give it a try. Boy was a surprised.
The first thing that struck me is that the site is well-organized and easy to browse. It is very much a web2.0 style done right. Just enough AJAX (I’m assuming) to make the elements of the page interactive to the right degree. Everything feels very easy, but the lack of full customization means that viewing other people’s profiles is actually pleasant (unlike myspace … *shudder*). So all in all it is an impressive piece of software.
The other big thing that struck me right away is just how many of my former schoolmates were on facebook already. I suppose mileage might vary depending on whether facebook has hit critical mass for the people you know. Definitely, however, a large number of people I went to high school, junior high, and even elementary school with are already on facebook. What that meant was within a few days of creating a facebook account, I already had more than 50 people on my friends list. Insane.
The last thing that I think facebook does amazingly well, is it gives you a big reason to login on a regular basis. When you login, you get a list of ‘news items’ for the people on your friends list. This means that whenever you login you are notified whenever someone adds a new person to their friends list, or when they update their profile, or … all kinds of stuff. This means you can see what’s going on with other people’s friends networks and update your own if you see someone you know get added to someone else’s list.
So, I have now fallen to facebook and it appears to be another good time waster. Just what I needed.
Heraldk
Red Rose
Mar 18th
My Grandparents celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary last week and for it, our family went out for a nice dinner. It was rather nice. I had my camera there, so I took several photos. This one, was the bouquet that someone gave to my grandparents. I rather like how it turned out.
Back to UB
Mar 17th
I returned to ultimate bet this weekend to play there a bit last night and this morning. Last night went terribly – I didn’t get any action on my big hands, but kept getting played back at when I didn’t get a hand. So I dropped two stacks at $100NL before calling it a night. This morning, on the other hand, was beautiful. I got myself back up to even from last night’s losses and then proceeded to stack another couple players for a net session profit of $425. So in two days, I’m up $225-ish. Sweet.
In a little while, my grandparents are coming over. My Grandma is going to teach me how to bake her bun recipe. Let me tell you: these buns are awesome. I can’t wait to have a batch tomorrow morning — hot and steaming straight from the oven. Mmmmmm. I’ll try and get some pictures part way through and of the end product.
Heraldk
I won the lotteries
Mar 16th
It seems like every day I get two or three messages that say: You have won the lottery! Just send us your name, address, social insurance number, and your bank account number … as well as you mother’s maiden name, your date of birth, and your soul to us and we’ll give you this totally non-fake prize of several tens of thousands of dollars!
What the hell? I know I’ve seen these emails before … most of you probably have seen these before too. But why am I getting them every day now? The worst part is that it passes through gmail’s spam filter which means it is a daily annoyance to manage the message (rather than just hitting the ‘delete all spam’ button). So what gives? It isn’t like I’m going to give them the information they want so they can steal my money, my identity, and my soul. It hasn’t worked yet, and it won’t … so …
This is similar to the situation when I got a bazillion emails entitled ‘good luck!’ in short order. Thankfully, gmail recognized that as spam.
This post has gotten pretty rambly, so I’ll just wrap it up quickly. I find it scary that these emails continue to be sent because that means that people, somewhere, are falling for these tricks. The success rate is probably not high, but somehow people are dumb enough to believe that they just won the lottery and pass on all these important details. And so I find that truly scary … and I’m also mad at them because it is them that justify these spammers sending these damn emails to me everyday.
Heraldk
Poker-filled Weekend
Mar 12th
My friend got a reload bonus at Party Poker late last week, and I did not. So I sent them an email (at his suggestion) asking why and lo and behold they gave me a couple of bonuses! So I spent almost 12 hours this weekend playing 4-table $100NL. Saturday was very profitable … I finished up $370 for the day, though at one point I was actually up over $500. I finished off my $100 bonus yesterday while making maybe $25 or so. So a pretty successful weekend on the poker front.
What I don’t really understand is where some of these players are coming from and why they throw away their money! It almost makes me feel guilty … except that I know that if I don’t take their money then someone else will. Some of the players are so bad that they are asking me to take their money. *shrug* – I guess I won’t ever know the answer to this.
In other news, it was my grandparent’s 54th wedding anniversary yesterday, so we went out for dinner to celebrate. It was pretty good – though I’m not sure I would go back to the restaurant we went to. It was good … but pricier than I like to pay on a normal basis. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a nice expensive meal once in a while, but I need to be real impressed with the food to get me to return. Both Diane and I felt that there were better options available for spending that kind of money.
But. It was fun and we enjoyed spending time together. I really don’t spend enough time with my grandparents, and I really should spend more time with them. More stuff to feel guilty about I guess.
Heraldk
Moon over Mountain
Mar 11th
On the way down to Kimberley on a BC highway, we were treated to a rather beautiful scene where the moon shone brightly over the mountain. It was too pretty for me to not try taking some photos. Afterwards, I really wish I had brought my tripod to set up and take this photo because it was hard to get it to turn out really well. This is the best of about 15 attempts. The longer the exposure the worse the photo got since I couldn’t hold it still. *sigh*. Next time, I’m bringing my tripod!
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