Archive for October, 2007

All Aboard!

Oct 22nd

All Aboard!, originally uploaded by Heraldk.

On the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, my family went down to Rimbey, Alberta to have thanksgiving dinner with my grandparents. There was a ton of food, and we had to go walk around a bit after dinner. So we wandered around Pas-ka-poo park in Rimbey. It’s kind a neat place, since it’s almost like an outdoor museum. This is my sister, Megan, on the back of a caboose that is sitting at the “railway station” building.

AIBO Dog

Oct 19th

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AIBO Dog, originally uploaded by Heraldk.

Back at our booth at the open house, the AIBO dogs were tired after dancing all day to some cool tunes. It turns out that these little dogs have better dance moves than I do! I think I still can do the waltz better than them though.

Getting Ready To Dance

Oct 18th

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Getting Ready To Dance, originally uploaded by Heraldk.

After the woman pictured in yesterday’s photo finished her dance, this gentleman and another one got up to do another dance. Their costumes are really quite amazing.

Unfortunately, this is the best shot I was able to get. When they were dancing, they had their heads down almost the whole time and my shots really didn’t look very good.

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Native Dancer

Oct 17th

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Native Dancer, originally uploaded by Heraldk.

One of the groups that performed at the university of alberta open house this year was a local native chapter. Apparently, this is the first time they’ve performed some of their traditional dances at an open house, and it was pretty cool to see. Their costumes are quite elaborate, and they were in constant motion which made taking photos a bit challenging.

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University of Alberta Open House 2007

Oct 16th

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University of Alberta Open House 2007, originally uploaded by Heraldk.

I helped work the Computer Science booth at the University of Alberta open house this year. We’re in a big push to try and get students to join our department, so we had a lot of people in our booth and a lot of cool demos. The event was a pretty good success I think.

Back to Poker

Oct 16th

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I had an urge last night to play some poker for the first time in quite awhile. The last time I had played any poker at all was in August when I needed to clear some money at Party so I could cash out. So I logged into my trusty PSO account to check on the latest promotions and found 4 promos that I haven’t done yet. I chose Carbon poker because I could get the highest amount ($120 worth) of PSO points. I went through the typical steps to start the promo and sat down for a couple hour session. There wasn’t a lot of action at the $50 NL tables, so I stepped up to $100NL, a limit I haven’t played since January or February.

I just opened two tables, partially because it was a higher limit than I had played recently and partially to get used to the new interface. The first thing I noticed is that the software seemed very responsive and slick — it’s certainly better software than many sites have. The second thing I notice? There’s an All-In button in a primary spot on the screen. This is a one-click-put-all-your-chips-in-the-pot button. Man do I ever hope I don’t make a bad misclick with that button!

I got off to a fast start early on. Within a couple rotations at a six-max table, I get dealt pocket aces. I make a standard raise and get called. The board comes up 655 with 2 diamonds. I make a healthy bet, and the guy across from me pushes allin. I call and he shows JJ and I take down almost a full stack!

Another hand a little later, I flop 3 clubs holding the king of clubs. I make a bet and get raised a small amount so I call and turn a fourth club giving me the 2nd nut flush. My opponent promptly shoves and I call – he shows Q6 of clubs, and I win 3/4 of a stack there.

Later on, I’m up over two stacks and get to see a free flop with 64 and flop trips. Unfortunately, I run into a guy who had A6, so I lost a bunch in that hand. I probably lost more than I should have, although it was tough to fold to the guy’s river bet.

I made back a bunch of money with KJs when I flopped a flush draw and turned the nut flush to beat my opponent’s trip aces. That got me back into the 2.5 stack profit range.

Late in my session, I flopped top pair of tens with TJo. I bet the flop and get called and then turn two pair. I bet again but get raised so I just call and the river is another J to give me a full house. I promptly push and get called by a guy who flopped trips on the flop. Whoops! Got lucky there.

All in all, I finished my session up $300, and a little less than 1/4 done my PSO promotion. Not too shabby for not playing in a couple months! Hopefully the rest of the session goes as well!

Heraldk