Archive for April 2006
Zarqawi Taunts U.S. in Video
A couple of things that hit me as I worked the 3am shift before an out of town pitch today: So we finally know what the infamous terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi looks like. He disturbingly resembles Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) of Clerks fame. Link: Zarqawi Taunts U.S. in Video. Zarqawi said in his latest video…
Read MoreIran official threatens to hide nuke program
The headline writers at CNN are idiots, honestly. When the president of Iran says: We’re going to hide our nuclear program, which we’ve been doing for 12 months now, and We’re going to start giving nuclear technology to failed states. What do you think the headline should be? Apparently, #2 isn’t scary enough for the…
Read MoreThings that rock: poker games where everyone calls too much
I’ve started to pick my poker carefully. I don’t mean picking games that are only so easy that I can beat, but picking games online that I can’t find in real life. Like Omaha/8. As the kids say, "It’s hard out here for an Omaha player", and finding a a varied selection of O/8 games,…
Read MoreThings that suck, being sick for 10 days
So for 10 days I have some sort of obnoxious intestinal flu. And now it’s gone. I’m six pounds lighter and a bit less energetic, but it is over thank god. I’m posting from the Amtrak and have just switched seats with a family of two women and their two daughters. I gave them my…
Read More“Micksican” and other new ethnic slurs
I’ve got a set of friends from Burning Man that I haven’t yet stopped speaking to who are wonderful in both their sense of humor and their self-deprecating approach to life. Recently they were talking about their ethnicities, and since they’re all a mish-mash of different ones, what the appropriate slurs were? For our friend…
Read MorePoker raid in South Carolina
Another absurd poker raid. Mount Pleasant police dealt a wild card when they raided a poker game Cheseborough was attending Wednesday night, handing out citations and seizing nearly $6,000 from 22 stunned players who had gathered for some Texas Hold ’em. … Four people gathered at the house Thursday [the day after the raid], all…
Read MoreTerrorists’ Web Chatter Shows Concern About Internet Privacy
While cleaning out my inbox, I found this Washington Post article about how terrorist groups are doing their best to be careful about our surveillance. When terrorist groups learned that the National Security Agency could track electronic communication only when it was in transit — not when it was sitting in an inbox — users…
Read MorePoker bots sharking the one table tourneys
On one of the noted poker discussion boards, 2+2, players have been discussing the discovery of poker software ‘bots’ that have been playing the $22 one table high speed tournaments. What’s scary is that these robots were only caught because of an obvious pattern in their betting which was so unusual it drew attention. Once…
Read MorePride goeth before the fall.
I’ve written this post a million times before, and when I die, they’re going to stick it on my memorial plaque somewhere. "Pride Goeth Before The Fall" is what Shabbir always said, tossing off a wave as he pulled away on his Harley without wearing a helmet. Then he got hit by a truck and…
Read MoreThose who do not remember history….
I was wrong, I did get to play some more poker in Vegas before I left town. And I played some craps, which I won’t do again. My colleague who joined me in Vegas for the conference is a craps fan, and doesn’t really enjoy poker as it’s played in a casino, so for us…
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