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My first game of Baduk (Go)

 

Played my first game of Baduk (Korean word for the game of Go) today

Playing white, my position at the end game was … I suck!ZERO score, computer was 90.5 … still learning the strategy.I keep getting confused with the rules for Chess and Gomoku.

 

At least it is better then losing chess in four moves … [...]

Battlefield 3 Pre Release Download

Not long now until Battlefield 3 will be out. In fact I have already downloaded it

If you purchase Battlefield 3 through Origin, EA will let you download it from the 21st of October. Unfortunately you can’t play it, not even the single player version.

   Its just sitting there tempting me …  B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S !!!!

You click [...]

Steve Jobs

 

A slightly more famous Steve then I passed away today. Its hard to believe that someone who helped invent the personal computer is gone, and at only 56 way too young.

I can’t even begin to think how much money on I have spent on Apple products, starting with the Apple IIe way back in 1984.

I [...]

Tax Time

 

I always use e-tax to do my Australian tax return.

For the last three years I have the same process:

1. Enter all the data that is relevant, then get an answer that says I owe the tax office money2. Procrastinate for two or three months until finally I figure out what I have done wrong.3. It [...]

Learning to Dive

Last weekend (Friday, July 22nd) I started a Scuba course at Dive Plus.

 

Friday, 6pm:  Introduction, basic theory and practice in Dive Plus swimming pool.

Saturday, July 23:  Sunday, July 24: Dives at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier.

 

Saturday, July 30: One Dive at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier and written test at Rye Pub.

Our group would have finished yesterday, [...]

Dual Monitors, not enough baby

 

On my new computer I have an AMD Radeon 6950 which support eyefinity. This is the ability to run 3 monitors (or more) as one virtual display.

In my case this means a display of 5040 x 1049. I have three monitors, all different,

Dell U241o 24” – 1920 x 1200
Samsung SyncMaster 24” – 1920 x 1080
Asus [...]

Scuba-man

There is a really good website for deals if you live in Australia. http://www.scoopon.com.au/

There is usually something worth having, like restaurant meals, massage specials or god forbid, Golf

Well I purchased the scuba course:

“Save over 80% on an International Open Water Dive Certification! JUST $134 – NORMALLY $695! Includes 4 Ocean Dives, 4 Indoor Heated Pool [...]

Cheap Blurays in Australia

I love movies, especially in hi-def

But the price of blu-rays dvd sets in Australia is terrible. But amazon UK seem to have a lot of good stuff on special.

I got the complete Rumpole of the Bailey for 14 pounds (DVD)

Bluray Bargains – Best Blu-ray Bargains for Australian Blu-ray Enthusiasts

dvdguru.com.au  ….. if you ever want to [...]

The Kingkiller Chronicle

                  

Just finished reading the first two books of the Kingkiller Chronicle. Unfortunately the third and last won’t be out for a while.

I loved the books, they each have a deep sense of history and a rich set of characters. Well worth reading.

I read both of these books in epub format on my ipad.

Until the [...]

More stuff to look pretty on my bookshelf

Just order some new books from amazon.com. Originally I was going to order them from www.bookdepository.co.uk which has free shipping worldwide (unlike amazon) but in this case it was cheaper to buy from amazon even after postage is added.

But if you are after a single book then I would recommend you to check out

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk  UK [...]