Posts in February dAmerica/Chicago 2007

Small societies of clever people
Monday, 26-February-2007

Sometimes I feel playing Go is like speaking Esperanto, in social terms…
Some years ago I read some kind of web page regarding language learning. It had a list of different languages, with the pros and cons of learning each one. For example, English is a widely used language, being the facto standard as the bridge […]

Bigger wall anchors are not always better
Saturday, 24-February-2007

Since the beginning of the year, the population of books at home has increased enormously. I’ve decided to read more technical books, therefore I need more space for them. A new bookshelf, for example.
This morning I tried to put up a bookshelf in the living-room, but firstly I discovered that the wall was too thin […]

If you put my name in an email’s CC, I’ll sue you!
Friday, 23-February-2007

Sometimes one of your friends get connected to Internet. Suddenly, he/she discovers those stupid emails (almost spam) with a funny text, and decide to send them to everybody… and your email address starts to appear in the CC of all those stupids emails… until you directly tell your friend off. But now, it could be […]

Barcelona’s Tournament aftermatch
Sunday, 18-February-2007

This weekend I’ve been playing Go for full-time, in the Barcelona’s Go Tournament. The venue was really close to home, only 3 minutes walking, and maybe this is the reason that I had a good tournament. Finally my score was 4 wins from 5 rounds, but the best thing is that I think I’ve […]

The big week of Go in Barcelona
Monday, 12-February-2007

The Barcelona Go Tournament is arriving!
This weekend I’m going to participate in the XXV Barcelona Go Tournament. I’m really excited… I’ve been looking forward to this event for months. It’s a wide collection of feelings: fun, nervous, fight!, laughs, hugs, jokes, brain power… A large quantity of people come from different parts of Spain […]

Another Puzzle: Two cities on the desert
Tuesday, 6-February-2007

To finish with this puzzles row, here is an elegant one. Alberto (my flatmate) set me, and I spent some minutes until I sorted it out:
There are two cities in the desert.
The inhabitants of the first city always tell the truth.
The inhabitants of the second city always lie.
You have arrived to one of these cities, […]