Posts in January dAmerica/Chicago 2009

I fell in love with my new flatmate
Friday, 16-January-2009

When I moved to my new apartment I decided to live alone, but sometimes it’s a bit boring. However I didn’t expect to create a space for her, until I met her some days ago while shopping. And now I have a new reason to live!
She is Spaniard, from Salamanca. She is dancer, with strong […]

A poet who invented the game of Hex
Tuesday, 13-January-2009

“NAIVE.
Naive you are
if you believe
life favours those
who aren’t naive.”
- Piet Hein
It’s curious to see that some very logical people are poets and abstract creators (maths, music, games, etc) at the same time.
Peeking at Piet Hein’s biography, inventor of the game of Hex (also independently invented by John Nash), I discovered his poet side. He […]

Half the people you know are below average
Friday, 9-January-2009

Intriguing sentence!
But I should add: if you (like me) are in the 10% of the people with more than 120 IQ, 90% of the people are “worse” than you… really? Could you visualize the faces of 10 friends and say 9 of them are “idiots”? Ok, now I see what you’re thinking: “but I only […]

A galactic empire of data
Tuesday, 6-January-2009

Speaking with a friend, an old game came to my mind. 15 years ago I started playing “Elite II“, a space trade game, probably one of the firsts where there is no final objective, just interaction with the world. You could trade items between star systems, do all kind of jobs, improve your ship getting […]