I thought I’d have a lot of time to start working on posts as my previous job winds down, but the opposite has been true. Tying up loose ends has taken up quite a bit of my time. However, all things come to an end, and the time is near.
Look for a wrap up of the events from Hawaii, a few interesting hands from play both from myself and others, plus more coming soon.
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I’m still playing around with formats for the site, what looks best. One of my biggest problems is with hand diagrams. Up to now, I’ve been using images mixed with text, formatted using tables. It’s been okay, but not everything I’d like it to be.
Sample:
AQTxxx
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AKT9xxx
It works, but it doesn’t always look clean.
Another idea is to use HTML elements and fonts to express suit symbols:
♠ AQTxxx
♥ —
♦ —
♣ AKT9xxx
I’m still not convinced which I like better.
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I just got back from a vacation in Las Vegas. As a card player, it’s natural enough that I played a little poker while I was there. Bridge is a more satisfying game to me, but I still enjoy the occasional poker game as well.
It was very distressing to me to come back to hear about the new internet gambling bill which got tied to a port security bill. I can understand why the government might want to become involved in taxing the lucrative online poker industry, but banning it all together is simply misguided protectionism.
Most casino …read more
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I’ll be away on vacation for the next week. I’ll be back for regularly scheduled blogging when I get back (October 1st).
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Today is the 5 year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Everyone in the US was impacted to some degree by these tragic events, and the media is naturally buzzing with stories reflecting on the events of that Tuesday morning 5 years ago. I wanted to take the time and share my personal story of the day.
The day started simply enough. It was the first week of the NFL, and the Giants had played the Monday night game the night before. I had gotten together with Blair Seidler, a good friend, bridge partner and co-worker to watch …read more
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