Archive for September, 2007

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Updates on our progress with iShudan

It has been a few weeks since I posted anything about iShudan. There are many new developments, so I think it’s time to set my thoughts down for others who may be interested. We currently have about 5 people with different specific itches to scratch who are all listed as admins on the project home [...]

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Monday, September 17th, 2007

My desk at work

I came into work this morning much earlier than normal, as I was unable to sleep after about 6am. Shown at left is my Go board that I keep at my desk for demonstration purposes, as well as a bonzai tree I got last week at the state fair. The pattern on the board was [...]

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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Don’t count your chicks

Or in other words, don’t make plans based on uncertain events… I went over to Bob’s house tonight for my game, last time I won a game after taking a 2 stone handicap. If I beat him again at 2 stones, I was supposed to move ahead and start taking only a single stone per [...]

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Monday, September 10th, 2007

Double Digit Kyu Workshop by Guo Juan There’s such a wealth of material out there for self training right now! Guo Juan was the visiting professional that came through Seattle this summer that I posted about before. This is part one of a series posted showing her DDK workshop that she gave at the European [...]

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Monday, September 10th, 2007

The Go Masters

I was reading around on a popular Go discussion board, and found a thread that had a link to download a movie based on the life of a famous Go player that was very interesting, Go Seigen. He has a controversial past, and during the time depicted in the movie, he is forced to make [...]

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Friday, September 7th, 2007

Introduction to the Problems of Go AI Programming

Go is the next frontier in computer board game Artificial Intelligence. The game is simple enough for one to learn all of the rules in a day, but so far, no computer has managed to even compete with any professional players. The best programs in the world are beaten regularly by smart school-children! My friend [...]

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Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Making updates…

Originally uploaded by davidplaysgo: I’m testing out some updates and methods of posting pictures directly to the blog from my iPhone using Flickr. And btw, if you haven’t seen the new Touch iPods revealed yesterday, there are now even more devices out there for aspiring Go players to use to play Go almost anywhere…. Check [...]

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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Inspiring quote and a book I love

I came across this quote by a great man from the local area that I was reading up on, and it inspired me to begin writing immediately. “A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You’re there now doing the thing on paper. [...]

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