http://jaeweb.cantr.net snapshots of yet another chaotic mind Sun, 11 May 2008 03:28:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I went to see Lars and the Real Girl. Not really the kind of movie I would normally go to, but because we didn't have descriptions of all movies, we just went to this one without knowing what it was about - a self-inflicted sneak preview. Anyway, the movie ... http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2008/04/16/lars-and-the-real-girl/ Just a very quick note to say that In Bruges is absolutely a brilliant movie - check it out! It's very Irish, making fun of Belgium, Americans, Dutch, etc. etc. Great fun. Very black humor and some pretty graphic scenes - so I guess you have to like that kind ... http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2008/03/30/in-bruges/ If you are wondering what I was doing last Saturday, I was here. I entered as 14k and both won and lost two games - so I guess it was the appropriate rank. I ended 15th out of 20 in the tournament, but the rating system was somewhat opaque. Anyway, ... http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2008/01/21/go-in-cork/ Don't have time to write anything interesting, but just a quick note to say that this is an absolutely brilliant movie. http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2008/01/16/adam-paul/ Recently, most of the things I read about Russian politics are rather depressing, see, e.g., this recent post. Today I read some more interesting, positive news, though. Apparently, a leadership contest is on its way within Yabloko (Apple, an acronym of Yavlinsky, Boldyrev, and Lukin, its founders (source)), an opposition party ... http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2007/12/22/yabloko-oborona/ Ok, from now on I'm going to keep score properly: Overall: namewonlost Jos022 Leonardo231 Rory87 Shane57 Competition: LeonardoShaneRoryJos Leonardo0 % (0-5)17 % (1-5)0 % (0-13) Shane100 % (5-0)33 % (1-2)0 % (0-3) Rory83 % (5-1)67 % (2-1)0 % (0-6) Jos100 % (13-0)100 % (3-0)100 % (6-0) Games: 03/12/2007Leonardo - Jos7 - 0 12/12/2007Leonardo - Shane3 - 0 18/12/2007Leonardo - Rory4 - 0 (9-5 9-5 9-2 9-0) Leonardo ... http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2007/12/03/squash/ I really don't like it when people argue that Russia is simply not a democratic culture. That Russians are not "ready" for democracy. The argument is paternalistic and seems to assume that Russians are somehow not able to grasp democracy, which is insulting. But sometimes you wonder ... What is ... http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2007/11/23/soviet-russia/ Here's an interesting short talk by Peter Donnelly about probability theory and how it affects important decisions being made. Interesting examples with regards to testing for rare diseases (i.e. if you ever get tested positive for HIV, you should probably immediately start taking drugs, but also get another test!) or ... http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2007/11/07/probability-talk/ Found this Go cartoon, called STONES, and it's just so cute: http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2007/11/06/go-cartoon/ Just found this rather cool site with Go cartoons, called the Empty Triangle. Especially this depiction of the online Go server KGS is quite funny and accurate. Yesterday I also found another server, Dragon Go Server, where you can play slow-paced, play-by-email games of Go. Very interesting. http://jaeweb.cantr.net/2007/10/30/go-cartoons/