Texas Calculatem and Poker Office Blog

Hello,

I'd like to say thanks to Miasdad and Kenny for the kind words they've left on my blog. Miasdad also made an astute observation that if people agreed all the time the world would be very dull. I certainly can't pretend that I didn't eagerly anticipate each new salvo in the battle between Juice and Milk. In this modern age it's the keyboard that's mightier than the sword. Not the pen. How else could two internet fanatics, who are unlikely to ever physically meet, battle it out with such style and panache?

Poker has been the same as always (i.e. virtually non-existant). I missed the Bloggerment as I was eating a roast chicken (picture two posts ago) with my neighbours. But would like to congratulate the winner, Bluescouse, for getting lucky against Amatay's A6o with 22. I'm trying to get back into limit Poker, as I was fairly consistent, before making the brutal move to NL (where I'm a proud breakeven player). However, I haven't found enough time, and it's a lot easier to just sit down where my buddies are. Are friends for the weak?

Regarding my new blog aggregator (click here to see it), I've tidied it up a little, and removed the teasers. Now that the presentation is reasonable, instead of having to check a whole list of blogs for updates, I can just go to a single page that does it for me.

I'm not sure if this is revealing my true geekiness, but I really have wasted a lot of the past month on Facebook. I'd tried myspace beforehand, but didn't know anyone there, and don't think my chav troll image helped draw honies to my page. Anyway, there's an interesting story on the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6236628.stm) about how the user bases of myspace and facebook are segregated by social divide. Apparently, myspace is more popular with those who don't go to college, and facebook is more popular with those who do. Facebook's popularity amongst the educated classes could be down to the fact it was founded as a tool for Harvard students (http://workgroups.cwrl.utexas.edu/visual/?q=node/97). However, I don't know why those people would subsequently stay clear of myspace. The only reason that I'm on Facebook is because so many of my friends (who happen to be white university graduates) are on it. Anyway, I'm sure the dude who wrote that annoying Freakonomics book would have something interesting to say about this.