…from lady_saffir by way of ardras156
Leave one memory of you and me together. It doesn’t matter if I know you a little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, post this in your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
Comments will be screened.
Well, it seems as though I have fallen prey to it. Prey being the operative word. If you wish to be prey, you can check out this link. Didja fall for it? Huh? Huh?
Interestingly, the post got me interested in many forms of social engineering that would prompt people to fall for this kind of link. So far my favourite is a really funny paper on misdirecting people by lying directly. Link here.
Other than that, I am currently applying for corporate jobs and have an interview at the 4 paned icon next week. Guess I should start reading C and C++ minutia again. Whee.
New episode of Teen Titans was a sureal episode. This means the intro is sung in Japanese. Typically the subtitles read, “Japanese lyrics”
Tonight’s episode the lyrics were actually subtitled. So, the Japanese lyrics are now in the subtitles. And this makes me happy. 🙂
This is a poker hand I played today. The rest of you who could care less can punt. 🙂
I’m not posting this to the poker board because; as they say, “Go not to the usenet for council for they will say both yes and no, then yes, no, yes, yes, no, no nazi!”
I played an online free table today. 10 players NLHE.
A note about free tables online. One, the playing age is usually about 15. Second, people will tend to play anything and at the same time decide that QJ is a great hand.
The first hand of the match I was sitting at the seat 2 after the button. This is still relatively early position. The deal to me came 8h8d
blind, blind, fold. Hmmn. Okay. Early position middling pairs. I figure I can raise in 4x blinds (raise to 80 at 10/20 blinds) and either fold screaming like a schoolgirl or maybe hit a set.
Then something that annoyingly happens on free tables with increasing regularity occurred. The next three players in a row pushed all-in. 1500 each. There was now $4530 in this pot. 5 players fold and its around to me.
I really had to stop and think. Normally this is a no brainer fold. But then I thought that people love to go all in with Ace anything to see if they can suck out an all in on the first hand. I figured that I was the only pair at the table. Further, I had it in my head that since there were 3 people all going all in; maybe they’d blocked each others outs. the KQ and QJ block queen outs. I thought, odds to return… it might be worth busting on this free table; because I think I have the best hand…
Before the flop I was at 42.4% (I figured 40-45% in my head, the number I’ve since gone and calculated), I was getting 3:1 on my all in. So that made sense; but the idea of the play style of the table made it seem more likely. Now granted, one of them could have had an over pair. But it seemed unlikely. So… I took the risk and called
Sure enough: JQ QA A5; this was absolute perfection The first two canceled a Q out, the second two cancelled an A out. Amazingly, no one played a hand with a King. This we really good when the flop came: 4s Ks Kd
Well, everyone had a spade (except me) for anyone to draw the flush, 2 spades would need to fall. My only real concern was the QJ, that one had 3 outs to over pair me with the J. The rest would need to hit from a 2 out pack. Scary but still favourable. I’m now almost 62% Basically there are 7 outs I am trying to duck.
The turn brought a diamond (9). The flush draw odds were gone. This brought me to 65%. This card is actually bad for me. Really bad. if the 9 pairs then I am out; JQ are out and A5/AQ chop with Kings and 9s with an Ace kicker. Hadn’t thought of that until now. So now I am up to 10 outs against me.
The flop handed me a magic 3 (clubs) and I took down 3 players and pulled in a $6030 pot on the first hand. Interestingly against only 2 of them my odds pre flop would have been (43.8, 53.7, 38; The best of which would have been if A5/AQ would have faced off)
So… For the experienced lot; I am thinking it was a risk but pot odds, implied odds, and returns suggested it might be worth it. And it did pay off. I’d be curious to hear others comments on this.
First off, life has been busy. I try to actually be working on code and projects during the week and not posting or IMing. The weekends? I’m back in the swing of OTO involvement. Last weekend was two masses and my performing Minerval initiations for the Tacoma body, the week before was working with the initiator training program in Portland; this weekend I’m back in Portland for a visit; next weekend is a Biiiig weekend for Seattle OTO as representatives of the Electoral College come to visit.
So, I just posted a critical analysis of the growth of the iTunes music catalogue over the last two years. And let me be honest; the podcasting bug really bit me as I remembered how much minutia I love pulling up over media.
Before that was the vague post about the white paper. Many people asked, “Huh, What’s a white paper.” Of course my good friend Wikipedia has the answer. I am currently reading a really cool link, “How to write a white paper – A white paper on white papers” I will add that the theory/realization I had also encompasses such topics as passion and magic(k); so… more for people to wonder about.
Ah yes, the Sci-Fi list I am compiling. Yes, I am known for opening really great doors on LJ and then dropping them. This one hasn’t been dropped. It just got delayed. After day one I’d compiled the data I had and there were over 400 sci-fi shows. The debate had begun over what is sci-fi, what is fantasy, and what should be included. Hrmn. Ick. Then, that night, Microsoft excel crashed on me. I lost about 80% of the data that I’d spent 2 days on. I’ve been trying to figure out how better to organize it so that I can develop the next two rounds I have planned. I have discovered how much of a DBA I am not.
And finally the project. We got donations and loans. And this is a wholly good thing. I still need to put together information for the loan provider concerning this. It will be out in the next 3-4 days. I am working on several code concepts and typing up information on that while still putting together an involved SWOT list for use in a business plan. So that also keeps me busy.
On the side to keep my head out of the nearly 20 technical books I’m referencing; I am back to doing cross stitch in my (mostly) spare time. I am working on a piece that is shimmeringjemmy‘s Fire sea logo. I’ll post a pict of the progress as I get the time if anyone is interested.
Okay… now you know where I’ve been. The best thing I can ask is, “Drop a line.” Most of the people I know (Either well or partially) are all out of the area. Email, IMs, and comments are appreciated because I am fairly remote from just about everyone I know. And with 250 journals and far more other content sources… It’s hard to keep everything caught up.
Such is life. WereRabbit soon.
Cheers!
Edit: Added Links to posts
