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Archive for April, 2005

Out I come from under my rock

Saturday I switched gears from Linear Algebra to Java. I have not used a full featured IDE since high school when I was writting C++ programs for fun in Borland. Using the free NetBeans 4.0 IDE from Sun has really opened by eyes to what I have been missing. IDE’s are useful, [...]

Decisions

As I walked out of work with a soon to be ex-coworker, talking about the future, he mentioned that a friend of his was still working on his degree. After digging a little more, I learned that this guy is working writing loaders in java, while going to school part time. His employer [...]

A frustrating grind ended well

After playing almost 4 hours today, and never being up more than $10, my last three hands of the evening brought in $18, which sadly, only left me up about $17 for the day. I am still working on my $100 goal for $.50/$1, and unless I start playing more, its going to take [...]

$100 goal

I just finished Internet Texas Hold’em: Winning Strategies from an Internet Pro by Matthew Hilger. Hilger gets credit for this goal, and the goal is to rack up $100 net winnings at $.50/$1. This post is a little late, since I started the goal last weekend, but I have learned a few things [...]

Back in the water

Its been six weeks out of the water. April Fool’s was the day to start back, and I did 400 swim, 400 kick, pretty much IM order, for an hour. About 2800 yards. No fly on the swim part yet, freestyle was killing my shoulders, strength and endurance wise, but no grinding. [...]

Waiting for the blinds, don’t do it.

Why is it, when you need to stop, and you wait for the blinds to come back around, you only loose money during that time. My new rule is, if I am up and I need to leave, then I will get up immediately. Two of the three sessions I have played yesterday [...]