Blog Posts
Browse by category →- 1/30/2014 My no-cookie rule: a photo update
- 1/26/2014 My first time at an English country dance music jam
- 1/25/2014 How Pittsburgh meetups changed my life
- 1/24/2014 Don't believe the hype about not believing the hype
- 1/23/2014 The Chess Improver: Giving up a fianchettoed bishop to win a pawn may not be worthwhile
- 1/19/2014 Cold but pretty winter hike in Wingfield Pines
- 1/18/2014 Hiroo Onoda and the Six Million Dollar man: what does it mean to know how to die or live?
- 1/17/2014 A system for quitting eating cookies?
- 1/16/2014 The Chess Improver: What if your opponent just gives you twelve free moves?
- 1/9/2014 The Chess Improver: The subtleties of time-consuming knight maneuvers
- 1/2/2014 Happy New Year with a Boyce-Mayview Park hike: wetlands, creeks, beavers, woodpeckers, waterfalls...
- 12/29/2013 Beechview urban hike: funky steps, Canton Avenue climb, delicious pizza at Slice on Broadway
- 12/28/2013 Are you familiar with the Nutcracker story? Check out ETA Hoffmann's other creepy tales!
- 12/26/2013 Watching "Hable con ella" ("Talk to her") (2002): thoughts on art, crime, and ethics
- 12/26/2013 The Chess Improver: Imagining how a game position arose