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I got a malware warning as well. This makes me sad....
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Anybody know anything else about this "Nira" Chess Variant? I looked through my chess encyclopedia and some websites and couldn't find anything......
Commented on Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with the pentatonic scale
I was at the Lionel Hampton Jazz fest and he did this in a Kibbie Dome packed with music nerds of all ages. It was a life changing experience- I never felt more connected to humanity then at that show....
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My new dream in life is to have a rock god tell me to keep practicing so they can give me their band one day. Seriously guys....
Commented on Janet Klein plays "Tonight You Belong To Me" on ukulele
Wow, I just spent the last 2 days learning this song on the uke. So this wonderful and informative video does me no good (since this is the only song I know, and relearning it would be silly). Serendipity is...
Commented on SNL: Laser Cats #4 with Steve Martin (KING LEAR)
There were some pretty great moments last night, but a lot of SNL was painful to watch. Steve Martin should take over like Steve Austin took over WWF (and that pretty much sums up my pro-wrestling knowledge)....
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My parents were kind enough to let me use the garage as a Detectives office, and even hung a "No case is too small" sign from the garage door. We didn't get any cases, though. We did however get potato...
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mdh commented on Chess variant from 1934 that pitted agitators against engineers
Welcome to the future, where the engineers ARE the agitators....
Memento Sushi commented on Chess variant from 1934 that pitted agitators against engineers
I guess today, I'm someone. Alligators vs Engineers, rules for a standard chess set, v 0.1 All of the pawns are alligators and the rest of the pieces are the engineering team. Setup: Mark the river by marking a row, two squares wide, across the board, two squares from one edge. Place all of the alligators in the river to start. Place the engineering team on the larger side, in standard position, 2 layers deep. Play: The goal for the engineers is to get all the engineers to safety across the river before being eaten. An engineering piece exits the...
Cat Chew commented on Chess variant from 1934 that pitted agitators against engineers
Reminds me of the lovely Capitalists v. Communists chess set (1923, Natalia Danko and Yelena Danko, Russian, Lomonosov State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad. Porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding). Saw these and others at a Detroit Institute of Arts exhibition last spring. More here: http://www.dia.org/museum_info/chess/thumbnails.pdf Dang, I must be hungry. I keep misreading pawns as prawns....
TokenFrenchDude commented on Chess variant from 1934 that pitted agitators against engineers
Reminds me of the variant called "Djambi", or "Machiavelli's chessboard". Each player has an army, and taking your chief to the center square makes him in power, allowing the player to play twice....
catko commented on Springy origami toy made from a sheet of paper
http://trumbore.com/spring/ But it looks really difficult....

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