So I spent last weekend at the TOC, as a judge/scout/driver/EMT for Scarsdale. My qualifying team, perhaps wisely, didn’t want to attend, but I’m a sucker for punishment that way. We had a fun time all around, and there were stories of course. Scarsdale did well; no one finished worse than 3-4, two made elims, [...]
There, I’ve threatened Menick’s cat, as per custom and tradition. Of course, Menick may also not realize that I’m of French descent, and therefore will eat just about anything. Here, kitty kitty. Come sleep in the nice, warm oven! Menick dismisses the problem of cheating as an implementation issue, but I do believe it goes [...]
So let’s sum it all up. Apart from some of the inherent problems with various events, which are not the tournament’s own fault, discussion of the Harvard tournament inevitably settles on its flaws and faults, not on its strengths. The strengths are the strengths of the community; the sense of seeing a large gathering of [...]
So a domain reseller has decided to spam me daily offering me the “preferred” azuen.com domain name to complement my azuen.net domain, because it’s better for marketing. This all for the low low early buyer’s price of $560, which could go higher, because “he expects strong interest in this domain auction.” Cha, right. As if [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve written; dancing on the edge of burnout will do that to you. In the last six weeks I’ve helped run tab at four tournaments: Princeton, University School, our own at Newton South, and then Big Lex this last weekend. Now I’m prepping out Columbia, where we have a great [...]