The Aesthetics and Beauty of Knowledge
Shih was the opposite of facts and raw information; shih was the elegance of knowledge, the insight and skill to organize knowledge into meaningful patterns. As an artist chooses colours or light to make her pictures, a master of shih chooses textures of knowledge – various ideas, myths, abstractions, and theories – to create a way of seeing the world. The aesthetics and beauty of knowledge – this was shih.
– David Zindell, The Broken God, 1993
Geek Attitude
The attitude thing is about flexibility, portability, creativity, sociability and jamming (ran out of suitable “ity” words!). It’s about improvising – in the practical and musical senses of the word; not getting tangled in boundaries and the “right” way to do things.
Definitely the only way to travel.
– Martin Delaney – “Laptop Music”.
Kuehleborn's Unfathomable Thoughts
Boardgame Geek
As a child I liked to play Stratego and Mastermind. Later I learned to play Draughts and Chess. Recently I learned to play Go at the 321go-website. And, inspired by a blogpost at wiskundemeisjes I learned about Hex.
Unfortunately I’m a bad player: too impatient to take my time to think and of course I hate it to lose. So I’m glad all these games are also @MYComputer; at my desktop I can play whenever I want and save the game when my attention is drifting to another topic of interest. I continue the game – or not – if, when and where I want and nobody will notice if I lose.
Links:
Mastermind software.
Online Mastermind game
Stratego software
Harm Jetten’s draughts program
3-2-1-go
Free Go Programs
Hex Wiki
BoardGameGeek website
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