As if I didn’t have enough time for all that I already have going on, I had to go and find myself a new addiction. And find it I did and quickly.
I think the twin causes for this new addiction are:
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (a really great movie–how on earth did I manage to not see that one yet?!!!)
- Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” video (after I got done laughing my tuckus off, I realized that I actually do identify with about 90% of that video!!)
I’ve always loved Chess. My Dad and I used to play it as I was growing up and some of my fondest childhood memories are of my Dad and I playing Chess. I love teaching it to my kids and playing it with them. My son is actually quite good, too! There is simply nothing else like Chess. And as was said in Searching for Bobby Fischer, it’s not a thing, it’s not a game, it’s Chess. And I’ll add to that, it’s Chess: the sport of kings (you know… when they weren’t busy killing people and stuff) and really, really, really smart nerds like myself.
So this latest addition started out with me trying to find a good Chess program for Linux. I found glChess, which looks really pretty and all but is dog-slow on my G4 powerbook running Linux, unfortunately. I also remembered eboard from previous searches and fought like crazy to get it compiled and installed on my FC6 PPC machine (hint: you have to use g++34, not g++ version 4). I got eboard up and running and it actually does have some pretty eye-pleasing pieces/board graphics. And then I found this innocent little menu entry that said “Connect to FICS”. Little did I know that I was headed for yet another geekly addiction. 4 hours later, on Christmas Eve, no less, I find myself still awake at 2 a.m., my heart still racing and adrenaline still trying to find someplace to go from the several really intense matches I had tonight.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am a geek.
Free Internet Chess is SO cooool!!! And learning the archaic irc-ish commands is like discovering an ancient Mayan civilization that has been living underneath your carpet for the last 10 years. It’s geek crack-rock, I tell you! Ahh, but such a sweet geekly addiction and adrenaline rush it is. I’m hooked (not on phonics either).
Oh yeah. Merry Christmas, all!! =:)
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