. . .simply because I can’t/shouldn’t post this on ChristmasFuture.

For me, this video acknowledges that people need both leadership and opportunity to give. Moreover, the issue of global poverty is something we can, and should, feel responsible to deal with. I can’t pretend that I don’t have some responsibility to help others, whether they are close to me or if they live across the globe. Globalization shows us that we aren’t simply connected, but that we can genuinely impact one another.

Not enough people play go. Most people don’t even know what it is. Go is an elegant board game, easier to learn than chess, but harder to master. The rules are very simple, however, the number of possible combinations of the game are exponentially greater than chess. The number of possible go games is: 2.08168199382 × 10 to the power of 170! It is likely the most complex game of all time, meaning that Deep Blue wouldn’t stand a chance if it were playing a strong go player.

Go is a game of territory; the object is to secure more territory by the end of the game than your opponent. I’ve wrangled up the Top Ten Reasons to Play Go, in an effort to find more folk to compete with me. I also found a good NY Times article on the wonder of go.

Doing some research for work, I found this great idea . . . which makes me lament Calgary’s current attitude towards recycling, but gives me hope that Calgarians might actually want to recycle using RecycleBank!