Favourite Links

I don't surf the web (tm) much, but here are a few sites I like.

Photos by Darse. Proof that at least one person named Darse has talent.

Miscellaneous Stuff

• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). A terrific resource for movie information.

• The Onion. America's funniest news source.

• The One Book List. What ONE book would you want the world to read, and why?

• The Useless Pages. An astounding collection of useless web sites (like the next).

• The Pi Search Page. Find any number in the first 50 million digits of pi.

• Eric W Weisstein's homepage. Resources for math (CRC ency.), science and more.

• The Keirsey Temperament Sorter. An interesting analysis of personality traits (I'm INTP).
  Here is an insightful essay on the INTP personality type.   The Personality Page also has
  observations on each personality type, including INTP.

• The Straight Dope. Cecil Adams answers all questions (great for *NT* types).

• Lite-Brite. My favourite toy as a child -- and they got it absolutely right!

Poker

• A list of links from the Computer Poker page.
• Dave Slaven's WRGPT Side Bet. A prediction pool for the WRGPT email tournament.

Some Other Games

Backgammon:

• Stephen Turner's backgammon page. A great starting point for all things backgammon.
• Jellyfish software. An amazingly strong computer program for backgammon.

  RoShamBo (Rock, Paper, Scissors):

• WWW RoShamBot. You can play RoShamBo online against the computer.
• RoShamBo home page. "An index to the tripartite mystery of Roshambo".
• The First International RoShamBo Programming Competition. A contest I ran in September, 1999.

  Sokoban:

• Xsokoban home page. Sokoban is a cool 1-player puzzle game.
• Sokoban home page. Research done by my buddy Andreas.

  Card Games:

• Card Games web page. A comprehensive survey of all card games and index of sites.