October 27, 2009

From Pic-A-Day 365

Working from home today. This is my home office.


October 28, 2009
I got my new Go set today! It's a really nice magnetic one that I can easily take anywhere in its handy carrying case. It can even attach to refrigerators and white boards!

Today's pic-a-day is a picture of my various go sets.

From Pic-A-Day 365

The upper left board was my first board. It cost me about $50, total. It has a warped board, cracked cheap plastic bowls for the stones, and misshapen glass stones. The sizes, colors, and shapes of the stones are really inconsistent. I used this board at Burning Man and at other times when I want to have a normal board but don't want to cart around my nice board. I also use it for teaching games, since it has a 13x13 board on the other side.

The upper right one was my second board. It ran me about $300 piece by piece, but I could have gotten it for $200 if I had waited a bit longer for the sale when they were selling it as a set. It is a 2" thick slab of wood, nice cherry stone bowls, and Yunzi stones that are really consistent in size, shape and color. I pretty much just play with this one at home, unless I'm doing something really special.

The lower left one is my new magnetic set. The stones AND board are magnetic, and it comes with a really nice travel case, making it perfect for going anywhere to play. You can also throw it up on a white board or refrigerator if you want.

The lower right board is a portable board that I have to use the stones from one of the upper two sets to play. It's useful when I want to play at a coffee shop or something but don't want to haul a lot of weight around.

The lower middle board is a 9x9 board used for teaching people some of the fundamentals of how Go works.

Now if I could just get some folks hooked on the game enough to want to play with me more often. :)