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[Android's Dungeon] Pillars of the Earth at Euro Quest 2009

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:33:39 UT

Euro Quest 2009
Originally uploaded by Eric E HaasChristina, Martin, Ben and I
played "Pillars of the Earth" Saturday afternoon at the EuroQuest
gaming convention. Two nice gentlemen had taught Christina and me to
play it on Friday, and then we played again on Saturday with friends.
It was a pretty fun game, though I had never read the novel on which it

[Android's Dungeon] Race for the Galaxy at Euro Quest 2009

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:16:04 UT

Euro Quest 2009
Originally uploaded by Eric E HaasMartin, Ben and I kicked off
yesterday morning at EuroQuest with a couple of games of Race for the
Galaxy. It was fun switching to casual gaming after more than a day of
tournaments.

[Android's Dungeon] Playing Dominion at Euro Quest 2009

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:08:08 UT

Euro Quest 2009
Originally uploaded by Eric E HaasI came in a close second. Then, this
morning, I came in a close third. (I would have won if I had one more
turn.) I'll need to win in the third heat to have a chance of advancing.

[Android's Dungeon] New Sign at Trolley Trail/Paint Branch Crossing

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:18:45 UT

New Sign at Trolley Trail/Paint Branch Crossing
Originally uploaded by jongrantham
This morning I noticed some new signs at the long-problematic crosswalk
where the Paint Branch Parkway meets the College Park Trolley Trail.
Despite the button-activated flashing lights, there have been a number
of accidents at the crosswalk. Various solutions -- a stoplight, speed

[Android's Dungeon] New Sign at Trolley Trail/Paint Branch Crossing

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:16:13 UT

New Sign at Trolley Trail/Paint Branch Crossing
Originally uploaded by jongrantham

[Android's Dungeon] Halfway to France (and Back)

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:18:41 UT

Last month, I told you about biking halfway to Mexico. Yesterday, I had
the pleasure of biking halfway to France. I borrowed a bike from
Lausanne's free bike rental program and headed along the lake to Vevey,
about 10-12 miles away. It looks like if I had continued around the
circumference of the lake, another 10-12 miles would have put me in

[Android's Dungeon] In Search of the Northwest Passage

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:51:05 UT

I've been trying to find a good bike shortcut to Takoma Park and Silver
Spring. Driving, we have a more-or-less straight shot up East-West
Highway, but that isn't suitable for driving. And once I get close, the
Sligo Creek Trail and various on-road bike routes make things easy. But
it's tricky handling the distance between home and where the East-West

[Android's Dungeon] Google Books, genealogy and the Metcalfs

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:53:05 UT

I was reading an article about Google scanning books and putting them
on-line, and I decided to see if I could use some of these books to
help me with genealogy research. I found out that one of the books
scanned was "Metcalf Genealogy", published in 1898. As it turns out, my
great-great-great aunt married a Metcalf...

[Android's Dungeon] Grantham's Problem

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:27:01 UT

(Cross-posted from my math blog, which I'm pretty sure nobody reads.)
While reviewing the referee's 44 (sigh) suggested changes to my paper,
I came across an article published last November
entitled "Inefficacious Conditions of the Frobenius Primality Test and
Grantham's Problem".
I have a problem named after me!

[Android's Dungeon] Biking Santa Barbara

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:14:48 UT

I rented a bike when I was in Santa Barbara for a conference earlier
this month. I got in over 80 miles of biking in 4 days, so it was more
than I'm used to doing. One day I did 27.9 miles, a personal best (and
an exhausting one). The weather was cool, the terrain was flat, and the
bike paths were well marked -- all conducive to lots of riding. Two of

[Android's Dungeon] Halfway to Mexico (and Back)

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:35:57 UT

For Christina's birthday, we drove the bikes down to Coronado and rode
down to Silver Strand State Beach. When I looked at the satellite view
of the trip, I realized that the ride had covered about half the
distance from Coronado to Mexico (hence the title of the post).
The ride is really beautiful, with San Diego Bay on one side and the

[Android's Dungeon] Bike To Work

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:15:20 UT

On Monday, we drove down to Coronado and rented bikes. On Tuesday, I
biked to work, following the above path. It's a lot easier in
California, what with the bike lanes and such. I also biked to work on
substantially the same path the following two days -- I'm not going to
record any more trips to work unless I take a different way. I have one

[Android's Dungeon] 3 recent bike trips

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:42:37 UT

I've had three more bike rides in the past week.
Last weekend, I took another trip to Silver Spring (light blue path).
On the way there, I tried a partial shortcut. While the full shortcut
will undoubtedly save 1.5-2 miles, the partial shortcut was longer. On
the way back, I went the "long" way and didn't get lost, and it was

[Android's Dungeon] Early July Biking

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:36:09 UT

I like the above map as a way of summarizing a bunch of bike rides at
once. I've continued logging my trips at Everytrail; links below.
- On the 2nd, we rode to the bike shop and back (light red path). On
the way, I popped a tire, which led me to get nice new tires on my
bike.
- On the 4th, I inadvertently rode to Silver Spring (light green path).

[Android's Dungeon] This week's biking

jongrant...@gmail.com (Jon) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:57:52 UT

I've been happy enough posting my bike trips on Everytrail, so I've
stopped putting them here. Instead, I'm going to post weekly summaries
and pointers. (The embedding last time didn't work too great.)
Last Wednesday, we went to Arrow Bicycle to get a replacement inner
tube, a full sized bike pump and other accessories. The picture is of