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Yeah.  This is pretty much the best blog I’ve ever read.

 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

I’m trying to get this: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

To do this: http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2008/2/2/jaw-drop-h264

Meh.

My favorite movie of the year, by far, and they managed to sneak out an Oscar for best original song.  Up against some powerhouse studios and one movie (Enchanted, which was also great) that was nominated 3x, they still managed to get some recognition.  Nice to see the little guys, dedicated to their art, triumph once in a while. 

Here I am linking to Youtube again.  This show looks like it’s gonna be pretty sick good though and looks like the type of show I’d really connect with.

You know that feeling when you’ve been wearing the same shoes for months on end, then suddenly it’s 60 degrees outside (hey, I’m from Seattle– and I’m an optimistic realist) and you slip on a pair of flip flops? Shuffling down the street, listening to your iPod, and . . . BAM! . . . you trip over the sidewalk. WTF. That hasn’t happened in months. Then you do it again. And again. You’re a stumbling drunk and for the life of you, you can’t figure out why — there’s no reason you should feel so clumsy, right? It’s the same walk you make every day, except…

You’ve gotten used to your old shoes and so has your brain.

It’s an odd metaphor, I know. For a while I had been in a running shoe groove, but the past week I’ve been rocking some new sneakers walking to work, and I couldn’t seem to keep my footing at all. About a week in, I stopped tripping so much and eventually figured out why…my head was used to shoes with about .5″ more height. It’s not a lot but it’s enough to let me walk a bit differently, and those adjustments, though small, were enough that until I became a little bit more aware of my surroundings and how I was interacting with them, I was constantly one step away from breaking my wrist.

Yeah, I’m sure you see where this is going.

I’ve been coaching a lot lately and talking more poker than usual. For each of my students, this is one of the things I’ve been the most concerned about — they’re playing one style and have been for a long time, and they hired me to help them break out of that and into something new. As we move through technical spots, tilt control, game and seat selection and anything else we have to talk about, they’re gradually making changes in their game, but the adjustment period is still going to take them by surprise. In changing some very small things about your game, you’re really changing everything about the way you interact with your poker world. . . if you’re loosening up, players are going to play back at your more often. If you’re playing tighter postflop, you’re going to see people bluff you a little more often. Build bigger pots, see more people chase. Watch them get there more often. All small cases but worth pointing out — it’s a bit of chaos theory in poker. Small changes can have large results, and you can’t always predict how those changes will manifest other changes down the road. But you can be aware.

You probably can’t stop yourself from tripping now and then, but you can walk with your eyes a little wider open. Maybe you’ll just stumble rather than falling flat on your face.