The state of go in Vermont

The Birlington Free Press has a lengthy column on the popularity of go in the State of Virginia.

"'Vermont is really quite interesting in that we have about 15 regular members that come to the club,' said David Felcan, president of the Vermont Go Club. The club is the local chapter of the American Go Association, which, Felcan said, has about 2,100 members nationwide. 'In terms of per capita, Go in Vermont is huge,' he said."

The Korea Times baduk lesson

The Korea Times is running an English language series of basic go lessons.



"In China, baduk is called 'weiqi,' which literally means the game of surrounding: to surround territory, and to surround the opponent's stones to capture them. To surround and capture your opponent's stones is a good way to gain territory, but it is just the means to an end. The ultimate object of baduk is to gain more territory through surrounding."

Hacker Gary McKinnon interviewed

Slashot points out this interesting BBC interview with "famous" hacker Gary McKinnon. He claims, among other things, to have found evidence of the truth about UFOs on US computer systems - and he was smoking weed while discovering this proof.

"The BBC World Service has a half hour audio interview with British hacker Gary McKinnon. As recently reported on/. and BBC News, Gary was arrested and freed on bail pending extradition proceedings to the U.S.. There, he faces charges of gaining unauthorised access and causing criminal damage to military computers in his search for evidence of UFO coverups and anti-gravity technology of extra-terrestrial origin."