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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4f9e6b02e", "title": "The Chess Improver: For the love of doubled Pawns", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/08/21/the-chess-improver-for-the-love-of-doubled-pawns/", "published_at": "2014-08-21T11:09:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4fa1de517", "title": "The Chess Improver: Beware of trying to win poisoned Pawns", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/08/14/the-chess-improver-beware-of-trying-to-win-poisoned-pawns/", "published_at": "2014-08-14T11:15:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4fa4ba67a", "title": "Understanding Clojure transducers through types", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/08/07/understanding-cloure-transducers-through-types/", "published_at": "2014-08-08T02:58:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4fad869d0", "title": "The Chess Improver: When weaknesses didn't matter (and when they did)", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/08/07/the-chess-improver-when-weaknesses-didnt-matter-and-when-they-did/", "published_at": "2014-08-07T11:09:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4fb839c0d", "title": "Thoughts on the construction of the new Frick Environmental Center", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/08/05/thoughts-on-the-construction-of-the-new-frick-environmental-center/", "published_at": "2014-08-06T01:12:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4fc102077", "title": "The Chess Improver: An instructive ending with Bishop up for a Pawn", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/07/31/the-chess-improver-an-instructive-ending-with-bishop-up-for-a-pawn/", "published_at": "2014-07-31T13:37:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4fc38a49d", "title": "The Chess Improver: How do you play against 1 h3?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/07/24/the-chess-improver-how-do-you-play-against-1-h3/", "published_at": "2014-07-24T11:35:02+00:00" 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"https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/07/17/the-chess-improver-pawn-moves-in-front-of-blacks-castled-king-looking-at-h6-and-f5/", "published_at": "2014-07-17T11:35:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1c-72eb-99b7-eba4fea8f5cb", "title": "The one thing I remember Lorin Maazel for", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/07/13/the-one-thing-i-remember-lorin-maazel-for/", "published_at": "2014-07-13T23:36:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd816198a6f", "title": "The Chess Improver: Completing my first tournament: 7th round and summary of what I learned", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/07/10/the-chess-improver-completing-my-first-tournament-7th-round-and-summary-of-what-i-learned/", "published_at": "2014-07-10T11:08:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd816f77b28", "title": "Third year at July 3 music party and finally participated in jamming", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/07/03/third-year-at-july-3-music-party-and-finally-participated-in-jamming/", "published_at": "2014-07-04T02:11:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd817c0babe", "title": "The Chess Improver: My 6th tournament game: an error that reveals an attempt to learn", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/07/03/the-chess-improver-my-6th-tournament-game-an-error-that-reveals-an-attempt-to-learn/", "published_at": "2014-07-03T11:15:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd818a0a92a", "title": "The Chess Improver: My 5th tournament game: lessons from an uncomfortable miniature", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/06/26/the-chess-improver-my-5th-tournament-game-lessons-from-an-uncomfortable-miniature/", "published_at": "2014-06-26T11:15:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8194fb2d1", "title": "The Chess Improver: My 4th tournament game: first time I attacked in the middlegame", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/06/19/the-chess-improver-my-4th-tournament-game-first-time-i-attacked-in-the-middlegame/", "published_at": "2014-06-19T10:55:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd819f90ff2", "title": "The Chess Improver: Lessons from my 3rd tournament game: the nature of endgames", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/06/12/the-chess-improver-lessons-from-my-3rd-tournament-game-the-nature-of-endgames/", "published_at": "2014-06-12T11:11:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81a5daf6d", "title": "Celebrating the 150th birthday of my favorite second-rate composer: Richard Strauss", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/06/11/celebrating-the-150th-birthday-of-my-favorite-second-rate-composer-richard-strauss/", "published_at": "2014-06-11T21:22:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81b23638d", "title": "Finally making rhubarb tasty to myself: flour-less rhubarb crisp", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/06/09/finally-making-rhubarb-tasty-to-myself/", "published_at": "2014-06-09T22:15:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81baf2cc3", "title": "The Chess Improver: Lessons from my 2nd tournament game", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/06/05/the-chess-improver-lessons-from-my-2nd-tournament-game/", "published_at": "2014-06-05T11:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81c8b237c", "title": "Thoughts on National Running Day 2014", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/06/04/thoughts-on-national-running-day-2014/", "published_at": "2014-06-04T23:19:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81d709702", "title": "Sometimes the best speech is the one you didn't have time to prepare", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/29/sometimes-the-best-speech-is-the-one-you-didnt-have-time-to-prepare/", "published_at": "2014-05-30T01:57:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81e565c53", "title": "The Chess Improver: Is it worth studying your own games from thirty years ago?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/29/the-chess-improver-is-it-worth-studying-your-own-games-from-thirty-years-ago/", "published_at": "2014-05-29T11:16:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81edb3dd5", "title": "Copland's Appalachian Spring danced by the orchestra musicians: confronting my memories of boredom four years ago", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/28/coplands-appalachian-spring-danced-by-the-orchestra-musicians-confronting-my-memories-of-boredom-four-years-ago/", "published_at": "2014-05-29T02:23:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81f21b859", "title": "Remembering the gift of being introduced to kayaking six years ago by a total stranger", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/25/remembering-the-gift-of-being-introduced-to-kayaking-six-years-ago-by-a-total-stranger/", "published_at": "2014-05-26T03:01:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd81fb46e5b", "title": "The Chess Improver: You don't have to be who you think you are", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/22/the-chess-improver-you-dont-have-to-be-who-you-think-you-are/", "published_at": "2014-05-22T11:24:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd820931572", "title": "How a homemade ice cream cookie sandwich touched my heart seven years ago", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/21/how-a-homemade-ice-cream-cookie-sandwich-touched-my-heart-seven-years-ago/", "published_at": "2014-05-22T00:09:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd820afaeb2", "title": "Why I voted yet again", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/20/why-i-voted-yet-again/", "published_at": "2014-05-21T02:52:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd821422f49", "title": "When I'm feeling too tired to venture out, there's always Frick Park", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/18/when-im-feeling-too-tired-to-venture-out-theres-always-frick-park/", "published_at": "2014-05-19T02:27:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8223c66ec", "title": "Pittsburgh Recorder Society: discovering the beauty of Alonso Lobo", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/18/pittsburgh-recorder-society-discovering-the-beauty-of-alonso-lobo/", "published_at": "2014-05-18T21:48:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82322e41c", "title": "Thoughts upon uninstalling \"Temple Run 2\" from my phone", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/16/thoughts-upon-uninstalling-temple-run-2-from-my-phone/", "published_at": "2014-05-17T00:37:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8234a66d4", "title": "Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Exploring type-directed, test-driven development using FizzBuzz (my practice talk)", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/15/pittsburgh-scala-meetup-exploring-type-directed/", "published_at": "2014-05-16T02:49:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd824445da0", "title": "The Chess Improver: Which Pawn would your rather live without and why?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/15/the-chess-improver-which-pawn-would-your-rather-live-without-and-why/", "published_at": "2014-05-15T11:40:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd824e9f99c", "title": "Is there a grounding problem in empirical computational linguistics?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/13/is-there-a-grounding-problem-in-empirical-computational-linguistics/", "published_at": "2014-05-14T00:28:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82564cd6c", "title": "A short Sunday hike in Frick Park", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/11/a-short-sunday-hike-in-frick-park/", "published_at": "2014-05-12T01:09:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd825e6695e", "title": "What does it mean that I've never liked the \"Mona Lisa\" painting?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/09/what-does-it-mean-that-ive-never-liked-the-mona-lisa-painting/", "published_at": "2014-05-10T03:45:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd826b5d50a", "title": "The Chess Improver: Try loving your Knights more than your Bishops", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/08/the-chess-improver-try-loving-your-knights-more-than-your-bishops/", "published_at": "2014-05-08T11:09:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd827323497", "title": "Tchaikovsky's 174th birthday: I'm finally coming out as a lover of his music", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/07/tchaikovskys-174th-birthday-im-finally-coming-out-as-a-lover-of-his-music/", "published_at": "2014-05-08T02:29:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd827aa885b", "title": "Our first hike at Coopers Rock State Forest", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/03/our-first-hike-at-coopers-rock-state-forest/", "published_at": "2014-05-04T01:36:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd827e2f7cb", "title": "The Chess Improver: Black takes control of the dark squares by grabbing the Bishop pair", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/05/01/the-chess-improver-black-takes-control-of-the-dark-squares-by-grabbing-the-bishop-pair/", "published_at": "2014-05-01T11:59:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd828beeb92", "title": "Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Palestrina, Gombert, and Dolly Parton cookies", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/27/pittsburgh-recorder-society-palestrina-gombert-and-dolly-parton-cookies/", "published_at": "2014-04-27T21:47:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8296cb100", "title": "The Chess Improver: Is it OK to play a losing move in order to win?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/24/the-chess-improver-is-it-ok-to-play-a-losing-move-in-order-to-win/", "published_at": "2014-04-24T11:45:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd829ad5e45", "title": "My progress so far on my cookie quota system", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/20/my-progress-so-far-on-my-cookie-quota-system/", "published_at": "2014-04-20T23:27:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82a23d599", "title": "The perfect music for Good Friday: some favorite interpretations of Bach's \"Erbarme dich\" from the St. Matthew Passion", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/18/the-perfect-music-for-good-friday-some-favorite-interpretations-of-bachs-erbarme-dich-from-the-st-matthew-passion/", "published_at": "2014-04-18T11:38:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82aadeeaa", "title": "Thoughts on never having read anything written by Gabriel García Márquez", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/17/thoughts-on-never-having-read-anything-written-by-gabriel-garcia-marquez/", "published_at": "2014-04-18T02:01:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82ac72378", "title": "RIP Cheo Feliciano: wonderful singer of salsa and bolero", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/17/rip-cheo-feliciano-wonderful-singer-of-salsa-and-bolero/", "published_at": "2014-04-18T00:45:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82b5509db", "title": "The Chess Improver: Ten reasons my winning game turned into a loss", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/17/the-chess-improver-ten-reasons-my-winning-game-turned-into-a-loss/", "published_at": "2014-04-17T11:07:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82c3538d8", "title": "Charlie Chaplin, a daughter, a granddaughter: changing my perception of \"Smile\"", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/16/charlie-chaplin/", "published_at": "2014-04-17T02:01:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82c68ce29", "title": "A note on running in warm weather", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/13/a-note-on-running-in-warm-weather/", "published_at": "2014-04-14T01:43:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82cac2f8b", "title": "Hiking again in Boyce-Mayview Park three months later", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/12/hiking-again-in-boyce-mayview-park-three-months-later/", "published_at": "2014-04-13T00:58:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82d81dfce", "title": "The Chess Improver: Development: doing it and disrupting it are sides of the same coin", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/10/the-chess-improver-development-doing-it-and-disrupting-it-are-sides-of-the-same-coin/", "published_at": "2014-04-10T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82e7e2136", "title": "A few sights from the Iron Grate Trail in Frick Park", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/06/a-few-sights-from-the-iron-grate-trail-in-frick-park/", "published_at": "2014-04-06T22:41:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82ee509bb", "title": "Review of edX 8.01x: Jazz Appreciation", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/04/04/review-of-edx-8-dot-01x-jazz-appreciation/", "published_at": "2014-04-05T02:13:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82f91b1e8", "title": "My third year of celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday: who was this guy anyway?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/31/my-third-year-of-celebrating-johann-sebastian-bachs-birthday-who-was-this-guy-anyway/", "published_at": "2014-04-01T01:23:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd82fdd421c", "title": "Life: cooking, eating with friends, music jamming, dancing", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/29/life-cooking-eating-with-friends-music-jamming-dancing/", "published_at": "2014-03-30T03:38:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8300c965b", "title": "The Chess Improver: Back to basics: mere development", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/27/the-chess-improver-back-to-basics-mere-development/", "published_at": "2014-03-27T11:25:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8303850af", "title": "\"Time to Taste the World\": thoughts on expanding my food tastes as an adult", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/21/time-to-taste-the-world-thoughts-on-expanding-my-food-tastes-as-an-adult/", "published_at": "2014-03-22T01:37:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd830a49095", "title": "The Chess Improver: A scrappy example of psychology and luck in an ending", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/20/the-chess-improver-a-scrappy-example-of-psychology-and-luck-in-an-ending/", "published_at": "2014-03-20T11:05:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8315a59aa", "title": "Steel City Ukuleles: navigating a challenging playlist", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/19/steel-city-ukuleles-navigating-a-challenging-playlist/", "published_at": "2014-03-20T01:32:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8321aa928", "title": "Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Something new recently: recording our practice sessions", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/16/pittsburgh-recorder-society-something-new-recently-recording-our-practice-sessions/", "published_at": "2014-03-16T22:39:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83258e126", "title": "The Chess Improver: Two positional Pawn sacrifices: one accidental", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/13/the-chess-improver-two-positional-pawn-sacrifices-one-accidental/", "published_at": "2014-03-13T11:29:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd832fa7ef2", "title": "Thoughts on attending the Duquesne Young Artist Performance Awards Winners Showcase", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/08/thoughts-on-attending-the-duquesne-young-artist-performance-awards-winners-showcase/", "published_at": "2014-03-08T22:01:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd833aa380b", "title": "Happy 300th birthday, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: still underappreciated after all these years!", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/08/happy-300th-birthday-carl-philipp-emanuel-bach/", "published_at": "2014-03-08T17:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd833f0e4e8", "title": "The Chess Improver: A fantasy game, move by move: White opens with fifteen pawn moves in a row!", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/06/the-chess-improver-a-fantasy-game/", "published_at": "2014-03-06T12:29:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd834dd3e50", "title": "Thoughts on returning to ukulele after almost two months off: returning to piano was the reason", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/03/05/thoughts-on-returning-to-ukulele-after-almost-two-months-off/", "published_at": "2014-03-06T02:32:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd834f4ae01", "title": "The Chess Improver: The human problem of not mentally switching gears during a long game", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/27/the-chess-improver-the-human-problem-of-not-mentally-switching-gears-during-a-long-game/", "published_at": "2014-02-27T12:04:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83585a889", "title": "OpenHack Pittsburgh: working on a private project", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/24/openhack-pittsburgh-working-on-a-private-project/", "published_at": "2014-02-24T23:46:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8365f8b4e", "title": "Cake is the same as cookie in my book so here is a photo of birthday cake", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/22/cake-is-the-same-as-cookie-in-my-book-so-here-is-a-photo-of-birthday-cake/", "published_at": "2014-02-23T01:44:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd836db9e15", "title": "The Chess Improver: Your mission, should you choose to accept it: total restriction of activity", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/20/the-chess-improver-your-mission/", "published_at": "2014-02-20T12:28:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd837beb43d", "title": "Pittsburgh Recorder Society: 7-part Gabrieli and coconut chocolate cookies", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/16/pittsburgh-recorder-society-7-part-gabrieli-and-coconut-chocolate-cookies/", "published_at": "2014-02-16T22:41:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8388535e4", "title": "Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Implicits", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/13/pittsburgh-scala-meetup-implicits/", "published_at": "2014-02-14T02:45:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83971a575", "title": "The Chess Improver: A tale of three discovered attacks: a Zwischenzug feast!", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/13/the-chess-improver-a-tale-of-three-discovered-attacks-a-zwischenzug-feast/", "published_at": "2014-02-13T12:12:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83a3a9c7c", "title": "Many faces of the bolero \"Dos Gardenias\"", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/10/many-faces-of-the-bolero-dos-gardenias/", "published_at": "2014-02-11T02:43:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83b08888f", "title": "The Chess Improver: How not to play with the Bishop pair", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/06/the-chess-improver-how-not-to-play-with-the-bishop-pair/", "published_at": "2014-02-06T12:04:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83b892369", "title": "Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Tram's Kitchen", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/02/01/celebrating-the-lunar-new-year-at-trams-kitchen/", "published_at": "2014-02-02T04:34:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83bc4e93e", "title": "First time in my life not eating cookies or cake at a party", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/31/first-time-in-my-life-not-eating-cookies-or-cake-at-a-party/", "published_at": "2014-02-01T04:11:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83c39be27", "title": "The Chess Improver: 9 lessons to learn from Bill Gates' 9 move loss to Magnus Carlsen", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/30/the-chess-improver-9-lessons-to-learn-from-bill-gates-9-move-loss-to-magnus-carlsen/", "published_at": "2014-01-30T12:15:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83d01ecfd", "title": "My no-cookie rule: a photo update", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/29/my-no-cookie-rule-a-photo-update/", "published_at": "2014-01-30T02:50:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83d42b340", "title": "OpenHack Pittsburgh: a great place to share and learn", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/27/openhack-pittsburgh-a-great-place-to-share-and-learn/", "published_at": "2014-01-28T03:38:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83d943382", "title": "My first time at an English country dance music jam", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/25/my-first-time-at-english-country-dance-music-jam/", "published_at": "2014-01-26T00:39:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83e45b459", "title": "How Pittsburgh meetups changed my life", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/24/how-pittsburgh-meetups-changed-my-life/", "published_at": "2014-01-25T02:15:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83e7b3ecb", "title": "Don't believe the hype about not believing the hype", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/23/dont-believe-the-hype-about-not-believing-the-hype/", "published_at": "2014-01-24T00:09:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83e95fd13", "title": "The Chess Improver: Giving up a fianchettoed bishop to win a pawn may not be worthwhile", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/23/the-chess-improver-giving-up-a-fianchettoed-bishop-to-win-a-pawn-may-not-be-worthwhile/", "published_at": "2014-01-23T12:50:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd83f8ed1fc", "title": "Cold but pretty winter hike in Wingfield Pines", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/18/cold-but-pretty-winter-hike-in-wingfield-pines/", "published_at": "2014-01-19T01:10:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8407b45e2", "title": "Hiroo Onoda and the Six Million Dollar man: what does it mean to know how to die or live?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/17/hiroo-onoda-and-the-six-million-dollar-man/", "published_at": "2014-01-18T03:50:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd841763a29", "title": "A system for quitting eating cookies?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/16/a-system-for-quitting-eating-cookies/", "published_at": "2014-01-17T01:29:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8424c801f", "title": "The Chess Improver: What if your opponent just gives you twelve free moves?", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/16/the-chess-improver-what-if-your-opponent-just-gives-you-twelve-free-moves/", "published_at": "2014-01-16T12:20:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd842d96816", "title": "Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Introduction to Reactive", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/09/pittsburgh-scala-meetup-introduction-to-reactive/", "published_at": "2014-01-10T02:29:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd843cc9476", "title": "The Chess Improver: The subtleties of time-consuming knight maneuvers", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/09/the-chess-improver-the-subtleties-of-time-consuming-knight-maneuvers/", "published_at": "2014-01-09T12:18:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd84421940e", "title": "Happy New Year with a Boyce-Mayview Park hike: wetlands, creeks, beavers, woodpeckers, waterfalls...", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2014/01/01/happy-new-year-with-a-boyce-mayview-park-hike-wetlands/", "published_at": "2014-01-02T00:57:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd844c151ec", "title": "Review of the free Coursera course \"Principles of Reactive Programming\"", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/31/review-of-the-free-coursera-course-principles-of-reactive-programming/", "published_at": "2014-01-01T02:29:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd84500d1da", "title": "Beechview urban hike: funky steps, Canton Avenue climb, delicious pizza at Slice on Broadway", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/28/beechview-urban-hike/", "published_at": "2013-12-29T00:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd845c32f07", "title": "Are you familiar with the Nutcracker story? Check out ETA Hoffmann's other creepy tales!", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/27/are-you-familiar-with-the-nutcracker-story-check-out-eta-hoffmanns-other-creepy-tales/", "published_at": "2013-12-28T00:15:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd845f30637", "title": "toString considered harmful, part 3", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/27/tostring-considered-harmful-part-3/", "published_at": "2013-12-27T22:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd846bf37d2", "title": "toString considered harmful, part 2", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/26/tostring-considered-harmful-part-2/", "published_at": "2013-12-26T22:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd84745fb50", "title": "Watching \"Hable con ella\" (\"Talk to her\") (2002): thoughts on art, crime, and ethics", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/26/hable-con-ella-talk-to-her-thoughts-on-art/", "published_at": "2013-12-26T15:38:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd8479ac97b", "title": "The Chess Improver: Imagining how a game position arose", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/26/the-chess-improver-imagining-how-a-game-position-arose/", "published_at": "2013-12-26T13:02:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd847dfa4b4", "title": "toString considered harmful, part 1", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/23/tostring-considered-harmful-part-1/", "published_at": "2013-12-23T23:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08779-9f1d-7143-b177-bcd847e1a9b4", "title": "A favorite poem to share as 2013 comes to an end", "url": "https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/12/22/a-favorite-poem-to-share-as-2013-comes-to-an-end/", "published_at": "2013-12-23T01:12:54+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2014

The Chess Improver: For the love of doubled Pawnsoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2014
The Chess Improver: Beware of trying to win poisoned Pawnsoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2014
Understanding Clojure transducers through typesoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2014
The Chess Improver: When weaknesses didn't matter (and when they did)original ↗
7 Aug 2014
Thoughts on the construction of the new Frick Environmental Centeroriginal ↗
6 Aug 2014
The Chess Improver: An instructive ending with Bishop up for a Pawnoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2014
The Chess Improver: How do you play against 1 h3?original ↗
24 Jul 2014
The growth of loyalty after seventeen yearsoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2014
Pittsburgh Code and Supply: Programming in journalismoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2014
Why programming puzzlers make me sadoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2014
The Chess Improver: Pawn moves in front of Black's castled King: looking at h6 and f5original ↗
17 Jul 2014
The one thing I remember Lorin Maazel fororiginal ↗
13 Jul 2014
The Chess Improver: Completing my first tournament: 7th round and summary of what I learnedoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2014
Third year at July 3 music party and finally participated in jammingoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2014
The Chess Improver: My 6th tournament game: an error that reveals an attempt to learnoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2014
The Chess Improver: My 5th tournament game: lessons from an uncomfortable miniatureoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2014
The Chess Improver: My 4th tournament game: first time I attacked in the middlegameoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2014
The Chess Improver: Lessons from my 3rd tournament game: the nature of endgamesoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2014
Celebrating the 150th birthday of my favorite second-rate composer: Richard Straussoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2014
Finally making rhubarb tasty to myself: flour-less rhubarb crisporiginal ↗
9 Jun 2014
The Chess Improver: Lessons from my 2nd tournament gameoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2014
Thoughts on National Running Day 2014original ↗
4 Jun 2014
Sometimes the best speech is the one you didn't have time to prepareoriginal ↗
30 May 2014
The Chess Improver: Is it worth studying your own games from thirty years ago?original ↗
29 May 2014
Copland's Appalachian Spring danced by the orchestra musicians: confronting my memories of boredom four years agooriginal ↗
29 May 2014
Remembering the gift of being introduced to kayaking six years ago by a total strangeroriginal ↗
26 May 2014
The Chess Improver: You don't have to be who you think you areoriginal ↗
22 May 2014
How a homemade ice cream cookie sandwich touched my heart seven years agooriginal ↗
22 May 2014
Why I voted yet againoriginal ↗
21 May 2014
When I'm feeling too tired to venture out, there's always Frick Parkoriginal ↗
19 May 2014
Pittsburgh Recorder Society: discovering the beauty of Alonso Lobooriginal ↗
18 May 2014
Thoughts upon uninstalling "Temple Run 2" from my phoneoriginal ↗
17 May 2014
Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Exploring type-directed, test-driven development using FizzBuzz (my practice talk)original ↗
16 May 2014
The Chess Improver: Which Pawn would your rather live without and why?original ↗
15 May 2014
Is there a grounding problem in empirical computational linguistics?original ↗
14 May 2014
A short Sunday hike in Frick Parkoriginal ↗
12 May 2014
What does it mean that I've never liked the "Mona Lisa" painting?original ↗
10 May 2014
The Chess Improver: Try loving your Knights more than your Bishopsoriginal ↗
8 May 2014
Tchaikovsky's 174th birthday: I'm finally coming out as a lover of his musicoriginal ↗
8 May 2014
Our first hike at Coopers Rock State Forestoriginal ↗
4 May 2014
The Chess Improver: Black takes control of the dark squares by grabbing the Bishop pairoriginal ↗
1 May 2014
Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Palestrina, Gombert, and Dolly Parton cookiesoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2014
The Chess Improver: Is it OK to play a losing move in order to win?original ↗
24 Apr 2014
My progress so far on my cookie quota systemoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2014
The perfect music for Good Friday: some favorite interpretations of Bach's "Erbarme dich" from the St. Matthew Passionoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2014
Thoughts on never having read anything written by Gabriel García Márquezoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2014
RIP Cheo Feliciano: wonderful singer of salsa and bolerooriginal ↗
18 Apr 2014
The Chess Improver: Ten reasons my winning game turned into a lossoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2014
Charlie Chaplin, a daughter, a granddaughter: changing my perception of "Smile"original ↗
17 Apr 2014
A note on running in warm weatheroriginal ↗
14 Apr 2014
Hiking again in Boyce-Mayview Park three months lateroriginal ↗
13 Apr 2014
The Chess Improver: Development: doing it and disrupting it are sides of the same coinoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2014
A few sights from the Iron Grate Trail in Frick Parkoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2014
Review of edX 8.01x: Jazz Appreciationoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2014
My third year of celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday: who was this guy anyway?original ↗
1 Apr 2014
Life: cooking, eating with friends, music jamming, dancingoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2014
The Chess Improver: Back to basics: mere developmentoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2014
"Time to Taste the World": thoughts on expanding my food tastes as an adultoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2014
The Chess Improver: A scrappy example of psychology and luck in an endingoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2014
Steel City Ukuleles: navigating a challenging playlistoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2014
Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Something new recently: recording our practice sessionsoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2014
The Chess Improver: Two positional Pawn sacrifices: one accidentaloriginal ↗
13 Mar 2014
Thoughts on attending the Duquesne Young Artist Performance Awards Winners Showcaseoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2014
Happy 300th birthday, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: still underappreciated after all these years!original ↗
8 Mar 2014
The Chess Improver: A fantasy game, move by move: White opens with fifteen pawn moves in a row!original ↗
6 Mar 2014
Thoughts on returning to ukulele after almost two months off: returning to piano was the reasonoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2014
The Chess Improver: The human problem of not mentally switching gears during a long gameoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2014
OpenHack Pittsburgh: working on a private projectoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2014
Cake is the same as cookie in my book so here is a photo of birthday cakeoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2014
The Chess Improver: Your mission, should you choose to accept it: total restriction of activityoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2014
Pittsburgh Recorder Society: 7-part Gabrieli and coconut chocolate cookiesoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2014
Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Implicitsoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2014
The Chess Improver: A tale of three discovered attacks: a Zwischenzug feast!original ↗
13 Feb 2014
Many faces of the bolero "Dos Gardenias"original ↗
11 Feb 2014
The Chess Improver: How not to play with the Bishop pairoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2014
Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Tram's Kitchenoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2014
First time in my life not eating cookies or cake at a partyoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2014
The Chess Improver: 9 lessons to learn from Bill Gates' 9 move loss to Magnus Carlsenoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2014
My no-cookie rule: a photo updateoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2014
OpenHack Pittsburgh: a great place to share and learnoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2014
My first time at an English country dance music jamoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2014
How Pittsburgh meetups changed my lifeoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2014
Don't believe the hype about not believing the hypeoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2014
The Chess Improver: Giving up a fianchettoed bishop to win a pawn may not be worthwhileoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2014
Cold but pretty winter hike in Wingfield Pinesoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2014
Hiroo Onoda and the Six Million Dollar man: what does it mean to know how to die or live?original ↗
18 Jan 2014
A system for quitting eating cookies?original ↗
17 Jan 2014
The Chess Improver: What if your opponent just gives you twelve free moves?original ↗
16 Jan 2014
Pittsburgh Scala Meetup: Introduction to Reactiveoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2014
The Chess Improver: The subtleties of time-consuming knight maneuversoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2014
Happy New Year with a Boyce-Mayview Park hike: wetlands, creeks, beavers, woodpeckers, waterfalls...original ↗
2 Jan 2014
Review of the free Coursera course "Principles of Reactive Programming"original ↗
1 Jan 2014

2013

Beechview urban hike: funky steps, Canton Avenue climb, delicious pizza at Slice on Broadwayoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2013
Are you familiar with the Nutcracker story? Check out ETA Hoffmann's other creepy tales!original ↗
28 Dec 2013
toString considered harmful, part 3original ↗
27 Dec 2013
toString considered harmful, part 2original ↗
26 Dec 2013
Watching "Hable con ella" ("Talk to her") (2002): thoughts on art, crime, and ethicsoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2013
The Chess Improver: Imagining how a game position aroseoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2013
toString considered harmful, part 1original ↗
23 Dec 2013
A favorite poem to share as 2013 comes to an endoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2013
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