Some monthes ago I tried to the take a glance at chess engine programming. I first started by writing one in python (ChessBuddy) with absolutely no knowledge on the subject. Although it was quite slow, it worked and already beat me (spoiler alert : this means nothing, I suck at chess).

Then I opened the pandora’s box : How will it compete against other engines ?

Today was a productive day in terms of music.

Here are two personal performances of jazz standards : Shiny Stockings, written by Frank Foster in 1963, and On a clear day by Burton Lane in 1970.

With the incredible voice of Maëlle Bonnet.

I always struggle with vim’s multi-line edit (without using dedicated plugins).

Here is a selection of the different commands I use.

Wayne’s Thang is a theme written by the saxophonist Kenny Garrett. It makes part of the album Triology, edited in 1995.

Here’s one cover in sextet I like, recorded in the Jazz Channel LA studio in 2016.

This is one of my favorite rendition of Bye Bye Blackbird.

With Chet Baker indeed, but especially with Rene Urtreger at the piano for me.

And for heaven sake, watching them in b&w smoking and driking, it makes my day (well, if you put aside the fact that some of them were alcoholic or drug addicts though 😀).

I use free software on a daily basis, whether for the purpose of work or leisure.

Here’s a list of the different tools I deal with almost everyday.

The CN Tower, Toronto, Canada. Picture is taken from from the observatory, roughly 350 meters above the ground.