My real name is Ben Finney, though people on newsgroups such as rec.games.go may know me better as "The Nose Who Knows". My username on Sensei's (and most other places I visit) is Bignose. Email is bignose (at) zip (dot) com (dot) au, webpage is http://bignose.squidly.org/ .
I hail from Melbourne, Australia. Currently (Apr-2003) I'm about 9k in the Australian rankings, and have been for a couple of years. That breakthrough will come soon though, I just know it :-)
I encountered Go vaguely for many years, as references in Usenet posts (on unrelated newsgroups) and as strange computer games included on Unix systems, until I saw it played in the movie "Pi" by Darren Aronofsky. That was mid-1999, and I determined to learn the game. I've been playing enthusiastically since August 1999.
I'm an infrequent visitor here, but when I do come I'll often touch up a page or start a new one for an undefined link.
I have been enjoying your comments on all BadHabits. If, in addition, you are the nose who knows, welcome, welcome.
Thanks for the welcome, it's fun taking part in a Wiki on one of my favourite subjects :-) -- Bignose
Migeru: I'd like to help writing a tournament manager for Linux. Write to me at miguel.AT.math.ucr.edu
Bignose: I've started a project, TOAD, to create game tournament software. If you think you can help, please join the
toad-devel mailing list where the design of the software will be discussed.
Nodog: The reason that I checked out your page was because my Korean labmate tells me that "bignose" is a way that Koreans refer to white people. He says that he doesn't know the origin and I haven't figured out if it's supposed to be derogatory or not. Of the things that I've been called, "bignose" is certainly one of the least insulting.