Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

There exist perhaps hundreds of different bridge moves and conventions, each with a different name and method to learn. There are enough in the world that I would imagine there is no single bridge player who knows all of them at once – even though seasoned bridgeurs might know many. Some of the moves, however,…

Online bridge platforms like Bridge Base Online are built to be as secure as possible. Malicious are out there, and most of them are bored and looking for something to break into – and we would all prefer that it’s not the game of bridge. As an online bridge user, there are some things you…

Before I entered the world of full-time writing (and sometime before I’d met writing about bridge), I had a phase as a musician playing guitar in venues for money. For every 45 minute performance, it takes ten times as much in rehearsal and study. Probably far more. I spent years learning chords, songs, choruses, and…