The Cbeebies storytime website or UptoTen is where you should be headed to spend a few fun interactive minutes each day with your kid… the website can also give you a few moments of peace and quiet if you have a computer savvy kid (like my 5ish year old son). Better than TV or XBox IMHO. Don't forget to encourage and praise them while they play. If you didn't know about these websites already, and decide to try them out, I would be very interested to hear your story in the comments 🙂
Year: 2008
Bobby Fischer Died Today
Chess is like life – Boris Spassky
Chess is life – Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer, the renegade, recluse Da Vinci look-alike chess genius died today in Iceland at the (ironic) age of 64 today.
I have been following (and fascinated by) his life ever since I read his book “Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess” in the early 90s (and ‘forgot’ to return it to the friend I borrowed it from). His books, his openings, and the dozens of chess puzzles that resulted from his famous matches taught me a lot about the game.
He was a rebel and romantic; a proponent of the 9/11 attacks, in another life, he might have been a suicide bomber, or a cyber punk. Though he has been labeled ‘eccentric’ numerous times, but he was also brutally honest (read this rare interview to see what I mean). Thank you Bobby, for teaching us chess, and for being honest.
When you are ‘Needing’ a ‘Helping’ Hand from PTCL
… you should be waiting and cursing and wishing the hand gets the time off from his busy schedule to help you. I have been trying to get through to the PTCL help line for two hours now, with the intention of getting their “broadband” connection… maybe I should get Wateen instead. I don’t understand who writes the content for our official websites! Here’s the funny screenshot:
UPDATE:
So, as soon as LESCO allowed me, I went to the Wateen website for some comparison shopping, but their Home Users page (error page) politely told me ‘It seems there is a missing link, we apologies for that.’
I couldn’t help noticing the wii-con-act WECONNECT logo on the page. Thank God ironies are more funny than frustrating, or I would be dead by now.
Have a very
