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Had a very surreal conversation yesterday about mp3 technology with the Polish girl who serves me coffee on the train platform. How the conversation switched to mp3 technology is a total mystery as although I might be known to have a penchant for collecting such players, I don't exactly go out of my way to advertise the fact...
Spent quite a lot of money yesterday buying yet more chess paraphernalia. This included a chess software compilation of which one constituent was "Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess" (that's Maurice as in "Mor-eece", not "Morris"). Maurice is a startling character, whose commentary on the proceedings tends towards hyperbole - ("THAT was the move of a GRANDMASTER!"). He continually draws cringe-making analogies to US-centric sports (Kasparov is the "Michael Jordan of the chess world"). And yet the result is a strangely compelling and fun look into chess strategy, lucidly explained at every step. The play-by-play comentary of ten famous games is particularly good, and I probably learnt more watching those games being commentated on than several hours of watching scid replay a few hundred games. Well worth the money.