There is this site called Ted.com, which basically involves a bunch of distinguished experts in certain fields, getting together in a central location, and giving talks one after another about some of their expertise. They are then later published for free on the Internet. Some of the talks are really great, some not as great and some I find to be really quite pretentious . Whenever I really like one I’ll probably post it here. I really like this guy:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html
TED is pretty great in general though- like this gee-whiz one: http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science.html
Please tell me when the Bermuda open is. My mom said she’d consider taking me and I want to play in it. I’ll give you my prize if I win one.
The Bermuda Chess Association’s page is not working and as far as I can tell, there has been no announcement of the 26th annual tournament as of yet.
That was an entertaining lecture, he’s a charismatic speaker