Grandchildren Arrive. A Medusa's Head of Wires Soon Follows.

There is, of course, the first law for grandparents with computers: When the grandchildren come over, they will do something to your electronic gadgets that will render them forever quirky. I am hardly a computer novice. As a sportswriter for The New York Times, I had the distinction of sending in the paper's very first article by computer, back in 1974. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]