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was watching a nature show the other night, and this fellow was showing a poisonous variety snake that was lying on a rock in the sun. I told my wife that before he got through, he would have to pick it up with his bare hands.
And the fact is, we could see it just fine [...]
But Wait, There’s More
The fun didn’t end there. The site kept listing different physical addresses for the business, going from a suburban neighborhood in Miami to a more industrial building. Then Psystar stopped taking credit card orders, saying its provider, PowerPay, had “dropped the ball.” It moved to PayPal instead. PowerPay countered that in fact [...]
She and boyfriend Raymond, also 15, were shocked when she got pregnant. We never thought about protection … We were in love and we thought nothing as serious as a baby could happen.
She dropped out of Aotea College with no qualifications.
It was only after the birth of her second son in 2005 that she started [...]
Opening Up
Today’s highlights included a keynote by FCC Commissioner
Robert McDowell, who opened up his address by noting that the summit
reflects “the wonderful reality that we are privileged to live in the
most exciting time ever in the history of communications.”
Half of the world’s population now has a cell
phone, he observed. “No technology has ever penetrated this [...]
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The small, devoted, decidedly mixed crowd that gathered at Los Angeles Sonic Odyssey’s concert Saturday night was intriguing. Wired youths and old-timers alike sat clustered in the center of Neighborhood Church in Pasadena to get the best surround-sound mix from a dozen loudspeakers. Two of L.A.’s finest pianists (one classical, one jazz) staked out positions [...]
Puck Fair. They start partying well before Paddy’s Day; On Sunday, the 13th Colum McCannhosts a literary brunch, and there’s live music in the evening; Tuesday night, there’s an Irish whiskey tasting. On the day, get there early; the place gets busy — fast. (298 Lafayette St; 212-431-1200)
The Knitting Factory. Not an Irish bar, but [...]
It wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without a pint or two.
MANHATTAN
Rocky Sullivan’s, co-owned by musician Chris Byrne and TV producer Patrick Farrelly, is well-known for its reading series and its music, which ranges from Irish hip-hop to traditional. Leading up to St. Patrick’s, Byrne’s hip-hop band, Seanchai and the Unity Squad plays on Friday. On [...]
TRINA TURK | The Trendsetter
Style isn�t informed by a single factor. If the clothes, the home, the commitment to community and culture define the person, then few embody and champion California style like Trina Turk.
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Since 1995, she has designed her namesake collections of womenswear, inspired by the San Fernando [...]
After you’ve brought home the boxed set of books, activities, games and toys for your kids, what do you do now? Use it as a jumping off point.
When Parents magazine editor-in-chief Sally Lee bought a set of outdoor games for her family last summer, she ignored the paperwork in the box. “I didn’t read [...]
Going Mainstream
Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) use of Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) chips in Macintosh systems has made its machines more competitive with PCs on price/performance metrics. Software incompatibility issues between Macs and PCs have been rendered largely moot by the shift toward Web-based applications and the emergence of virtualization technology.
Perhaps not coincidentally, Mac usage is [...]