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HotFlash 3.42

HotFlash 3.42
for the week of 27 September 1996
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine. 


License to Chill
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"Like all harsh, cold men," wrote Ian Fleming of Agent 007, "he was
easily tipped over into sentiment." This week Cocktail sips the drink
that nearly got the best of Mr. Bond - the Vesper. 

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/


Feelings are precious, but there's a limit. For instance, we're sure
you're warmly anticipating the day Mom and Dad move in with you - but in
case you had other plans, The Netizen's forum on the impending Social
Security meltdown sketches alternative scenarios. Plus: John Heilemann,
Jon Katz, and the (un)usual suspects, this week in The Netizen.

     http://www.netizen.com/


If it's not your mother, it's your kid. Freaking out about the urchin's
safety? Soon Big Mother can peek into Junior's day care at will - via
Net-accessible digital surveillance cameras. Andrew Leonard on the
society of the "scanscape," Michael Schrage on markets, Simson Garfinkel
on technology, and John McChesney's HotSeat, in Packet. 

     http://www.packet.com/


Of course, when it's Junior doing the peeking, people start getting
upset. Webmonkey's Jeff Veen looks at Internet content-rating systems -
and finds they're good for more than filtering out porn. Plus:
Netscape's new plug-ins, client-side image maps, JavaScript mouseover
tricks, and more. In Webmonkey, a service station for the wired world.

     http://www.webmonkey.com/


Is all this steamy stuff reminding you of your sexual problems? Or has
PMS been getting the best of you? Or have you forgotten the name of your
favorite wart? Visit the Doc Weil Database for health news you can use.
And coming up in this week's Q&A: Pure water, mock meats, lucid
dreaming, and more.

     http://www.drweil.com/


In Dream Jobs, we imagine having Mr. Potato Head as a colleague. Perhaps
you already do. At Pixar, though, you'd get to work with the makers of
Buzz Lightyear and Woody as well. We also report on open jobs at
HarperCollins and at Feed.

     http://www.dreamjobs.com/


The vitriol continues to spew in Brain Tennis this week, as John Perry
Barlow and Bruce Taylor have it out over Net censorship.

     http://www.wired.com/braintennis/


Ned Brainard gives Slate a glance and finds an odd headline:
"Insufficient Funds." In Monday's Flux. 

     http://www.packet.com/flux/


If you've ever yearned to balance a hula-hoop on the hips of an aloof,
svelte Christ, to operate a singing cow, or to out-Picasso Picasso,
visit Pop's Gallery this Friday to toy with the interactive animations
of artist Laurence Arcadias. Also in Pop this week: Harmon Leon on
morning TV talk shows (another donut?) and Ian Christe on 3DO's new
online game.

     http://www.pop.com/


Want our front page delivered to your doorstep? We'll email it daily. 

     http://www.hotwired.com/frontdoor/mail/


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This Week's Guests in Club Wired:

In 1983, Frederik L. Schodt's "Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese
Comics" (Kodansha International, 1983) quickly became a cult classic,
raising American awareness of the sometimes strange, sometimes kitschy
beauty of Japanese cartoonists' work. In Pop Talk on Monday, Schodt will
discuss his latest, "Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga" (Stone
Bridge Press, 1996).

Tuesday in Head Space: Author/scholar J. Gregory Keyes ventures into the
fantasy genre with "The Waterborn" (Del Rey Books, 1996), the first book
of an epic trilogy interweaving ritual and myth, linguistics and
legends, culled from his experiences in the Navajo community and his
work as an anthropologist.

The inventors of I See You have created a means for parents to peer in
on their kids at day care through a dialup Net connection. Is Big
Brother striking an unholy alliance with the Internet community, soon to
morph into Big Nanny? Find out in Thursday's PacketChat with Andrew
Leonard.

Thursday in Electronic Frontiers forum: Join host Jon Lebkowsky for the
monthly EF panel discussion with Mike Godwin of EFF, Declan McCullagh of
HotWired, Shabbir Safdar of VTW, Jonah Seiger of CDT, and you! 

Later on Thursday in Club Wired: Douglas Engelbart is the mind behind
such fundamental innovations as the mouse, interactive hyperlinking, and
word processing. Join us in Club Wired for a RealAudio broadcast of his
talk in SFSU's Multimedia Pioneers fall lecture series and a
simultaneous chat with questions from the Club Wired audience.

Check the Club Wired schedule for detailed descriptions of these and
other events.

     http://www.hotwired.com/club/


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