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HotFlash 3.52

HotFlash 3.52
for the week of 6 December 1996
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine. 


HighWired
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When you dreamed of running off to join the circus, you had lions and
tigers and bears in mind - but Dream Jobs is plugged in to another kind
of Big Top. If you'd like to sign on, Cirque du Soleil seeks
contortionists, singers, synchronized swimmers, acrobats, and actors.
We've also found open positions at ichat, Sidewalk, Nettmedia, and
Studio Archetype. In Dream Jobs, made possible by Dockers Khakis (tm).

     http://www.dreamjobs.com/


Each day, Wired News covers the four-ring circus of politics, culture,
business, and technology, following the twists and turns of the digital
world with original reports on the people, companies, and innovations
driving the digital age. There's no other news like it. Come check it
out.

     http://www.wired.com/


"Politics are almost as exciting as war," Churchill remarked, "and quite
as dangerous." Want proof? Read The Netizen.

     http://www.netizen.com/


This Monday, Webmonkey's Jeff Veen chats with Rob Partington about Lynx,
a text-only browser that lets you race across the Web, sidestepping the
browser battles and making those endless downloads moot. The lowdown on
Lynx, maintaining your mail server, tips on HTML templates, and a Webcam
demo - in Webmonkey, a service station for the wired world.

     http://www.webmonkey.com/


WebTV poses a question every profit-oriented webmaster needs to ponder,
says Michael Schrage: What happens when the Web is packaged as hardware,
not software - and how will existing "Internet packagers" need to
rethink their business models as a result? Check out Schrage on markets,
Garfinkel on technology, Leonard on culture, and McChesney's HotSeat, in
Packet - made possible by Oldsmobile.

     http://www.packet.com/


Don't try to describe it. Don't urge imbibers to switch types. Just
approach in a spirit of reverence. Whiskey on the Rocks, in Cocktail.

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/


Before you submit to the nips, tucks, snips, and sucks of cosmetic
surgery, Dr. Weil wants you to stop and think: why are you doing this,
and what might go wrong? The doc also has answers this week on finding
the right therapist, acupuncture for your pet, and other matters of
great gravity. And for fast answers, quiz the Doc Weil Database.

     http://www.drweil.com/


Should we resist the injunction to think like machines, or is parallel
processing by humans the brain wave of the future? James Bailey and Bill
McKibben conclude their debate this week in Brain Tennis.

     http://www.hotwired.com/braintennis/


Cold weather and heaps of carbohydrates - if that's not a divine plan,
what is? This week Fillet presents the latkes of Chanukah, in Test
Patterns - also featuring KHOT, MiniMind, and the amazing Beta Lounge.

     http://www.testpatterns.com/


The Big Apple just got bigger: The Rough Guide's New York City has
expanded. Chomp away!

     http://www.hotwired.com/rough/


This week in Gallery, Mark Bennett, "a TV addict from day one," creates
meticulous architectural renderings of TV sitcom homes. Also in Pop this
week: Harmon Leon slips into "Sliders," John Alderman presents new
fiction from Sam Savage, and Rob Levine supplies stocking-stuffer ideas.

     http://www.pop.com/


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This week's guests in Talk.com:

Monday in Pop Talk, join "Reality Check" authors Brad Wieners and David
Pescovitz and HotWired's Jennifer Eno to examine technogadgets of the
future - and surmise which of them will be fact and which will remain
fiction.

Tuesday in Pop Talk, SOS Radio TNC's Beusch & Cassani join radio maven
Kim Danders for the next installment in the cyber enigma of the "Great
Web Crash." Join us as we find the links between the missing wavemaster
RadioMind, a certain Italian head cheese, and digital cannibalism.

Also on Tuesday: MicroUnity's Henry Massalin (aka "Qua" - which,
according to him, is the call of a koala bear) makes his own PCs and has
a favorite hobby: giving piggyback rides. Is he crazy, or just the
ultimate nerd genius? Join Henry and host Bob Parks in Wired Talk to
celebrate eccentric geekdom.

Tuesday in Head Space: DC and Marvel Comics maven Len Wein has created
some of the most enduring figures in comics, including the Swamp Thing,
Spiderman, the X-Men, and Transformers. Join Len and host Martha Soukup
to discuss creativity in forms often considered to be mere children's
diversions.

Wednesday in Pop Talk: Parisian DJ Dimitri (not to be confused with the
guy from Dee-lite or the fellow from Amsterdam) talks about his new
album "Sacre Bleu" (Yellow Production), the soundtracks he created for
Chanel's catwalk shows, and his love of classic American film
soundtracks - sounds that inspired his kooky, campy tapestry of beats
and samples.

In Thursday's PacketChat: Still master of your domain? Andrew Leonard
muses that self-love is what the Net is really all about, and touts it
as the greatest facilitator of masturbation in human history. Come chat
- and try hard to keep both hands on the keyboard.

Thursday in Wired Talk, author David Brin discusses his article for
WIRED 4.12, "The Transparent Society," probing the passive monitoring of
public spaces, peering into the future of surveillance and privacy, and
asking: Who will control the cameras?

Scientology redux in Electronic Frontiers on Thursday: Join host Jon
Lebkowsky and zinester Jerod Pore for the latest from the wars on
alt.religion.scientology, plus a discussion of cancels and cancelbots,
court cases, censorship, copyright, and trademark issues. Honk if you're
clear!

In Pop Talk on Saturday: Calling all X-philes! America's most intriguing
fictional FBI agent, Gillian Anderson (aka Agent Dana Scully), steps
off-camera and into Pop Talk's chat room. Join Gillian as she talks with
HotWired's Jennifer Eno about her recent role as EVE (Enhanced Virtual
Entity) in Microsoft's new game, HellBender - and, of course, to dissect
the "X-Files" phenomenon.

For more detailed descriptions of these and other events, go to: 

     http://www.talk.com/


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     http://www.hotwired.com/jobs/


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