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HotFlash 4.09 - Lock and Load

HotFlash 4.09
for the week of 7 February 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine.


Lock and Load
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If you thought Java would provide sanctuary from the browser wars, bad
news: You're back in the line of fire. This Wednesday, Simson Garfinkel
tells how dueling class libraries from Netscape and Microsoft could
damage Java's prospects as the Web's run-anywhere platform. Get
Garfinkel on technology, Biggs on media, Silberman on culture, and
McChesney's HotSeat - in this week's Packet, made possible by
Oldsmobile.

     http://www.packet.com/


What happens when you click on a link? More than you might think. Get
the whole truth about HTTP transactions - and thoughts on the Web's
underpinnings, cascading stylesheets, dynamic HTML, and designing with
form elements - this week in Webmonkey, a service station for the wired
world.

     http://www.webmonkey.com/


When bartenders post placards warning "One to a Customer," you know it's
gonna get strange. The Zombie, in Cocktail.

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/


Roone Arledge hopes the ABC News site will save his job, but a tussle
for control may win him a kick in the teeth instead. Ned Brainard, in
Monday's Flux.

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


Sick of picking through the mainstream media morass? Skip it. Each day,
throughout the day, Wired News delivers a cutting-edge chronicle of the
Digital Revolution, with original reports on business, technology,
culture, and politics. Wired News is everything you need to know to stay
on top of the wired world. Come check it out.

     http://www.wired.com/


Then again, you may be very, very busy - too busy to spend time
pointing-and-clicking your way around the Web. No problem: You can have
free, up-to-the-minute news broadcast directly to your desktop. Just
download Wired News on the PointCast Network.

     http://www.hotwired.com/news/download/download.html


The Netizen finds Jon Katz ranting from the road again this week, having
quit his comfy basement to meet his public, confound his critics, and
possibly sell a book or two.

     http://www.netizen.com/


No need to be embarrassed - the man is a doctor! This week Dr. Weil
proves he's seen it all with a Q&A devoted entirely to sex. His answers
cover crabs, home HIV tests, drugs and libido, and hot flashes,
culminating with the Tao of sex - and why it may be best not to sprint
for the finish line in matters amorous.

     http://www.drweil.com/


Things of the spirit aside, the first thing Netscape's new tech
evangelist will need is expertise. But a geek streak isn't enough: If
you land this job, you'll be attending their in-house charm school.
We've also found open positions at SonicNet, Peach Pit Press, Rare
Medium, and Industrial Light & Magic - in this week's Dream Jobs, made
possible by Dockers Khakis (tm).

     http://www.dreamjobs.com/


This is the information age, says Gigi Sohn, and unless you have a Net
connection, you're a second-class citizen. Sohn maintains that democracy
without universal telecom access isn't democracy, while Solveig
Bernstein thinks subsidizing service would be a big mistake. The debate
begins in this week's Brain Tennis.

     http://www.braintennis.com/


Had it with data? Just wanna dance? Freak to the mind-bending funk of
the Beta Lounge DJs - fresh from their virtual European tour.

     http://www.betalounge.com/


This week in Net Surf Central, find out who got Oscar nominations, when
you're gonna die, and what June got for Valentine's Day.

     http://www.hotwired.com/surf/


And will they still respect us in the morning, or are they just looking
for a few quick hits? No matter. The Netizen, Cocktail, and the Rough
Guide USA have all been nominated in the Webby Awards - competition ends
17 February - and we're just cheap enough to ask for your vote.

     http://www.webmagazine.com/webby/


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This week's guests in Talk.com:

Tuesday in Head Space: If you're not impressed by the awards John
Kessel's science fiction has won, try this: Fox Mulder has a copy of
Kessel's "Good News from Outer Space" in his apartment. Join Kessel and
host Martha Soukup to discuss his new, deftly satirical time-travel
novel, "Corrupting Dr. Nice."

Wednesday in Wired Talk: When will it be possible to build a brain chip
that restores motor functions lost due to stroke? Find out as author
David Pescovitz and neurology professor Donald R. Humphrey "reality
check" the notion of a bionic brain.

In Thursday's Electronic Frontiers: By lobbying the Virginia legislature
to put public records online, district clerk and webmaster J. Jack
Kennedy Jr. is turning heads statewide in a downhome debate about law,
luddites, and the liberation of public information. Join Kennedy and
host Jon Lebkowsky for a chat about information access advocacy.

Talk.com presents Diamanda Galas, this Friday: The gospel according to
performer Diamanda Galas is one of love, loss, and the devastations of
modern life. Known for her incredible multiphonic vocal feats, Galas
also uses digital technology to push the limits of music and narrative.
Log in for a live audio chat with Diamanda Galas and HotWired's Jennifer
Eno - and witness Diamanda's special Valentine's Day oration.

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

     http://www.talk.com/


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