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HotFlash 4.13 - Here and Now

HotFlash 4.13
for the week of 7 March 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine.


Here and Now
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You've read the books, perused the columns, catalogued the herbs, and
toyed with the decoder ring - now get ready for the ultimate Dr. Weil
experience. Starting Monday, Dr. Weil guides you through "8 Weeks to a
Healthy America," a program that will help you change the way you eat,
breathe, exercise, and think about your health. Also this week, the good
doctor responds to your queries on breast cancer risks, generic drugs,
plantar warts, and the perils of poisonous mushrooms - and if you need
answers in a hurry, the Doc Weil Database is ready when you are.

     http://www.drweil.com/


Why do some online communities take root and thrive while others wither?
This Thursday, Steve Silberman offers tips from gardeners whose online
beds are flourishing. Get Silberman on culture, Garfinkel on technology,
Biggs on media, and McChesney's HotSeat - in Packet, made possible by
Oldsmobile.

     http://www.packet.com/


When you pick up a book, you know how it works - but on the Web, the
designer provides the clues that make a site make sense. The art of
creating context on the Web, an animation tutorial, and a RealVideo demo
- this week in Webmonkey, a service station for the wired world.

     http://www.webmonkey.com/


If you have designs on a new career, pucker up: your frog prince awaits.
The new media division at frogdesign has a spot for a project manager.
We've also found open jobs at Giant Step and at Barnes & Noble, in this
week's Dream Jobs - made possible by Dockers Khakis (tm).

     http://www.dreamjobs.com/


This mixture of champagne and stout may not be 100 percent Irish, but
we've yet to hear an Irishman object. The Black Velvet, in Cocktail.

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/


Danny Hillis cofounded Thinking Machines in 1983, blowing through $120
million before crashing the supercomputer company into bankruptcy. Now,
as the first Disney Fellow, Hillis may have found his Magic Kingdom of
research and real riches. In Netmoguls, the Cliffs Notes to the digital
revolution.

     http://www.netmoguls.com/hillis/


Could digital currency really bring down the nation-state, or will our
trust in banks and governments keep us tethered to the status quo?
Kawika Daguio and Robert Hettinga debate ecash, information, and our
institutional future in this week's Brain Tennis.

     http://www.braintennis.com/


AOL Networks' president has issued a self-fulfilling prophecy that's
self-serving in the bargain. Ned Brainard, in Monday's Flux.

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


Our graphomaniacal globetrotters have come up with their biggest travel
package yet. India, in The Rough Guide.

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


The freewheeling, rational, rudderless geeks among you should listen up:
Katz plumbs the meaning of the post-political in this week's Netizen.

     http://www.netizen.com/


Each day, throughout the day, Wired News brings you 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/


Net Surf has reached a McLuhanesque epiphany - the media are messy.
Supporting evidence: movie bloopers, vanity publishers, scrambled Web
sites, and the fully functional Blenderphone.

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


Did you ever have an itch that you just couldn't scratch? Get the groove
into the needle - let the Beta Lounge DJs get you all funked up.

     http://www.betalounge.com/


You can quibble over details, but there's one thing we're sure of: Good
barbecue requires a wood fire. Fillet teaches you to smoke your own.

     http://www.testpatterns.com/testpatterns/fillet/


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This week's guests in Talk.com:

Tuesday in Head Space: Esther Friesner, the force behind the popular
1995 anthology "Chicks in Chainmail," is currently up to her neck in the
follow-up, "Did You Say Chicks?!" Join the award-winning sci-fi/fantasy
author and sendup artist to discuss the serious and the silly - and
watch out for the hamsters.

Wednesday in Wired Talk: George Alistair Sanger and his band are in the
background business, creating the music you hear while playing such
massively popular computer games as "The Seventh Guest," "Wing
Commander," and "The Eleventh Hour." Come meet the Fat Man himself, and
hear his formula for composing against a foreground of alien invasions.

In Thursday's Electronic Frontiers, host Jon Lebkowsky logs in live from
the Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, in San Francisco.
Join us to hear this year's panelists on "Commerce and Community."

On Friday, join us for the first installment of DocTalk Live, a
real-time, live talk show where Dr. Andrew Weil answers your questions,
provides resources, and lends support to the many participants in his
program "8 Weeks to a Healthy America." This week Dr. Weil reviews the
highlights of Week One and soothes our fears as we purge our pantries
of hydrogenated oils and other noshable nasties.

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

     http://www.talk.com/


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browser, or changing your preferences. If you've forgotten yours, all
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PASSWORD (that's important), and include a one-sentence note with your
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Or you can call our toll-free support services number: (888) 276 8777.
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Jobs at HotWired, WIRED, or HardWired? Point your Web browser to:

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


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HotFlash now boasts 227,738 subscribers. If this is your first issue,
welcome! There are now 554,702 members of the HotWired community.

On the Web, the address for HotWired is: http://www.hotwired.com/

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