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HotFlash 4.14 - Make the Masses Happy

HotFlash 4.14
for the week of 14 March 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine.


Make the Masses Happy
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Brooke Shelby Biggs has a message for elitists in online media: Get over
yourselves and try cooking up content real people can enjoy, or your
ambitious business plans won't amount to a hill of beans. Get Biggs on
media, Garfinkel on technology, Frauenfelder on culture, and McChesney's
HotSeat - in Packet, made possible by Oldsmobile.

     http://www.packet.com/


We waited and waited for Netscape's stylesheets, but the beta (sorry,
"prerelease") is finally here. This week Webmonkey's Jeffrey Veen serves
up an interim report on what works and what doesn't. Later this week:
How the pros create VRML, and another sense of "access" (hint: how do
your pages read in Braille?) - in Webmonkey, a service station for the
wired world.

     http://www.webmonkey.com/


This libation started as the Old Waldorf's pampered pet, and returns as
the segue between work and serious drinking. The Astoria, in Cocktail.

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/


To celebrate the vernal equinox, Net Surf stands an egg on its end. Find
out why - and see a herd of ASCII cows, a swarm of AI beasties, a Web
site full of Windsors, and a chance to bust yourself.

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


CEO Gil Amelio has slashed over 5,500 jobs at Apple, in a desperate
attempt to fuel sales of the book describing his turnaround of National
Semiconductor. Learn about the ex-boss of your team's next hire - in
Netmoguls.com, the cave drawings of tomorrow's digital civilization.

     http://www.netmoguls.com/amelio/


Starwave execs seeking refuge from the minions of the Mouse may end up
on Microsoft's doorstep, confides Ned Brainard - but will Bill have to
turn them away? In Monday's Flux.

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


Seattle's Sitewerks is on Mr. Gates' good side - in fact, this Web shop
can bank on Microsoft's business. But not content to rest on their
laurels, they seek a creative director to enliven their sense of design.
We've also found open jobs at Cisco and Amazon.com, in this week's Dream
Jobs - made possible by Dockers Khakis (tm).

     http://www.dreamjobs.com/


Could digital currency replace banking as we know it, or does it take
more than technology to inspire people's trust? Kawika Daguio and Robert
Hettinga continue their debate on ecash, information, and the future of
our institutions, in this week's Brain Tennis.

     http://www.braintennis.com/


This time it's for real: The US Supreme Court takes up the challenge to
the Communications Decency Act this Wednesday. John Heilemann reports on
this decisive juncture in the fight for cyber rights, in The 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/


This is Week Two of "8 Weeks to a Healthy America," Dr. Weil's program
to transform your approach to health - and in this week's Q&A, the good
doctor responds to queries on the power of ginger, the genetics of
sexual identity, and two mainstays of the drug culture: cola drinks and
cough syrup. Crave quick answers? Hit the Doc Weil Database.

     http://www.drweil.com/


Shake that desert out of your head, get on your camel, and ride to the
Internet's oasis of chill - the live sounds of the Beta Lounge.

     http://www.betalounge.com/


There's more to Irish cuisine than corned beef and cabbage. A Saint
Patrick's Day feast for the gourmet, in Fillet.

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


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This week's guests in Talk.com:

Tuesday in Head Space: Michael Blumlein has won a cult audience for his
small but intense shelf of fiction, exploring the politics of sexuality,
disease, and gender. Join Blumlein to chat about "The Movement of
Mountains," "X,Y," "The Brains of Rats," and his latest work.

Wednesday in WiredSide Chat: On 19 March, the US Supreme Court hears
oral arguments in the legal challenge to the Communications Decency Act,
a law that would impose broad content restrictions on the Net. Jonesing
to know how the justices reacted? Bruce Ennis, lead attorney for the
Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition, comes to us fresh from the fray
for a special online debriefing and discussion in Talk.com.

Wednesday in Wired Talk: "Doom Goes To War." Lieutenant Scott Barnett
and Sergeant Dan Snyder have created military tactical simulation
exercises for the US Marines based on the computer game "Doom." Join
host Bob Parks to talk with Marines who have made computer games part of
the American way of war.

Thursday in Electronic Frontiers: Edward Felten, head of Princeton's
Secure Internet Programming Group (SIP), recently exposed a major
security flaw in the Web. "Web spoofing" allows an Internet server to
insert itself between a user and the rest of the Web - and, from that
position, to observe, steal, or alter the data passing back and forth.
Join Professor Felten and Gary McGraw, author of "Java Security: Hostile
Applets, Holes, and Antidotes," to find out how to protect yourself.

Friday in DocTalk Live: Dr. Andrew Weil's "8 Weeks to a Healthy America"
program continues. This Friday, Dr. Weil chats about Week 2: Your
adventures with soy-based foods, this week's salmon recipe, the "news
fast," and your research into the purity of your drinking water.

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

     http://www.talk.com/


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Jobs at HotWired, WIRED, or HardWired? Point your Web browser to:

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


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