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HotFlash 4.16 - Our Cup Runneth Over

HotFlash 4.16
for the week of 28 March 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine.


Our Cup Runneth Over
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When you're pouring old media into new media bottles, someone has to
make sure things don't explode. Thinking Pictures brews software that
makes digitized media archives navigable, for a mixed clientele of
Hollywood players and telco types. We've found spots for programmers
with this technomedia crew - along with open jobs at Magnet Interactive
and Boston's Computer Museum - in this week's Dream Jobs, made possible
by Dockers Khakis (tm).

     http://www.dreamjobs.com/hf/


The press touts push media as the Next Big Thing, but webcasting won't
eclipse surfing anytime soon, says Paul Boutin - despite the high hopes
of its backers, this new model still has serious hurdles to clear. Get
Boutin on tech, Biggs on media, Frauenfelder on culture, and McChesney's
HotSeat - in Packet, made possible by Oldsmobile.

     http://www.packet.com/hf/


In the best of all possible worlds, cascading stylesheets would be a
Web-design panacea. In this one, says Eric Eaton, they pretty much suck.
You'll find this glum view of CSS from Webmonkey's designer - along with
a tale of conversion to the cult of Microsoft and a short course on the
art of the redirect - this week in Webmonkey, a service station for the
wired world.

     http://www.webmonkey.com/hf/


Do those hours of solitary screen-gazing make "techies" more vulnerable
to cult recruiters, or should MSNBC be worrying about couch potatoes
instead? Ned Brainard, in Monday's Flux.

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


The trick to serving a beef-based libation: Don't tell them what they're
drinking till they've admitted they enjoy it. The Bullshot, in Cocktail.

     http://www.cocktailtime.com/hf/


Everything you ever knew about hypertextual architecture is moded:
Clivus Multrum's "Corbusien Infotechture" will revolutionize the Web.
Bras, bombs, radical thought, and an inside look at the ant underground,
in this week's Net Surf.

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


The Library Wars continue in The Netizen this week, as Katz shares his
thoughts on online porn in the public libraries - as well as delving
deeper into Heaven's Gate, the media, and what the whole mess might mean
for the rest of us.

     http://www.netizen.com/hf/


Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Freud remarked in an innocent moment,
but that was before oral cancer treated him the way Oedipus treated his
dad. In this week's Q&A, Dr. Weil debunks the myth that cigars don't
kill - and answers queries on menstrual cramps, selenium, smoothies, and
the high cost of health. Meanwhile, Week Four of Dr. Weil's "8 Weeks to
a Healthy America" involves keeping the world at a distance: Turn off
the news, turn on the garlic.

     http://www.drweil.com/hf/


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/hf/


Our amens will fly your head to DJ heaven while your container gets down
here on earth. Transcendentally live sounds, in the Beta Lounge.

     http://www.betalounge.com/


Meat's been the mainstay of outdoor cooking ever since our forerunners
first threw food into the fire - but this week it retreats to the back
burner, as Fillet gives vegetables their turn on the grill.

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


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This week's guests in Talk.com:

Tuesday in Head Space: After fleeing official censure and probable
institutionalization in Azerbaijan for his unorthodox scientific views,
Mikolaj Czerny came to America to begin a new life as a writer of
science fiction. Join the eccentric scientist and author, along with
host Martha Soukup, for a 1 April extravaganza.

Thursday in DocTalk Live: We're approaching the halfway point in Dr.
Andrew Weil's "8 Weeks to a Healthy America." In the Week Four edition
of DocTalk Live, Dr. Weil discusses "news fasting," ways to clear the
air of irritating allergens, and how to get the most out of changes in
your diet and exercise routine. Tune in and revel in your progress.

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

     http://www.talk.com/hf/


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