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HotFlash 4.26 - Mutate This Spam

HotFlash 4.26
for the week of 6 June 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, the weekly newsletter of events and
information for HotWired and WIRED magazine.


Mutate This Spam
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Vindication of the spammed: "The Pig Spittle Drinkers' Toolkit is truly
a dream come true!" On Thursday, Mark Fraunfelder applies a little Mad
Lib magic to his incoming spams, reaping absurd revenge by batting back
mutated marketing messages. Get Frauenfelder on culture, Biggs on media,
Boutin on tech, and McChesney's HotSeat - in Packet, made possible by
Oldsmobile.

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


Just push it: This Wednesday, get an indepth Netcaster demo and learn
how to build your own channel using this latest push delivery system.
Plus, the lowdown on IE4's "Subscriptions" feature, a short history of
GUI's, and the fourth installment of Web 101's browser basics - all this
week in Webmonkey, a service station for the wired world.

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


Smoke on the horizon: There's always a smoldering controversy in Jon
Katz's field of vision. This week, more dispatches from our very own
Media Ranter, as he continues to poke at the embers of media, technology,
and society. Plus, polls, quotes, posts of the day, and Threads like no
others - all this week, in The Netizen.

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


Pamela, Leonardo, Jenny, Gillian ... if the matching surnames of these
people instantly come to mind, there's a job for you. Starwave is
looking for an Entertainment Director to oversee their cluster of Web
sites known as the Entertainment Group. Plus, Broderbund's Red Orb is
looking for a 3D graphics programmer - in this week's Dream Jobs, made
possible by Dockers Khakis (tm).

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


Party people of the world converge! This Thursday, join the Network
Syndicate Djs and special guest in the Beta Lounge when they drop the
mad bass to mash up the place. Also, in this week's Remix: Hip hop's boy
wonder, Kid Koala, recorded live in San Francisco with the Ninja Tune
Stealth Tour, plus, SF's Corbin and Everett from last week's Lounge.

     http://www.betalounge.com/


To CNET, with love, Intel. The special delivery of a suitcase full of
cash arrives just in time to save the computer-trade publisher. You
better believe there are strings attached. Ned Brainard, in Monday's
Flux.

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


Extra! Extra! Read all about it: 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 digital world.

     http://www.wired.com/hf/


Never known what to do with that miniature baseball bat? This week's
drink - a Cuban classic of rum, lime juice, and fresh mint leaves -
requires just such an implement to extract its vital essences. The
Mojito, in Cocktail.

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


This week in Net Surf: Twinkies on fire; guerrilla tactics; a "stodgy,
starchy tuber"; online smellovision; and more. Who said none of these
things have anything to do with each other? They don't have to, dammit.

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


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This week's guests in Talk.com:

Tuesday in Head Space: Join anthropologist-turned-science-fiction-writer
Charles Oberndorf with host Martha Soukup as we discuss culture, gender,
names, and the teaching and practice of writing science fiction.


Thursday in the Beta Lounge: Get high-voltage breakbeats streamed
straight to your brain - live audio and video from the masters of the
mix at the Beta Lounge.

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


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We know, we know. You have 18 slightly different usernames and
passwords, and you just can't keep track. Don't let an eight-digit
password keep you from posting to Threads, chatting, tuning up your
browser, or changing your preferences. If you've forgotten yours, all
you have to do is reply to this message, change the subject line to read
PASSWORD (that's important), and include a one-sentence note with your
name, email address, and membername (if you remember it).

Or you can call our toll-free support services number: (888) 276 8777.
Please have your email address ready.


Visualize Liking Your Job
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Jobs at Wired Digital, WIRED, or Wired Books? Point your Web browser to:

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


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welcome! There are now 603,861 members of the HotWired community.

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