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HotFlash 4.41

HotFlash 4.41 for the week of 21 September 1997
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Hello and welcome to HotFlash, HotWired's weekly newsletter of events
and information.

Geek of the Week
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Our featured Geek of the Week, Kenny "Space Cowboy" Stoltz, can't
quite figure out if his freedom to browse the Net for anything and
everything is what he likes or hates about the Net. But he does know
that the fictional character he most identifies with is Hong Kong
Fooey. What about you? Have you submitted your entry for Geek of the
Week?

http://www.hotwired.com/members/


Web 101

Recreational websurfing is all fine and good, but what do you do when
the boss walks in? June Cohen rounded up a set of bona fide useful,
time-saving sites that even el jefe will love. Friday, in Web 101.

http://www.hotwired.com/web101/hf/


Synapse: Think the Web

Hundreds of local radio stations are piping their content worldwide
over the Web. But who's listening? Todd Wagner of AudioNet tells John
McChesney we're all locals now, Wednesday in HotSeat.

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


Net Surf: Surf the Web

When you surf, do you travel with the herd or explore paths untrod?
Who knows? It's next to impossible to gauge just how many people are
surfing exactly what you're surfing when you surf what you surf. If
we're milling around in darkness now, who will flip the switch? And
when? Joey Anuff delights in the possibilities. Monday, in Net Surf.

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


Dream Jobs: Work the Web

Tuesday: As corporate America's wet dream - a low-cost advertising
medium with an ever-expanding audience - the Web has spawned a
thousand product plugs and repurposed content collections. Not so NOVA
Online. More than just a marketing mechanism for its TV counterpart,
NOVA Online is inspiring new programming for ye olde boob tube. But
the petit Web team could use some interns to help keep up the pace.

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


Beta Lounge: Hear the Web

Jump on your desk and shake that thang! Straight outta the sewa direct
to CPUs worldwide, the Network Syndicate is once again ON POINT taking
it to the next level with DJ Andrew Rawnsley from XLR8R magazine ...
AND a live performance by San Francisco's own Astral Matrix.

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


Webmonkey: Build the Web

"Scriptlets" are a new technology that allow you to store your dynamic
HTML elements as separate files - delicious little morsels of
scripting that can be called into your pages at will. They're pretty
cool, but will they undermine HTML? Jeffrey Veen explores, Monday in
Tools.

And Tuesday, in Source, Captain Cursor is a stylesheet superhero
relentless in his quest to program cursor styles into your Web pages.
Watch our hero save Mo and Zilla, the Webi twins, from certain peril
at the hands of Evil Dr. JavaScript.

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


RGB Gallery: Clear Your Cache

This week, we continue with our third installation, David Opp's
"4YB-200." A labyrinthine meditation on the computer interface,
there's no minotaur here, but weave your way through Opp's maze of
frames, scrolling pages, and JavaScript alerts. And you just might
find secret messages within his code.

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



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Either you love it or you hate it - the Negroni. As a most efficient
aperitif, we're partial to this ruddy libation when in need of a
little color in our cheeks and spring in our step. The heads-up
Campari taste makes our throats tingle and our minds decisive and
determined. Fortunately, the gin keeps us mindful. Come see why.

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