The Future of Wearable Computers Is Closer
The Sony VAIO, an ultralight notebook PC weighing just over three pounds, boasts a 400MHz processor, 128MB of RAM and a 8.1GB hard drive. The Hewlett-Packard Jornada, a handheld computer, weighs less then nine ounces and offers a 133MHz processor and 16MB of RAM. But the power and portability of these computers are mutually exclusive.…
Locals Only: Blue Moon of … Northside?
The Comet in Northside is a little off the beaten track for me, but the Sunday Night concerts, instituted by bandleader Ed Cunningham, are a must for any local music lover. Cunningham and his nephew, bar-owner David Cunningham, started the ball rolling with regular Sunday afternoon Bluegrass from 4 to 6 p.m. a couple of…
CityBeat’s Oscar Pick: CityBeat Oscar Pick
Angeline Jolie Forget about who's going to direct Harry Potter. The table talk at Beverly Hills' Crustacean is about Oscar seat assignments. Behind-the-scenesters have been plotting what butts go where for some time. There are basic rules: Keep Minnie Driver and Matt Damon separated; Charlie Sheen gets extra spots for his "escorts" and Michael…
Someone Has to Stand up Against Arts Censorship; Will It Be You?
Months before the Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective exhibition The Perfect Moment actually arrived in Cincinnati in the spring of 1990, it was headline news. Local law enforcement officials waved the photographs in front of the media to stir up public disdain. The story was front-page news almost daily up through the trial that fall. But the…
News: Local Water Torture
The Army Corps of Engineers' channelization of Mill Creek has contributed to flooding problems, critics say. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a decade of "rubber stamp" permitting policies are at least partly to blame for millions of dollars in flood-related damage around the nation, according to a Sierra Club analysis released in…
Laughing all the way to the data bank
Welcome! This is the Official Year 2000 United States Census of Humor form for everyone at this address. By completing this brief questionnaire, you will not only be fulfilling your legal responsibility, you'll be helping to determine how the this country's supply of guffaws, snickers, sniggers, giggles, snorts, chortles and chuckles will be apportioned and…
Relationships
I'm an avid reader, usually devouring two or three titles at any given time. Between the fiction and true crime, I try to mix in a little self-help, especially relationship books. Hey, I can't experience everything, so sometimes I have to settle for reading about it. To save you from wasting your money and having…
