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Next I tried Callwave, a "free" service that--big surprise--isn't. Like all the other software-only services, it requires you to sign up for a little-known option provided by most local phone companies called call forward on busy. This means that if your phone is busy, an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Never Too Busy | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

He was on his stationary bike, the keyboard on his lap. He did not cry out. He took a dozen deep, cleansing breaths and dismounted and set the keyboard on the floor. He sat down in front of his computer and switched on Audio and said, "Voice activation." There were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faith At The Speed Of Light | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Or, as Dr. Jeffrey Katz, a rheumatologist at Brigham & Women s Hospital, avers, "there is an emotional and psychological component to all illnesses." RSIs are no exception. Podolsky s own experience with RSI-she is slowly recovering from a case she developed last spring-has made her think beyond a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Nick of Time | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

Prof. Harrington s introduction of a cultural context might, it seems, be usefully applied to the discussion of RSIs at Harvard. One of the central RSI mysteries is its reputation as a strictly Harvard problem. Last year, even as the least fatalistic Harvard undergraduates began to resign themselves to the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Nick of Time | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

Sketchy sketches in that black shoebox they call the Loeb Experimental Theatre? We're all about that. Overdirected, psychological manipulation? Spun wheels and poked emotional buttons? Spontaneous activation of our arid tear ducts? Precisely our kettle of tea! Not to mention the kicklines of beautiful storm troopers. We're so...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Groovy Train: Drama Queens | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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