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...third innovation is a thumb wheel on the side which acts as a window selector. In Windows XP, you can Alt-Tab your way through all of your open windows, but you can only see the name of one window at a time. If you have 30 windows open - which happens in my house - it might take a while to find the one you want. Logitech's flipper lists all open windows with their titles, and the list appears at the twitch of your thumb...
...SWEETHEARTS Tattooed alt-rocker DAVE NAVARRO and Baywatch alumna CARMEN ELECTRA THE SHOW 'Til Death Do Us Part IN HAPPIER TIMES At their 2003 wedding, "I cried more," he said, "'cause I had less mascara...
...same time, Bonnaroo and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, held in a polo field in the desert outside of Palm Springs, California, were attracting huge crowds to multi-day marathons that strived to create an alt-culture atmosphere. Getting their cues from European music festivals like England's Glastonbury, Italy's Evolution Festival, Denmark's Roskilde and Norway's Lillehammer, U.S. promoters have realized that once-a-year mega-events have financial and logistical advantages. Multi-day music fests not only allow bands to reach more people in less time for more money, but the scale of such...
...After ignoring several polite e-mails warning against the impending deadline, I decided to finally just sit down and write the damn thing. Open a “Document1.” Hmm. Did I even learn anything in college? Did I have an emblematic experience that shaped me? Alt-tab to Pine. Pressing “down” at the bottom of my inbox seems to do nothing. Perhaps I’ll just help it along by holding the down arow. Surely if I keep shoveling hard enough I’ll hit pay dirt, an inspiration...
...featured above, Sunday’s Band Fest, a rapid-fire series of a dozen bands (one every half-hour) from 12-5:30 p.m. in front of Holyoke Center, should delight. Promising to have something for everyone, the performers’ self-descriptions range all the way from alt-pop to pop/rock. Battle of the Bands victors Maya, along with ever-popular groups like Major Major and the Dharma Seals, will participate, and the event should be worth watching if just to see each band cram set-up, performance, and disassemble in the amount of time it takes...