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...Code of Blackness...
...does stereotype Christians (and Muslims, single women, gay men, fat kids and, for that matter, Hollywood celebrities). But it also needs Christianity, maybe more than Christianity needs it. No one thanks Carl Sagan at an Oscar podium. The rich imagery and mystery of Catholicism made The Da Vinci Code (and its burgeoning knockoffs) possible. And while Christmas movies and TV shows may not involve many mangers, they quietly--and profitably--ratify Christianity as the default U.S. religion, as any Jew or Hindu can attest in December...
Kajeet's success may well have little to do with phone calls. What the company is really selling is a multimedia networking platform in an edgy package. In other words, a toy. A few weeks into my daughter's beta testing, she roamed the house barking into her handset, "Code Red Alert. Code Red Alert." The phone wasn't even switched on. "I'm just playing," she said. "None of my friends have cell phones, so I don't actually have anyone to call." If Kajeet's homework pays off, that won't be the case for much longer...
Last November, Fair Indigo opened its first store, a 1,600-sq.-ft. eco-friendly space in Madison, Wis. The floors and shelves are made of sustainable bamboo, the walls are covered in wood pulp, and the clothes are draped on bamboo hangers. Customers can scan the bar code of any item at an Internet kiosk at the center of the store to read detailed information about the factory in which it was produced. Bass hopes to open four stores a year nationwide starting...
...Another reason Bradley will continue to tune in to life in the 02138? The magazine that uses a zip code as its name will now be paying him for what he has been doing for free for two years now: waking up Harvard...