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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...complains, in part because most of the employees just graduated from college and don't know any better, and in part because, as one says, "we're in the music space, and people think that's cool." If any employees do gripe, Hinman--who recycles old business cards by crossing out his former employer's name and scribbling MongoMusic.com on them--can remind them that for six weeks in 1995 he lived in a tent on the roof of a Stanford physics lab. And despite the sweatshop conditions, Hinman is a benign manager. "When 5 o'clock on Friday rolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incubating: Ten Webheads in a Pen | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...called Springboard--that allows you to plug in an array of different devices. Within the year, you'll be able to buy Springboard modules from other manufacturers that convert the thing into a cell phone, pager, global-positioning device, universal remote, MP3 player and more. It's a radically cool idea; in the marketing parlance of the company, it makes the Visor "infinitely expandable," allowing you to choose the devices you need to add functionality. Buy the cell-phone attachment, plug it in (even while your Visor is on--software is built into the add-ons), and you suddenly have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-in-One Gizmo? | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...cool" you are still remains to be determined. Thought you left all that behind in high school? Think again...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Social Analysis: Prada In Paine | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...serious scientific story about this positronic ray. No one is going to care. It will just be another embarrassment--like The Mod Squad and Lost in Space which were remade as "straight" stories. Bah. Both films stunk. They didn't have the camp factor, they didn't have the cool factor--and justly, they both tanked...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

Early '80s music also left a mark. By the '90s, Michael Jackson was most famous as a punch line on "The Tonight Show," but back in 1983, "Thriller" was just plain cool...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Songs of Innocence: Cultural Memories that First-years Just Can't Remember | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

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