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Every once in a while I, Mr. Computer Guy, get fed up with the darn things. Forget about dot pitch, 3D rendering, UltraDMA and other wacky acronymns apparently established to create an industry of technical interpretation. Occasionally, the melee of swiftly changing standards and products, with their accompanying problems is too much for a tech fiend to bear. Sometimes, I just want to get work done...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: TechTalk | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...they forced prices so low that Link could no longer make a profit. It went into a Chapter 11 reorganization in 1986 and emerged two years later as a snackmaker. Its new selling point: a recipe for softer, yet still flavorful, beef jerky. "With traditional, dry jerky you can darn near rip the teeth out of your head trying to chew it," says executive vice president Jay Link...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THINKING BIG | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...twice left his fiancee (Marcia Gay Harden) stranded at the altar because he neglected the wedding. The scenario is a difficult one to swallow, but Flubber tries its hardest to create an alternative reality. Brainard doesn't mean any harm in his absent-mindedness--he's simply too darn busy working on his green blob...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Flubberiffic!: Attack of the Green Goo | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...Jordan swears it) at the Vineyard's Farm Neck Golf Club on Monday (O.K., he did take three swings on the first hole, but they were practice drives, really), President Clinton doesn't seem to need much help. But as Americans, we want a President who plays the best darn game of golf possible, so TIME called in some experts for their advice. Below, Claude ("Butch") Harmon Jr.--famed swing doctor to Tiger Woods, Greg Norman and Davis Love III--gives his detailed suggestions for the presidential stroke. "The President has a decent swing. If he had more time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A FREE GOLF LESSON (WELL, $2.95) FOR THE PREZ | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

...sung Porter, of course, performing Too Darn Hot in Jewel Unplugged on MTV. She also polished her singing style while listening to what she calls her Bible, the classic album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook. But only last month did she learn that Porter was white. "Whew!" she said. "I'm learning minutiae. It's killing me." And it's only been a couple of years since she discovered it was the Beatles who sang I Want to Hold Your Hand--which she liked. When another rider at the stable tells her she was born on the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THE SHAPING OF JEWEL | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

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