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...Before the Fall, I was an innocent, and pure, and un-Napstered. This was mainly because it was difficult for me to get Napster; we have a vicious and unyielding corporate firewall here at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, and I was using a World War II surplus dial-up modem at home...
...someone who periodically comes home late from work too pooped to do anything but dial up some sodium-packed Thai food, I know that eating home-cooked meals all the time is not terribly practical. But with a little planning and some self-awareness, you can work around those occasional slips. Salt is, after all, essential to life. The trick is to adopt an overall pattern of healthy living and not depend on any one thing to make up for bad habits...
FAST FOOD Lingering over dessert is fun; languishing while you wait for your change is not. Now Wirca Inc. of Overland Park, Kans., has a solution. When the check comes, you dial up Wirca, punch in the amount you owe and leave. Its wireless cash network knows where you are and settles the bill between the restaurant's bank and yours. Now being tested in Kansas City, the service will roll out nationwide in April...
...FACED WRISTWATCH FOR CARDIAC PATIENTS, ONE DIAL DRIVEN BY THE WEARER'S PULSE, THE OTHER KEEPING A CONSTANT PACE SO WEARERS CAN GAUGE THEIR HEART RATE...
...dreaded. Will the toaster swallow the slice, then hold it in its stubborn grip until it's a hunk of smoking charcoal? How many times in a row will you have to insert a slice, only to see it instantly pop back up again? Set the dial to WELL DONE, and the "toast" that emerges five long minutes later is pale yellow. Exactly! The recalcitrant toaster must not die. It's this very duel of wits between man and machine, the struggle to outguess the little bastard's endless treacheries, that snaps the dozing mind awake every morning, sharpening...