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...technology. Each of its finely packed pixels can be white or black but they don't shimmer or emit any light, so the experience is eerily like looking at paper, high in contrast and relaxing on the eye. The tradeoff is that E-Ink can't yet refresh fast enough to show video, and even scrolling or zooming is a complicated business, but that's not the purpose of the Reader. Even without a backlight, you can read every page of any e-book in all of the same settings that you'd read a tome made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sony Reader | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...Cantabrigian wear, to be ostentatious declarations of “I am not yet mature!” or “Check back in two hours and I’ll be, like, totally smashed!” bellowed across our cobblestone streets.Perhaps there are no hard and fast rules about how people in button-downs should act—but there should be. Because at Harvard, it seems that students are often playing a twisted game of dress-up where we dress like gods and behave like animals. And it’s quite time to bring ourselves...

Author: By Travis R. Kavulla, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dressed Up, Acting Up | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...This does not necessarily mean decreasing the class’s workload or even its difficulty level. It just means varying the course offerings, perhaps by providing workshops, and allowing a variety of students into the class. Harvard students are talented and fast learners. They just need to be given the opportunity to show what they can do—the opportunity to be taught...

Author: By Reva P. Minkoff | Title: The Need for an Introduction | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...when Ford’s pass on fourth down fell incomplete.Though Harvard’s offense stumbled through the second half, its explosive start to the game proved to be enough to put away Cornell. “I think our entire offense wanted to get off to a fast start,” Dawson said.“He gave us a great emotional lift,” Murphy said of Dawson’s early efforts.The Crimson’s seven total sacks against Ford included three by junior defensive end Brad Bagdis.“The secondary...

Author: By Loren Amor, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Easy Daws It | 10/10/2006 | See Source »

...said. The Crimson will square off against Princeton and other top teams in three weeks at the Rollins Invitational in Southern Pines, N.C. MEN The Crimson men’s team, too, faced weather conditions that were less than ideal for golf. Strong winds on Saturday made the greens fast on the course at Yale, forcing the Crimson to be extremely careful about ball placement and to take a less aggressive approach to putting. Sophomore Mike Shore was able to make the necessary adjustments, though, as he fired a 2-over-par 72 to tie for the top individual score...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weather Causes Havoc on Courses | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

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