Search Details

Word: folkses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

What's the 21st century's pet rock? A jumbo Tamagotchi pet? Nah. French tech company Violet (www.violet.net) has created Nabaztag, a plastic, 23-cm-tall (with ears up) white rabbit with a constant wi-fi connection. The device provides access to other Internet users and vital daily information like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energized Bunny | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

Join the club, Charles. Folks with no visible trace of their roots are fast multiplying. Teardowns, once the province of the exceptionally rich and developers rehabbing crumbling neighborhoods, have gone mainstream. Today well-kept homes are being knocked down by the thousands so that builders can get at the valuable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Out: Bulldozer Ahead! | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

Ah, the blistering real estate market, where dreams of big bucks come wrapped in aluminum siding, and you can get a three-bedroom ranch house with your hair extensions and a mortgage with your Grilled Stuft Burrito. The stock market may be dragging, but home prices are soaring, fueling a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's House Party | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

For folks aiming for more--weight loss, limberness, a competitive edge in sports--there are other avenues to becoming active again. Depending on how many years you've logged on the couch, high-impact activities such as jogging may not be for you--not if your creaky knees, ankles and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potatoes, Arise! | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

Americans are not about to give up their beloved cars and conveniences, even if their lives depend on it, which they might. If anything, we will continue to eliminate physical effort. "Companies like Procter & Gamble are working hard to stop all the drudgery of cleaning and scrubbing," jokes Sallis. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Moving! | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

Previous | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | Next