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Martinez is a fanatic for self-improvement. He trains rigorously and studies hitters' tendencies diligently. Born and reared in the Dominican Republic, he has made himself fluent in English and even speaks a little French from his years in Montreal. He is a sensitive man who tends a flower garden--a pastime handed down by his mother--and readily accepts his responsibility as a role model. He's single, but he doesn't run with a bar-hopping pack. During the season, he lives west of Boston, drives himself to the ballpark and is unfailingly courteous to fans and free...
Bandwidth is the ability to move bits. Broadband is the ability to move a lot of bits per second. Though everybody seems to do it, likening bandwidth to the diameter of a pipe is misleading, because our consumption of bits is not analogous to drinking from a garden or fire hose. We don't necessarily consume bits in a continuous fashion (like water), and even if we did, that does not perforce mean our computers have to receive them that...
Simulation need not be noisy. On the grounds of the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, a beautiful stream stair-steps down the garden. Man-made, it is a symbol of how willing we are to substitute our natural environment for a world of our making, of our own image, but not without huge consequences...
Though Gomez was often homesick this year, he likes his new state. "It gets a bad rap," he says. "I've been to some great malls. The Garden State Plaza and the Short Hills Mall. That one was nice." Among other highlights of the year, he lists "sitting courtside at a Knicks game and seeing all the movie stars." Hockey players don't get a lot of perks...
...opportunity to know and care for one of the most amazing men ever to walk the earth, for his funny stories and infectious laugh, for his honesty and generosity, but most of all for his friendship. This year he honored me by playing with me at Madison Square Garden. He knew I was nervous, so he hung out with me in my dressing room before the show. That was Tito for you. He was my friend, mentor, godfather and inspiration, and it's painful knowing I'll never see him walk through a door and fill up a room again...