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...public service or, in more cases, accidentally--meaning anyone can use those networks to surf freely without a password. The practice of looking for those networks--known as wardriving, in homage to Matthew Broderick's wardialing in the movie War Games--got a boost when the descendants of ham-radio enthusiasts figured out that you could pick up a much stronger signal by welding an empty Pringles can to your Wi-Fi card...
...prone tribute concert in memory of a late, legendary folk music producer. The premise is just the sort of odd episode that Guest has mined so skillfully in the past, but this time around he maintains little of the comic consistency that he has previously captured, settling instead for ham-handed punch-lines and tonally confused subplots. Guest’s distinctive mockumentary technique is not yet stale, but this latest creation arrives disappointingly undercooked...
...Looks like someone’s been a naughty girl!” crows Pappas. He’s caught Falkner eating her apple crisp before the ham and ravioli. The ravioli, says Pappas, is a great treat, but riddled with sodium. Same with the ham. Despite his initial suspicion, by the end of the conversation, Falkner is in Pappas’ good graces. “She’s a sweet young girl. She deserves the apple crisp...
...sells well, almost completely unaltered? Goodnight Moon, Pat the Bunny and The Poky Little Puppy, sexagenarians nearly all; each still moves more than 150,000 hardbacks just about every year. And let's not even start on Dr. Seuss or P.D. Eastman. (Well, we can start: Green Eggs and Ham sold more than 500,000 copies in 2001, 41 years after it was published...
...available options are uninspiring. There's nothing to rival the delis of New York City or the sandwich bars of London, with their encyclopedic variety of breads, rolls and fillings. All too often in Paris, a sandwich means a length of flaccid baguette, a soggy slice of factory-farmed ham and a smear of margarine masquerading as butter. As work habits get more hectic, Parisians have begun to realize that a light snack at midday is nothing to be ashamed of. Yet although the city has welcomed its hamburger restaurants and panini stands with open arms, le fast food...