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...followed through on his threat, too. Happily, the car was parked in our driveway at the time.) For most of us, college represents unprecedented freedom. For the first time, we can have chocolate pudding for dinner or stay out as late as we like or drink too much or hook up with each other without anyone’s noticing, much less caring. For the first time, we can spend hours on extracurricular activities without anyone’s asking us if we’ve done our homework, or if we’ve eaten dinner...
...Sure it’s rated R, but that’s only for the violence. There is no sex in this movie,” televangelist Marcus Lamb assures his Christian audience. Jesus is tortured, flagellated, crucified and killed, but luckily doesn’t try to hook up with Mary Magdalene...
...biggest problems with home photo printers is that the results have too much of a sketchy, do-it-yourself quality. Now, printing digital pictures at home just got more appealing, thanks to two new compact photo printers, from Olympus and Sony. Both hook up directly to a digital camera, eliminating the fuss of connecting to a PC. They use a printing process called dye sublimation, which heats the ink and vaporizes it into the photo paper. The result: glossy, 4-in.-by-6-in. prints that are virtually indistinguishable from the ones you get from a professional photo lab. Even...
...Olympus P-10 is my favorite of the two. It has a cute, cubelike shape measuring about 7 in. in all directions and spits out slick prints in less than a minute apiece. While you can hook up the P-10 to any camera that supports the new PictBridge standard, you can also attach it to your computer to do some preprinting editing and touchups. It will be available in late February for $199. Ink-and-paper packs cost $25 for 40 prints...
...debut album from Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! is hard to really hate. The songs are tight, hook-filled and melodic. And when so many terrible voices rise to fame for the sake of their uniqueness, it’s nice to hear a traditional rock singer who can actually sing with confidence. The influence of conventionally gifted rock bands like The Wrens and Spoon is all over the place. The band seem to genuinely want to put together an album showing their deep association with everything that stands for indie rock today. Carnival casio synth, unexpected drum...