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More than 200 camps this summer are using Bunk Replies, a new service by Bunk1.com that zaps faxes of kids' handwritten letters into their parents' e-mail In boxes. Angela Williams, of San Angelo, Texas, says she relishes the "instant gratification" of getting e-letters from her son Harvey, 13. Hundreds of camps also post video, newsletters and as many as 500 photos online each day for Mom and Dad to peruse--or buy. The technology, pioneered by a Connecticut-based company called eCamp, is so popular that many camps have had to hire staff solely to take and upload...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Tabs on Campers | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

Think of it as planting for dirt dummies. Just drop the enclosed seeds into the bag's soil, and water gently. Voilŕ! An instant kitchen herb garden for $8 from Wishingfish.com Choices include parsley, oregano and basil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home: Gear for the Garden | 7/5/2005 | See Source »

...Paul’s sense of it was sharp. It crept out from behind a sometimes-quiet exterior. Being jestingly insulted by Paul was always a triumph, because it meant that he was paying his usual careful attention to you and he saw you for who you were. An instant message from “Pauliegilli3” was enough to make anyone’s night. He was a force entirely for good...

Author: By Sarah M. Seltzer, | Title: In Memoriam: The Golden Boy | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...sportswriter. But as a fictional character dealing with loss and solitude, Bascombe accounts for many affecting moments. His attempt to interview a former football player confined to a wheelchair is every journalist's nightmare: a hostile subject who undermines the project. The breakup with Nurse Vicki reveals that chilling instant when involved parties realize they have little in common. The sad truth about one's limits of interest and sympathy unfolds when a man Bascombe hardly knows insists on confessing his homosexual affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreamworld:THE SPORTSWRITER | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...with a 1% increase. Experts expect energy prices to flatten out soon and thus predict that inflation will rise from the grave. Washington Economist Michael Evans, for example, forecasts that consumer prices will rise at a 5% annual rate during the second half of 1986. INVESTING Distant Stocks, Instant Trades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: May 5, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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