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...would make the trek just to see the guy whose obsession is a jet engine the size of a truck muffler bolted to go-cart wheels; he sits in front of the glowing, screaming toy and zips across the alkali flats. It's nothing like piloting a computer. And there's the elaborate camera obscura some thoughtful person usually sets up, big enough to walk into and see the desert upside down. And this year, if my girls can be talked into it, we'll squish in the mud of nearby hot springs and wander around as dried-mud people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BONFIRE OF THE TECHIES | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...attention at http something or other, there is no central audience regularly tuning to channel 2 or 4 or 7 -- no easy way to command major market share. If websites were channels, there would be tens of millions of them on the Net, which helps explain why every muffler shop, pizzeria and hardware store seems to have one, as well as every crank. And that is precisely what gives parents pause when they wonder what strange ideas and people their children may encounter on the electronic frontier. As a readily accessible soapbox, the Net attracts the same groups that have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Virtual Community | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

...attention at http something or other, there is no central audience regularly tuning to channel 2 or 4 or 7 -- no easy way to command major market share. If websites were channels, there would be tens of millions of them on the Net, which helps explain why every muffler shop, pizzeria and hardware store seems to have one, as well as every crank. And that is precisely what gives parents pause when they wonder what strange ideas and people their children may encounter on the electronic frontier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Virtual Community | 3/30/1997 | See Source »

...didn't help: Two minutes to Free as a Bird ... one minute ... 15 seconds ... as if it were a countdown to a very special Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve. Coming at the end of two hours of good music and great vibes, this souped-up, no-muffler megaproduction of John Lennon's wispy little air made the surviving Beatles sound--and their longtime fans feel--very old indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FREE AS A BEATLE | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...Councillor Edward N. Cyr, the council sent a letter to the licensing commission asking that board to deny a permit to a Mass. Ave. Midas Muffler repair station...

Author: By Margaret Isa, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Cambridge Councillors Ask Station Be Muffled | 11/25/1992 | See Source »

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