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...created Mickey Mouse and produced the first full-length animated movie. He invented the theme park and originated the modern multimedia corporation. For better or worse, his innovations have shaped our world and the way we experience it. But the most significant thing Walt Disney made was a good name for himself...
...founder of The Pluralism Project at Harvard, which studies "the new religious landscapes of America," demonstrated a multimedia CD-ROM she helped create, called "On Common Ground: World Religions in America...
...this manipulating of multimedia can really chew up one's hard drive, and, not surprisingly, plenty of companies are offering ever more capacious, ever cheaper ways to store your digital masterpieces. I was particularly impressed with the new Orb drive, which holds 2.2-gigabyte disks ($29). In January, Castlewood Systems Inc. will start shipping the first external Orb drives ($199). According to Syed Iftikar, the company's president, by this time next year, 5-gigabyte disks will be available. No word yet on a shoe-size supercomputer...
Stop dreaming about what Adams House was like back in the day and join the celebration of multimedia at mobius 10th annualArtRages decaDance, a benefit party withperformance, video, sound, participatory and otherart forms. Live music will be provided by NeonGrandma. The only wallflowers at this bash will bepart of the installations because that artsy setcan really boogie down. 8 p.m. to midnight, 11Stillings St., 2nd floor, Boston, 542-7416.Tickets $12, $10 for students in advance, $15, $12for students as the door...
...meantime, a number of companies, including WebGear and Proxim, are offering inexpensive ways to connect the computers scattered throughout your home without the hassle of running complex (and expensive) grids of cables and routers between them. I decided to try Diamond Multimedia's HomeFree Wireless, since I know and use Diamond's excellent graphics card. The $199 DeskTop Pack connects two computers by radio waves; you can add as many as 15 others for $100 each. And for an additional $129, you can buy a HomeFree PCMCIA card and hook in a laptop...