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...pairing the newest models--such as the Gateway 7200S ($1,400; gateway.com)--with two new add-ons, that technology goes mobile. You can transfer shows and songs to Creative's Zen Portable Media Center ($500; creative.com to enjoy on a plane or bus or in your breakfast nook. If the PC is in the den but you want to see your shows on the living room TV, try Linksys' Media Center Extender ($300; linksys.com) which lets your computer broadcast to another screen...
...ridgetop a mobile phone rings. But these are small intrusions into a stern wilderness. There are few walkers out here, and standing on one of the many ridges, the view in every direction is of implacable bush. There are still unexplored gullies out there; in one such nook, north of Caley's route, the Wollemi pine, which Wyn Jones helped identify, made international headlines when it was found in 1994 after thousands of years of isolation. Macqueen and Jones still find new Aboriginal art sites on their wanderings far from the track. A deflated helium balloon found among the bushes...
...boosting ticket sales amid a still-shaky economy and at a time when families have so many outlets movies, cable, video games, the Internet competing for their entertainment dollars. Having conquered the "big top," Ringling's latest growth strategy is to think small. "We're going to every nook and cranny we can," says Feld. Rome (pop. 34,980) was the first of 58 towns scheduled on its new Hometown Edition tour, a third traveling production of the 134-year-old circus, the last survivor of an epic business struggle that once featured dozens of companies competing furiously across...
...Living Room in downtown Boston is a hip bar/club on Saturday night turned lazy brunch nook come Sunday morning. The theme for brunch is the “Pajama Party,” and patrons are encouraged to wear their PJs and relax during a good meal. During our visit, however, the only people wearing their Pooh-bear slippers were the three servers and myself...
...hard copies would hit the street about a week after theatrical releases. Today they're usually out in 48 hours. On Dec. 13, a TIME reporter bought Samurai from a stall along Taweewong Road in Phuket, Thailand. "We've had Last Samurai for three days already," said vendor Nook (not his real name). At his booth, just 50 yards from an official Warner Bros. store, Samurai was available with Thai, Chinese or Bahasa Indonesia subtitles. Business has improved, Nook says, since police stopped shaking him down for a monthly $60 payoff. Now he pays just $150 a year...