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...rags—descend upon the Yard and the Houses. Some are working to earn a bit of spending money for their European excursion, others as a transition between the raucous end-of-year celebrations and the lucrative consulting position that has been on their mind since the congratulatory phone call from McKinsey. In the midst of it all, maybe some of the modesty and perspective that escaped out the window so long ago as that letter arrived will return home for good...
...Stanton’s most “whoa” project of all is yet to be seen. “When I finished Nemo I wanted something more out of the box, something even more challenging,” he told The Crimson in a recent phone interview. That challenge is “Wall•E,” the story of a trash-collecting robot left alone on Earth for 700 years, long after humans have vanished from the planet. “[Wall•E was] a character we’d been...
...course, GPS tracking systems have existed for years - they are used every day to keep tabs on valuable cargo, rental cars, and even parolees who are shackled to GPS-enabled ankle bracelets. Cell phones are routinely embedded with GPS chips too, and can communicate their location via cellular networks. (The Helio Ocean phone, for example, has a "Buddy Beacon" feature that lets you map your friends' precise whereabouts on your handset.) Personal navigation units could easily incorporate the same features, but device makers say there's little demand. "Most consumers are just looking to get from Point A to Point...
...even if text messages become fairly priced, you might want to stick to phone calls. Your thumbs will thank...
...Harvard grads continue the service or political work of their time at school—most head to some sector of the business world, while others head to law, medical, or other graduate schools. Maybe they will send some money to help AIDS in Africa or make a phone call for Darfur, but will they care about their neighborhood meetings? Will they think about who is making and enforcing the possibly discriminatory laws in their towns and cities, or who sets up budgets for inner-city versus suburban public schools...