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With time to spare in the cab, Mitchell decided to turn his tractor into a rolling office. In 2002, he established a wireless network for the farm using specialized 2.4-GHz NavCom Safari Network radios for high-speed Internet access. As a result, Mitchell can surf the Web for weather conditions and stock prices and download aerial images from anywhere on the farm. Because the network also provides a mechanism for remote machine monitoring and controlling, he can check on his grain bins to see how the product is drying and even make transfers from miles away. "Last fall, someone...
...laughed at the kid who wore the t-shirt with the big tiger on it in middle school…or maybe you were the target. In any case, designers like Dolce & Gabbana and Cacharel weren’t laughing when they made this season’s safari wear. So go get ’em, tiger. I promise I won’t steal your lunch money...
...With his first collection for the fabled French couture house, Pilati did an about-face from his former boss Tom Ford and scrounged through Saint Laurent's archives, bringing back all the iconic pieces that Saint Laurent himself made famous, including the safari shirt, now in supple ultrasuede. Pilati even created a "must-have" handbag and named it after the model from 1968: the Veruschka...
...alone. On other runways in Paris and Milan last month, designers were equally inspired by the slightly bohemian '60s look that Saint Laurent made famous. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana took their design cues from a recent trip to Botswana, filling their latest collection with python-trimmed safari looks. And for Italian sportswear giant MaxMara, the cornerstone of the show was a crisp khaki safari jacket shown over a pencil skirt...
...Pilati and others are banking on the safari look to be a commercial success. "It certainly used to sell when Saint Laurent did it," says Kal Ruttenstein, senior vice president for fashion direction at Bloomingdale's. "And something has to come after jeans for casual wear. Safari jackets, if they're not too stiff, can look very modern...