Word: screens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Back in his office, a message on his screen...
...looked up local movie listings, browsed synopses of techtrends on Slashdot.org (a website whose motto is "News for Nerds") and snagged up-to-the-minute Yankees scores. The Palm fits comfortably in my shirt pocket, runs for a month on a pair of AAA batteries, has an invitingly readable screen and a cute, clip-up antenna, just like a Star Trek communicator. It is perfect and adorable in every respect save one: it costs way, way too much...
...saying the portions are too small at a four-star restaurant. But in this case, the criticism could be fatal. The unit itself retails for $599, which is supportable, I guess. But Palm's basic wireless service is $9.99 a month, which buys you 50 kilobytes, or 150 Palm-screen pages of text. I ran through that in a day. And at the end of two weeks, after consciously limiting consumption, I had used 138 kilobytes--$35.20 more than the basic charge. Even the $24.99-for-150-kilobyte, big-user plan would be inadequate for me. How can any self...
Paul Rudnick, author of The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, writes for stage and screen...
...theater had one screen, and had been open since 1975. The theater likely closed because of competition with other large Square theaters, such as the five-screen Sony Loews on Church Street. The theater's lease expired, and the owners decided not to renew...