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...wireless technology--leads his students through a brisk review before an exam, pulling images of Greek urns off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website. He makes extensive use of what's called a Smart Board, a high-tech blackboard that throws a giant version of Rush's laptop screen on the wall. It's touch-sensitive, so he can point and click on the board with his hand, navigating from urn to urn, zooming in on images when he wants to highlight a detail. He even uses his index finger to draw lines, and he sketches freehand directly...
...good way to see what's going on with a particular machine is to look for the wireless-networking icon in the bottom or top righthand corner of the screen. Click on it to view a list of available networks, which will be identified by their SSIDs. (I'd love to know which of my neighbors is "zajal.") Your network should be listed first on the Preferred list...
...update on the Red Sox game. My wife, on the other hand, needed to talk. I thought I could do both--listen attentively to the ups and downs of her day and keep track of the action in Fenway Park. Then an instant message appeared on my screen...
...politician. "God has given me everything," Mallya tells the audience. "Money, big houses, fame. I want nothing more-except the chance to serve you." The crowd listens politely and begins to drift away-until the techno music starts to pound. A green laser beam projects images on a giant screen: first a map of India, then objects of desire, such as washing machines and pickup trucks. Dry-ice vapors envelop the stage. Engines rev. And a 25-car entourage whisks Mallya away, leaving behind a bewildered, speechless but thoroughly entertained crowd...
...Amazons of the Silver Screen In his profile of Uma Thurman and her violent, extremely physical role in Quentin Tarantino's action film Kill Bill Volume 1 [Oct. 13], critic Josh Tyrangiel asserted that "the only analogous performance in recent movie history is Sigourney Weaver's turn as the avenging warrior" in the Alien series. This is a very limited view of cinema history. Action movies made in Hong Kong and Japan have routinely featured dynamic heroines who cause much more mayhem than your typical, contrived male Hollywood action hero-and these are the kinds of movies Tarantino is paying...