Word: shrinkly
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...softball team, at least on Saturday, can do it in the backyard. The Crimson play host to Cornell on Saturday at 1 p.m. before traveling north to Vermont on Sunday. We'll forgive you if you pass on Vermont, but show up on Saturday to watch the girls shrink-wrap...
...pointed out that the old analog camcorder some friends lent us last year--roughly the size and weight of a parking meter--isn't exactly state of the art. Video cameras began to shrink more than a decade ago with the introduction of 8-mm tape in cigarette pack-size cassettes that were far smaller than the bulky VHS tapes that fit in our borrowed recorder. Quality improved in 1989 with the introduction of Hi8 film, and it caught on with some 10 million consumers, making 8 mm and Hi8 the most popular format. (The closest competition...
Along the way, vital components began to shrink: the vacuum tube became the transistor; the transistor led to the microchip; the microchip married the phone and gave birth to the modem. Soon enough, sounds, photos, movies and conversations would be ground down into the smallest components of all: 1s and 0s. Was the digital revolution inevitable? In our brave new wired world, it certainly seems that...
...earlier this year, but it failed at the hands of representatives who either bought ridiculous arguments about a bigger council meaning better representation or, more likely, feared that they would not be re-elected to a smaller council. But it's illogical to expect the council to vote to shrink itself, and that will likely never happen. Which is why, with the council coming to us for a change, and down on its knees and begging at that, now is the time for constituents to cut the council a deal: We will give you more money if you cut your...
...Take a shower with your cap. Not only will the moisture shrink the hat to fit your head, it will prepare its brim for the next step. Using an herbal shampoo, gently massage your hat. Rinse and repeat...