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...newspaper’s new look, which extends onto inside black-and-white pages as well, maintains The Crimson’s historically classic tone, often employing color only as an accent...
...Donald Barthelme - that spoke to a narrow band of Manhattan intelligentsia. Playboy spread its net to include all forms of fiction, from Styron and Ken Kesey to the science fiction of Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick. Further, The New Yorker could intimidate readers into accepting its crabby tone, because the magazine knew best; it really was written for a certain kind of New Yorker. Playboy had to sell each story to consumers from every level of sophistication. They bought the magazine to look; often they stayed to read...
Next, check out some independent sites on the Web that let you browse and preview tones before you buy. Zingy.com has more than 3,000, ranging from the ever popular burps to a peppy rendition of dancehall star Elephant Man's Pon de River, Pon De Bank, for $1.99 each or five for $4.99. Once you pay for the song, Zingy sends it wirelessly to your phone. Other sites worth checking out include ringtonejukebox.com midi ringtones.com and mobile craze.com Sound quality varies from tone to tone, so be sure to preview the clips before...
...best way to get a ring tone that nobody else has is to create your own. Xingtone.com has a Windows application you can download onto your computer and use to create a 30-second snippet of any MP3, WAV or MIDI file. It works on most AT&T, Cingular, Sprint and T-Mobile phones, and it's free until Jan. 1, when the company will start charging $15. MotoMixer, available on some Motorola phones, lets you create your own mix of one of several songs by adjusting the drums, brass and other instruments directly on the phone. It costs...
...course, sometimes the best ring tone is no sound at all. That is why Modtones, which is available on several Verizon handsets, lets you download a silent ringer that you can then assign to certain incoming callers. You know--people like that ex-boyfriend who just won't stop calling. The caller will be none the wiser, and you can enjoy a bit more peace and quiet...