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...called Lindows (Microsoft is suing over the name), while another Linux brand called Lycoris Desktop LX is about to hit the shelves at CompUSA. The ubiquitous Linux logo, a penguin, is already a hit at places like IBM and much of the U.S. government. Should the rest of us tune...
Nature is a messy place. It's always changing, often inhospitable and frequently excessive. For buildings and homes, we crave stability, consistency, moderation: in a word, shelter. So while on paper environmental architecture makes perfect sense--buildings should be in tune with their environment--in reality, it's not practical. Each dwelling, it seems, must have its own mini-environment, with its own temperature, air flow and water and lighting systems...
...Internet component that offers young ears online access. The Arbitron study found that approximately a quarter of the youngsters polled listened to radio over the Internet. WFMU's Greasy Kid Stuff, for example, can be heard live over the Internet www.wfmu.org/gks) and 26% of its contributing listeners tune in at least part of the time online. Programmers at NPR are thinking about the Web too. "In the future, online may be a place for NPR to reach younger people," says Jay Kernis, senior vice president for programming for National Public Radio. Indeed, hooking up with the new technology...
...dozen or so kids at Step by Step activity center in Santa Monica, Calif., are bouncing off the walls--jumping, yelping, nearly out of control. Then the music begins. A jaunty tune called Goin' on a Bear Hunt fills the room, and almost instantly the little devils turn into perfect angels, standing in a circle, warbling in unison and acting out the lyrics...
...Arabs - have the answer, but he believes music has lessons for nations, particularly his own founded in 1948 and the Palestinian one struggling to exist. "Nothing in music is independent," he says. "It requires the perfect balance between head, heart and stomach." When emotion and intellect are in tune, he argues, it is easier for nations to look outward as well as inward. "The reason we named this orchestra is because Goethe was one of the first Germans to be really interested in other countries - he started learning Arabic when he was over 60." Barenboim is 59 and addresses...