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...Audrey lets you check all your news and mail offline by scheduling as many as five automated downloads a day. I loved rolling out of bed in the morning, reading the latest news and peeking ahead at a detailed, four-day weather forecast almost instantaneously--without the hum, whir, delay and bother of booting up my home...
...overload really hit me while at the airport. Once past the souvenir shops and food court, one might reasonably hope to wait for a plane in peace. Yet in most airports, the buzz and whir continues right to the gates, with CNN's Airport Network the prime culprit. Sure, they feed our news addiction and send along the stream of stock prices (the symbols themselves some quixotic mix of advertising and investment), but they don't stop there: One "news" piece, more likely a subtle advertisement for a product or resort, is followed by the CNN logo and theme music...
...pretty it is. Out on the dock, Ernestine shucks off her heels and dangles her feet in the water. Cameras click and whir; Bradley's people smile and nod. "It's just one of those places that touch me deeply," Bradley says. When the last mini-pack clambers off the dock, he turns to an aide and asks, "Is that...
Most people worry about gunk in the air they breathe, but those bulky air filters that ceaselessly hum and whir can be just as irritating. Clearveil Corp. of Denver offers an alternative way to cleanse your home or office of airborne dust, bacteria, cat dander and cigarette smoke. The Jenn-Air SilentAir purifier ($229) is thin and light and, best of all, silent. Like other filters, it sends out negative ions to grab hold of the pollutants. Unlike other filters, it has a charged metal strip to lure them back in--no noisy fan or motor. It takes longer...
Once it's time to take to the ice, new doubts and distractions set in. No one skates the same program exactly the same way twice. Each performance is an evolving dynamic that takes shape only as blade hits ice. Underneath the show smiles whir constant questions: "Is there enough speed for this jump? Can I make three revolutions or just two? Since I missed the first jump, should I throw another one in?" Yet skaters must not fall for the easy temptation of deep analysis. Lipinski, a wizardly technician on the ice, says that during her long program, lasting...