AltWeeklies Wire
Consumer Electronics Show Brings Giant Screens and Pink Tasersnew
CES -- which took place January 7 to 10 -- is bursting at the seams these days, and there have been complaints from both exhibitors and attendees that the show is too big.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
01-18-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Kick-start Your Heart with Winter Sportsnew
"I mean, they are also low-impact, so you don't injure yourself as much, unless, of course, you fall off your skis," says Kenneth Madden, UBC assistant professor of geriatric medicine.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
01-18-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Toy Hacking as New Art Formnew
Hackers are tweaking tech gadgets -- legally -- with creative results.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
01-18-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Cambodian Roller Coasternew
From palatial beauty to museum of horrors in Phnom Penh.
NOW Magazine |
Ted Ferguson |
01-18-2008 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Alt.Health: Trouble in the Tractnew
There's lots of diet advice for Crohn's, but little consensus it works.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
01-18-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Milwaukee Public Museum hosts Body Worldsnew
The millions of visitors worldwide who've visited the Body Worlds exhibits to date prove that seeing the human body bereft of all its mystery, not to mention its skin, is fascinating.
Shepherd Express |
Aisha Motlani |
01-18-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Booking Itnew
Eating with the locals, networking with the Neelys, wining at the Brooks, and more.
The Memphis Flyer |
Simone Wilson |
01-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
The NFL's Forgotten Forefathersnew
Football players like Leroy Kelly are left crippled and broke -- and abandoned by their own union.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
01-18-2008 |
Sports
Ecoholic: On 'Organic' Dry Cleaning and Work SUVSnew
"Could you explain the problem with 'organic' dry cleaning?"
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-18-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Britney Spears, Music Artistnew
The topic of Britney Spears' sanity has recently begun to overshadow what made her famous in the first place: music. Hamilton reviews her two career-making singles.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
The Green Walletnew
Keep in mind that a simple life is a greener life. You don't need to run out and buy a bunch of stuff to boost your "eco-credentials."
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
01-17-2008 |
Culture
Truth or Darenew
After living a lie for so long, I'm finally doing what a lot of other Americans my age are doing: I'm living in sin with my boyfriend; I'm watching CNN; I'm reading websites; I'm writing on my blog. I'm working at my job; and I'm finally registering to vote.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Not So Sweet Sixteennew
I have seen one of the reasons kids today have a skewed view of things. I've looked it right in its eyes, and I now know the enemy: the MTV series My Super Sweet Sixteen.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Life Lends You A Poor Handnew
Talk show host Boneqweesha Jones sits down with the director of Poor Hand Broke, a film inspired by the 1967 classic Cool Hand Luke.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
01-17-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
The Fierce Urgency of Nownew
We all share history, for better or worse. What matters is whether we keep it locked away inside because it's too painful to admit, or whether we allow it to infuse everything we do to overcome Mississippi's racial legacy.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
