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...downtown Boulder and alight at outdoor-café tables, laptops in hand. With a click, they tap into a bold new energy future: a wireless network powered by the sun. The $10,000 project, which covers a six-block area, allows anyone to connect to the Internet through wi-fi transmitters powered by solar panels on nearby rooftops. The panels collect the sun's rays even on cloudy days and hook up to batteries that store 72 hours' worth of power, ensuring a steady supply. "It was a snap to hook up--no wires, no drilling," says Gerard Cote, spokesman...
...something lacking; an album, especially today, can’t get by on sonic perfection alone. Well-produced albums abound, bedroom productions snap with digital precision, and even “mix-tapes” (now almost exclusively on CD) don’t have that basement low-fi growl anymore. The talent honed in dozens of dimly-lit teenage bedrooms is spilling out into independent labels, with amateur recordings that have all polish of their big-label counterparts. Even with rising production standards, “The Craft” still sounds positively sculpted. That?...
...accident has occurred on the moon. Did Joe Chip survive it? In a world in which science and drugs blur the line between life and death, reality and hallucination, even he isn't sure. Dick spins the stuff of sci-fi into an existential nightmare you'll never be quite sure you've awakened from...
...antenna can boost your reception. And to cut your telephone costs down to zero, use online tools such as Google Talk or Skype, which let you place free calls from your computer (if whomever you are calling has the proper software). As for Web access, check for free wi-fi in your neighborhood before you pay a lot to go online...