Word: mailboxes
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Vallarta, Mexico, to live with a guy who worked on a party boat. Just four years ago, I cold-called my way into a job at TIME. But I think corporate life may be making me soft. These days, I can't even drop a letter in a corner mailbox without double checking to make sure it went down the chute...
...fantasy about what's going to happen. They probably imagine their victims thinking they're going to have a pleasurable experience (like opening a love letter or reading a joke) and it turns into something really rotten. It's kind of like leaving an unpleasant package in someone's mailbox and watching them open it. Hacking is, of course, a huge power trip for a young kid who gets to inflict this kind of inconvenience or actual discomfort on a whole lot of grown-ups, including the heads of the same corporations many of these kids might like...
Such anguish has grown palpable. FORTUNE magazine's career-advice columnist, Anne Fisher, calls the angst pouring in from her boomer readers "a continuing lament," and there's evidence that it will soon become operatic. From the mailbox of Fisher's website, askannie.com "I'm learning that being over 40 is not only an obstacle, it's more like a brick wall," writes someone who signs himself "Not Dead Yet." Bob C. thinks "younger bosses see...older [workers] as a menace." Edward, the realist, writes, "Many of us over 40 have failed to constantly update our skill sets...
...browser may be on only 40% of all PCs now (in contrast to the 90% Microsoft's is on), but don't count it out just yet. Released last week, Netscape 6.0 is chockablock with handy features like instant messaging, an automatic language translator and an all-in-one mailbox that lets you view your AOL and Web mail in one place. But the coolest feature is My Sidebar, a window that opens next to the browser to give you a quick view of your stock portfolio, customized news and weather. The browser will also be included...
...admissions at Cornell University, Don Saleh will have his name at the bottom of 21,000 letters this year, only 6,000 of which will arrive in fat, happy envelopes. But as the father of an 18-year-old applicant to three colleges, Saleh himself is praying to the mailbox god this year. He suggests that parents and their college applicants can help prepare themselves for the rejection process by doing some homework before the letters arrive. "Recall positive aspects of all the schools on your list--especially the 'safety schools,'" he says. "Get out the brochures and watch...