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...exhibition that surveys the visual culture of California in relation to a century's worth of social changes in that huge, dynamic and almost crazily heterodox state. That is what the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has tried to do in a mammoth show that opened last month: "Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000." It involves some 800 works in just about every imaginable medium, set forth by a team of catalog writers and curators as long as the credit crawl on a George Lucas movie, under the general direction of LACMA's senior curator...
...bot/merchant game continues, and bots are becoming more sophisticated. DealTime and Deja, for example, check retail websites not only for prices but also for shipping costs and whether the item is in stock. Whenushop, a newcomer last month, takes the hunt one step further. It unleashes a squad of up to four bots; lets shoppers know if, in addition to the low price, merchants are offering little-publicized discount coupons; and even pays the return postage if shoppers are dissatisfied with the product...
Among the most popular bots is MySimon, which brings in more than 1 million visitors a month, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. It boasts scanning more than 2,500 merchants for values on millions of products. Though MySimon does highlight some merchants in search results, customers can easily use a sort feature to arrange the list solely by price, a feature many other bots don't offer...
...This week the SPICE GIRLS' not-so-anticipated comeback album slid to No. 108 on the charts after debuting last month...
...Tuscany, how many can manage to settle there? Certainly only the superrich can afford a big farmhouse with breathtaking views or a medieval castle with an inviting tower. Yet those with limited funds may find a decent apartment in a small town, such as Montalcino, for $300 a month...