From sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us Tue Feb 24 18:10:52 1998 Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA28022; Tue, 24 Feb 98 18:10:57 EST Received: from sommerfeld.ne.mediaone.net by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA20346; Tue, 24 Feb 98 18:10:52 EST Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by orchard.arlington.ma.us (8.8.8/1.34) with SMTP id XAA19576; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 23:10:52 GMT Message-Id: <199802242310.XAA19576@orchard.arlington.ma.us> To: John Kohl Cc: sipb-soc@MIT.EDU, dinner@MIT.EDU Subject: Re: Arlington-Belmont Chorale Concert, Sun March 15 @ 3pm, Arlington Ctr. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 Feb 1998 21:04:04 -0500 (EST) ." <199802230204.VAA00718@kolvir.arlington.ma.us> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:10:52 -0500 From: Bill Sommerfeld > THE ARLINGTON-BELMONT CHORALE > and > THE ARLINGTON-BELMONT CHAMBER CHORUS > Sunday, March 15 at 3:00 P.M. > at First Parish Unitarian-Universalist > Church, Arlington, MA > > Music of Palestrina, Mendelssohn, > Fauri, and Bruckner featuring > Bruckner's Requiem > and the World Premiere by the Chamber > Chorus of James Russell Smith's > "The Day Dreamers". > John Bavicchi, Sandra Bailey Kendall, > and James Russell Smith, cond. > > I'm singing in the chorus. I'll send more details again when the > concert nears and we have final details on soloists & program. For what it's worth, I'll also be involved in the performance, one of three trombonists accompanying the Requiem.. - Bill From rdu@grummanbutkus.com Tue Feb 24 18:32:32 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA02885; Tue, 24 Feb 98 18:31:33 EST Received: from relay1.UU.NET by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA13081; Tue, 24 Feb 98 18:31:54 EST Received: from gba_il2.grummanbutkus.com by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (peer crosschecked as: gba_il2.grummanbutkus.com [208.228.186.3]) id QQeeeg20562; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:31:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from ccMail by gba_il2.grummanbutkus.com (ccMail Link to SMTP R8.00.01) id AA888363037; Tue, 24 Feb 98 17:30:41 -0600 Message-Id: <9802248883.AA888363037@gba_il2.grummanbutkus.com> X-Mailer: ccMail Link to SMTP R8.00.01 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 98 17:32:32 -0600 From: "Rebecca Upham" To: Subject: OOPS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, it looks like your message went out to all of the people on my mailing list. I got it via another friend. That's what I get for leaving out my e-mail address in my original message where I said "my new e-mail address is.....". So here it is for real this time: rdu@grummanbutkus.com. Hope you make some new friends. PS. Is there a better e-mail where you can be reached? From notw-request@nine.org Tue Feb 24 20:27:00 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA26698; Tue, 24 Feb 98 20:27:15 EST Received: from JUJU.NINE.ORG by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA05589; Tue, 24 Feb 98 20:27:26 EST Received: (from kelly@localhost) by juju.nine.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) id UAA18940; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 20:27:00 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 20:27:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802242318.SAA08943@juju.nine.org> Subject: News of the Weird [522] - 6Feb98 To: notw@nine.org (News of the Weird) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:18:00 -0500 (EST) From: notw-request@nine.org (NotW List Admin) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-Id: <"-MkOZ.A.6LC.qU180"@juju.nine.org> Resent-From: notw@nine.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/522 X-Loop: notw@nine.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: notw-request@nine.org WEIRDNUZ.522 (News of the Weird, February 6, 1998) by Chuck Shepherd See copyright notice at the end of this transmission. To Unsubscribe: notw-request@nine.org with subject Unsubscribe LEAD STORIES * In January, the New Yorker magazine reported the latest trendy body ornamentation in the city: small jewelry charms inserted under the skin, producing boil-like bulges in the shapes of the charms. The "subcutaneous jewelry" can be inserted in the forehead, the back of the hand, or any other place in which the skin can be pinched. * Through what a company spokesman later called "human error," the front door of the CoreStates Bank in Robesonia, Pa. (10 miles from Reading), remained unlocked through the Veterans Day weekend, and no one knew until a customer, who had forgotten it was a holiday, innocently walked in at 9 a.m. Monday, setting off a silent alarm that alerted the police. The customer said his first thought on seeing the bank empty was that robbers had locked the tellers and customers in the vault. * The Wise Judiciary: In December, a Bloomfield, Iowa, judge sentenced two men, who had clubbed 23 cats with baseball bats (killing 16), to 1 day in jail per cat, but then he suspended even that sentence. Also in December, a judge in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, sentenced the men who beat a man to death on the eve of his wedding to 16 months each in prison. (In reaction, a Dutch inmate serving eight years in a stomping death asked Queen Beatrix for a pardon, claiming his own sentence was thus way too severe.) And in January, a judge in Mexico City freed confessed killer-bandit Alonso Gonzalez, calling him "a modern Robin Hood, who not only shares what he earns from robberies, but gives his companions more money [than he keeps]." POLICE BLOTTER * In September, a federal judge in West Palm Beach, Fla., dismissed the disability lawsuit filed by police Lt. Ed Wagner against the department, ruling that Wagner was not really penalized for having the disability in that he was merely denied a special assignment. Wagner was removed from the SWAT team for having a sensitive neck, a condition which came to light when he complained that an old neck injury flared up after a colleague got him in a headlock and gave him "noogies." * Hours before the December 5th inaugural address of Mexico City's new mayor, which was expected to announce stern measures to deal with rampant crime and police corruption, the mayor's top assistant was mugged in a taxicab, giving up his wallet and briefcase, which contained the mayor's speech. And in June, an armed robber took the purse of the executive director of Crimestoppers of New Orleans outside her office. * Recent Dangerous Weapons: roast beef sandwich (pedestrian, angry at a motorist, Matteson, Ill., November); burrito (motorist, angry at another, Longview, Ore., September); carrot (reaction to spouse's demand for divorce, East Hanover, N.J., August); Etch-A- Sketch toy (two teenage boys, overpowering a jailer and escaping, Clinton, Tenn., November); cordless drill (mother hit stepdaughter because her dog was barking too loud, and the daughter struck back with a "fish whacker" tool, Wasilla, Alaska, August). * In October, a man robbed the Capital Bank of North County in San Diego, Calif., and escaped in a pickup truck. According to a teller, the man never claimed to have a gun, but demonstrated his impatience at the teller's dawdling by showing her a photograph of another man holding a gun. OOPS! * In September, workers delivering crates to the Museon museum in The Hague, Netherlands, accidentally dropped one containing a 75-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton made from bones recovered in Montana, breaking it into 188 pieces. And in January during a break-in at the Yammonoki Museum in Ito, Japan, a thief being chased by a guard dropped a 600-year-old Ming Dynasty platter worth about $400,000, shattering it. * In November, an adviser to Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu conceded that, due to a bureaucratic oversight, the Western Wall in Jerusalem is not owned by the government but by an organization called the Islamic Trust, which administers various Muslim holy sites. After capturing Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, Israel apparently formally appropriated the land beside the Wall, but not the Wall, itself. * The November 7 edition of the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano contained statements declaring that homosexuals "do have the right" to adopt children and to live together as couples, attributed to staunch moralist Father Gino Concetti. After several days of panic at the Vatican, editor Gianfranco Grieco located the problem: a computer glitch that removed only the word "not" several times from the story. * In October, Harwinton, Conn., local official Marie Knudsen told the Waterbury Republican-American that the first person snared in a radar trap she intervened with the state police to have set up was the husband of the constituent who complained the loudest to her about speeders ruining her neighborhood. * In August, British mountain climber Alan Hinkes, who had already conquered 9 of the world's 14 highest peaks, had to postpone his ambitious quest to climb the other five in one year when number 10 failed. He was at the base camp of the 26,600-ft. high Nanga Parbat in Pakistan, ready to eat a piece of local bread when the wind blew the flour topping in his face, causing him to sneeze, which resulted in a slipped disc. INEXPLICABLE * The Sacramento Bee reported in November that a group of young people from the East Valley Foursquare Church in Orangevale, Calif., were recently observed playing what they called "Bambi Baseball," supervised by youth minister Robin Gattis. The name came from what was used as a bat: the frozen leg of a deer. (A frozen cow tongue was the ball.) It was also reported that an earlier version of the game was played by swinging a frozen trout to hit a frozen squid. * In 1987 a leaky tank car containing the volatile chemical butadiene exploded in a New Orleans rail yard. No one was hurt, but 8,000 nearby residents were evacuated and later filed lawsuits for their injuries, which consisted of 36 hours of displacement and a general fear of future illnesses, which have so far not materialized. About 20 so far have won an average of $100,000 each in compensatory damages. In addition, in September 1997, the entire class of potential plaintiffs won a jury trial for punitive damages against the CSX railroad and four other companies for a total of $3.4 billion. CSX was ordered to kick in three-fourths of the total even thought the National Transportation Safety Board had ruled it blameless in the explosion. * Peter Sansom began work on January 19 at his new, two-day-a- week job with the big Marks & Spencer department store in London. For the next six months under a government grant program run by the Poetry Society, he will work for about $1,500 per month as the store's Poet in Residence. He said he hopes generally to raise employees' and customers' level of awareness of poetry. 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From rosabob@MIT.EDU Tue Feb 24 20:57:13 1998 Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA02142; Tue, 24 Feb 98 20:57:20 EST Received: from POTATO-COW.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA24038; Tue, 24 Feb 98 20:57:14 EST Received: (from rosabob@localhost) by potato-cow.MIT.EDU (8.7.5/8.6.12) id UAA14820; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 20:57:13 -0500 (EST) From: Rosalinda M Villastrigo Message-Id: <199802250157.UAA14820@potato-cow.MIT.EDU> To: in-house-pikans@MIT.EDU Subject: the end of the world! Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 20:57:13 EST Subject: Partial eclipse Thursday Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 19:13:31 EST There'll be a partial (very partial --- only about 20%) solar eclipse on the afternoon of Thursday Feb. 26, with maximum eclipse at about 1:25pm. Weather forecast: 400 PM EST TUE FEB 24 1998 THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY AND WINDY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S. Updated status information will appear on the 12.401 Web page at http://web.mit.edu/12s23/www/12.401.html (The next partial eclipse visible from the US won't be until Dec. 25, 2000) ------- End of Forwarded Message From gostein@concentric.net Tue Feb 24 21:49:44 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA13204; Tue, 24 Feb 98 21:55:29 EST Received: from darius.concentric.net by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA21746; Tue, 24 Feb 98 21:53:21 EST Received: from mcfeely.concentric.net (mcfeely.concentric.net [207.155.184.83]) by darius.concentric.net (8.8.8/(98/01/20 5.9)) id VAA18072; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:52:58 -0500 (EST) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Errors-To: Received: from ts009d22.cht-ma.concentric.net (ts009d22.cht-ma.concentric.net [206.173.20.178]) by mcfeely.concentric.net (8.8.8) id VAA20299; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:52:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <34F386C8.6CAE@concentric.net> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:49:44 -0500 From: Michael and Abby Gostein Reply-To: gostein@concentric.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C (Win16; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: pikans@MIT.EDU Subject: RE: Report on maintenance committee review of Vanderweil report Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear all: Last night alums and pikans met at pika for a preliminary reading of the maintenance report prepared for us by Vanderweil Facilities Advisors. VFA was hired by MIT to assess maintenace needs in MIT buildings as well as FSILGs, and inspected pika last semester. I will summarize the meeting here for those interested. The VFA report lists approximately 40 maintenace projects suggested by the inspector. These range in complexity and cost from minor to major, and cover deficiencies (from the inspector's point of view) in the categories of building safety, integrity, functionality, and appearance. The items were each assigned a priority by the inspector ranging from 1 to 5. The total estimated costs of all repairs is $264k, while the estimate for the priority 1 items only is $40k. At the meeting we reviewed all priority 1-3 projects. Some of these are items already scheduled for work this summer. Others were considered to be good suggestions, and still others were considered ones we could ignore or downgrade in priority. JD Albert, as housecorp maintenance chair, is going to review the VFA list further, as well as other items not considered by VFA, in order to present a proposal at the next housecorp meeting regarding near-term maintenace projects. According to the architect who prepared it, the report is intended to be a "living document." In other words, we are supposed to be able to update it from year to year or month to month as we desire to reflect current maintenance needs. The report was prepared with the aid of a computerized database. The software is going to be made available to MIT after April 15, and all FSILGs will have access to it. The intention is that the database will then serve as a centralized way for groups to keep maintenace records and estimate costs of future repairs. It is not yet clear exactly what the interface to the database software or the level of access to it will be like. We concluded pika should just wait until after the software is available and then go try it out. There was some discussion at the meeting as to whether or not the centralized database is a good thing. Most people seemed to agree that it could be very useful to pika as a way to improve record-keeping and aid planning, though some were suspicious that the centralization of records gives MIT greater control over us. This issue was not greatly discussed, and does not seem to be particularly important as MIT has not asked us (yet?) to do anything suggested in the report, and the architech emphasized that we should use the report as a tool for our own planning. More details may be forthcoming after the next housecorp meeting. Michael (Gojer) Gostein From jweiss@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 03:25:08 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA04382; Wed, 25 Feb 98 03:25:19 EST Received: from THE-OTHER-WOMAN.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA06811; Wed, 25 Feb 98 03:25:33 EST Received: from jweiss@localhost by the-other-woman.MIT.EDU (8.8.7/4.7.5) id DAA16460; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 03:25:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802250825.DAA16460@the-other-woman.MIT.EDU> From: Jonathon Weiss To: sipb-all@MIT.EDU Subject: auction 3/2/1998 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 03:25:08 EST Sender: jweiss@MIT.EDU There will be an auction after the 3/2/1998 SIPB meeting. Things on the block include: broken exabyte tape drive (8500 or 8505, I don;t recall) in a n enclosure with a broken fan SCSI enclosure that came with our DLT drive it seemed to have been causing lossage 4 PC kbds 3 LK201 kbds (these are what DEC was sued over) 1 bag 'o mice deathtongue Sparc IPX (no monitor, no kbd, no mouse you do get a power cord and the little stand for mounting it sideways tho. :-) 1 RZ55 DEC full height 300M disk Jonathon Weiss jweiss@mit.edu Office Czar in Charge of Special Ops. From eddietwo@naugabutt.lcs.mit.edu Wed Feb 25 10:38:06 1998 Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA07232; Wed, 25 Feb 98 10:38:35 EST Received: from naugabutt.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA22922; Wed, 25 Feb 98 10:38:07 EST Received: from localhost.lcs.mit.edu (localhost.lcs.mit.edu [127.0.0.1]) by naugabutt.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA09403; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:38:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802251538.KAA09403@naugabutt.lcs.mit.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: naugabutt.lcs.mit.edu: localhost.lcs.mit.edu [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: ds_announce@MIT.EDU, dramashop@MIT.EDU, mitcp@MIT.EDU, ensemble@MIT.EDU, rkb@MIT.EDU, blacktg@MIT.EDU, theater@MIT.EDU Subject: LAST NIGHT: AUDITIONS | the Illusion Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:38:06 -0500 From: Eddie Kohler ** TONIGHT IS THE LAST NIGHT TO AUDITION FOR THE ILLUSION! ** MIT DRAMASHOP presents -- --- -- - - - - - -- -- - - -- - --- -- -- - - - Auditions and Technical Signups -- - - --- - - -- -- - - - - -- -- --- - - - - - - - --- - -- - - - -- - -- - -- - - - ---- -- - -- t h e - I l l u s i o n - ---- - - - - - - -- --- - --- - - - -- - - -- - - --- - - - - - -- - - -- - - - -- -- -- -- -- - -- -- - -- - -- - - by Pierre Corneille; freely adapted by Tony Kushner - - --- - directed by Janet Sonenberg -- - -- - - - - --- - -- - - --- --- - --- - - --- - --- - - -- - - - - - - - ---- -- --- - - -- - --- -- -- - - - - --- - Auditions and Technical Signups - Wednesday, 2/25 - 7-10 PM Callbacks Thursday, 2/26, time TBA all in Walker 201 - SIGN UP ON THE WEB - http://www.mit.edu/~dramashop/ From davi@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 11:01:54 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA14574; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:02:13 EST Received: from POTATO-COW.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA18393; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:02:18 EST Received: (from davi@localhost) by potato-cow.MIT.EDU (8.7.5/8.6.12) id LAA26341; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:01:55 -0500 (EST) From: Davila Parker-Garcia Message-Id: <199802251601.LAA26341@potato-cow.MIT.EDU> To: in-house-pikans@MIT.EDU Subject: if anybody likes the fugees... Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:01:54 EST ------- Forwarded Message Wellesley would like to extend a personal invitation to the fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups for our event. If you have any questions, just let me know. Thanks! Monti Llorens > > > Wyclef Jean of the Fugees > Double Grammy AWard Nominee 1998 > > 7:00 Pm: Doors Open > 7:30 Pm: Freestyle Opens > 8:00 pm: Wyclef > > Coffe House to follow with a capella, food, fun and games. > >Sponsored by President of Wellesley College, Dean of Studetns at Wellesley >College, Committe on Lectures and Cultural Policy, CG of Wellesley, SBOG, >and Ethos. > >Tickets on sale at MIT, Babson and Wellesley: $5 for Wellesley w/ID >and $10 Off-Campus. This is JUST for the concert and does not include the >coffee house portion. The coffeehouse is free unless you wish to purchase >drinks and food. > > 2/23- 2/26: Wellesley Only > 2/27- 3/7: Wellesley and Off-campus > >At Door: $10 for EVERYONE > >contact number: (781) 283- 4132 ;=^P ------- End of Forwarded Message From helen@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 11:07:21 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA16357; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:07:34 EST Received: from M4-035-8.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA20003; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:07:43 EST Received: by m4-035-8.MIT.EDU (940816.SGI.8.6.9/4.7) id LAA19404; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:07:21 -0500 Message-Id: <199802251607.LAA19404@m4-035-8.MIT.EDU> To: in-house-pikans@MIT.EDU Subject: rune. grrr. rune. Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:07:21 EST From: Helen Y Lee hey. i know you write. i know you doodle. you can't shit me. please help me retain some self respect for spending time on this damned organization and SUBMIT. NOW. email it to rune@mit.edu or drop it off in W20-4whatever. y'know in the rune mailbox of the UA. grr.. *helen From jered@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 11:47:27 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA29756; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:47:33 EST Received: from SNORKLEWACKER.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA03801; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:47:49 EST Received: by snorklewacker.mit.edu (8.8.8/4.7) id LAA14710; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:47:27 -0500 (EST) To: sipb-office@MIT.EDU Subject: Crufty network stuff From: Jered J Floyd Date: 25 Feb 1998 11:47:27 -0500 Message-Id: Lines: 11 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.52/XEmacs 20.2 To fix up the LSC internal network, I have loaned some crufty SIPB network hardware to LSC. If you have a good reason to believe any of it needs to return in any short amount of time, please tell me in private email. --Jered Contents: * 1 LANCAST AUI<->UTP transceiver (we have about 20 of these) * 1 short coax cable segment * 2 AUI cables From harrisj@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 12:00:48 1998 Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA04504; Wed, 25 Feb 98 12:00:53 EST Received: from PORTNOY.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA19352; Wed, 25 Feb 98 12:00:49 EST Received: by portnoy.MIT.EDU (SMI-8.6/4.7) id MAA25685; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:00:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:00:48 -0500 Message-Id: <199802251700.MAA25685@portnoy.MIT.EDU> From: Jake Harris To: cult-movie@MIT.EDU, rileyk@MIT.EDU Subject: Ash Wednesday Goof Hello, So I screwed up and thought Ash Wednesday was next week. It turns out it's today. I don't know if I can deal, but does somebody want to do the annual Ash Wednesday Tradition: 1. Go to the video store and get Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness 2. Watch them in a place where people can come see them with you. 3. Have a good time. I guess if you want to deal, pick a time and place tonight and post to the list. Wheee. Yours, Jake From mkdowe2@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 13:53:44 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA12595; Wed, 25 Feb 98 13:54:07 EST Received: from W20-575-85.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA16198; Wed, 25 Feb 98 13:54:08 EST Received: by w20-575-85.MIT.EDU (940816.SGI.8.6.9/4.7) id NAA03276; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:53:44 -0500 Message-Id: <199802251853.NAA03276@w20-575-85.MIT.EDU> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: blacktg@MIT.EDU Cc: btg-admin@MIT.EDU, blackmail@MIT.EDU, apr@MIT.EDU, lucha@MIT.EDU, theater@MIT.EDU, artsnet@MIT.EDU Subject: AUDITIONS BEGIN TODAY!!! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:53:44 EST From: Grizzly Black Theater Guild of MIT announces ---AUDITIONS--- Sherlock Holmes & the Hands of Othello Written by Alexander Simmons Directed by Marshall Hughes -AUDITIONS- Wednesday, 2/25 - 7-10 pm in 35-225 Thursday, 2/26 - 7-10 pm in 35-225 Callbacks Friday, 2/27 - time & place TBA Note: Auditions are open to all. Have a small piece (monologue, poem, etc.) prepared, and you may be asked to perform a cold reading from the script. Some production and technical staff positions are also available. Those interested should contact one of the names listed below. For more information, contact: Michael Dowe(mkdowe2@mit.edu) at 225-7527; or Joaquin Terrones(vanyel@mit.edu) at 225-7477 From csnyder@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 15:19:24 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA13628; Wed, 25 Feb 98 15:20:48 EST Received: from MIT.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA15581; Wed, 25 Feb 98 15:20:36 EST Received: from MTA-CLARISE.MIT.EDU by MIT.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA22379; Wed, 25 Feb 98 15:20:10 EST X-Sender: csnyder@po9.mit.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:19:24 -0400 To: mitso@MIT.EDU, chamber@MIT.EDU, brass_ensemble@MIT.EDU, fje@MIT.EDU, band@MIT.EDU, music-m&m@MIT.EDU, music-classes@MIT.EDU, concert-choir@MIT.EDU, chorus@MIT.EDU, amp@MIT.EDU, music-scholars@MIT.EDU, editors@MIT.EDU, theater@MIT.EDU, mta-facstaff@MIT.EDU, music@MIT.EDU, galak-tika@MIT.EDU From: csnyder@MIT.EDU (clarise snyder) Subject: concerts this weekend Thursday, February 26, 1998 MIT Chapel Series. Steve Topper, Audie Bridges and John Tyson, recorders, flute and guitar in a program of original works, crossover, and Baroque music. Noon, MIT Chapel. Free. =46riday 27 February MIT Guest Artist Series. BOSTON DEBUT of The Keller String Quartet. Bach, Selections from Art of the Fugue; Kurtag, Officium Breve and Twelve Microludes; Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 132. 8 PM, Kresge Auditorium. =46ree. The Budapest-based Keller Quartet was founded in 1986 by students at the =46ranz Liszt Music Academy. In 1990 the quartet won the Evian International String Quartet Competition and the Second Borciani International Competition. In 1996 they won the prestigious Abbiati Prize in Italy and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. The quartet has worked frequently with Gy=F6rgy Kurtag, whose works are featured on this program. With several recordings on the ERATO and ECM Labels the ensemble has earned an enviable reputation for their awesome technical skills, their mastery of contemporary works and for their wide and varied repertoire. Saturday 28 February MIT COMPOSERS and GUESTS CONCERT Sounds of the XXth Century. Janna Baty, soprano; Margaret O'Keefe, soprano; Constance DeFotis, mezzo-soprano; Elaine Chew, piano; Noam Elkies, piano; Charles Shadle, piano; Lei Liang, piano; Michael Horowitz, flute, performing works by Charles Shadle, Bill Cutter, Noam Elkies, Jose Elizondo, William DeFotis, Elena Ruehr, Lei Liang, Peter Child, Edward Cohen, John Harbison. 8 PM, Killian Hall, Free. MARCH Sunday 1 MARCH MIT Faculty Concert. A March concert of North Indian Music. George Ruckert, sarod; Samir Chatterjee, tabla. One of Ali Akbar Khan's most accomplished students, a founder of MITHAS and Lecturer at MIT. 4 PM, Wong Auditorium. Free with MIT ID. Admission $15. Clarise Snyder Director Concerts Office MIT Music and Theater Arts 14N-207, 77 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-2906 =46ax: (617) 253-4523 email: csnyder@mit.edu From jalbert@electronic-ink.com Wed Feb 25 16:39:41 1998 Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA14083; Wed, 25 Feb 98 16:40:01 EST Received: from camel14.mindspring.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA21035; Wed, 25 Feb 98 16:39:58 EST Received: from numb.mindspring.com (camel4.mindspring.com [207.69.200.54]) by camel14.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA13323; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:39:50 -0500 (EST) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:39:43 -0500 Message-Id: <01BD420B.F9440560.jalbert@electronic-ink.com> From: "Jonathan D. Albert" To: "'bcomiskey@electronic-ink.com'" , "'cturner@neurometrix.com'" , "'elabenur@mit.edu'" , "'in-house-pikans@mit.edu'" , "'jlsappin@mit.edu'" , "'mwhittle@emerald.tufts.edu'" To: "'simulux@mit.edu'" , "'sklar@student.net'" , "'theodric@mit.edu'" , "'vlhdezp@mit.edu'" Subject: Mixed front at HMS Putnam this Friday Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:39:41 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit El Nino is scheduled to pass straight over the HMS Putnam leaving food, drink, and fun in its wake. Be there for the storm. Friday, 27 February 1998 346 putnam avenue 661.8523 To get there, follow the clouds or: Get to putnam avenue by walking south from Central Square on River Street. When you get to Putnam, take a left and walk till you see a big, ugly blue house on your left. Or call us on our newly repaired telephonic device. From iize@bu.edu Wed Feb 25 17:46:08 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA06068; Wed, 25 Feb 98 17:46:26 EST Received: from ACS3.BU.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA04835; Wed, 25 Feb 98 17:46:34 EST Received: from localhost (iize@localhost) by acs3.bu.edu (8.8.5/) with SMTP id RAA65646 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:46:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:46:08 -0500 (EST) From: Irina Ize To: lmf@MIT.EDU Subject: Ce soir.... Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Pause-cafe ce soir a 9:00 chez nous! (Excusez ce message si tard mais j'ai change de bureau a mon Lab. et je viens a peine de rebrancher mon ordinateur sur le Net! :D) From cyruse@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 18:19:14 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA15591; Wed, 25 Feb 98 18:19:47 EST Received: from M2-032-5.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA13383; Wed, 25 Feb 98 18:19:47 EST Received: by m2-032-5.MIT.EDU (SMI-8.6/4.7) id SAA04396; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 18:19:15 -0500 Message-Id: <199802252319.SAA04396@m2-032-5.MIT.EDU> To: cult-movie@MIT.EDU, punt-movie@MIT.EDU, florey@MIT.EDU Cc: harrisj@MIT.EDU, rileyk@MIT.EDU Subject: Ash Wednesday Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 18:19:14 EST From: Cyrus R Eyster Hi. For those who haven't heard, there's this Ash Wednesday Tradition. According to Jake, this is what we do: > 1. Go to the video store and get Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness > 2. Watch them in a place where people can come see them with you. > 3. Have a good time. I plan to do all 3, which means you only need to do the last 2 (and no, technically, you do not need to do anything - it's just a suggestion). The place is E51, in one of the big third floor classrooms. The time is 7:30pm. Yeah - it's early and soon. Eit. I want to finish before everyone swarms out to watch this new B5 episode thing. Show up any time. Bring your friends along. It'll be grand. (The movies are like 85 minutes each, so I'm guessing we'll start Army of Darkness (the better of the two, IMO) at 9pm (definitely before 9:30).) Cyrus From ebcooper@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 21:06:45 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA20519; Wed, 25 Feb 98 21:06:56 EST Received: from M1-142-7.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA15599; Wed, 25 Feb 98 21:07:13 EST Received: by m1-142-7.MIT.EDU (SMI-8.6/4.7) id VAA04742; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:06:45 -0500 Message-Id: <199802260206.VAA04742@m1-142-7.MIT.EDU> To: in-house-pikans@MIT.EDU Subject: women's conference chair Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:06:45 EST From: Emily B Cooper Hey everyone, The second women's conference meeting of the year is coming up next wednesday night. We really should be represented at this, especially since the Sorority Rush start is scheduled in the same evening as the Residence Midway. We should really do our best to make sure that there is time for women students to do both of these activities and not have to choose between them. So that's my 3 second agenda. Think about it, we can elect someone at the next housemeeting. yfnrc From ebcooper@MIT.EDU Wed Feb 25 21:19:28 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA22933; Wed, 25 Feb 98 21:19:34 EST Received: from M1-142-7.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA18003; Wed, 25 Feb 98 21:19:52 EST Received: by m1-142-7.MIT.EDU (SMI-8.6/4.7) id VAA04749; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:19:28 -0500 Message-Id: <199802260219.VAA04749@m1-142-7.MIT.EDU> To: in-house-pikans@MIT.EDU Subject: other rush stuff Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:19:28 EST From: Emily B Cooper I. Rush Mailing. A group mailing will be sent out this year. We are allowed 4 11x17 sheets folded and saddle-stitched (this means stapled in the middle) plus one 11x17 cover sheet. There is certainly no need to make any more hoop-la that we usually do, but we might want to think of something that will stick out in a big packet...like sheet metal. We will have to split the cost of postage with the other FSILGs, but not the printing costs. II. Greek Parents Association or "GPA" We need to list a parent to field questions about the house during the summer and esp. during rush. Talk it over w/ your parents and see if they would be willing to field calls from anxious types. And then, let me know. III. Summer Phone calls. In the past, FSILG's receive a list of all the incoming students and could call them and "soft rush" a little. This year this will not be allowed. Instead, each student will receive a card, on which they can indicate which houses they would like more information from. We have not made summer calls before, but I think we really should make an effort to find out who requests more info from us, and try to contact them, not necessarily per telephone, but at least a letter, or some cumin or something. (This entails going to Elizabeth Cogliano's office on a regular basis to pick up names and contact info.) yfnrc From cdsmith@MIT.EDU Thu Feb 26 00:01:23 1998 Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA23951; Thu, 26 Feb 98 00:05:10 EST Received: from WORMHOLE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA21048; Thu, 26 Feb 98 00:04:49 EST Message-Id: <9802260504.AA21048@MIT.EDU> From: "Christopher D. Smith" To: "AISES" , "ASA exec Board" Cc: "Black Student Union" , "Delta Sigma Theta Sorority" , "Chocolate City" , "Election Commission" , "La Maison Francaise" , "Latinos at MIT" , "Leaders" , "Lucha" , "Mtg" , "next house" , "NH #1" , "Pika" , "Publicity" , "SHPE" , "torch" , "Women support" Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT ELECTION UPDATE! Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:01:23 -0500 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The UA Election Commission has decided to extend the deadline for completion of UA Election Candidate packets to: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1998, The deadline has been extended for those people intending to complete candidate packets for the following positions and offices: - FinBoard (2 positions open) - Class of 2000 Vice-President - Class of 2000 Secretary - Class of 2000 Publicity Chair - Class of 2000 Social Chair The deadline has been extended for those wishing to run for the above offices and positions ONLY. All undergraduates are encouraged to become candidates for either one of the two FinBoard slots; all sophomores are equally urged to run for one of the Class of 2000 offices. All candidate packets must be finished and turned in to the UA office by 5:00pm of February 27th. Please direct all questions to From cdsmith@MIT.EDU Thu Feb 26 01:40:19 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA09721; Thu, 26 Feb 98 01:40:28 EST Received: from SUBLIMINAL-BUCKEYE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA27901; Thu, 26 Feb 98 01:40:42 EST Received: (from cdsmith@localhost) by subliminal-buckeye.MIT.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA03613; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 01:40:19 -0500 From: Christopher D Smith Message-Id: <199802260640.BAA03613@subliminal-buckeye.MIT.EDU> To: ua-council@MIT.EDU, flp97@MIT.EDU, flp96@MIT.EDU, bsu@MIT.EDU, aises@MIT.EDU, latinos@MIT.EDU, ua-announce@MIT.EDU Cc: leaders96@MIT.EDU, leaders97@MIT.EDU, torch@MIT.EDU, nh-presidents@MIT.EDU, in-house-pikans@MIT.EDU Subject: The Baker Foundation Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 01:40:19 EST ######## ## * ## ****** ## * ######## '**** WAS A TRAGIC LOSS. T H E U N T I M E L Y D E A T H O F D E A N O F S T U D E N T S E V E R E T T M O O R E B A K E R I N 1 9 5 0 R O C K E D T H E M. I. T. C A M P U S . I N H I S H O N O R, T H E M. I. T. S T U D E N T B O D Y D E C I D E D T O E R E C T A " L I V I N G " M E M O R I A L . T H E Y W A N T E D S O M E T H I N G W H I C H W O U L D E N S U R E T H A T D E A N B A K E R ' S B O U N D L E S S C O N C E R N F O R S T U D E N T S A N D H I S S T R O N G V I S I O N F O R M. I. T. W O U L D R E M A I N A N I N T E G R A L P A R T O F T H E I N S T I T U T E F O R Y E A R S T O C O M E . T H E Y N A M E D T H E I R M E M O R I A L - - - - ******** T H E B A K E R F O U N D A T I O N ******** Since 1959, the Everett Moore Baker Memorial Foundation has held true to its original charge to perpetuate the memory of its namesake through various projects designed to fundamentally improve MIT for both students and faculty. The elite group of students fortunate enough to be selected for the Baker Foundation have, among numerous other things, successfully conferred the prestigious Baker Foundation Teaching Award upon the faculty member deemed to have done the best job in the field of undergraduate teaching. Often, the Baker Foundation has acted as MIT's guardian angel, helping the Institute overcome persistent problems that occur in student-faculty interaction. If you'd like to help change MIT for the better, the Baker Foundation is for you. APPLICATIONS can be picked up in Rm. 401 in the Student Center. contact for more information ------- End of Forwarded Message From newtnews@pobox.com Wed Feb 25 23:24:35 1998 Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA11624; Thu, 26 Feb 98 01:54:12 EST Received: from lists.io.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA29520; Thu, 26 Feb 98 01:54:24 EST Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id XAA01407 for newt_news-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 23:05:25 -0600 Message-Id: <199802260505.XAA01407@lists.io.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:24:35 -0800 From: Steve Holden To: newt_news@io.com Subject: NewtNews-168-24Feb98 Sender: owner-newt_news@lists.io.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Steve Holden X-Unsubscribe-Url: http://www.io.com/~btorres/unsubscribe.html NewtNews-168-24Feb98 ==================== by Steve Holden . This is a weekly freeware newsletter focusing on Newton Technologies and related topics. NewtNews Copyright 1994-98 Steve Holden. All rights reserved. See the Administrivia at end for details and FAQ info. NewtNews Web site is hosted at: . ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDITOR'S NOTE: Nancy Hanger at Windhaven Press has volunteered to translate the HTML version of NewtNews published every week while I finish my thesis into text so that it can be emailed out. Wow! This is cool! 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For more info send email to: sales@pelicanware.com + RidgeNet - SLIP, PPP access to the Internet from Ridgecrest, CA. Table of Contents ----------------- 1. Top News 2. Comments from the Editor 3. New and Updated Newton Information 4. New and Updated Newton Technology 5. Handheld Mentions in 'The Media' 6. NewtNews Tips and Tricks You Can Use On Your Newton 7. Dear Newton Developer 8. Other Handheld Technology News 9. Other Tidbits of Information 10. Advertising Notes 11. Product and Service Information 12. Edupage, 09Feb98 thru 22Feb98 13. INNOVATION, 09Feb98 14. Administrivia Top News -------- ** MP2100 PRICE DROP ** ClubPDA has reportedly dropped their price on the Apple MessagePad 2100 to US$755. [EDITOR: Is an eMate price drop in the works?!?] ** SIGNIFICANT NEWTON SOFTWARE RELEASES ** Foundation Systems has released a 30-day demo of version 2.5 of HyperNewt "a HyperCard-like application" for Newton OS 2.0. Revelar has released an Accordian Beta (FileMaker Pro to Newton connection utility) to their WWW site. The final version is expected to ship by the end of Feb98. ** NEWTON TO BE USED IN EMS SYSTEM ** Green Mountain Software Corporation has announced that they have entered into a contract with the Will/Grundy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System to provide a Newton-based handheld patient care information system for use in ambulances. Desktop connectivity for this new system will be built by RAM Software Systems . ** A DEFINITE MUST READ ** Pen Computing (Feb98, Vol. 5, Num. 20) is now available in most book stores and news stands. The issue is heavily focused on Microsoft's Palm PC, and Windows CE, but there continues to be good Newton and PalmPilot coverage. For instance there are two major Newton articles, and reviews for the following Newton solutions: Sticky Newts 2.0, SmallTalk 1.0, UniCalc 3.01, SimpleMail 2.11, WebXpress, & FITALY Keyboard. ** HANDHELD DEVELOPER INFO ** Lee Leonard notes that Metrowerk's has posted a press release about Codewarrior for Palm OS Release 4 . And PalmPilot's Developer Program has announced the availability of a "Debug version of the 2.0 ROM" . Microsoft is now shipping Windows CE 2.0 savvy versions of Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0 and the Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 5.0 . $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ NewtCase 3.1 - The Ultimate Newton Utility Suite. Designed for Newton 2.x. Get system info, freeze/thaw packages or sets to increase heap, customize backdrop & button bar, and more. Includes: Package Manager, Extensions Manager, NewtInfo, SleepAid, GestureLaunch, BarKeep, Desktop, and SoupKitchen. 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Second, although you now can develop applications for HPC's with Visual C++, Visual Basic, or Visual J++, ONLY Visual C++ is supported for the PalmPC. And third, there appear to be no general tools or methods available to deal with the differing screen sizes (even among HPCs themselves, not only between HPC and PalmPC). Finally, the emulator (required for development if you don't have an actual hardware unit, which of course don't yet exist for PalmPCs) only runs under Windows NT, not under Windows 95. On the Metrowerks front, Metrowerks claim the next release of their software will support WindowsCE development, but NOT compilation! In other words they will have an Intel compiler so you can test apps on an emulator, but will not have any cross-compilers allowing you to produce actual applications. That's further off into the future. So Microsoft remains the only game in that town. I pass this information on not only because this may be of general interest, but also because all of these things IMHO impact on the number of PalmPC applications which will be available soon or ever, which in turn impacts the success of that platform, which in turn impacts the success of the PalmPilot platform which we are all developing for. By the way, Microsoft had a huge (of course) booth at this conference with a fair bit of emphasis on CE. 3Com was there (with a booth labeled PalmPilot, I think it barely mentioned 3Com, actually) with a minimum size booth but providing information for developers; it was busy when I was there. FWIW. Steve Patt President, Stevens Creek Software ** STILL WORKING ON MY THESIS ** Sorry for the delay but I am still working on my thesis. I am guessing, giving my current accomplishments, that it will take much longer to finish than I anticipated. Since I have been able to publish in a limited role 'semi-efficiently', and it does not distract from my thesis work, I will continue for the foreseeable future publishing NewtNews in Daily News form and the weekly edition will remain a WWW version only. Thanks for your support. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ C o u c h F i r e ! From your armchair, find your favorite shows using your Newton. C O U C H Couch Fire is a TV programming guide that includes accurate, weekly updates via email. It combines the feel of a paper F I R E guide with the intelligence of a Newton. Couch Fire's auto- updating TV grid, searches and reminders mean you won't miss a thing. For more info, write or visit . $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ THE HAND STAND. The first Newton case ever with a built-in PDA Concepts adjustable stand. Convert your Newton and keyboard into proudly a miniature laptop computer that you can use anywhere, presents: anytime! Carry virtually everything you need in one compact case. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ New and Updated Newton Information ---------------------------------- ** MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT NEWTON FUTURE ** Adam Engst has TidBITS' take on the current Newton situation in an article entitled "Newton Rumored Dead and Gone" . Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk at ZDNET has some Newton mentions in an "Apple Uncertainty" news article . ** INTEL PLANS TO KEEP STRONGARM IF DEAL WORKS OUT ** Don Vollum notes that the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) examined the state of Intel processors on the front page of their edition published on 12Feb98. According to Don, the article highlights the 'plight' that Intel is in with regards to the handheld/set-top processor market. But also notes that one of the deals out of the recent DEC litigation settlement that Intel really wants is access to the DEC and ARM's StrongARM processor. The article also notes that Apple's MessagePad devices run on StrongARM processors. ** POSITIVE NEWTON REVIEW ** Danyll Willis has an article entitled "Newton looks like a winner in latest incarnation" published on the South China Morning Post (SCMN) on 10Feb98. ** SMALL EMAIL PROBLEM ** DejaVu Software experienced some problems with their email system from 13-16Feb98. If you sent them email during these dates please resend. ** NEWTON MAKES FOR A GOOD PRESENTATION GIVER ** John Schettino notes in a recent post to comp.sys.newton.misc entitled "Avail PointPro and the EZ Presenter Card" that he has completed a review of this combo for an upcoming issue of Mobilis . In summary, John thought the combo was "pretty darn nice". ** NEWTON INCLUDED IN CNET RADIO PIECE ** Gary Amstutz at WalletWare reports that Brian Cooley did a CNET Radio special on PDAs with a focus on how expense tracking solutions make IRS woes less dramatic. Gary's comments on the subject and the complete radio article can be heard via RealPlayer using this URL: . ** MEDICAL SPECIFIC NEWTON SITE ** Kristofer Wagner at the University of Oklahoma's College of Medicine has created a new site entitled Newton for Medical Students Website that focuses on how to use a Newton during medical school training. ** DIGITAL OCEAN IS OUT OF BUSINESS ** Janet Honek has confirmed via Mobilis' John Jerney that wireless and handheld developer Digital Ocean is no longer in business. PC Week has their take on the latest Newton rumors . ** MOBILE SPECIFIC CONFERENCE ** Mobile Insights '98 conference that will be held 01-03Mar98 at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, California, has announced the nominations for their 4th annual Mobility Awards. The PDA (Handheld Pen Tablet) category has the following nominations: Apple/Newton MessagePad 2100, 3Com/PalmPilot & IBM/WorkPad, TI/Avigo, and Sharp/SE-500. ** A SMALL LINK FEST ** NewtonTalk had the following tidbits worth of mention: - The Art of Newton web site has been updated . - Macintosh users who want the Newton Casual Font on their Mac should check out Marty Pfeiffer's Nu Casual. Check out Link#1 or Link#2 . - NS Basic's NewtCard comes with NewtWorks Draw Extension. ** NEWTNEWS IN NEWTON BOOK FORMAT IS STILL AVAILABLE ** Mark Heringer continues to publish Newton Book versions of NewtNews via . ** HANDHELD ARTICLE AT ZDNET.COM ** Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk at ZDNET.COM examines "LATEST, GREATEST HANDHELD PCS: (AND HOW THEY'LL GET EVEN BETTER)" http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/ adt0212ba/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1764.html>. This special report examines: - FIND OUT WHICH PDAS THE EXPERTS LIKE - WHAT YOU MUST KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY A HANDHELD - QUICK TIPS FOR WRITING WINDOWS CE PROGRAMS - DOWNLOAD SIX SNAZZY GAMES FOR HANDHELDS $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ NS BASIC 3.6 with Visual Designer! The latest implementation of this cool programming tool has an easy to use graphic screen layout function, plus indexed file communications, graphics and more! Program directly on Newton or with a PC or Mac. Create packages in the Extras drawer and much more. 260 pg handbook. Cost is $99+5 S&H for all Newtons. , , 416.264.5999 $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ PowerMedia is your source for all the latest cutting edge Newton apps: * Super NotePad: Quick access arrows, encryption, tags, filters, etc. * DateMan 3.0: Complete agenda and contact management. * Stationary Construction Kit: Build your very own custom stationary. Commercially available at your favorite Newton retailer. Or check out online demos via the following site: . $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ New and Updated Newton Technology --------------------------------- ** A HOST OF NEW NEWTON SOFTWARE PRODUCT UPDATES ** Stand Alone is working on a final private beta of their new utility called 'Workout Tracker.' A public beta is expected within a couple of weeks. Century Software's Clockwork Team is now shipping a German & Japanese localized version of ClockWork 1.0 , and they have new English & German documentation available in PDF and HTML . Toad Hollow Software has a new freeware Newton solution called "MLS 98" that will import/export the entire [U.S.] Major League Soccer game schedule to your Newton Datebook. Borealis Communications will be providing AmeriSpec with a customized version of their MessagePad 2100 savvy Borealis Home Inspector mobile computer solution. Joop Kaashoek reports that INSA Limited has released Newton printer drivers for Epson Stylus printers . [EDITOR: If you have other types of printers you'd like support for send email to Joop ASAP.] The Mac-Barcode Company has bar code and inventory control solutions for the Mac OS and Newton devices. [Source NewtonTalk ] Arnold Kim found a fast fractal program called 'Factor' via Newton Intelligence and has gotten permission from the author to distributed it via this URL: . ** ANOTHER NEWTON STAND OPTION ** The Cradle Co has a site showing their prototypes Newton stands that were designed to be used with a keyboard. They are in production now, shipping color is "true smart black", and they can be ordered via credit card email messages . ** POPULAR GAME GETS 2.0 UPDATE ** HexDump Development is now shipping Bricks 2.0 for the Newton. The new version is "more challenging, has new levels, plus a couple added twists." In related news, HexDump has announced the release of a transfer utility for PC connectivity. This utility makes it possible to transfer HexPaint paintings on your Newton to and from your PC. ** CONSTANTINE & WEYER RELEASE A BUNCH OF NEW STUFF ** Steve Weyer has announced the release of: - Crypto 1.1: A puzzle game that supports solving cryptogram, code, cipher (single character substitution) puzzles, like those in newspapers. - NewtATut 1.6: Newt Application Tutorial is a Newton book version based on an article "Building Native Newton Applications with Newt" that appeared in PDA (formerly PIE) Developers, Vol. 2.4, July 1994; pp.14-18. - NewtTurT 1.6: Newt Turtle Tutorial is an interactive tutorial (Newton book) that will show how you can program in NewtonScript with turtle-style graphics directly on your Newton using Newt. Tim Constantine is now shipping the following Newton shareware solutions: - Barcode 1.0: Newton Programmer's tool for incorporating barcode scanning capabilities into Newton programs. - Flash 1.2: a tool to help your reading rate and comprehension. - CrazyDice 1.2a: a luck and strategy game. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ WinSlurp! - Rare White Tiger Creations provides Newton Book publishing services and is NOW offering WinSlurp. A windows front-end to Slurpee which supports transferring notes back and forth between the Newton notepad and the PC desktop. Available for downloading from this URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/heringermr/winslurp.htm. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | Multilingual Customizable Translator | P O W E R | and Portable Vocabulary Trainer | T R A N S | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Handheld Mentions in 'The Media' -------------------------------- ** NEWTON CONTINUES ON WORLD TOUR ** Christian Dreyer notes that the THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERACTIVE EDITION continues to published Joan Indiana Rigdon's articles about her world travels. The latest edition is entitled "Holding Millions in Bali Despite Currency Crisis". Joan uses a MP2000 to write her articles and transmit them via CompuServe connection if all goes well, which it appears frequently doesn't . ** EMATE IS HUGGABLE!?! ** Twin Cities Star-Tribune published an article on 09Feb87 entitled "A huggable computer? -- Designer ventures beyond chunky, gray box." The article goes into great detail about how Apple has designed products, like the eMate, using talented people like British industrial designer Jonathan Ive. ** HANDHELD DEVICES REVIEWED ** Maxim (Mar98) reviews on pages 124-125 the PalmPilot Personal (5/5), Psion Series 5 (5/5), TI's Avigo (4/5), MP2100 (3/4?), Rex-3 (4/5), Sharp's SE-5000 (3/5), and Sharp's Mobilon PC-4500 (4/5). ** HANDHELD WEEKLY MAGAZINE MENTIONS ** PC Week published on 09Feb98 has the following potentially interesting articles: - "IntelliSync 2.0 Extends PalmPilot Reach" by John Spooner on page 22 - "Qualcomm Calls Up Palm OS: Will tap 3Com operating system for smart phones" by John Spooner on page 40 - "Keep Mobile Users Secure: Mobile IP prevents eavesdropping, message rerouting" by Dave Kosiur on page 103. InfoWorld notes on page 6 that "Microsoft regroups around the enterprise" in the issue published on 09Feb98. The Windows CE responsibilities now fall directly under Craig Mundie, Senior Vice President of Consumer Platforms Groups, who reports to Paul Martiz the Group Vice President of Platforms and Applications Group. PC Week published on 02Feb98 contains five letters-to-the-editor under the banner "PDAs: Gee-Whiz, for Now" on page 64. Some felt that PDAs will always be a 'niche' market, others say the success of the PalmPilot and the massive amount of attention Microsoft is giving Palm PC is proof that PDAs are destined for the mainstream. MacWeek published on 09Feb98 has: - Mac-The-Knife rumors on page 50 about the 'end of the Newton'. - A series of very detailed reviews on the current crop of new digital cameras coming from: Fuji, Kodak, Philips, Richo, and Canon. ** HANDHELD MONTHLY MAGAZINE MENTIONS ** The Dec97 edition of Wireless & Mobility (formerly called Wireless for the Corporate User) is now available . This issue is 100% focused on "Looking at 1998: Leading Vendor Visions & User Expectations." There is a Q&A with Palm Computing's General Manager Donna Dubinsky on page 31. PC World (Mar98) examines "PDA Wars: Microsoft Challenges PalmPilot" on page 60 [EDITOR: A very good summary.]; and "Velo 500: One PalmTop PC Does Not Fit All" on page 98. The 10Mar98 issue of PC Magazine examines "The Ultimate Personal Peripheral." Forbes (23Feb98) has an article entitled "Mobile telephony: the sky's the limit." (Examines Airtouch & US West merger news) by Robert La Franco on page 80. Forbes ASAP (23Feb98) also has a very interesting article by Owen Edwards entitled "Sects Crazed: By resurrecting Steve Jobs, Apple may have seriously endangered its cult status" starting on page 44. . Windows Sources (Mar98) examines the Libretto 70CT on page 118, the Philips Velo 500 on page 150, and SunWize Technologies' Portable Energy Systems (solar) on page 151. Mobile Computing (Feb98) looks at Auto PC on page 28; the new book "PalmPilot Companion" on page 44; Concept Kitchen's SmallTalk on page 50; the "Top Websites for Mobile Professionals" starting on page 62; Pocket Internet Explorer for Windows CE on page 84; and an interesting article called "Xtreme Computing" by John Moore starts on page 120. Michael Pilla notes on NewtonTalk that Apple Store is now listing the official MP2100 price as US$799. Dan Rowley has announced ICS' "Twerx" (Newton NotePad-to-NewtWorks Document Importer) for MessagePad 2x00s and eMates. Twerx is shareware US$20 and is currently being beta tested (beta testers can register the product for US$15 until 01Mar98). ** HELPFUL MAJOR WEEKLY MAGAZINE WEB POINTERS ** - Web Week: http://www.webweek.com - MacWeek: http://www.macweek.com - InfoWorld: http://www.infoworld.com - Computer Reseller News: http://www.crn.com - PC Week: http://www.pcweek.com - Network World: http://www.nwfusion.com - LAN Times: http://www.lantimes.com - Information Week: http://www.informationweek.com - Network Computing: http://www.networkcomputing.com $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Isaac's Dates - !the! Newton Dates extension. GERMAN QUALITY Why don't all those time management tools on your graphic Newton use graphics? Try Isaac's Dates and display all your scheduling information at a glance. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Tim Constantine has several cutting edge Newton solutions: * Flash - A Speed Reading Tutor; * CrazyDice - Multi-player Strategy Game, and * Clean Notes - Stationary w/o Lines. For more info: or . Tim is also available for custom Newton application development. Send Tim email if you have a question about custom application development or about his cutting edge solutions. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Tips and Tricks You Can Use On Your Newton ------------------------------------------ ** NO NONSENSE NUGGETS OF NEWTON KNOW HOW ** By Roger Coleman roger@rogercoleman.demon.co.uk If you have similar tidbits for this column, please drop me a line! Please include details of the Newton model and OS that you are using. ** TIPS WANTED ** Please send me any tips, hints, goodies, interesting or ingenious ideas for future issues of this column to Roger Coleman roger@rogercoleman.demon.co.uk. Thanks! $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ INTRODUCING WebXpress - Have web pages like The Wall Street Journal, CNN Interactive, The NY Times and other popular info sources ready and waiting for you each & every morning with WebXpress! With WebXpress your Newton can retrieve and store sports news, weather reports, technology updates, medical news, stock reports, you name it! WebXpress, delivers the Web to you - $34.95 - Free demo at: $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ New Copy: Back-up your Newton to a desktop Mac through your Ethernet Network. Print to network printers. FTP files to/from the Internet and browse the web fast! Farallon offers 8 ways to connect Newton-to-Ethernet, including EtherWave, the daisy-chainable Ethernet technology that allows you to connect your Newton without unplugging your desktop computer from the net. For more info visit: http://www.farallon.com/product/mobile/newtsolutions.html $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Dear Newton Developer --------------------- ** INTRODUCTION & INCENTIVE ** This area is dedicated to trying to solve NewtNews readers programming needs, and in turn hopefully lead to the creation of a legitimate Newton shareware solution for the developer solving the problem. If a developer solves such a problem, NewtNews will give them a 50% price reduction for any advertising service they order for that product in our Products and Services area. If you have a utility you need written, please let NewtNews know by sending an email to: newtnews@pobox.com. ** SYNC TO SIDEKICK 2.0 ** Dan Rosen writes: You have a great publication, thanks. You had a link to REX a while back. I just tried the Sidekick '98 from starfish and it totally synchronizes to the Newton. Of course you have to set the NCU settings to Sidekick 2.0.Thought you would like to know (if you didn't already). Keep up the good work and good luck on your thesis. ** NEWTON PRINTING/SCANNING VIA IRDA TO NEW CANON PRINTER ** Jim Johnston at Arvin High School has this request: I just saw the other day in Office Depot a Canon BJC-80 printer. It has IrDA capabilities. I pointed my MP2K+ at it and it responded gibberish. That means some enterprizing road warrior could have a really portable printer if he/she would write a driver for it. The BJC-80 has an optional scanner module that turns it into a scanner. Wouldn't it be spiffy if someone could write an IRDA connectible scanning program for the Newt also. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ PDA Panache is your single source for stylus solutions. Custom stylus upgrades for Newton MP130 and MP2000. Custom styli for WinCE, USR, and Sharp PDAs. Wide selection of Pocket Styli for all tastes and budgets. Duo multi-function stylus/pen combo. Beacon L.E.D. lighted stylus. Stylus inserts for Cross & other popular pens. More info: 800.270.7196 or 516.467.4042, FAX: 516.467.6329, http://www.PDAPanache.com (secure) $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Widget Software Canada - Your Handheld Computer Experts! Let Lloyd Wasser and his staff provide your organization with the best in Newton, Psion, Windows CE & Pilot consulting, one-on-one or group training and product recommendation and support. You can "try before you buy". Used and new Newton (and other) hardware and accessories also available Contact Widget Canada today at: 416-449-2331 Email: Widgetcan@aol.com $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Other Handheld Technology News ------------------------------ [EDITOR: News collected via snail mail, major publications, news services (Inquisit & HeadsUp ), USENET newsgroups, email, and the WWW.] ** PALMPILOT ** Not only is Symbol building a ruggedized PalmPilot but they also have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) handheld device in the works. Both will be Symbol Spectrum 24 wireless LAN savvy and will interface with a variety of bar code scanners. [John Spooner, PC Week , 02Feb98, page 43] Howie Hirsch has announced that Penticon Technologies is now shipping Hebrew support for the PalmPilot. MacInTouch (12Feb98) had a pointer to the Linux/Microcontroller project that has ported: "... Linux 2.0 to systems without a Memory Management Unit. At present, only Motorola MC68000 derivatives are supported. The first target system to successfully boot is the 3Com PalmPilot with a TRG SuperPilot Board and a custom boot loader they put together specifically for the Linux/PalmPilot port." Flash Sheridan notes that one of the two programmers who did Linux on PalmPilot port is Kenneth Albanowski, who wrote the Newton and Pilot versions of Concept Kitchen's SmallTalk (a finite-state-machine language translation program). ** WINDOWS CE ** Hewlett-Packard is proclaiming themselves to be the "clear leader" in the Windows CE device marketplace sighting data from Dataquest which says during the first half of 1997, HP captured 33% of all world-wide handheld shipments. Microsoft has a new "Yin-Yang" (i.e. Marketing Truth vs. Developer Truth) advertisement for developers to take a serious look at Windows CE 2.0 running in many of the latest developer magazines. You can learn more about Windows CE 2.0 toolkits via: . PC World Online has the following Windows CE article -- "HP PALMTOP PC SCREEN MAKES OTHERS LOOK GREEN: Palmtop PC is first to feature backlit notebook-style screen; plus new handhelds from Casio, Sharp" . BSQUARE has released bFIND for devices running Windows CE 2.0. M-Systems , Annasoft Systems , and Ampro Computers have Windows CE 2.0 support in the works for Pentium and 486DX-based processor embedded-PC products. MobileSoft has announced plans to OEM parts of the LG Electronics' Phenom software/hardware bundle packages sold in the United States. The Guardian published a glowing article on 12Feb98 about how excited Siemens is to be using Windows CE for future handheld and home-based devices. ** OTHER DEVICES ** Hal Glatzer examines "Will OEMs Click on [Iomega's ] Click!?" on page 6 of Storage, Inc. published for Winter 1997. The drives will cost under US$100 and you get 40-MBs of storage for under US$10. Kodak has plans to integrate the storage cartridge into future digital cameras, and CNF Portable Peripherals has a working prototype of a Click! drive running in PC Card Type III slots. Intelligent Devices (610-584-8830) and Eastern Business Software have deployed for the City of New York five 'working prototype' Intelligent Parking Meters with the MeterMaster software. The parking meters are programmed using an IrDA link to Husky handheld devices. Flomerics Limited have announced product called 'Flotherm thermal analysis software' that is suppose to make it easier for hardware designers to build devices with "minimize component temperature." Men's Journal (Mar98) examines the Toshiba Libretto 50CT in an article on page 104 entitled "You Can Take It With You: Powerful Portables." Iomega has announced plans to show off their complete storage product line at CeBIT 98 including the handheld savvy 'clik! drives'. NewCo Partners have some new technology called 'Virtual NotePad' that will make is possible to recognize 'normal handwriting' on current handheld units that don't offer this capability. HP is getting into the digital camera business with a new device called 'PhotoSmart C20' . NEC has a new smart lithium-ion rechargeable battery called the ME210 that will target the consumer electronic and portable computing markets. PC World Online examines "PORTABLE GIZMO RECEIVES REALAUDIO: Users can download Webcasts and listen to them on a radio or tape player" . RealNetworks has also announced the Mobile Daily Briefing -- a personalized audio newscast that will work with Audible MobilePlayers . Franklin Electronic Publishers notes that their latest surge in "revenues resulted from an increase in sales in the [U.S.] domestic consumer market, including sales of the new REX PC Companion and the new Homework Wiz children's dictionary." $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ NEED A NEWTON PROGRAMMER? NewtNews has a list of over 48 Internet based Newton programmers who are interested in working on vertical or horizontal market solutions. Please send email to: newtnews@pobox.com if you would like the list or would like to be added to the list. $-----------$------------$------------$------------$-----------$-----------$ Other Tidbits of Information ---------------------------- ** WIRELESS & MOBILE ** Kim Borg has an interesting articled entitled "Wireless, ADSL Team to Upgrade Internet Gridlock: ISDN still proves a hard sell" on page 1 of Computer Technology Review published for Jan98. Dewayne Hendricks notes on the "apple-net-servers" listserver that there is a comprehensive listing of wireless high speed modems via: . Novatel Wireless has teamed up with Penchant Consulting to build wireless handheld transportation and warehousing marketplace solutions. Harris Semiconductor and Applied Integration have announced a new agreement to co-develop a new wireless savvy version of MPEG that will run over 2 Mbps portable wireless LANs. Network World has two potentially interesting articles by Densise Pappalardo in their 09Feb98 edition: - "Wireless savings abound: new wireless services promise savings, advance features" on page 12 [Analog vs Digital] - "Gavel in hand, next wireless auction is set" on page 29 [Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) in the 28-GHz spectrum] ** APPLE - MACINTOSH - RHAPSODY ** Newer Technology has announced MAXpowr G3 upgrade boards for UMAX C-series Mac OS clones. Galleon Software is now shipping v1.1 of eMerge for the Macintosh (email merge solution) for only US$99. Apple has decided to focus all their major national retailing efforts with one national retail chain -- CompUSA which has 148 stores in the United States and reportedly all of them now have a 'Macintosh boutique.' There will still be some 3500 smaller regional dealers and resellers of Apple products. Apple, IBM, Netscape, Oracle, Silicon Graphics and Sun have announced that the International Standards Organization (ISO) has adopted their joint proposal to use Apple's QuickTime File Format as the starting point for the development of a unified digital media storage format for the MPEG-4 specification. ** OTHER ** You can learn more about Netscape's plans for the release of their Communicator Standard Edition 5.0 source code via this FAQ . Iomega has announced that they are now shipping in the U.S. their US$199 'video capture and ultra SCSI' card called "Buz" for PCs. eOrganizer now supports the storage of Bookmarks along with other PIM like data via a WWW interface. Red Herring (Mar98) has some in-depth reporting on DELL's CEO Michael Dell; and on the 'state and future of networking' hardware and software. Tom Whittaker examines "An OS for Information Appliances: Sun's Software Suite is a scalable set of OS and application components for handhelds and embedded devices" on page 45 of the Mar98 edition of Byte . This issue also has a mention that Lucent has a update to Inferno (their small network savvy OS) in the form of a version 2.0 release. Hasbro (#2 worldwide toymaker) has announced plans to buy Tiger Electronics (handheld electronics company) for US$335 million in cash. Advertising Notes ----------------- If you are interested in advertising in NewtNews please drop NewtNews an email: . NewtNews is freeware because of the advertisers that support this effort, and we appreciate their support. When you purchase products from NewtNews vendors please mention that you heard about their product in NewtNews. Product and Service Information ------------------------------- * NEW SCOREPAD 3.1 -- Golf scorekeeping package for Newton 2.0. Easily keeps scores and statistics - analyze and graph the results. Figure your unofficial handicap. Automatically calculates nassaus and skins. Keep notes about each round and course. Available for US$50 from Software Unboxed or directly from Sun Sabre (513.899.4710) with 10% by mentioning NewtNews. * SOLUTIONS FROM LANDWARE. All work in the Newton 2.0 OS. - PROCALC EX: Programmable calc. w/ SAN & RPN, includes: proCALC 12c. - QUICKNAMES PRO: Rapid access to names and much more. - X-PORT: The 2.0 connection utility. Send/receive notes, contacts... - KWIKMENU: the Newton dashboard, includes GestureLaunch Lite. - NEWTPAINT: "MacPaint" on your Newton, w/zoom-in and screen shot. - SYNC+: Dates to Schedule+ 1.0 or 7.0 LandWare, 201-347-0031, , * Stand Alone, Inc. has over 70 applications for the Newton OS, including: - BUTTONBAR PLUS: Place the buttonbar on any side of the screen, or shrink it to a small floating window. Also, shrink icons and resize the bar to suit your needs. $25, 2.1 OS - STAND ALONE MENU EDITOR : Create custom menus for the text caret, screen corners, extras icons or StatusBar button; each with over 35 possible actions. $29.95, 2.x OS - STARTBAR: Win95 style task bar that shows all of your running applications at the bottom of the screen, and lets you switch between them with a single tap. $20, 2.1 OS - TIMEMAN: Works both as a timer and a time card where you record your hours. Multiple views and printing options make it easy to manage your billing, and track your time. $44.95, 2.x OS - PAPERBOY: A threaded off-line Usenet news reader for the Newton. Download your news to read it, and reply back on the go! $29.95, 2.x OS For more information about Stand Alone's line of software for the Newton OS, visit our web site at http://www.standalone.com, or contact us at info@standalone.com, or (773) 477-2492 * TeleType GPS - New v2.0 - now includes U.S. Interstate Highways data overlay. GPS software provides plot of your position on moving maps while you drive or fly. Overlay packages include cities and towns, Interstates, and special Aviation overlay for pilots. Bundles include GPS receiver and software. Never get lost again. Email: or WWW to: for more information. * NEW! 10th Volume of the Totally Incomplete PDA CD-ROM for Newton! This CD-ROM from AMUG CD, Inc. contains over 1450 packages, 600 megs, and a Newt 2000 only area. Works on Mac or PC. 2.x & 1.x Packages can be downloaded directly from the CD to your MessagePad. Maximize your Newton experience! ONLY $29 + S/H. Call AMUG 602.497-2244, or email to order! AMUG CD web page at . * SALES AUTOMATION Solution from Mitchell System Designs - OrderTaker: create orders/invoices, integrated with Names, inventory and order template modules, export in format for MYOB*. $75USD - TrackIt: track and graph data, $20USD - Relations: genealogy for Newton, import/export GEDCOM, $20USD + MSD: For more info: PMitchell@kagi.com or http://www.ccinet.ab.ca/pmitchell/ * BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY PACKAGES FROM PELICANWARE All packages for Newton 2.0 OS - Upgrades also available. - QUICKFIGURE PRO 3.0: Spreadsheet application $59.95 - NEWTCASE 3.0: The Ultimate Utility Suite $49.95 - NOTION 1.5: High Performance List Manager $59.95 - AVAILWORKS 2.0: Text, spreadsheets, drawing, and graphing $79.95. All from PELICANWARE. For more details email: info@pelicanware.com, vox: 503-221-1148, fax: 503-221-8709, or http://www.pelicanware.com. * CATAMOUNT SOFTWARE offers the following: - POCKETMONEY assists you in balancing your checking, savings, credit card and loan accounts. Export and import transactions to Quicken, MYM and other desktop based program. - NAMIGATOR gives rapid access to Names. I know, I have over 5000. - MPG helps you keep your vehicle records in order. Track fuel economy, record mileage for tax purposes, schedule repeating vehicle maintenance items for multiple vehicles. - MORGAN is the Newton Media ORGANizer. Track CDs, tapes, records, books, laserdiscs, videos, and more... For more information call 802-372-9512, email , or visit our web site . * GPS MAP and GPS MAP LITE -- GPS based navigation with real moving maps, showing all details as familiar from paper based maps. Features -- map calculator, route planning, database, history track, and mission recorder. 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For details, software, and registration info try -- or Edupage, 09Feb98 thru 22Feb98 ---------------------------- ** SALARY-SNITCHING AT PIXAR ** The management of Pixar, the Steve Jobs-led computer graphics company that created the movie "Toy Story," angered by a widely distributed anonymous e-mail message that accurately revealed the salaries of its 400 employees, has filed suit in California seeking a restraining order barring further publication of the information, as well as compensation for damages suffered because the company could lose its edge in "attracting and retaining the best qualified employees." An internal investigation is proceeding to determine the identify of the salary-snitch. (USA Today 16 Feb 98) ** COBOL VETERANS REENLISTING TO SOLVE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM ** Retired programmers in their 60s are rejoining the workforce to man the front lines in battling the Year 2000 glitch. "To be called back to work is rather flattering," says one. "We had thought of ourselves as archaeological, as rather unique archaic beasts." Indeed, at least one high-tech temp service staffs only seniors -- the Senior Staff 2000 located in San Jose, Calif., specializes in exclusively over-50 workers. "Sixty-three percent are looking for something to do because they're bored or because their spouse said 'get out of the house or else,'" says Senior Staff's CEO, who adds that the biggest advantage to hiring older workers is that they'll stick with the job till it's done, rather than jumping ship for a better offer. "They don't need to beef up their resumes. They don't even have resumes anymore." (TechWeb 16 Feb 98) ** CREATE THE HYPE, THEN THE PRODUCT ** High-tech venture capitalist Ann Winblad says the days of creating a product, then getting funding to market it are over. "Now you must take money quickly, or there will be many companies saying they do the same thing. You need to take the money and declare victory immediately. Then create a product." (Upside Mar 98) ** PRICE GAP BETWEEN DELL, OTHER PC MAKERS, NARROWS ** Dell Computer has built a huge business on its much-ballyhooed price advantage -- a result of its direct sales strategy that enables it to avoid costly inventory storage and management. Last year, prices on Dell machines were running about 15% lower than comparable PCs from other sellers, but that differential is quickly narrowing, as Compaq, IBM and Hewlett-Packard adopt some of Dell's price-saving techniques. The result is that Dell's advantage, percentage-wise, is now down into single digits: "We have a significant and continued price advantage. But we think there's a preoccupation with the price of the box," says a Dell spokesman who notes that customization and direct contact with users are also key to their success. (Investor's Business Daily 19 Feb 98) ** LAPTOPS REQUIRED OF INCOMING FRESHMEN ** Freshmen entering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000 will be required to have laptop computers. Students can either bring their own laptop (if it meets proper specifications) or buy the machines themselves through Student Stores on campus. The university will offer low-interest, four-year loans for students who wish to finance the purchase, and will increase its financial aid budget to provide needy students with additional grant assistance to help cover the cost of the laptops. Some of the other institutions that require or will soon require students to have laptop computers are Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Carnegie-Mellon, Virginia Tech, and Western Carolina University. ** IBM SUPERCOMPUTER CONTRACT ** IBM has an $85 million deal with the U.S. Department of Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to build a computer capable of 10 trillion calculations per second. The IBM RS-6000 SP supercomputer will be delivered in 2000 and housed at the Livermore Lab. (Investor's Business Daily 13 Feb 98) INNOVATION, 09Feb98 ------------------- ** TRENDS: CO-OPETITION CAN SPELL SURVIVAL ** In these days of cutthroat competition, companies are finding co-opetition can enable both them and their competitors to survive: "Co-opetition is a methodology or a phenomenon where it makes good business sense to cooperate with your competitor one day and compete with your cooperator the next," says management consultant Sam Albert. "The motivation for this is because no one company now can invest in some of the things that have to get done. It's just too huge an investment. If your competitor is the best person to align yourself with, then do it. The fact is, co-opetition is an idea whose time has come. What's more, it's here to stay. As fast as consumers are demanding more from their computers, co-opetition is the only way that our industry can keep up. With it, information technology competitors are expanding the industry like never before." Albert says co-opetition is a good idea "when there is a need to reduce research and development costs to improve margins; when ther! e is a need to catch up in the market or define a new market, but you don't have the resources to do it; and when there is a need to establish standards that can benefit the entire industry." (Genevieve E. Wilkinson, "Co-opetition: Way for Some to Stay Alive," Investor's Business Daily 12 Feb 98) ** STRATEGIES: BLUR, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT ** In their forthcoming book "Blur," consultants Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer look at the convergence of three factors creating the new "connected" economy and see, yes, blur: "blur, as in what a speedy world looks like if you're the one standing still; blur, as in the increasingly fuzzy distinctions between, say, 'product' and 'service,' as intangible assets reinvent both; and blur, as in the erasure of boundaries that used to cleanly separate firms, workers, and economies." How to cope with blur? Using knowledge management focused on building a knowledge-based business (and NOT focused primarily on internal knowledge transfer, like so many knowledge management programs). To create a knowledge-based business you have to give fresh thought to every aspect of the business (strategy, products and services, relationships, organization, culture, processes, infrastructure) and ask: what do you need to change to thrive in a world of speed, intangibles, and connectivity? Should your! pro ducts and services be altered so that they can do any or all of the following: interact, customize, learn, upgrade, filter, anticipate? Ask yourself the question: "What does my product want to know?" Coca-Cola's answer to that kind of question resulted in the company equipping 800,000 vending ma