THE HYPE HAVE YOURSELF A MARTHA LITTLE CHRISTMAS.We're not sure about Martha Stewart's taste in curtains, but she does have relatively good taste in pop Christmas music. (Well, at least her staff does.) ``Home for the Holidays: Songs to Get You in the Spirit,'' which includes 14 cuts, never gets too sappy or cute and balances the familiar with less than familiar. For instance, the Roches - three New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. sisters who have their own Christmas album - perform ``Silver Bells'' as though they were just sitting around the tree, while Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (b. April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk and alternative rock musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and gives ``The First Noel'' a folkie folk·ie also folk·y n. pl. folk·ies 1. A folk singer or musician. 2. One who is an enthusiast of folk music. adj. flavor. Loreena McKennitt Loreena McKennitt, C.M. (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist and pianist most famous for writing, recording and performing world music with New Age, Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. (``Good King Wenceslas'') and Dan Fogelberg (``What Child Is This?) add a new-age elements to the collection. Mix in a little soul (Eartha Kitt's ``Santa Baby'' and Ray Charles' ``Christmas Time''), the esoteric (Jane Siberry's ``Are You Burning, Little Candle?'' and Greg Lake's ``I Believe in Father Christmas,'' which musically quotes Serge Prokofiev's ``Lieutenant Kije'') and the classic (David Bowie and Bing Crosby performing ``Peace on Earth/``Little Drummer Boy'' - from one of Bing's TV Christmas specials in the 1970s - along with Judy Garland's rendition of ``Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'' from her film ``Meet Me in St. Louis'') and voila voi·là interj. Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and - you have a fairly tasty collection. Speaking of tasty, Stewart also includes a recipe for cheesecake She offers tips on wrapping presents and making crafts. (Does she really do all that?) We, however, would have preferred she just included the brownies with the CD. - Rob Lowman FOR TECHNOIDS ORGANIZER WITH A BYTE: As electronic organizers go, the Mako mako (mä`kō), heavy-bodied, fast-swimming shark, genus Isurus, highly prized as a game fish. Also known as the sharp-nosed mackerel shark, it is a member of the mackerel shark family, which also includes the great white shark and the from Diamond Multimedia is positively retro. Its clever clamshell design and spectacles-case shape are more like the organizers of old, before the Palm Pilot steered us in a different design direction. Which is not to say the Mako isn't sharper than the teeth of its namesake shark. Diamond bills it as a ``connected organizer,'' with a docking station (1) A cradle for a portable device that serves to charge the unit and connect it to other sources or destinations. For example, an iPod docking station charges the iPod and connects it to a computer, speakers or TV set. that links it to your PC's serial port for backup and synchronization; a smallish full keyboard as well as a touch-sensitive screen and stylus; and the ability to connect to the Net anywhere through GSM-enabled cell phones and an optional travel modem. The Mako has a relatively powerful 32-bit brain, a hefty 16 megabytes of memory, a wide gray-scale screen and built-in rechargeable batteries. At 7 ounces, it's a terrific little package. The Mako also comes with the usual organizer programs and writing and spreadsheet programs, Web browsing, and even a relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. . At $399, its price is competitive with the main contenders. And its excellent set of features will take a bite out Verb 1. bite out - utter; "She bit out a curse" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" of that crazy schedule you have. - Daily News CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) Martha Stewart's holiday CD includes craft projects such as snow domes, left, and a recipe for baking (and packaging) brownies, top left. (4) no caption (Mako organizer) |
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