By Richard Costas ● Issue 70 (November/December 2004)
Total mobility
More than 300 million mobile phones were sold worldwide during the first six months of 2004, according to Gartner Inc, a provider of...
Culture, Technology, Lifestyle
By Michael Goodwin ● Issue 59 (January/February 2003)
Beat Bytes: World Wide Wine-down-de-place
Pace yourself! Trinidad Carnival falls late this year — Carnival Monday and Tuesday are March 3 and 4 — and you don’t want to run out...
Culture, Environment, Lifestyle
By Maura Imbert ● Issue 59 (January/February 2003)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
To me, the full moon is at its ultimate, beautiful best when it rises over a Caribbean beach on a clear, star-filled night. Magnificent, a...
By Michael Goodwin ● Issue 58 (November/December 2002)
Sporting Links
Ato Boldon 2000 (atoboldon.com/home.asp) The fastest Caribbean man in the world has a very personal website. In spite of its outstanding...
By Maura Imbert ● Issue 58 (November/December 2002)
Celestial Manoeuvres
At the time of writing this article last July, the Earth had just had three relatively close shaves with asteroids. An asteroid named 2001...
By Michael Goodwin ● Issue 57 (September/October 2002)
Favourite Clicks
In recent months, some of our all-time favourite Caribbean websites have expanded, updated, and improved — and some have changed their...
Culture, Environment, Science, Trinidad and Tobago
By Maura Imbert ● Issue 57 (September/October 2002)
Roses Are Red, Roses Are Blue…
Love songs and Valentine cards celebrate what we know — roses are red, violets blue. But, to some people, this suggests the question:...
Culture, Technology, Lifestyle
By Margaret McEvoy ● Issue 57 (September/October 2002)
Keeping an Eye on the Caribbean’s Hurricane Alley
The skies are turning brick red, with high clouds masking the bright sun. The sea is churning as mighty waves crash loudly on the windward...