The not so great news is that Baud Behavior is closing up shop, effective December 31, 1997.
The great news is that Baud Girl moves on to host VOLTAGE, Prodigy Internet's bi-weekly newsletter covering Computing groups and topics. Subscribe to VOLTAGE (it's free!);then read Baud Girl's farewell Baud Behavior column. This week, she's talking about--what else? How to sucessfully change your email address online, after you've moved on.12/22/97
Have you missed a column or two? Below, find our Summer Reruns...
Celebrity Criminals and Web Communities:
The Case of Louise Woodward
In Fall of 1997, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Hiller Zobel made history when he announced that he would publish his entire verdict for the notorious Louise Woodward "Nanny trial" over the World Wide Web.
Little did the Judge know, his ruling was only the tip of the cyberspace iceberg. By the time his verdict was issued, Woodward already had over 200 separate home pages devoted to her case on the Web. There are Louise Woodward support groups, chat rooms, and credit card-reading donation sites, all over the Internet.
Why? What is it about this particular trial that has caused Web communities to spring up like mushrooms? Join Baud Girl for a special investigation into the relationship between celebrity, high profile legal battles, and the Internet.12/15/97
Fighting The Fourth Horseman: What To Do About Online Hate
It's hard to dispute the fact that Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, homophobes and misogynists are upsetting, both on the Net and off it. Now, a new study claims that the number of online hate sites has doubled from just last year. Today, Baud Girl takes a look at our options for fighting hate online: censorship, "voting with your feet", filtering software, and/or "fighting speech with speech". If you've ever been victimized by hate speech, or even if you think hate speech is an unacceptable thing to pay for online, Baud Behavior gives you the resources to fight back.12/8/97
Let's Get Physical:Fitness Resources on the Net
So, how was Thanksgiving? Did you have enough to eat? Did you have too *much* to eat? Yeah, we know the feeling. Welcome to Part 2 in our special Baud Behavior series on "Getting in Shape Online". This week, we're focusing on exercise resources and communities on the Net. Put down that turkey drumstick, already, and join us.
Lose Weight in '98 (Or Sooner!)
For everyone who makes New Year's resolutions while on the third helping of stuffing, Baud Girl explores how the Net can help you lose weight in '98. It's Thanksgiving, so go ahead and eat, for tomorrow we will diet. 11/24/97
Encryption, Part 2:Clipper Chips, PGP, and Legislation You Need to Understand.
Now that we've covered the fundamentals of encryption (how does it work? why should we care?), Part 2 of our special Baud Behavior series gets down to the dirty stuff.
What's a Clipper Chip? Which "Big Brother crypto legislation" should we worry about? Is there any good cyberspace legislation out there? What's PGP, anyway, and what does it have to do with our civil liberties as Netizens? Baud Girl asks the questions. You get the answers.11/17/97
What's the Deal with Encryption, Anyway?Part One
Encryption is the stuff of Super Geekhood, right? Nope.
If you've never really understood much about encryption, and you can't honestly figure out why you should care, this is the column to read. Hang out with Baud Girl as she asks the experts, "What's the deal with this stuff?"11/10/97
Mail Bag!
Part Three
Catch the final (for now!) installment of our Reader Mail Bag. Find out how those online
personal ads went. Hear from other readers about how to fight cyber-stalkers online.Learn
where to get some free PC advice, from an expert! The fun just never ends,
people.11/3/97
Mail Bag!
Part Two of Three
Our Baud Behavior readers are at it again. This time, they're talking with Baud Girl about
Support Desk people, Net Censorship, and what it *really* means to be Baud.
10/27/97
Mail Bag:
Part One of Three
Baud Behavior readers take center-stage in Part One of our Mail Bag feature. See our
community members threaten phone company executives! Hear them attack
and defend Microsoft! Puzzle over their weird bandwidth envy problems! It's all
here, and it's all your fault. If you don't see *your* letter yet, don't worry
...parts Two and Three are on the way.10/20/97
Help, When You
Need it Most:Online Mental Help Resources.
If you are geographically isolated, work strange hours, or are facing a once-in-a lifetime
challenge like caring for someone with a terminal illness, online mental health resources
are more than a "nice idea". They can be your lifeline to sanity. Join Baud Girl, as she
tells her personal trip through the online mental health world, and then check the
fantastic resources in our own Mental
Health Community Group.10/13/97
Take
Back the Net:Fight Stalking in Cyberspace
It is estimated that as many as 200,000 Americans are currently being stalked, and that
one in five women will be targets of stalking behavior at least once in their lifetime.
Today, Baud Girl shows you how to use the power of the Internet to fight back.
10/6/97
Let's Get Personal,
Part 3:Rating the Dating Services.
Baud Girl winds up her special report on cyber-dating with an opinionated low-down on
the best (and worst) online dating services in the industry. Of course, she also
provides all the necessary information you'll need to travel there, and check things out
yourself. Remember: at Baud Behavior, Baud Girl does the work, so you don't have to.
9/29/97
Let's Get Personal, Part
2: Looking for Wrong, in all the Love Places?
Don't miss the intrepid Baud Girl's report from the field of Online Matchmaking! She's
registered herself with 5 services, and in today's column, she explains the Do's and
Don'ts of corresponding with your potential love connections. Online love is a jungle;
let Baud Behavior be your guide. 9/22/97
Let's Get Personal, Part
1:Placing Your Ad.
Do you get queasy at the thought of placing a personal ad online? Are you afraid that
Web personals are Loser Central, inhabited only by geekiest of horndogs? Join Baud Girl
as she proves you wrong! In this special Baud Behavior series, Baud Girl takes the Web
Personals plunge herself, and reports back on how to successfully meet normal (well,
sort of normal) people online. Then head over to the Personal Connection, a
Prodigy Internet Community group specifically for online relationship-seekers.
9/15/97
Fight Computer Fear, Part
3: What's a Hard Drive? What's RAM?
Fact One: Lots of people want to learn more about their computer. Fact Two: Lots of
people feel that life is too short to endure the Shame Factor that seems part and parcel
of the computer education process. Welcome to Part 3 of our "Fight Computer Fear"
series. On today's menu: "What's a Hard Drive?" and "What's RAM?" At Baud Behavior, we
ain't scared of Being Dumb. 9/8/97
Roast Pigs and Burnt
Villages:PICS and Net Censors
Were you one of the many people who breathed a sigh of relief when the odious
Communications Decency Act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court earlier
this year? Time to start holding your breath again: a new 'voluntary' online ratings
system called PICS is being called "the biggest current threat to free speech in
cyberspace", by people who ought to know. When you're done here, check out Greg Sewell's
explanation of PICS rating systems in Surfer's
Paradise. 9/1/97
Are college courses online really worth the effort? Are the instructors talented? Do
they give real college credit? Can you keep up with the workload? YES! This week, Baud
Girl interviews Edward Miller, an online college instructor, to learn what it's like to
get higher education via modem. 8/25/97
The Pain of "I Don't
Know": Help Desk Roundtable--Part 2
Join Baud Girl as she attempts to plumb the psychological depths of the Tech Support
universe! In Part 2 of the "Help Desk Roundtable", experts gather to talk over
questions like "Why is it so hard to say 'I don't understand my computer'?" and "Is it
good for your mental health to give tech advice to family members?" 8/18/97
What Are They Saying about
Us? Help Desk Roundtable, Part 1
Fighting Computer Fear,
Part 2: What's a CPU? What are Megahertz?
Uh, okay. Do you find yourself nodding your head up and down to this kind of language,
without knowing precisely what it means? Nod no longer! Baud Girl takes on the questions
you are too embarrassed to ask, and gets plain English answers. This week, she asks,
"What's a CPU?" and "What are Megahertz, anyway?" Read on, and never been intimidated by
the word "Pentium" again. 8/4/97
All in the Family? Genealogy, the Internet, and Your
Privacy
Family History web pages are exploding, but how much information should amateur
genealogists be putting on their sites? This week, Baud Girl looks at the slippery slope
between the quest for family history and every Net user's right to privacy. Has some
unknown person sent email to you out of the blue, claiming they are family? They will,
and you'll want to know your rights. 7/21/97
Fighting Fear of Computers:
What's a Computer? What's a PC? What's a Mac?
Are you afraid of your computer? Don't be so quick to answer, "No!" Read on, and fight
Computer Fear. Here at Baud Behavior, our motto is, "No Question is Too Stupid or
Obvious". Then head over to Prodigy Internet's Your
Computer section for some more hardware and software lovin'! 7/7/97
Holy Home Pages:Part the
Second
Holy Home
Pages!
My Friend
Mia
Modem A-Go-Go: Learning to
Telecommute
Does
Microsuck?
Bandwidth
Envy
Baud Girl talks to the experts about the Communications Decency Act, and the impact its
passage could have on all of us. 3/31/97
Your Net
Personality
The Five Commandments (Of
Promotional Emailing)
Do you have a demo you want the world to hear, or a story you want everyone to read? Strut
your stuff, in cyberspace! The Net is one of the all-time best promotional vehicles, ever!
Baud Girl shows you how to use promotional email for good, and not evil, in five easy
lessons.5/1297
Leggo My CPU! Resisting
Techno Fetish
My First
Time
© 1997 Prodigy
Services
Corporation. All rights
reserved.
Because you demanded it, that's why. Baud Girl responds to the many URL's sent to her
after the first "Holy Home Pages!" column. Read on, and find out why they call it the
"Weird Wide Web." 6/9/97
The column that began it all, including "Five
sure-fire ways to build a strange home page." The Twinkie Project, Driveways of the Rich
and Famous, the Swedish Cursing Guide and Slap the Spice Girls are but a few of the
homepage gems our Baud Girl shares.
Mia Lipner is a 28 year old Internet theorist
who has been blind since the age of three. Check her out. 7/14/97
Perhaps you're considering the telecommuting lifestyle, but aren't sure it's really the
right move. How do you find out? A vacation test run, of course! 6/23/97
To many, Microsoft's like the big fat guy on the
subway, hogging two seats while you're crammed into the corner. Not only does Microsoft
have a complete monopoly on operating system technology, now it has its eye on WebTV.
What might this mean? Everything. 4/28/97
Have modem, will download. Right? Well, not
always. Find out what happens when Baud Girl learns her equipment isn't big enough, and
succumbs to bandwidth envy. (It's a Freudian thing, sort of.) 4/14/97
Extrovert or introvert? "Feeling" or "thinking"?
It's all so complex! See how you score on the dubious Myers-Briggs Personality Profile,
and then join Baud Girl as she matches various styles of Internet use to your
individual psychic traits. It's like having your colors done, only sillier.
7/28/97
There's a difference between offering technical
advice, once requested, and technical "helping" as a type of pathology. Check whether
you, too, qualify as a techno fetishist. 3/17/97
So, was your first time as strange as Baud
Girl's? 3/3/97