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Show TIME & TECHNOLOGY Friday, December 4, 1998 TheSalt Lake Tribune “True Mirror’ Reflects the Real You BY RICHARD O'MARA assembles the True Mirrors by hand. He and his 34-year-oldsis. Of courseit doesn’t. It conceals ter, Catherine, operate out of a minute, dull apartment in the warrenofthe financialdistrict in y distorting them. Hold a = S ffects common mirrors have on productionoftheir product They seem a very contemporary pair, bright and attractive manifestly levelheaded — except fectly intelligible. it intro- duc es you to someone yourarely encounter: yourself. It’s not the self you shave every morning, or apply makeupto. It’s the self ev- erybodyelse sees. That there is a difference be{ween your mirror image and the eal you may be something you are already aware of. Maybe you don't care. After all, your real imis knowable. It is revealed in The Walters have beenselling True Mirrors for about six years, by word of mouth mainly. Brian perhaps, for that dubious busi Connolly, a New Yorker, who publishes a magazine called Natu- ral Health and Fitness really two mirrors joinedin a box at a perfect 90-degree angle bought one anduses it for introspection. 1 look into it for five or 10 minutes threeor four times a week When one looks into the box, the their device is the first perfect re- He calls his invention the “True mirrors ness about hair parts. But there is nothing dubious about the True Mirror, whichis centric theories — one t your hair part means — and to invent a device to Mirror.” Not onlydoes his mirror the reflective material on the front of the glass instead of the back, whereit is on conventional nyto find a way to industrialize reflected imageis not only true ref ct back a pageoftextthatis eradicated this by using highquality optical glas , and placing open a shop; they are working with a NewJerseyplastics compa- eople’s senseofself-identity. It encouraged him to formulate counter the mendacity of mirrors. two mirrors come together. He are looking for a storefront to plain, encodetheclear. Most people don’t think about it he has been preoccupied with the TrueMirror beforehe gotit right Theproblemwas a vexing seam in thecenter of the image, where the lower Manhattan. Currently they d mind can effortless! numbers to counter t! v's effect. Mirrors doelfin s like this. They obscure the ful eyes anda quiet voice full of patience. For about 20 years now for is the trademark name, True Mirror John Walter says he made about a hundredvariations of the sulting work. In his spare time he vaper up to a mirror. Can you readit? Not unless you can read Hold up your watch, Can you ll the time? Not unless your much. John Walter does Walter is a thin man with wake- over the Yorker, a computer scientist with a degree in physics whodoes con- the truth? { years. Whatever, the ideais now in the public domain and what the Walters’ patent is them Walter is a 39-year-old New BALTIMORE N NEW YORK — Doyou know you are? What you really look like? Does your mirrortell hesaid. but three-dimensional The Walters a convinced “It reveals parts of me I'm very unfamiliar with ‘ar the Walters’ marketing plan has been unaggressive Mainly they display their mirror alization of an idea that has been aroundfor some time. frequently at street fairs. They have drawn without flaws. John Walter dis. Some people love it. Some peoplehateit. Somepeople have even run awayscreaming,” said patented but never produced interesting reactions. covered thefirst patent for the idea when he went to patent his own device, about seven years ago. It had beenregistered by a Catholic priest named John Jo: seph Hooker, wholived in Derby England. Hooker intended to create ‘certain and useful Mirrors for Obtaining True or Positive Re. flections.”” His patent was recorded Sept. 27, 1887 But the Walters found noevidence that Hooker ever built his photographsor on video. But for most people, it is the mirror that tells them each daywhothey are, products that might have flowed what they look like. And it lies to device that have been registered mirror. Nor have they seen any from the 15 otherpatents for the John Walter. “hen there were people who said they didn’t see any difference. And to a few comepainful mo- ments ofself-recognition. Walter recalls a movie actress who took onelook into the True Mirror andexclaimedthat she finally understood whyshe wasal- waysgettingcast in roles portray ing “tough, hard-boiled women.” Beforethat moment, shesaid, she never could understand why people would see her that way. It didn’t fit her self-image. Lists Help @ Holiday Celebrations Control Crush of Christmas This is day 5 on the Advent calendar, but it is OK to jump in now Buddhist Bodhi Day, celebrated with candle-lighting ceremo- ay, is Dec. Hanukkah, Jewish Festival of the Lights, begins at sundown Dec. 13. A menorah (candelabrumwith nine candle holders) @ Continued from B-1 candied fruit), S: and candles are available at Congregation Kol Ami, 2425.8. 2760 South. St. Lucy’s day is Dec. 13 erolls at Les- lie's French Pastries are heavenly for a winter's morning LasPosadas begi: s Dec. 16. Do not forget the pinatas. Winter Solstice, the year's shortest day, is Dec. 21 Arrange a cookie. Have six friends make six dozen cookies each anddivide them. Ky inzaa begins Dec. 26. Red, green and black candles are available at the Golden Braid bookstore, 151 S. 500 East. Set out baking supplies the night before Freeze cookies. longer to eat them. It will take MNo time to bake? Buy plain cookies, letlittle ones decorate. if youplan one-trip shopping, take someonewith you. Twocarts are faster than one. WFreeze latkes (potato pan- cakes) in tin-foil layers on cookie sheets. ly recipe and give @ Frying latkes, baking cookies caroling orgoingto see the holiday lights. MThere is nothing wrong with “store bought.” This is the season for whichthe deli was invented. On the homefront: Clean ashes from fireplace; stack woedandkindling. @ Most wrappingpaperisnot re cycleable. Plan to use it again. Do not plan to burn wrappings or paperplatesin the fireplace. Get extra trash bags. Better yet, consider is time-consuming. Call your mother/mother-in-law/aunt to chat. wrappinggifts in comics from The Double up when you cook Salt Lake Tribune. Remove tape, andrecycle. & Donot let someonedo holiday Theywill love it and it may keep youfromthe munchies. meatballs, freeze for dinne: e@; stews and close-to-holiday Use see-through bags if you arecasual about labeling packages. The week ofthe holiday: @Start making roomin the respgeratoe — eat or toss leftovers. @ Buyperishables. Getextra ice Try one-potdinners, potroast, chili, chowder for nights before newshounds behind KUER’s radio program “Friday Whilenotalongthe lines of the rapid-fire sound bites of news. weather and traffic on commer- ferring toit as “Last Edition.” newsdepartment will be producing additional news reports that Edition” are expanding it to an hour this week, half-jokingly reThelong-formradio programis getting the ax because station managers are hoping to focus on harder news and morecoverage of Salt Lake City and the surrounding area. The final episode airs today at 4 and6:30 p.m., with a retrospective of some of the most memorabie “sound-rich sto: ries” from the program’s seven- year history We were told it’s not the best useof our station’s news staff and resources, and we are going to concentrate one efforts on more local ney Doug Fabrizio, fiaih dircctoral he Universityof Utah-operated public-radio sta tion. “Thestorieswill get shorter. but we hope to take the same thoughtful approachto thespots we producefor alarger audience in the morning cial radio stations, homeorhospital will warm your insides. MIf you are alone for the holi- days, ask someoneto share a movie or walk through the neighborhood to see decorations. dog. Easywiththe cat. ers. Keep an eye on your neigh bor’s house, too. and the iguana. Donot forget their @ Kittylitter works on icy walk andstair patches. 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