Wired August 2008 Author:Magazine Wired's Third Annual "How To" Issue: Wired's How To guide will teach you the essentials on everything from scoring venture capital cash to looking great in a TV interview, to ho to get internet famous. There's great insider advice on how to pretend to be working, how to apologize, getting comped in Vegas, making friends with celebrities, and c... more »onvincing your neighbors that you're rich. And to enhance your Wired cred, there's guidance on how to be nerdy and still get dates, how set up a room for vlogging, using your cell phone as an Internet hot spot, and making your blog a top destination. Plus: George Church plans to sequence the DNA of 100,000 people - and while he's at it he's asking some very personal questions. The California Department of Health recently sent cease and desist letters to 23andMe, Knome, and other personal gene-testing companies, posing a challenge for Church and his goal of creating a database that could unlock the mysteries of life. Deputy editor Thomas Goetz goes inside the Personal Genome Project and weighs in on the complex world of personal genomics.« less