SAN FRANCISCO – When Ed Gallagher goes sailing, he wears a webcam on his head, straps a netbook computer to his hip and hops onto a boat with his dog. Then he relies on Herb Meyer, a skipper back on ...

GREILICKVILLE — Dave and Kristen Conrad run a business that draws nearly all of its customers from elsewhere. Most of its inventory is owned by people who live outside the region. But they sell ...