EXHIBIT 99.1

MEDIA ADVISORY
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          Intelligent Life buys Green Magazine, Personal Finance Magazine

Veteran Personal Finance Editor joins Intelligent Life's personal finance site,
                                 the Whiz.com


NORTH PALM BEACH, FLA.-August 30, 1999-Intelligent Life Corporation (Nasdaq:
ILIF), today announced that it has purchased Green Magazine, Inc. Green delivers
personal finance and investment advice for the rest of us, but with style and
wit. Green founder Ken Kurson will remain Green's Editor-in-Chief and will work
with Intelligent Life to refine its editorial message on its the Whiz.com
(www.theWhiz.com) personal finance Web site.
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Kurson is currently the money columnist for Esquire and The Source magazines,
appears regularly on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" program, and is a
weekly commentator on CNNfn's "Take it Personally" program. Kurson's recent
book, The Green Magazine Guide to Personal Finance (Doubleday), was widely
praised for its readability and smart approach.

"We are very impressed by Ken's energy and dedication to his readers," said
G. Cotter Cunningham, Senior Vice President of Intelligent Life. "He increases
our credibility and expertise in areas like investing, where we are eager to
expand our offerings. In addition, Green's headquarters in New York City gives
us easier access to the world's financial markets."

"When John Packel and I started Green we dreamed of a day like today," said
Kurson. "I'm thrilled by the opportunity to bring Green's sense and sensibility
to the growing audience Intelligent Life is building, and I'm proud to play for
this team."

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Green has enjoyed strong praise from the media. "Strips away the jargon to
expose the nuts and bolts of the financial market. Green is Kurson's way of
reaching average Joes and Janes who have decided to play the personal finance
game ... Green is about making sure the many are well informed," -- Wired.

About Intelligent Life
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Intelligent Life Corporation is an online financial publisher employing a staff
of more than 80 editors and researchers. The company creates original content
for its personal finance sites, bankrate.com, the Whiz.com, Consejero.com and
CPNet.com, bankrate.com provides consumers with independent, objective research
on banking and credit products including mortgages, home equity loans and credit
cards. In addition, this information is published on co-branded Internet sites
through more than 70 distributions, including Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), CNN,Smart
Money and AOL (NASDAQ: AOL). The company's original research is also distributed
through major national and local publications, bankrate.com has approximately
one million unique visitors per month, according to Media Metrix.

For more information contact:
Vicki Greene / Roger Bentley                        G.Cotter Cunningham
Miller/Shandwick Technologies                       Intelligent Life Corp.
617-536-0470                                        561-630-1265
rbentley@miller.shandwick.com                       cotterc@bankrte.com
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vgreene@miller.shandwick.com
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