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Those "good" Canucks strike again. .< 1:13:10 PM  >A Penguin Angle on the Ox: Day One at Macworld Of course there was plenty of buzz about what Steve would announce at the show. This is beyond predictable, since Steve's keynote speech is high mass on the holiest day in the Macintosh liturgical calendar. Lots of good quotes in this article about how unix freaks are showing up at MacWorld but I couldn't resist this one. So true. .< 1:09:14 PM >The Round Mound of IMac Rebound. Everyone's going cock-a-hoop for Apple's new iMac. Mac users love it and so do PC people. One analyst thinks it will be the best-selling computer ever made. Leander Kahney reports from Macworld in San Francisco. [Wired News] They're calling it the iWant. .< 1:02:15 PM > News from Radio UserLand. The new version will be 8.0, not 7.1 as previously reported. I've been here before. Working on a project that was supposed to be a quick refinement, and it blossoms and then drags on, and thirteen months later, it has developed into something much more. The next release of Radio has a new content management system, it's file-system-based, and lots of new features around that, and lots more possibilities for people who are new to CMS's and scripting. We asked the betas last night if they agreed, and they do (with one exception, noted). So the release formerly known as 7.1, will henceforth be known as 8.0. Friday is the ship date, we may slip to Monday. (We probably will.) [Scripting News]
Yay! I can hardly wait. Good luck with the rollout UserLand! .< 12:57:49 PM >The Register captures some of the excitement behind Microsoft's CES announcements.  [Scripting News]
Yeah. They can't figure out what the heck it's for or why anyone would buy one either! .< 1:55:36 AM >CBC brings the brilliant stage adaptation of The Overcoat to TV Lavish praise has already been heaped on the brilliant, touching adaptation of Gogol's story The Overcoat by Vancouver theatre artists Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling. The Vancouver stage production, which has not a single word of dialogue and runs entirely on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, enchanted audiences across Canada a couple of years ago. This week, the CBC broadcast of a television adaptation will bring the show, which originated at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, to an even wider public.
Tamara's review . . . in which she goes off on her own tangent as usual. Poking fun at people she doesn't agree with. I think she's right this time. .< 1:48:11 AM >Opening Night - Episode Summaries A play performed without dialogue, its performances, choreography, music and imagery tell a story that is full of joy and pathos. Opening Night's pages with a fair bit of background. .< 1:36:10 AM >Our own terror cells. If the Bush administration treated homegrown terrorists like their overseas comrades, its dragnet could ensnare the far political right -- and John Ashcroft. [Salon.com] An obvious though rarely discussed point. .< 12:51:12 AM >Another indicator of Apple's influence in the blogging world. I couldn't make my window wide enough to show the huge number of weblogs pointing to the iMac rollout. I've never seen any story get that kind of rating from Daypop. Microsoft doesn't even appear on the chart. [Scripting News]
Fantastic. Check this out. Exactly what I've been talking about. .< 12:30:01 AM >Lexar cruise in with their own reader. (Pun). CES 2002: Lexar has today announced a new Portable USB card reader for MMC/SD cards. Not to be outdone by SanDisk and just a day after they announced their Cruze product the new Lexar portable USB MMC/SD... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Choice is good. We like that. I'll buy the one that works with iPhoto. .< 12:23:54 AM >Mac OS X Hints: Use ‘touch’ to organize pictures for iPhoto. [mac.scripting.com] Tip to keep in mind. Still haven't had a chance to play with iPhoto. Having too much fun blogging! .< 12:21:59 AM >MacSlash: Retrospect 5.0 Mac OS X Preview Released. [mac.scripting.com] More good news. .< 12:19:24 AM >Afghans eat grass as aid fails to arrive. World latest: The resurgence of rival warlords is stopping relief supplies reaching desperate communities in remote northern mountain settlements. [Guardian Unlimited] Bush could just drop a few more bombs in there and get rid of that pesky problem. .< 12:12:07 AM > An interesting A-B comparison. Today at CES Microsoft will make a big announcement about home computing. On stage, Bill Gates, the richest man in the world. A single division at MS is bigger than all of Apple Computer. Yet as far as I can see, there are no fan sites speculating about the temperature of Gates's drivel, or what kind of clothes he wears, or taking tours of his wife's garden. After the announcement, I think we'll see that MS's offering is more interesting, from a technology and market standpoint, perhaps even historic, but will anyone care? And of course, some think Apple has more to announce. I would like that. Go Apple. Go get Uncle Bill. [Scripting News]
Oh dear. Ignore the graphic and read the words. Jobs' coolness must drive geeks crazy. I think Dave betrays a bit of that here. |
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