Tuesday, 15 January 2002
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Beta: Manila-Blogger Bridge Tool. In a nutshell, it lets you mirror your Radio 8 weblog to any centralized CMS that supports the Blogger API. Today we tested with Manila, Blogger, and by surprise, found out that Movable Type already supports the API, and MBBT works with it too! Now there's something to stand up and cheer about. It's still a beta, I expect there will be updates, but if you've been waiting for this, please give it a try. Praise Murphy! [Scripting News]
I have been waiting for this. But I also need to clear my mind and a moment in time to start playing with Radio 8.
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A Flat, Flat, Flat Screen World. With Apple leading the way, flat screens are set to replace traditional monitors for good. 'In the next two years every major player will market an all-in-one flat panel (computer system),' says one analyst. By Jeffrey Benner. [Wired News]
Yup, they'll all be playing catch-up now.
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CBC News: Liberal government gets major facelift Public Works Minister Alfonso Gagliano, dogged by allegations that he used his influence to get jobs for his friends, becomes ambassador to Denmark
Do crooks in the ChrÈtien government get preferential treatment?
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Old pictographs brought to life with new art. China Daily Jan 15 2002 10:06AM ET [Arts and culture news]
"Old", but not in the way westerners think of "old" art.
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"next to of course god america i". Hear a rare recording of e.e. cummings reading this famous piece and three other poems. [Salon.com]
I think it's great that Salon is doing this series.
.< 11:19:42 AM >
BBC News | SCI/TECH | Flat-screen iMac wows design guru "I searched it thoroughly and studied it carefully looking for problems or flaws," he said. "I couldn't find anything. It is brilliant design," he told the BBC World Service programme Go Digital.
A quirkily English article.
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Independent News The new shape emerged shortly afterwards: a dome is the only shape that lets the screen swivel without having "preferred" positions, maximises stability and offers lots of horizontal space. After that, it was the fine detail ïFD0 of which there is a huge amount.
A fine interview with a great designer.
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