Thursday, 21 February 2002
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The Globe and Mail: Breaking News: "But referee Stacey Livingston of Utica, N.Y., kept blowing her whistle. Another three penalties made it seven in a row against Canada. Livingston was on the brink of spoiling the game. She was calling way too many penalties.."
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CBC Sports Online : 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah : canada_usa_gold020221 The underdogs bit back. After losing eight straight games to their bitter rivals, Canada's women's hockey team came up big when it counted. The Canadians beat the United States 3-2 Thursday to capture the Olympic gold medal and avenge their loss to the Americans four years ago in Nagano.
Very exciting game. Particularly satisfying since the officiating was so bad and we spent so much time in the penalty box. Sweet!
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A federal appeals court yesterday nullified two long-standing government rules limiting the size of the world's largest media companies, opening the door to a new wave of mergers among cable television conglomerates and broadcast companies.
Deregulation in meida industries always takes place when politicians need their media outlets to be loyal. Usually around election time or during wartime. Be wary of what you see on TV. [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom] Part of the Axis of Stupidity
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New Radio UserLand feature: Comments. "The Comments feature adds a link to a popup window for each item on your weblog, allowing readers to discuss your observations, answer questions, or drag you down a notch or two with a nice juicy flame." [Jake's Radio 'Blog]Works with Manila sites as well. Might look into this when I have time.
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Following up on previous non-specific claims in Greenpeace Germany's magazine in November that a US government biologist was behind the spate of anthrax mailings, the (UK) Independent newspaper reports today that the US Federation of American Scientists has claimed the FBI knows exactly who mailed the anthrax, but is dragging its feet over bringing charges "because the suspect is a former government scientist." [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]
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Video and digital tape: $180. Microphone: $45. CDs: $20. Video transfer: $300. Making a name with your first film: Priceless [The Globe And Mail - Arts]
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Thestar.com/Bring on Belarus, as Canada dumps Finns: " Team Canada 2002, a team organized by Wayne Gretzky that has taken the country through a broad spectrum of emotions and wild controversy since landing in Utah last week, moved to within one win of the gold medal match at the Salt Lake Games with a thrilling 2-1 victory over Finland last night."
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Plastic is pointing to a Village Voice piece about the Top Ten Questions the Media Can't Answer.
Its a real eye opener to read this then flip on CNN or FOX News and listen to the verbal diarrhea. Fun for the whole family. [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom] Check out this top 10 list. There are, of course, many other questions. This is only 10.
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HP, Gateway: MS Seattlement terms screw us too. No it doesn't -MS [The Register]
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Webcasters Learn Cost of Music The U.S. Copyright Office ended years of haggling between webcasters and the recording industry by declaring that webcasters would pay .0014 cents per use of every song. Commercial radio stations that simulcast their broadcasts over the Internet will pay half that rate.
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Point-'n'-Shoot Sound Makes WavesResearchers have developed technology that can project a beam of sound so narrow that only one person can hear it. "Directed" audio sounds like it's coming from right in front of you even when transmitted from a few hundred meters away.
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I got the following email from tc this morning:
'We have released software version 2.50 for System6000.
It can be downloaded together with information about the changes from http://www.system6000.com
Highlights in the new version:
- MDW HiRes EQ from George Massenburg
- Stereo BrickWall limiter
- Stereo De-Esser
- TC Icon editor for Mac'
Hopefully it also fixes the little bugs I've seen. This is a wonderful piece of hardware.
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Too late to stop the hangman?. Missouri is determined to execute Joseph Amrine for murder even though every prosecution witness and the jury foreman now say he's innocent and new witnesses point to another man. Why? A federal law says the evidence came in too late. [Salon.com] Maybe they should just hang Missouri.
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Guardian Unlimited Sport | Olympics | Stapleford threatens legal action"
Curling has been the surprise hit of these games. About 42% of Olympic television coverage has been devoted to curling. That interest has been mirrored on the web where curling moved ahead of Anna Kournikova on Yahoo's index listing the most searched athletes and sports topics on the internet."What?! They haven't heard of Catriona?!! This is funny because I just went to google to search for curling (for this link) and the graphic was of that very sport. Bizarre.
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CBC News: Ontario premier files $15 million libel suit: " The outgoing premier of Ontario is suing The Globe and Mail for libel, claiming the newspaper falsely said he ordered police to move against a group of native protesters in 1995. " Ooh la la. Many people suspect a connection but I'm surprised the Globe made that bold a claim.
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Nikon D100 - 6 megapixel D-SLR. PMA 2002: 07:00 EST GMT: Nikon has today announced its first foray into the 'prosumer' digital SLR market. The new D100 digital SLR is based on the popular F100 film SLR. The D100 features a six megapixel ... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]They say it will be very competitively priced but it's a relative term. I'm waiting for Canon to come out with something that will handle the lenses I have for my analogue camera.
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Blue Robot: "Just one LINK element or SCRIPT element inside a document's HEAD element will prevent a flash of unstyled content." [Scripting News]Should I get to css land some day I'll want to have this tip at hand.
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Jonathon Delacour: " All of which is just a preamble to writing about this terrific beer site I discovered: RateBeer.com. (Over 44,000 real user ratings of more than 11,600 beers!) The range of beers rated is astonishing and, while the quality of the ratings obviously varies, the knowledge and wit of some users is impressive." Delighted to have found this site via Jon Delacour's site.
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CBC Sports Online : 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah : teamcanada020221Whew. They outshot, outchanced and outplayed the Finns, but Team Canada had to bear down and battle to the very last second to ensure a shot at the gold medal. Whew, I guess!
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