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Lipton's article anticipates a shift in how we use the web. Radio is the tool that has made it clear how necessary the change is. And weblogs are an integral part of the shift. .< 5:03:55 PM  >BBC News | AMERICAS | Canada basks in victory glow: " "We look like this weak link all the time, we are a nice country but that's it, we're nice," said Mark.
"In hockey we're a powerful country, we're strong, efficient, we win! It's the only place where we can kick the US in the ass, so it's very good for the pride, very good." " Background on weblogging and how he personally got involved. .< 1:02:12 PM >Apple posted two sample AppleScript Studio applications with source code. ImageEdit 1.0 manipulates images; iPhoto Tour 1.0 is a “‘talking head’ interactive instructor application.” [mac.scripting.com] .< 12:59:38 PM >Thestar.com/Canada's Olympians shone like gold: " But these Games will long be remembered for the triumphs, especially the achievements in men's and women's hockey, figure skating and speed skating." .< 12:57:58 PM >Thestar.com/Elated fans paint Toronto red, white: "Tens of thousands of delirious hockey fans turned Yonge St. into the world's longest party last night as they celebrated the end of a 50-year drought in Olympic men's hockey gold." .< 12:55:45 PM >Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Canada Roots for Olympic success Hats, jackets, scarves and sweatshirts with the Canadian maple leaf were also hot items, and for the first time in Olympic history (and perhaps ever) it was cool to be a Canadian, or at least to look like a Canadian. Ouch! Just kidding. This is a story about how Roots dressed the Canadian, US, and British athletes for the Olympics. .< 12:52:12 PM >After 50 Years, O Canada, Oh My (washingtonpost.com) From Whitehorse to Newfoundland to Winnipeg to Edmonton and Toronto, the nation was euphoric. .< 12:49:27 PM >Pioneer Press | 02/25/2002 | Canadian gold rush The gold medal was firmly in Canada's grasp now, and the sound began emanating from the crowd seated behind the north goal, building with each verse into a crescendo that swept across the ice and washed over each player wearing the red maple leaf. It was the Canadian national anthem, a spontaneous outburst of Canadian pride in an American arena that suddenly had been turned into the backyard rink of every kid who ever laced up a pair of skates from Halifax to Vancouver. This writing captures it nicely. It's a good reminder too, that while most of the US pretty much ignores us, the people in the border cities and towns are very much aware of our culture. And they are fine neighbours. .< 12:44:55 PM >Thestar.com/O, Canada - Gretzky's gang beats U.S. 5-2: " The greatest game in the world played by the best on Earth" Major cheerleading here. .< 12:39:35 PM >The NY Times asks "Is Weblog Technology Here to Stay or Just Another Fad?" Wouldn't it be something if they really attempted to answer the question.  [Scripting News]Certainly some of us will get bored or find a new toy and go away. But there are many who will stay, and the quality of the best of them will rise. .< 12:26:39 PM >MacInTouch readers provided an interesting variety of solutions to Steve Caplin's recent query about dubbing audio onto QuickTime movies, collected in a new report page. [Macintouch] .< 12:25:14 PM >Players Join Managers to Save the St. Louis SymphonyDuring the 1980's the St. Louis Symphony rose from the heartland to become one of the most acclaimed orchestras in the United States. It toured and recorded widely, delighting both critics and audiences with its fine musicianship and creative musical direction.
But about two years ago, with a suddenness that took even the orchestra itself by surprise, it plunged into a severe financial crisis caused largely by its ingrained habit of spending beyond its means. It faced the prospect of making devastating budget cuts in order to survive. Misleading headline. Apparenlty the latest thing is to zip an entire album worth of songs, the cover art and the booklet into one file and make it available for downloading. Convenient in that you have one file, but woefully ignorant of compression capabilities of software for various media types. .< 2:00:05 AM >CBC Sports Online : 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah : scottgold_020224 The Canadian Olympic Association would like to see Beckie Scott's bronze medal in the five-kilometre pursuit upgraded to gold after the two cross-country skiers who finished ahead of her were caught doping Sunday, according to a report by Canadian Press. She skied clean, the women ahead of her cheated. Why shouldn't she have a gold? .< 1:52:36 AM >CBC News: From Canada to Kandahar, fans rejoice over gold: Soldiers as far away as Kandahar, Afghanistan joined in the hoopla as the final buzzer sounded. On a military base where Canadians are vastly outnumbered by Americans, beating the U.S. seemed especially sweet for troops glued to a satellite TV signal on a giant screen. .< 1:35:41 AM >USA Today: WTC flight recorders still missing. Investigators have yet to find crucial voice and data recorders from doomed jetliners. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] .< 1:23:46 AM >Adobe announces Photoshop 7 [MacNN] Major news. Later than we all wished, but we're glad it's coming. .< 12:42:27 AM >CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice Hockey - Canada beats USA 5-2 to win gold medal - Sunday February 24, 2002 11:22 PM "You don't know what it's like to have a piano on your back. No other team had more pressure than ours," defenseman Al MacInnis said. "Everybody in Canada was watching with the same intensity that we played the game with. It's amazing the way a sport can bring the country together." .< 12:36:21 AM >CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice Hockey - Canada beats USA 5-2 to win gold medal As the Edmonton Oilers' ice specialists made the surface at the E Center rink, they sank a loonie -- a golden Canadian dollar coin -- into it for good luck.
"I dug it up and we're going to give it to the Hockey Hall of Fame," Team Canada executive director Wayne Gretzky said. Our greatest victories will always be in hockey. And the greatest was the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series. .< 12:17:51 AM >CBS News | Canada Strikes Ice Hockey Gold | Sun, 24 Feb 2002 23:05:05 ESTThere were unexpected swings in momentum, excellent goaltending and a noisy, pro-American crowd that drowned out the pockets of Canadian fans. That is, until the end, after Sakic's second goal ignited a wave of "O Canada" singing. There we were at home, cheering in front of the television when suddenly Sandy said 'What are they doing? Singing?' It was amazing. There they were in an American rink with a minute or so to play in the game and the Canadian fans broke out spontaneously into the national anthem. You think this game isn't a big deal in this country? Wow. .< 12:04:34 AM >BBC SPORT | Winter Olympics 2002 | Ice Hockey | Canada clinch ice hockey triumph: " Canadian broadcaster CBC predicted the match would draw the largest TV audience for any event in the nation's history.
The hockey-crazy Canadians are back on top of the world thanks to a team built by Wayne Gretzky. Car horns blared and jubilant fans streamed into downtown Toronto streets just minutes after Team Canada notched a 5-2 win over the U.S. in what many Canadians considered the most important hockey game in 30 years.
"We won!" shouted Toronto police Sgt. Chris Dionne just moments after the final buzzer sounded." |
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