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That's why some members of the "In Defense of Freedom" alliance that sprang up after Sept. 11 -- and includes libertarian, conservative, and liberal groups -- are alarmed. Presumably 'digital audio' means MP3 playback capability. It'll be interesting to see if there's a market for Sony's Clies. .< 11:32:59 PM  >Apple has posted an amusing new iMac ad in QuickTime movie format. [Macintouch] The official Apple version of the file many of us downloaded the night the ad first aired. .< 11:16:42 PM >NATIONAL POST ONLINE | Bandleader changes tune on O Canada Senate studies changes: 'Traditionalist' Banks now favours altering lyrics to anthem: " He said the first known English version of the anthem, printed in 1908, reveals the word "us" on the exactly same syllable and musical note that the word "sons" appears in the current version. The 65-year-old musician said it is believed the lyric was changed in 1913 because of the Boer War when young men were being sent off to battle. But he added: "Even then, it was not true that we only sent young men off to battles."" Actually, he supports the idea of reverting to the original text. Interesting bit of history of which very few of us were aware. .< 11:15:07 PM >Tiny Ontario restaurant makes world 10-best list. Globe and Mail Mar 11 2002 3:40PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] More on the restaurant in rural Ontario that made it into the list of the top 10 restaurants in the world. .< 10:58:15 PM >Exabyte lowers pricing on VXA-1 tape drives [MacNN] Great news for us. We're about to buy into this format for archiving our hi res audio material. .< 10:52:54 PM >Apple’s new unix-porting mailing list is “for community discussions regarding all the questions people face when doing a port: What’s different about Darwin? Which high-level toolkits should I use for my GUI? Is there a workaround for this problem? Has someone tried to port this before?” [mac.scripting.com] Good move. We're getting lots of converts. Go Apple. .< 10:48:35 PM >Hatch: No Lid on Online Music. In a speech to music retailers, senator and aspiring songwriter Orrin Hatch says he doesn't support requiring major labels to license content online. Joanna Glasner reports from San Francisco. [Wired News] "Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican and songwriter, told music retailers Monday that the federal government will be the driving force in deciding the future of online music distribution."
Does this scare anyone? Washington is going to determine how music is sold. Reminder: music is sold in other countries. .< 10:42:19 PM >The America-hating left turns up the volume. Six months after al-Qaida killed more than 3,000 civilians, they'd rather bash Bush and Ashcroft than our terrorist enemies. [Salon.com] I've asked in another column how Salon can praise Bush's handling of the war and still think he's stupid, and still haven't received an answer. I wanted to point to this article in the interests of seeing what the other side had to say. I can' read the whole article because I'm not a member of Salon. But this quote above may be enough for me. I won't pass judgment on Bush's war here, but is it not conceivable to the author that someone can be stupid (and how can he doubt that this guy is a dolt?) and still have handlers and advisors who keep him on track on certain issues? .< 10:31:45 PM >Hybrid cars: They're here, but nobody's buying. Everyone from stars to greens to President Bush seems to be hyping gas-and-electric cars. So why do we keep buying SUVs? [Salon.com] I was standing beside a particularly large SUV yesterday. I was in the middle of the largest city in Canada. This thing was immaculate and had a leather interior (ie, it's not used for roughing it). I was thinking to myself, 'how can a person convince themselves that they need one of these things? How can they rationalize the damage they are doing? .< 10:15:28 PM >New Feature: Titles and Links in Radio-generated RSS.  [Scripting News]Don't think I'll make use of this. Mind you, if it could be turned on for specific categories . . . . .< 10:05:17 PM >Apache Web-Serving with OS X, Part 5 [Mac OS X Hints] .< 6:54:58 PM >On Air provides a virtual radio studio and DJ mixing tools for Mac OS 8.5 through 9.x plus Mac OS X's Classic environment. Version 2.2 of the $25 application from THHdesign adds new volume adjustment functions and a search engine, plus the ability to import iTunes playlists and improved playlist functions. Other features include auto-generation of HTML pages using track information, jog shuttles, and automatic mixing. [Macintouch] .< 5:15:10 PM >Anne McIlroy: Deciding the future of healthcare in Canada. Guardian Unlimited Mar 11 2002 7:42AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] So the debate over public or private medicine is out of date. What is needed is an intelligent debate over what basic services need to be protected, so that all Canadians have equal access to a health care system that meets their fundamental needs. It is a difficult task, and it is not clear if the federal commission now travelling the country will be able to deliver. .< 3:02:30 PM >The Globe and Mail: SeriesThe genius of Web sites for accommodating multiple points of view is nowhere better illustrated than in the recent on-line craze for public diaries, or "blogs." The term is a shortening of Weblog - and also the name of the easy-to-use technology available at www.blogger.com: "Push-Button Publishing for the People." This is the Globe so if you're interested, read the article now. It will go off line 7 days after publication. Ironic, given that the article is about weblogs, and weblogs drive traffic to sites like this. .< 2:55:47 PM >Fleet Street - the story in links. Net notes: Stop the press! Fleet Street is 300 years old today. Read all about it with our guide to the newspaper industry's spiritual home. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 2:52:30 PM >Using SoundFont technology with QT5 [MacNN] .< 2:49:59 PM >Spying: The American Way of Life?. After Sept. 11's terrorist attacks, many Americans applauded new laws granting police more surveillance and eavesdropping powers. Now, six months later, is it time to rethink this plan? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News] .< 2:47:17 PM >Pixel Tester 1.1 is a minor update with a change to the Title window in the free Mac OS X utility from Pascal Chiotasso. The utility uses several patterns to test for dead pixels on LCD screens. Updates to Pascal's ASCII Viewer, File Monitor, Font Viewer and Mini Calculator utilities are also available. [Macintouch] .< 1:38:31 PM >Weary U.S. troops return from battle as Canadian soldiers prepare to fight. CBC Mar 11 2002 2:09AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] .< 1:30:23 PM >Wild wind gusts howl across Ontario. Toronto Star Online Mar 11 2002 6:03AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]Mother Nature wreaked havoc across Southern Ontario this weekend, bending trees, snapping hydro lines, blinding drivers and sending us a chilling reminder that winter isn't over yet.
In southern Ontario, winds clocked 125 km/h in places, bringing a drastic change in temperature. People who had been spotted jogging in T-shirts on Saturday morning were sent scuttling for winter jackets and touques less than 24 hours later, as the thermometer plummeted 24 degrees to [~]6C. Former Linux fan buys first Mac and loves it. .< 11:55:14 AM >FPU tests show Pentium faster than PowerPC [MacNN] Ouch. .< 11:52:34 AM >It could never happen here .... September 11: Six months on, the terrorist attacks remain unfathomable to New Yorkers, writes Liesl Schillinger. [Guardian Unlimited]It is hard to explain how frightened and subdued New Yorkers felt last September, October, November. On September 10, we were invincible. On September 12, we were infinitely vulnerable. A fine article. Well worth the read. .< 2:09:27 AM >U.S. and Canada Unite to Secure Open PortalThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct access to its fingerprint database [~] the first time a foreign agency has had a direct link to the information. Both countries will send customs inspectors to each other's busiest seaports. The countries are sharing visa information. The Border Patrol has increased the number of joint enforcement and surveillance teams with its Canadian counterparts and has stationed a liaison officer at the Mounted Police headquarters in Ottawa. My goodness. The Canucks do get something in return. I think. .< 1:39:50 AM >Five UK restaurants among worlds best - along with a fly infested Canadian upstart. Guardian Unlimited Mar 10 2002 9:07PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] But none can equal the meteoric rise to world ranking of the 9th listed - Eigensinn Farm restaurant, founded only three years ago in Ontario, Canada. Turns out they've been winning accolades from many corners. Follow some of these links. .< 1:28:47 AM >'We won't move from here till we vote'. World latest: Last night, the Harare high court ordered that Zimbabwe's presidential election be extended to a third day following claims that the ruling party had engineered horrendous queues and laborious voting procedures to keep people away from the polls in urban areas. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 1:25:49 AM >Option click to position terminal cursor [Mac OS X Hints] I didn't even know there were prefs for the Terminal, never mind the ability to place your cursor with the mouse. |
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