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US $29 .< 7:05:33 PM  >Powell, Arafat meeting postponed 
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has postponed a visit with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the State Department says. The announcement followed a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem market that killed six Israelis and wounded many more. [CBC News] .< 7:03:48 PM >Merde most foul. Paris dispatch: Dog-owners face fines if their pets are caught adding to the 15 tonnes dumped on the city's streets every day, writes Jon Henley. [Guardian Unlimited] Mon dieu! Paris will not be the same! .< 6:36:20 PM >> Change of heart unlikely, Arthur Kaptainis, Montreal Gazette, 4/12/2002 [La Scena Musicale - News] A good article with some quotes from musicians. I think my initial reaction was correct. .< 6:28:27 PM >Red, Blue, Green and Other Sounds. The region of the brain that processes sight remains alive and active even in blind people, and two separate studies offer insight into the sightless world. Mark K. Anderson reports from Tucson, Arizona. [Wired News] 'At this week's Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference in Tucson, Peter Meijer of Philips Laboratories presented his work on using sound to help the blind to see. His "Voice " technology uses a webcam mounted on a subject's head to scan one's field of view from left to right, and convert height into pitch and brightness into loudness. To the uninitiated, the resulting bleepy "soundscape" sounds like nothing so much as a Kraftwerk outtake. Yet these blips and hisses have given a rudimentary sense of sight to several blind subjects who have grown to love their new Voice.' Completely fascinating. .< 6:23:08 PM >Convert clipboard contents to files in Preview [Mac OS X Hints] .< 6:21:16 PM >Online Journalism Review: The Rise of Digital News Networks. And from the vantage point of users, digital news networks can mean deeper and better news coverage -- or a sterile, homogenized product lacking soul, personality or purpose. When it comes to this flavor of convergence -- let's call it chain convergence -- execution is everything. [Tomalak's Realm] .< 6:20:29 PM >Book Review: Constructing Usable Web Menus. Aimed at intermediate to advanced developers, this book homes in on what works, and what doesn't when designing menus for the Web. By Andy King. 0412 [WebReference News] .< 6:11:20 PM >In the rush of excitement over the Google API release yesterday, it wasn't clear how one Manila server could handle multiple users making requests given the 1000 per key per day limit. Then it hit me driving home from dinner. Add an optional parameter to google.macros.box allowing you to specify a key. [Scripting News] This makes sense. I first tried putting the macro on "my canuck site" and quickly realized what the problem was. Looking forward to a solution. .< 4:37:56 PM >A new Manila macro makes it easy to include News Items on any page in your site.  [Scripting News].< 4:27:51 PM >DiveIntoOSX. Mark Pilgrim: “This site is a repository of information for Mac OS X and OS X Server administrators. It is not a discussion forum, a bulletin board, or a place for topical Mac news. It is a wiki, free to all and freely editable by all.” [ranchero.com] .< 4:25:00 PM >Canadian leader urges Africa responsibility. CNN Europe Apr 12 2002 12:45PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] ' Chretien emphasized the importance of African leaders keeping an eye on each others' respect for democracy and human rights when he met Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade and NEPAD coordinators in Dakar, officials said.' .< 4:11:51 PM >Kevin Werbach: "Web services, Weblogs and WiFi are the new WWW." In a few months I think Kevin will add outliners and OPML to his list.  [Scripting News]Except none of those start with 'w'! Maybe they'll be the new 'oo'! .< 4:08:53 PM >Dutoit resigns from OSM. Gramophone Apr 12 2002 10:43AM ET [Moreover - Arts and culture news] 'The management of the orchestra issued a statement in which it says it [OE]strongly deplores the situation and regrets the circumstances that led to Mr. Dutoit's decision[base '], adding that [OE]his departure will be managed in a harmonious way, respectful of his immense contribution to the development and international reputation of the Orchestra, and of the affection not only music lovers but the entire population of Montreal has for him.[base '] ' .< 12:07:18 PM >CBC ArtsCanada: MSO asks conductor to come back 'Two days after his resignation, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra executive committee asked Charles Dutoit to reconsider Friday. ' .< 3:22:14 AM >Authors Guild urges removal of Amazon links By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK -- Angered at Amazon.com for offering used editions of current books, the U.S. Authors Guild is urging members to remove links on their Web sites to the on-line retailer. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts] .< 3:15:50 AM >Barry Brown writes about finding a viable alternative to Apple's AirPort Base Station at half the price: " Agere has recently released the Orinoco RG-1100 Residential Gateway. It has no internal modem and supports 128-bit WEP encryption. After confirming with Agere technical support that it would, in fact, bridge AppleTalk packets, I found it online for $145 and placed an order. This product is amazing. Within five minutes of plugging it in, it had configured itself on my network and I was online after supplying the encryption password. And bonus! The AirPort configuration application works! "[Macintouch] .< 3:12:00 AM >We read the transcripts of the trial, and some of us read David Bank's book. No one with a mind was going to get in bed with Microsoft after reading about their low regard for developers. The Bank book was a expose of the first order, never has "it's even worse than it appears" been more clearly true. Who wants to be the next one to be deprived of air supply? HailStorm was the most megalomaniac attempted power grab ever. Not only did Microsoft want to write the rules for air supply, but they wanted to own the atmosphere. Why would anyone with a mind willingly sign up for that? [Scripting News] .< 3:02:08 AM >A reason to launch Java Web Start [Mac OS X Hints] .< 2:55:14 AM >A Catalog Grows as DVD's Boom. From documentaries and foreign films to the performing arts and family movies, the DVD format is putting meat on its bones all over the title spectrum. By Peter M. Nichols. [New York Times: Arts] .< 2:48:41 AM >Circumcised men less likely to infect women with cancer-causing virus: study. CNEWS Apr 11 2002 4:14AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] .< 2:46:50 AM >Geeky feature: Description Filter Callbacks. [Scripting News].< 2:43:16 AM >Not Just a Library, an Oasis of Civilization. What has always impressed me most forcefully about the New York Public Library is its connection to the everyday life of New Yorkers, from giggling teenagers to the very old. By Susan Jacoby. [New York Times: Arts] .< 2:37:55 AM >Confessions Sad and Sardonic: Shostakovich Recordings. The classical-music critics of The New York Times list their favorites among the many Shostakovich recordings now available. By The New York Times. [New York Times: Arts] .< 2:36:07 AM > 100th anniversary of Caruso's first recordingIt was a sunny afternoon 100 years ago, on April 11, 1902, when Enrico Caruso sauntered into the Grand Hotel in Milan. Two hours and 10 songs later, the Neapolitan tenor walked out with a cheque for 100 £ ($10,000 in today's currency) and the world of music would never be the same. [LaScena-Features] .< 2:31:18 AM >NAB Convention boon for Apple [MacNN] .< 2:28:07 AM >O'Reilly Network: Inventing the Future. Tim O'Reilly. But the most interesting part of the story is still untold, in the work of hundreds or thousands of independent projects that, like a progressively rendered image, will suddenly snap into focus. That's why I like to use the word "emergent." There's a story here that is emerging with increasing clarity. [Tomalak's Realm] .< 2:26:44 AM >Nicotine drug could be free on NHS. UK latest: Government watchdog believes move may double the number who quit smoking, which kills 300 a day. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 2:14:09 AM >Venezuela under control of armed forces: National Guard The government of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela may have been toppled early Friday morning in a military coup brought on by the shootings of more than 100 anti-government protesters. [CBC News] .< 2:11:55 AM >Canadians rally to save town's hockey rink. National Post Online Apr 12 2002 0:09AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] '"I have to tell you it gives me goosebumps, that people care so much about small towns, especially these people from out-of-province," said Richard Wolensky, a member of the Bellegarde Rural Development Council who, as the town's postmaster, has sifted through much of the mail.' .< 2:04:23 AM >Hailstorm fails as companies remain resistant [MacNN] Right on. Doomed from the start. .< 1:53:43 AM >Dutoit resigns as MSO conductor"It's sad that a relationship of nearly 25 years should end like this, but the musicians' well-being is more important than any one personality." .< 1:49:00 AM >Microsoft Executive Pledges Ongoing Support for Apple. SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) has pledged to keep writing software for Apple Computer Corp.'sMacintosh platform, the clearest sign yet the software giant will maintain crucial support for its rival despite the imminent lapsing of a 5-year pact between the two companies. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology] .< 1:32:18 AM >Expert Lists Goals of a Microsoft Penalty. Sanctions against Microsoft should seek to repair the damage the company's conduct did to competition in addition to preventing a repetition of its misdeeds, an economics expert told a federal judge. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology] .< 1:27:45 AM >The VIPs have left, so give back that flag. Globe and Mail Apr 11 2002 9:46PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] I hope someone gets canned for this. .< 1:20:51 AM >NATIONAL POST: Dutoit quits as conductor of Montreal's symphony 'Charles Dutoit, the celebrated artistic director who made the Montreal Symphony Orchestra one of the finest in the world, resigned last night over an ongoing battle with his musicians.' .< 1:12:42 AM >Dutoit Quits as Chief of Montreal Symphony Orchestra: "``The management strongly deplores the situation and regrets the circumstances that led to Mr. Dutoit's decision,'' the OSM said in a statement. " .< 1:06:54 AM >Flamboyant MSO artistic director lauded and panned following resignation .< 12:49:11 AM >Montreal Gazette:MSO's Dutoit quitting: "Three days after a blistering denunciation authorized by players who he raised to international fame, Charles Dutoit stunned Montrealers and the musical world last night by resigning as music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. " .< 12:11:40 AM >To use the new Google tools on your Manila site you need to make the macro legal. This is mentioned in Dave's instructions but he doesn't tell you how to make the macro legal. This page does. .< 12:01:47 AM >I've written a short entry called Dutoit Leaves Montreal. Time permitting I'll have links to sites covering the story. |
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