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One detects seething resentment of the guild's handling of the situation. This is a good article. Read this one and Kaptanis's for a good sense of what's happening. .< 5:53:08 PM  >The rubble of Jenin. As Powell arrives and positions harden, Palestinians ousted from the refugee camp tell of widespread destruction, while a U.N. relief agency warns of disaster. [Salon.com] .< 5:51:44 PM >How Microsoft is helping to reduce productivity world-wide: Blue Screen of Death [jenett.radio] [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] .< 5:50:19 PM >The baton of blame - Many share responsibility for discord at the MSO, Arthur Kaptainis, Montreal Gazette, 4/13/2002 [La Scena Musicale - News]'Perhaps this tragedy will have a fairy-tale ending. But it is more likely that Montreal, in a season or two, will have a fair-to-middling music director, and an orchestra to match. It will be exactly the combination that everybody deserves.' Kaptanis documents some of the major bungling that went into this disaster. He also points out (as I did) the pathetic response of the orchestra's administration to remedy the situation. .< 5:41:17 PM >Getting Starry-Eyed Over Digital. The race is on to install digital projection systems for proper showings of movies such as the new Star Wars installment. But where's the money coming from to pay for it? Michael Stroud reports from the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. [Wired News] Interesting. This relates directly to our "Toronto AES" day-long meeting coming up in May. .< 5:34:33 PM >Wired: "The company spent no money on marketing and received no media coverage, but like the best technology often does these days, the site found its way onto various weblogs and discussion sites, and 'we got slammed with traffic,' Diamond said." For what it's worth, Scripting News is media. This is where the Oddpost story broke.  [Scripting News]Yes, it's media. That doesn't mean you're a journalist. Fortunately we know what we're getting when we come to Scripting News. An opionated editorialist who covers his areas of specialty and interst well. That's a good thing. .< 4:25:02 PM >BBC News | ENGLAND | Lost city found off Indian coast [Daypop Top 40]'The ruins, which are off the coast of Mahabalipuram, cover many square miles and seem to prove that a major city once stood there.' .< 4:21:43 PM >"Are Bloggers Journalists? - On the rise of Amateur Journalism and the need for a Blogging Code of Ethics - Microcontent News, a Corante.com Microblog" [Daypop Top 40] I think it's pretentious for webloggers to think of themselves as journalists. It doesn't mean that you don't have something to offer. But just because you give me the tools to do something, it doesn't make me as qualified as someone who does the work professionally. .< 4:18:10 PM >The Daypop Top 40 now has a white-on-orange XML icon. This means that the top stories of the weblog world can appear alongside the NY Times and news from your co-worker. [Scripting News].< 4:12:58 PM >Paolo: "All borders between your desktop and the rest of the universe are fading, you can borrow the search capabilities of Google's powerful servers from within your favourite application, or you can read news from the New York Times on the same page containing the news from your co-worker telling you what's up today." [Scripting News].< 4:06:40 PM >Dutoit Asked to Rethink His Abrupt Resignation. The executive board of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra has asked Charles Dutoit, its music director for 25 years, to reconsider his sudden resignation on Wednesday. By Lawrence Van Gelder. [New York Times: Arts]' The orchestra's executive committee, which expressed disappointment at Mr. Dutoit's resignation, asked him on Thursday to postpone his decision and to finish this season and next to ensure what it called "a harmonious transition."' This is completely the wrong approach. All that does is buy the orchestra management some time to get a new conductor. Dutoit should help management out of their short-term problem?. Rather selfish and not something Dutoit wouldn't see through. I would think that way everyone really wants is to have Dutoit back permanently. Perhaps there's more to the comments than what NYT quotes here. .< 4:01:16 PM >NPR Is Shaking Up Its Pop Programming. National Public Radio has announced a major restructuring of its cultural division aimed in part at increasing coverage of popular culture. By Dinitia Smith. [New York Times: Arts] Oh dear. .< 4:00:03 PM >A Conductor and a Cellist Toast Each Other in Music. However one regards Seiji Ozawa's work in Boston, it was impossible not to sense the page of history turning during a valedictory concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday. By Allan Kozinn. [New York Times: Arts] .< 3:57:40 PM >Renegade View on Child Sex Causes a Storm. When the University of Minnesota Press agreed to publish a book called "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex," it was clear that it would be controversial. By Robert F. Worth. [New York Times: Arts]'What Ms. Levine does argue is that the fear of pedophilia is overblown and that the age of consent should be lowered in certain circumstances. Ms. Levine tries to separate what she sees as real risks [~] H.I.V. infection, unwanted pregnancies and sexual violence [~] from risks she calls exaggerated or even invented. She argues forcefully against abstinence-only education and what she sees as a pervasive tendency to view all manifestations of childhood sexuality as dangerous or disturbing.' .< 3:31:54 PM >Arafat expresses 'deep condemnation' of terrorism 
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned terrorism in a statement released Saturday, clearing the way for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. [CBC News] .< 3:18:59 PM >In Search Of The Ultimate OS X Tip [Macintosh News] .< 3:14:02 PM >ThinkFree Office 2.0. Affordable word processing, spreadsheet, presentation suite (download, 14.6M) [Macintosh News]'Its powerful, yet easy-to-use applications can seamlessly open, edit, and save directly to the corresponding Microsoft(R) Office file formats like .doc, .xls, and .ppt. ThinkFree Write, Calc and Show allows users to effortlessly exchange files with friends and co-workers using Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.' Interesting! Runs in java though. Sure would be nice to not have to use MS Office in Classic. .< 3:07:40 PM >Get File Path 1.2. Copies to the clipboard the transformed path of a file dropped on it (download, 586k) [Macintosh News] This is handy functionality. I have a Radio script which I can call with Brent's Contextual Menu plugin for Radio. .< 3:04:23 PM >Ask MacSlash: Dual Audio Output? [Macintosh News] More is better, right?! Some people have the strangest ideas. Sigh. .< 3:00:07 PM >Pixel Tester 1.3. Helps you detect any dead pixel on your screen or LCD display (download, 582k) [Macintosh News] Might want this for when the "Cinema Display" makes it's way into the studio. .< 2:50:41 PM >What, We Worry?. Don't fret about the little things in Mac OS X — it'll be fine in the end. (Macworld via MyAppleMenu) [Macintosh News] David Pogue is always worth reading. This is from the special issue on OS X on newstands now. .< 12:53:52 AM >Thestar.com/Montreal's loss won't be the TSO's gain: "He doesn't need Canada nearly as much as Canada needs him.
Frankly, there isn't another conductor of his international stature working in this country. His prestige was instrumental in securing a multi-million dollar financial bailout for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra a few years ago and his aggressive lobbying played a major role in securing the orchestra the promise of a new concert hall." "PocketBackup uses a three-step process: You select your files to backup, select a destination drive, and click on the "Backup" button. Backups can be saved to Mac standard disk images or burned to standard CD-RWs as well."[Macintosh News] .< 12:19:44 AM >iMac Vs 800 MHz Tower - Which Machine Gives You More Bang For The Buck, A Performance Report. The iMac turn in close to the same performance as the low-end Tower, and will take up a lot less spaces in your work area. (MacSpeedZone via MyAppleMenu) [Macintosh News] .< 12:18:34 AM >Apple's iPod. While the iPod is made for Mac fanatics, it will also impress PC lovers. (T.H.E. Journal via MyAppleMenu) [Macintosh News] |
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