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 Saturday, 27 April 2002
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 Did you read Andrew Orlowski's analysis of Bill Gates' testimony? If not, stop everything, and read it now. Then read the latest soundbites from The Mind of Microsoft. "Christopher Jones, in charge of development of the Windows operating system for desktop computers, said proposals to let computer makers and rival software developers tinker with parts of Windows would create chaos for consumers and hurt the computer industry."  [Scripting News]
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DVD Is Gaining Fast on Video. One indicator of how fast the upstart DVD is catching the elderly videocassette is the number of discs and cassettes manufactured each year. By Peter M. Nichols. [New York Times: Arts]
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In a Tragic Mode, the Cry of an Artist in a Nation Under Attack. Mstislav Rostropovich conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Trumpet, Piano and Strings (Op. 35) and the Symphony No. 8 (Op. 65). By Allan Kozinn. [New York Times: Arts]
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Radio UserLand RCS Step by Step / FAQ version 0.9 by Scott Johnson. Radio UserLand RCS Step by Step / FAQ version 0.9 by Scott Johnson - An overview of setting up and using the Radio Community System feature within Radio UserLand, along with some FAQs about RCS. [Ruminations News]
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Analyst: 800MHz PowerBook due next week [MacNN]
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IDC: iMac puts Apple further ahead [MacNN]
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Tim Bray sent a screen shot of Chimera, a Mac OS X browser that does anti-aliased text. Looks really nice. [Scripting News]
I'm not sure I buy this anti-aliased text thing. It just looks fuzzy to me!
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 NY Times: "A Microsoft executive told a federal judge that the company should be allowed to make changes in its Windows operating system that impair the performance of other programs so long as the company believes it is acting in the best interest of Windows users." [Scripting News]
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Essay: Sharon must go. [Scripting News] I agree with Dave that Sharon must go. But he is a democratically elected official . . . so just what are we proposing here?
But the bigger deal for me is this: substitute US for Israel, and Afghanistan for Palestine when you read Dave's story. Why doesn't it seem that Americans are incapable of seeing themselves from someone else's point of view?
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AES to Feature Metadata Seminar
Munich (April 26, 2002)--Prior to the 112th AES Convention in Munich, taking place May 10-13, the AES will feature a special metadata symposium on Thursday, May 9. The symposium is intended for experts and users working in broadcasting and production who are looking for solutions to the problems associated with incompatible metadata. [ProSound News]
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Restore iPhoto keywords after reinstall [Mac OS X Hints] 'So even if you slack off on backing up your full system, you may very well wish to drag a copy of the whole ~/Library/Preferences folder to a safe place, just in case your prefs ever get corrupted.' An important tip.
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AppleScript S.O.S.. MacScripter.net: “Despite AppleScript's ‘English-like’ syntax, I like many of you have questions about the hows and whys almost every day. I would like to outline here some of the resources I have found most helpful.” [ranchero.com]
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Install a new Cocoa spellchecking service [Mac OS X Hints] Apparently it includes a Canuck spellchecker too.
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NY Times: "A Microsoft executive told a federal judge that the company should be allowed to make changes in its Windows operating system that impair the performance of other programs so long as the company believes it is acting in the best interest of Windows users." 
