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My theory has long been that she would step down when her mother died. But then there's the business of the golden jubilee. Perhaps when that's past. .< 12:24:46 PM  >7 million taxpayers face midnight deadline Less than 24 hours until personal income tax returns must be filed and the latest figures from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (formerly Revenue Canada) show that 7 million have yet to arrive. [CBC News] I'm one of them. The last two yeasr I've made a game of it. Start filling out the form three hours before it's due and then race to the taxation office with seconds to spare before midnight. .< 12:23:06 PM >Sharp intros new flat panel LCDs [MacNN] 'Sharp's new 18" flagship LCD monitor is the first commercail LCD panel capable of displaying over 1 billion colors.' .< 12:20:31 PM >Poetry on a Par With the Wordlike Sounds of a String Quartet. "Compose aloud; poetry is a sound," the poet Basil Bunting wrote. When poetry is set to music, that sound becomes one of many. By Anne Midgette. [New York Times: Arts] .< 12:10:39 PM >Inquiry head Baril tours tragic site 
The head of the inquiry investigating the deaths of four Canadian soldiers near Kandahar says it was a sobering experience to visit the site of the bombing. [CBC News] .< 12:06:09 PM >How Kids Snap Their World. More than 500 children in 43 countries are taking pictures to capture the worlds they live in. It's a new project conceived by a young Berlin man who wants to create a global dialogue. Steve Kettmann reports from Zagora Oasis, Morocco. [Wired News] What a beautiful project. .< 10:53:31 AM >Palestinians leave Church of the Nativity Twenty-seven Palestinian civilians emerged from the Church of the Nativity Tuesday after reaching an agreement with Israeli authorities. [CBC News] .< 10:47:22 AM >250 emails this morning. Only four contained content. The rest were spam and viruses.  [Scripting News]Ouch! .< 1:06:57 AM >Youth Let Their Thumbs Do the Talking in Japan. With its text messaging mania, Japan has become a national experiment for intensive thumb use. By James Brooke. [New York Times: Technology] .< 1:06:13 AM >Many Bidders May Pursue New Method to Carry TV. It's new. It's digital. It's wireless. It's local. It offers high-speed Internet access. It is akin to digital cable but without any cables. By Jennifer 8. Lee. [New York Times: Technology] 'Northpoint has long said it could offer 96 digital channels and high-speed Internet access for a total of $40 a month [~] versus the $80 to $100 that cable companies typically charge now.
But Northpoint's low prices were based on the assumption that it would be getting the wireless spectrum free [~] a reward for creating the technology in the first place.' The states can either admit that Microsoft will sabotage their proposal or come back to the court with one so tightly worded that Microsoft cannot read it in any way other than the way it's intended, a difficult if not impossible task.' A good technical analysis of the situation and some background on the case. .< 12:22:45 AM >Top Mac OS X Utilities: Alternative Controls (29-Apr-2002; 16.5K) [TidBITS] 'It is worth noting, however, that performing the kind of testing necessary for these articles in previous versions of the Mac OS would have been a nightmare - Mac OS X has been solid throughout, and I haven't seen any specific conflicts between utilities with overlapping features.' .< 12:20:31 AM >Apple Rolls Out Education eMac and Faster PowerBooks (29-Apr-2002; 3K) [TidBITS] .< 12:14:26 AM >Scott Johnson: Marketing Software When You Are a Small Company. [Scripting News] |
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