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Thinking of going the route of wireless networking at some point in the future. .< 2:06:59 PM  >Get serious about OS X security. An article posted on the OSXFAQ site should be of interest if you are worried about keeping your OS X installation secure: Mission Lockdown: Get smart with security tactics for Mac OS X by Kevin White.
There is more to OS X security than what is presented in this article, but it is a great start for everyday users. [Rob McNair-Huff: OS X 10.1.4] What's happening in Jake's life? Hey, can there be any doubt that Groening is a Canuck? .< 1:54:38 PM >Static: The New Hearing Aid. In a twist that sounds counterintuitive, an ear doctor says the deaf will hear more clearly if their cochlear implants add random noise to the audio signal. Patrick Di Justo reports from New York. [Wired News] Fascinating for many reasons. Noise is also added to digital recording systems to increase the dynamic range (dither). It's also added to analogue recording systems (bias). The story also reminds one of Holophonics. .< 1:38:48 PM >In the Role of Manhattan, Toronto. New York's film workers say that Canadian government subsidies are luring thousands of production jobs away from the city. By Glenn Collins. [New York Times: Arts] Very old news. .< 1:35:30 PM >BBC and CNN Will Stay on Satellite TV in Israel. YES, Israel's satellite television provider, said that it would continue to carry CNN and BBC World despite public calls to pull the two news channels off the air. By Reuers. [New York Times: Arts] Calls for censorship should always be treated with great skepticism. .< 1:16:33 PM >A MacSlash discussion worth checking. MacSlash has a new discussion underway about What Mac OS X Utilities Do I Need?. A lot of the information here is familiar, but it is interesting to see what people find most useful, in their own words... [Rob McNair-Huff: OS X 10.1.4] .< 2:40:37 AM >OK, here's the deal. I did not have a heart attack, but it was close. I had bypass surgery, which I am now recovering from. It was my fault -- I had classic warning signs that I ignored. No family history of heart disease. Most important -- I wanted to keep smoking. The numbers are good if I quit smoking. If I don't the numbers are totally awful.  [Scripting News]Dave comes clean. And struggles to stay clean. .< 2:35:06 AM >Joshua Whalen: "Over the last 10, 20 or however many years you smoked, Nicotine accumulated in your body's fatty tissues. Whenever you come under stress or eat badly, (or worry) your body burns some fatty tissue, and some of the stored Nicotine is released into your bloodstream, and in this way, it is kind of like having a dozen nicotine patches trickling the stuff into you. Definitely do not use the patch if you are already cold turkey. It will only maker this worse. Instead, you want to clean out your fatty tissue." [Scripting News]Fascinating. .< 2:25:18 AM >Planning to buy a wireless gateway?. Before dropping the money for one of the many wireless network gateways out there, take a look at the Revamped cheap home gateways matrix from 80211b News. Today Glenn writes: The cheap home gateways article has been revamped to include this matrix that compares all the major gateway features across all the major inexpensive units. [Rob McNair-Huff: OS X 10.1.4] .< 2:20:38 AM >Tanglewood, a Rite of Summer, Will Be Anything but Routine. Almost everything involving the Boston Symphony is a little unsettled these days, as Seiji Ozawa decamps after 29 years as music director. That includes the venerable Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, Mass. By James R. Oestreich. [New York Times: Arts] .< 2:18:27 AM >A Montreal Feast for Jazz Gluttons. THE bookers of the Montreal International Jazz Festival whose 23rd annual edition starts on Thursday and runs through July 7 think like jazz gluttons. Montreal's may be the biggest jazz festival in the world, the reasoning goes, so it ought to have a bit everything. The implicit message is that nearly any jazz style, given high-quality performers, an appealing setting and a healthy-size audience, will go down pretty well. [New York Times: Arts] The Montreal Jazz Festival is a wonderful party. Montreal at its best . . . which is really damn fine! Make a point of going if you can. .< 2:09:55 AM >Al-Qaeda claims bin Laden plotting new attack 
Osama bin Laden is alive and preparing new attacks on the United States, according to a man claiming to represent the al-Qaeda terrorist network. [CBC News] .< 2:08:35 AM >Sound decisions - Roy Thomson Hall is a symbol of Toronto's mistakes, and its future, Benjamin Errett, National Post, 6/22/2002 [La Scena Musicale - News] .< 2:05:35 AM >NYT: War on Terror Makes for Odd Twists in Justice System. "While two Americans are being held in military brigs without access to lawyers, two foreigners are being tried in federal court with complete due process." [Jake's Radio 'Blog] .< 2:04:52 AM >Newsweek: The Big Secret. "As now envisioned, Palladium will ship 'in a future version of Windows.'... By then the special security chips will be rolling out of the fabs, and the computer makers -- salivating at an opportunity to sell more boxes -- will have motherboards to accommodate them. There will also be components that encrypt information as it moves from keyboard to computer... and from computer to screen... Only certain applications will access the part of Windows (nicknamed 'the nub') that performs Palladium's functions with the help of the security chip...[via Wes, who says, "This can't be good."] [Jake's Radio 'Blog] .< 2:01:22 AM >Audrey Hudson in the Washington Times: Security bill bars blowing whistle. "A provision in the bill seeking to create a Homeland Security Department will exempt its employees from whistleblower protection, the very law that helped expose intelligence-gathering missteps before September 11." [Jake's Radio 'Blog] .< 1:57:56 AM >Use of Internet Is More Active at High Speed. People who use high-speed services to connect to the Internet from home have a much more active relationship with the online world than those who dial up. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology] That may be the dumbest headline I've seen in some time. But the study does actually make one useful point: 'Perhaps most significantly, broadband users are far more probable to contribute material of their own to cyberspace, rather than simply consuming what is out there.' .< 1:53:17 AM >A Novice Paddles to Her Heritage: "THEORETICALLY, it is possible to travel from one end of Canada to the other by canoe, with the longest detour on land a scant 12 miles. For centuries, the canoe was a major form of transportation for native tribes and European traders. Today, the canoe remains a symbol of wilderness and adventure, as Canadian as maple syrup." One definition of a Canadian: someone who knows how to make love in a canoe. .< 1:50:51 AM >Amid Prosperity, Toronto Shows Signs of Fraying: "A shantytown is swelling on the shores of Lake Ontario, practically in the shadow of Canada's richest banks. The 80 residents have squatted on five acres of undeveloped land that is soaking in mercury and lead." A New York Times article points to the shame of Toronto: 6000 homeless. Now is it a worldclass city? .< 1:27:33 AM >Cup samba'Fierce drum beats cut through a still summer morning yesterday as hundreds of Brazilian supporters poured onto College St. in a sonic boom of soccer pandemonium.' Brazillian fans are also out in force in Toronto. .< 1:23:44 AM >Thestar.com/Little Korea erupts after World Cup victory: "All along Bloor St. between Christie St. and Bathurst St., Koreans who'd been watching the game poured out of restaurants, bars and shops to celebrate the stunning victory. Police from 14 Division attempted to keep the crowd under control, but traffic slowed to a crawl as a crowd of 1,000 happy fans jumped into the street, waving flags, cheering and pouring champagne. " Includes a picture of the celebration. .< 1:16:49 AM >Toronto's Koreatown pumped up over World Cup win 'The huge crowd from Ontario's 100,000-strong Korean community blocked an intersection as Korean-Canadian store owners, some with their faces painted with the Korean flag, stood outside their stores screaming in celebration.' The article refers to the win over Italy but the scene was repeated, even excelled with the win over Spain. |
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