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I offer the link to this story because of some of the useful keyboard navigation and shortcuts information that can come in handy for long time OS X users as well as newcomers. [Rob McNair-Huff: OS X 10.1.4] I missed this as I was at work. Glad to hear there was some action. .< 1:35:50 AM  >Digibid, MOSR Preserve '80s Technology New York City--The Museum of Sound Recording (MOSR) has taken delivery of a huge donation of vintage gear from Digibid. [ProSound News] .< 1:26:49 AM >Is Clear Channel selling hit singles?. Insiders suggest that the broadcasting giant gave an obscure singer major airplay to promote its pricey new market-research program. [Salon.com] .< 1:25:53 AM >Will Congress tackle pay-for-play?. Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked!-- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you). [Salon.com] Yeah, that's it. Shocked. .< 1:22:12 AM >c|net: iMac inventory overflowing [The Macintosh News Network] Yowsa! Everyone's buying laptops. .< 1:17:26 AM >Tuesday: Boring People. Saying blogs are uninteresting is like saying people are uninteresting. You can't say that all people are, just some (maybe a lot). I've met a fair number of dull, self-absorbed people, but most people have stories about themselves and the world, and most people have interesting, sometimes terrifying stories to tell. Mike Cassidy needs to stop monolithicizing ... [GlennLog] .< 1:14:29 AM >Fiddling while the Middle East burns. Bush's one-sided speech is just the latest chapter in a long history of U.S. ignorance, ill will and condescension toward the Palestinians -- and it's not going to help Israel, either. [Salon.com] .< 1:12:24 AM >WorldCom confirms $3.8 billion US accounting scandal: could be biggest fraud ever Telecommunications giant WorldCom confirmed late Tuesday that its financial statements over a recent 15-month period were largely fiction - the result of an accounting "error" that had the effect of inflating its earnings by more than $3.8 billion US. [CBC News] White collar crime is very, very big these days. .< 12:58:34 AM >MacHack: The Ghost of Macintosh Future (24-Jun-2002; 10.1K) [TidBITS]'[A] large number of first timers helped to swell the ranks to a total of about 270 attendees. A good number of these folks were Unix users, and although Mac OS X's impact on the overall base of Mac users is still in an early phase, it's clear that within a few years, the migration of Unix and Windows users to the Mac will make the Mac community significantly more diverse.' A fun read about a cool event. .< 12:39:57 AM >Tools We Use: URL Manager Pro (24-Jun-2002; 5.5K) [TidBITS] I used to use WebQuick. It was a fabulous tool from the people who developed Now Utilities. Sadly the coders went off in a different direction and abandoned the product. I should probably have another look at URL Manager Pro. .< 12:35:50 AM >CBC Calgary - Canada Now: "The G8 comes to the Canadian Rockies" Lots of background on the G8 summit in Kananaskis. .< 12:28:05 AM >CBC News: Africa priority for Kananaskis summit: "Canada has insisted on making Africa the priority, issuing an unprecedented invitation to African leaders to take part in the discussion on Thursday." There is concern that Bush will move the try to move the agenda toward terrorism and the Middle East. This is why Chrétien keeps say 'I am the chair!' .< 12:25:15 AM >CBC News:Canadian takes British non-fiction award: "Margaret MacMillan, a history professor at Toronto's Ryerson University, won the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction Monday. " .< 12:19:51 AM >CBC Sports: Germany advances to World Cup final 'It was a remarkable ride while it lasted, producing a month of pure soccer magic, but South Korea's miraculous World Cup campaign came to an abrupt end on Tuesday.' .< 12:05:10 AM >Science-Technology Drive Is Urged to Fight Terror. The United States should begin a program to help fight terrorism through science and technology with a vast range of efforts, a report released Monday by the National Research Council says. By Warren E. Leary. [New York Times: Technology] |
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