One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Thursday, 27 June 2002

.< 8:49:37 PM >

Every Montage Tells Another Story. Ever since the dawn of photography, people have manipulated images. But digital media has transformed the art of montage into a brand-new genre. By Kendra Mayfield. [Wired News]

.< 8:47:57 PM >

Making Those Games Sound Right. At George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, sound creators -- known as Foley artists -- spend their days stomping on floors, clanking metal and listening. The goal: Make those video games sound better. By Brad King. [Wired News]

.< 8:47:26 PM >

New O'Reilly book hits store shelves [The Macintosh News Network]' O'Reilly & Associates has released Learning Unix for Mac OS X: a "concise" and "easy-to-follow" introduction to Unix functions under Mac OS X. "'

Perfect. I know a wee bit of Unix but sure would like to better take advantage of the power under the hood of OS X.

< 8:41:43 PM >

< 8:39:01 PM >

Wouldn't that be cool? We're probably going to buy one of these things for the family.

< 8:33:53 PM >

"Coming in the wake of a seemingly endless series of corporate scandals -- from Enron to Tyco, Adelphia to Dynegy -- WorldCom might seem just one more carcass on the pile -- and one that had already been picked at for months because of questions about its accounting. But experts on accounting say this case is extraordinary because of the amount of money involved and because of the relative simplicity of the accounting maneuvers used to disguise the truth.

'The magnitude of this is just mind-boggling,' said John Fahy, a certified public accountant and former prosecutor. 'Auditors cannot miss something like this. It is just inexcusable.'"

< 8:31:31 PM >

< 8:30:37 PM >

Congratulations, particularly to Chrétien who lobied hard for this. Let's hope something comes of this.

< 8:23:43 PM >

< 8:23:04 PM >

< 8:22:06 PM >

< 8:21:08 PM >

"... according to the International Imaging Industry Association (I3A), the true potential of the market won't be realized until a standard is implemented to make developing and printing as simple for digital images as it is for traditional film. Last week the I3A announced that it was creating just such a standard, the Common Picture Exchange Environment (CPXE), to bring about the change. [...]
  The I3A expects the standard to be completed this year. The first rollouts of the system will take place in early to mid-2003. Once a standard is in place and consumers can develop digital prints easily, the photo industry can finally start talking seriously about making the transition from film to digital - opening up new revenue streams and reducing costs."

< 8:12:25 PM >

Fantastic! Wow. Check this out. Just launched today. Great moments in Canadian history and more.

< 2:41:11 PM >

"Umax Technologies, Inc. will support its current professional-grade scanners under Apple's new OS 10.X operating environment. The models included are:
  PowerLook III
  PowerLook 2100XL
  PowerLook 1100
  PowerLook 3000
Umax currently has made no commitment to supporting older professional models under OS X at this time. Also, no consumer-level (Astra models, or older consumer-level) scanners will be targeted for support under OS X."

Argh. No more Umax products for this boy.

< 2:31:13 PM >

< 2:29:14 PM >

< 12:32:24 AM >

Ugh. This isn't going to be fun.

< 12:31:03 AM >

< 12:30:25 AM >

< 12:29:19 AM >

< 12:06:29 AM >