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This is a must-read article exposing the hypocrisy of the current US administration. .< 6:23:08 PM  >SQL Plug-In 2.1 connects to databases via FMP [The Macintosh News Network] .< 6:17:33 PM >News beats porn online. BBC: “Websense, a San Diego-based firm which provides software to monitor web habits at work, has found that news sites are proving the real internet addiction for employees.” [ranchero.com] .< 6:16:32 PM >France resists US pressure on Iraq. The French president says he remains opposed to a draft UN resolution that would threaten military action against Iraq. [BBC News | WORLD] Merci M. Chirac! .< 5:58:03 PM >Rolling Stones Revel in the Act of Survival. Mick Jagger still puts on such a great show [~] because that seems to be the only thing on earth he really cares about. By Kelefa Sanneh. [New York Times: Arts] .< 5:49:21 PM >Storm Music Studio 2.0: audio editing app [The Macintosh News Network] .< 5:45:46 PM >News.Com: "These versions of wireless networks using the Wi-Fi, or 802.11b, standard create a wireless zone of up to 12 miles long, far beyond the usual 300-foot-radius range that Wi-Fi typically achieves, Zakin said."  [Scripting News] 'It lets them beam long-range signals outside, particularly to sell broadband access in rural areas where DSL (digital subscriber lines) or cable broadband service haven't reached.'.< 5:33:01 PM >Gramophone Awards accounced on Monday! Discover the best classical recordings of the year - as they are announced! - on Gramophone Online [Gramophone - News] .< 2:35:00 AM >Artists Fight Music File-Sharing. In a series of ads that begin running today, Britney Spears and Sean Combs are joining other recording artists to speak out against unauthorized music file-sharing. By Laura M. Holson. [New York Times: Technology] .< 2:32:51 AM >Carl Sandburg. "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] .< 2:31:31 AM >Just add music and spin A 'tidal wave' of fusion is happening in world music, and much of it can be heard live this weekend
By LI ROBBINS
TORONTO -- Just how small a world is it? Based on some of the culturally peripatetic bands appearing at Toronto's first annual Small World Music Festival, it would seem to be minute. Take for example, the highly acclaimed Spanish band, Radio Tarifa, who deftly absorb flamenco, African, Arabic, Sephardic and Celtic influences, not to mention medieval church traditions. Or France's Lo'Jo, who, according to their press material, ''combine West African, Gypsy and Caribbean soulful sounds . . . blending dub with music from North Africa and France.'' FULL STORY >/font>[The Globe and Mail: Arts]
For those of you with big pipes. 345 MB download .< 2:00:26 AM >Toast 5.2 Titanium to be released Oct. 2 [The Macintosh News Network] .< 1:58:58 AM >Canada's birth rate tumbling Statistics Canada says the number of births in Canada is reaching record lows. [CBC News] .< 1:55:22 AM >Justice behind closed doors. Some 600 immigrants have been deported after secret hearings since the 9/11 attacks. Now the policy appears headed for the Supreme Court. [Salon.com] .< 1:51:39 AM >Have you noticed the new View Options found in the Finder? [Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog] No I hadn't. Cool. Follow the link. .< 1:47:21 AM >I can't tell you how much I missed the Daypop Top-40. Smooch! [Scripting News]The hottest links around. .< 1:44:52 AM >Harpsichord: "With the exception of the wire strings, this instrument is entirely constructed out of LEGO parts" Had to much of Glenn Gould's Goldbergs lately? I have the perfect antidote. Read and be amazed. Listen and be . . . well, you decide. .< 12:16:17 AM >Emailchemy 1.3 includes new converters [The Macintosh News Network] .< 12:00:32 AM >Jaguar adds new shot capture option [The Macintosh News Network] |
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