Monday, 7 October 2002
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CBC News:Beatles photos found at Scottish university: "Hundreds of unpublished photos of the Beatles have been discovered in the archives of a Scottish university."
Meanwhile, I can find no mention on CBC's Arts web page of the Gould archive find which CBC TV broadcast last Friday.
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O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Report (07-Oct-2002; 11.3K) [TidBITS] Wherein Adam experiences culture shock!
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Mac OS X Report Card: October 2002 (07-Oct-2002; 19.7K) [TidBITS]A fairly level-headed assesment.
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Dancer's dancer leaves the stage: "The Satie Project is a collaboration with gifted pianist Eve Egoyan, who performs live with the company, and the work is Bennathan's homage to the eccentric French composer Erik Satie."We'll be launching Eve's new CD of Satie at the opening of this dance Tues night.
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Queen 'treasures' her role in Canadian identity
Queen Elizabeth admires Canada's multicultural identity, and is proud of
the role she played as it formed, she said in a speech on Monday.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
.< 10:01:14 PM >
Bush has a bridge he wants to sell you -- again. Shifty logic, misinformation, cheap panaceas -- the White House marketing plan for Iraq looks a lot like the pitch for last year's tax cuts. [Salon.com]
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Shooting linked to Washington sniper. A 13-year-old is shot outside a school in Maryland, near the US capital - the eighth person believed to have been shot by a sniper. [BBC News | WORLD]Let's here it for the NRA.
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iPod deserves praise: PC review site [The Macintosh News Network]
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BMG Banking on 'N Sync Singer. BMG is banking on "Justified," the album by Justin Timberlake of 'N Sync, to be its big fourth-quarter release for the holidays. By Lynette Holloway. [New York Times: Arts]I'd say BMG is in big trouble, based on what I saw on a recent awards show (MTV?) His performance was an exceptionally lame attempt to imitate Michael Jackson from 15 years ago.
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Vivendi's Music Unit Is Rising Above Fray. In Paris, Vivendi Universal executives are figuring out how to slice up their ailing empire. But despite the uncertainty, the company's music division appears to be doing just fine. By Lynette Holloway. [New York Times: Arts]
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Palm today introduced its $99 Zire
handheld computer, positioned as a replacement for paper organizers. Bundled with Palm Desktop for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, the computer includes a USB cable for synchronization [Macintouch]
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What a great week-end! We had our fall feast on Saturday night...had about 15 people over for caribou, moose, wild sheep, salmon, bannock, all kinds of salads, vegies, and of course dessert. [Janet's Radio Weblog] Wow.
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Standards
Committee Refining AES31
by Steve Harvey
An AES Convention offers more than just a display of the latest technology
from pro audio manufacturers. Away from the exhibition hall there is a
busy schedule of technical paper presentations, workshops, technical tours,
special events and committee meetings.
[ProSound News]
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Large world found beyond Pluto. It is half the size of Pluto and the biggest thing found in our Solar System for 72 years, but is it a planet? [BBC News | WORLD]
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Rumor: iSite being tested at Apple. I have no idea if it’s true, but it’s an interesting rumor. Spymac reports: “Purportedly, users will have the ability to make their .Mac web page URL redirect to their own computer. If a connection cannot be made (if the computer is turned off, for example) the traditional online version of the site will be displayed from Apple’s servers.” [ranchero.com]This I like. It certainly would add value to the .mac service.
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The Best IA Tool You Never Heard Of. ClickZ on Tinderbox: “A good IA tool should work like your brain. Is there one? Yes. It’s called Tinderbox.” (IA stands for Information Architect.) The latest version of Tinderbox accepts drags of headlines and subscriptions from NetNewsWire. [ranchero.com]A bit pricey but it sure looks like a rockin' tool.
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Book Excerpt: Essential Blogging. Tired of preaching your message on the local street corner? Try blogging instead. O'Reilly's new title "Essential Blogging" covers the ins and outs of blog software and setup, and our excerpts from chapter 7 provide tips specifically for Radio UserLand. 1007 [WebReference News]
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A sample chapter from the new O'Reilly book on blogging. [Scripting News]
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The state of AppleScript - part 2. John Welch: “Applications such as Mail, Address Book and iCal are AppleScriptable, but their implementations are really mystifying.” [ranchero.com]
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Here is a wonderful new French language Radio weblog: Quebec Urbain. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
Almost a prefect match for the newly released Radio UserLand Francophone!! [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] News about Quebec City. Cool.
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And the award for amateurish shambles goes to . . .
By JOHN DOYLE
-- I noticed a couple of very interesting elements in last week's Ron MacLean madness. First, that television really matters. Anyone who thinks there isn't a star system in Canada isn't paying attention to the way people feel about the CBC and hockey broadcasts. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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OSXFAQ - Seminars. Taming Jaguar - Understanding and Administrating Mac OS X v10.2 [OSXFAQ]
.< 11:18:41 AM >
Eight years ago on this day I wrote my first DaveNet essay. It would lead to all the things I do today on the Web, including this weblog, and the CMS in Frontier, Manila, and Radio UserLand. I wrote DaveNet retrospectives in 2001, 1999, 1997 and 1995. [Scripting News]
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AMS Neve AudioFile SC Incorporates CEDAR Audio's Declick and Decrackle
LOS ANGELES (AES), Oct. 07, 2002
-- AMS Neve and CEDAR Audio have announced that the AudioFile SC high speed editing system is now available with CEDAR Audio's auto declick and auto decrackle processes.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
.< 11:14:51 AM >
Israel fires missile into Palestinian crowd
Palestinians are calling it a massacre. The Israeli army killed 12
people and injured more than 100 others early on Monday after a four
hour attack on Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Using .mac's Backup for invisible files [Mac OS X Hints]
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OK. Now, what exactly is 'stretched penile length?!'
.< 10:25:37 AM >
Muslim anger at Prophet slur. Iran adds its voice to condemnation of a Christian evangelist in the US who called the Prophet Mohammed "a terrorist". [BBC News | WORLD]
.< 10:24:54 AM >
Anti-war protesters rally across US. Thousands of people attend anti-war rallies in cities across the US on the eve of a speech by President George W Bush of his case against Iraq. [BBC News | WORLD] Thank heavens.
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Chiariglione
Champions Open Access
by Margot Douaihy
Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione, Telecom Italia Lab's vice president of
multimedia, commenced the 113th AES Convention with a rich and unprecedented
speech supporting open access to protected content. [ProSound News]
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Boutique Shopping At AES
by Janice Brown
In the world of mic preamps, some of the boutique-sized and one-man shop
operations are making a splash with new product at this year's convention. [ProSound News]
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AES
Opens To Fanfare
by Clive Young
Hundreds of sound professionals gathered at the exhibit floor entrance
in the minutes before noon yesterday, each eager to discover the riches
of new audio technologies and cutting-edge equipment awaiting inside. [ProSound News]
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New feature - Pick of the Week hints [Mac OS X Hints]
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Universal Audio Shows New AD/DA Converter and New Version of UAD-1 Card
LOS ANGELES (AES Convention), Oct. 06, 2002
-- Universal Audio, the manufacturer of authentic vintage analog reproductions and DSP-powered plug-ins, debuted a new DA/AD converrter, TDM versions of its plug-ins, a new version of the UAD-1 card and a preview of the UAD-1's upcoming version 3.0 software at the AES convention.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
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