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Losers. .< 2:54:04 AM  >There's a new System preference that gives you full control over what happens when you insert a CD or DVD in Jaguar. The default actions are what most people expect (open the DVD Player when you insert a video DVD for example), but there are power user and other scenarios where you might want more control. For example, let's say you have the world's coolest AppleScript that can backup
exactly the files you want to back up. No problem... Just select Run Script...
from the "When you insert a blank CD" menu and select your AppleScript. [Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog] Subscribing now. .< 2:20:46 AM >Queen wraps up Jubilee tour with a wave and a smile 
Crowds of Ottawa schoolchildren bid the Queen a boisterous goodbye as she wrapped up her 12-day Golden Jubilee trip to Canada Tuesday. [CBC News] .< 2:18:26 AM >Microsoft Pulls Phony Switch Ad. Stung by Apple's 'Switch' ad campaign, which documents real people who have switched from PCs to Macs, Microsoft tries to do the same thing. Unfortunately, their version is a fake. [Wired News] .< 1:55:15 AM >Apple salutes Carter with Think Different [The Macintosh News Network] Right on! The dominant half of Apple's front page is a picture of Jimmy Carter who just won the Nobel Peace prize. Another slap at George Bush and another wonderful indicator that Apple is the kind of company I want to be associated with. .< 1:24:21 AM >In at No 1 for Rattle Recording of inaugural concert as head of the BPO tops UK classical chart [Gramophone - News] .< 1:18:39 AM >MSNBC: Online music sites near license deal. In a major step forward, MusicNet and pressplay, the online services owned by the major international record labels, are close to reaching licensing agreements that would allow both of them to offer songs from all five big music companies. [Tomalak's Realm] .< 1:18:25 AM >Virgin Megastores Launches DVD-A, SACD Promos Los Angeles, CA (October 16, 2002)--Virgin Entertainment Group, North America, recently announced that it will be offering customers the latest in entertainment technology. [ProSound News] .< 1:08:08 AM >Sterling's Marino Updates With Surround Mastering Console New York, NY (October 16, 2002)--Sterling Sound recently completed development of a surround/mastering suite for engineer George Marino. [ProSound News] .< 12:49:17 AM >Maha launch 100 minute charger. For users of digital cameras which take AA batteries the new MH-C401FS 100 minute charger could be just what you need. The MH-C401FS charges each battery independently which makes for a better overall charge... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] .< 12:40:39 AM >Archipelago 2.0 Released. Archipelago, a GUI editor for web sites, has been released: “Utilizing the services built into UserLand Manila and Radio, and Blogger API and MetaWeblog API sites, Archipelago provides a simple writing environment that makes it easy and enjoyable to update your weblog.” It includes support for NetNewsWire’s drag formats. [ranchero.com] .< 12:35:15 AM >Journaling File System for OS X. eWeek: “Fresh on the heels of its ‘Jaguar’ release of Mac OS X 10.2, Apple Computer Inc. is about to spring a new surprise for the Unix-based OS: A journaled file system designed to provide corporate Mac sites with a new, historical view of their data.” [ranchero.com] 'In a journaled file system, the file system keeps a log of the hard disk's main data activity. In case of a crash or other system failure, the file system can retrieve lost data by consulting the "journal" log, restoring the system to its previous state instead of having to go through the lengthy process of rebuilding it via Unix's file system consistency check (a BSD command that works with HFS file systems) or similar disk-check utilities.' .< 12:29:13 AM >Uncertain Times: Impulse Buyers Replace Ticket Subscribers. The season subscription plan seems to be losing favor with audiences around the country as single-ticket sales increase in popularity. By Robin Pogrebin. [New York Times: Arts] .< 12:26:46 AM >Apple adds new stories to Switch Web site [The Macintosh News Network] .< 12:20:48 AM >John Gruber: "Bad marketing is one thing. Bald-faced lying is another." [Scripting News] 'There are lots of embarrassing aspects to the story. The stock photo. The blatant falsehoods (such as the insinuations that neither Office nor Internet Explorer are available for the Mac). The marketing-speak that permeates the entire article. That it reeks of a juvenile response to Apple's Switch ads. But the most damaging issue is the idea that the entire article was simply made up, that it's a fabricated testimonial which Microsoft tried to pass off as the true story of an actual person.' .< 12:13:55 AM >Seventeen Grand Recording Installs Pair of Sony DMX-R100 Digital Consoles Read more [Digital Pro Sound News] |
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