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I remastered a CD of Zara Nelsova for release on CBC Records a couple of years ago. She played a Strad and had a monster low end that really comes across on this disc. This is Nelsova at the peak of her considerable powers. The CD is called Zara Nelsova ' ... queen of cellists'. .< 3:21:11 AM  >iClone, therefore iPod.If you're wondering how big a business this is, Apple sold 140,000 iPods this quarter (54,000 of them for Windows).[PlaybackTime] .< 3:16:44 AM >Documentary Realism Becomes Opera. This digital documentary video opera by the composer Steve Reich and the video artist Beryl Korot explores the perils to humanity of unchecked advances in technology. By Anthony Tommasini. [New York Times: Arts] .< 3:14:57 AM >Making Medieval Music (and Marketing It, Too). The early-music vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 has taken a tip from the pop world by touring to promote their new album, "La Bele Marie." By Allan Kozinn. [New York Times: Arts] .< 3:12:06 AM >CTV: 4 in 10 Americans support annexing Canada. [Scripting News] Maybe we should make them watch Talking to Americans. .< 2:46:05 AM >Ringtones to the rescue! [fark] [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 'The ring tone had a much faster tempo than the usual Wedding March - and Tracey was forced to march at double-quick time up the aisle.' If only he'd brought his iPod. .< 2:39:44 AM >Uncertainty in PC Industry Keeps Apple Earnings Flat. Fighting off a deepening technology recession, Apple Computer reported essentially flat revenue today for its fourth quarter of 2002. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology] .< 2:30:39 AM >The big story for the second day in a row on Daypop is the Microsoft advertisement (thnx Dave for saving this!) for Mac users switching to PCs that features a hired actress, or perhaps worse, just a picture of a model from stock photography.
This is a surprise? Ha! Just what the fuck do you think you're seeing on tv every second? A big bag of tricks. Again, read the Zen TV Experiment!! [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] Excellent. .< 2:25:27 AM >Indonesia at the crossroads. The terror attack in the world's most populous Muslim nation could stir up rage against Islamic extremists, says an expert. But if the U.S. invades Iraq, all bets are off. [Salon.com] .< 2:24:13 AM >Some Yelp as Microsoft Squeezes. Microsoft's plan to impose a new pricing program has prompted a chorus of complaints from corporate and government customers that have simmered for several months. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology] God knows they need the money. There's only so much you can do with US$40 billion. .< 2:22:54 AM >"Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming". Ruby is included in Jaguar, joining AppleScript, Perl and Python making Mac OS X the most script-friendly OS around. [Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog] Don't forget UserTalk! .< 2:20:51 AM >A Pop Diva With Armenian Roots, and She Isn't Cher. By combining the deep sentiment of centuries-old folk tunes with pounding dance beats and Madonna-like staging, Nune has been embraced by the Armenian diaspora as its first genuine pop star. By Braden Phillips. [New York Times: Arts] What? They're not referring to Isabel Bayrakdarian?! Too many syllables I guess. .< 2:14:37 AM >Jansons confirmed as Royal Concertgebouw head Chailly's successor to take over on September 1, 2004 [Gramophone - News] .< 2:10:31 AM >Film: Mac Fervor, Malcolm X Style. Debut filmmaker Jake Barnes has just finished shooting a movie about Macintosh fanaticism. It tells of a revolutionary who fights for Macs' rights -- by any means necessary. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] .< 2:09:20 AM >Kyoto's the right thing to do, says environment minister 
The environment minister says Canadians should be thinking about the Kyoto Protocol more in terms of the environment and less about the economy. [CBC News] Maybe we should ship the boys from Alberta down to the states. They could join Bush 'n' his boys in bombing people who threaten their oil supply. .< 2:07:28 AM >Last night a new feature in Radio, comments in RSS feeds. If you have comments turned on in your weblog, when Radio generates your RSS feed, it includes the new (in 2.0) comments element, that links to the comments for the item. It works both ways. When Radio reads an RSS feed that contains links to comments, it shows them on the News page, so if you read something there and want to comment (and the site supports them) you can just click on the Comments link and you're there. Jake added the feature last night. That's the reason we did all the fussing with the new 2.0 format, so we could bring new features to the users. [Scripting News] .< 2:06:06 AM >Sending the media clowns to Washington
By JOHN DOYLE We do things differently up North. .< 2:05:05 AM >Have pen, will travel
By LESLEY KRUEGER No oil in North Korea. .< 1:34:22 AM >Dan Gillmor: "Innovation is almost dead in desktop software, where Microsoft has sucked the financial oxygen out of the system." [Scripting News] .< 1:25:52 AM >"I'm not sure which planet they live on". Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy. [Salon.com] Is that clear enough for you George? I didn't think so. .< 1:20:03 AM >Microsoft Tops Forecasts. Microsoft, which always makes lots of money, made even more money than expected this quarter. Also: Sun reports loss, layoffs; EBay posts higher profits. [Wired News] Not so hard to do when you have a monopoly. .< 1:14:46 AM >DVD's Offering Full Concerts 'Paul DeGooyer, Palm Pictures' general manager, said surround-sound systems could result in DVD's taking over from audio CD's altogether. "In a true visual album," he said, "you can walk away and still get the music, or you can sit down and watch."' |
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