Wednesday, 6 November 2002
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An Afterlife on Disc for That Fading Video. Until recently, getting the family events from tape to disc was a prohibitively expensive proposition - anywhere from $50 to $150 per tape. By Stephen C. Miller. [New York Times: Technology]
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Cobbling Peace in the Home With a Wireless Network. A wireless network can let you share an Internet connection (and ensure domestic harmony). By John R. Quain. [New York Times: Technology]
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Bill Gates Views What He's Sown in Libraries. There is scant evidence that Bill Gates's five-year philanthropic effort to put computers in rural libraries has stopped population flight. By Timothy Egan. [New York Times: Technology]
An intersting article with a charming quote from one elderly woman. As bitter as I can be about Microsoft, I choose not to be cynical about Gates' philanthropy.
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Build Your Own Apache Server with mod_perl. O’Reilly: “The Apache that ships with Mac OS X is the genuine article. We’re not talking about a weak, proof-of-concept port of Apache that runs under Windows. Mac OS X’s FreeBSD underpinnings allow for the Apache Web server to be as flexible and responsive as it is on any Unix-based operating system.” [ranchero.com]
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U.S. backs away from new travel rules for some Canadians
Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham says it's all right for Canadians
born in certain African and Middle East countries to travel to the
United States again.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Titanic mystery solved by Canadians
For 90 years, the identity of a baby who perished on the Titanic
was a nagging unknown. Now, thanks to a team of Canadian researchers,
the mystery has been solved.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Youth sentenced to six months for derailing train
A Nova Scotia judge sentenced a 15-year-old boy to six months in a youth
detention centre for derailing a Via Rail train last year.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]Bored in Stewiacke.
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Congrats to the Republicans. Now they control everything. What a war we're going to have, and the Supreme Court is going to get packed. Let's hope there's something left to vote out of office in 2004. [Scripting News]That's my man, Dave.
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New feature for Radio: Mail-From-Aggregator. "Some people like to read the news that the aggregator gathers in email. This can be useful if you travel a lot, or want to share news with a group of people who may not use Radio." [Scripting News]What I'm looking for is a button in my news aggregator that would say 'mail' instead of 'post'. It would copy the body of the item into the body of a message in my email client, insert an appropriate subject line. From there I could send the item to whoever I like.
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Daniel Barenboim - The Paradox of the Peacemaker , Norman Lebrecht, 11/6/2002 [La Scena Musicale - News]
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Bush triumphs in Congress elections. Republicans win control of the US Senate and retain their House majority, giving a major boost to President Bush's legislative agenda. [BBC News | WORLD]Oh dear.
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Apple Enhances Titaniums and iBooks (06-Nov-2002; 2.2K) [TidBITS]Good to see Apple doing this before Christmas instead of just after in line with the MacWorld show in January.
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There's a lot to discuss about the new Address Book in Jaguar. [Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog]Follow the link for more.
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United Airlines Offers Passengers In-Flight 5.1 Surround Sound
Los Angeles (November 7, 2002)--Silverline Records and Dolby Laboratories have teamed up this holiday season with United Airlines to offer travelers a multichannel music experience on all overseas 777 flights during the months of November and December. [ProSound News]
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N.Y., N.Y., It's a Wireless Town. What if everyone in Manhattan had wireless access? It's not far off says wireless evangelist Marcos R. Lara, who just completed a study of the city's networks. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
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