Wednesday, 1 January 2003
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Korean Housewives Want Speedy Net. In South Korea, about 70 percent of households have high-speed connections that many homemakers use to shop and invest, while Internet café denizens drive the market for online games. By Karlin Lillington. [Wired News]
The Globe recently had an article on how profoundly the internet had changed Korean democracy and how many anti-American rallies had been organized via the net. But Wired is writing about games and housewives. Odd.
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: "The Whole World Doesn't Hate Us: Sure, much of the world does (for good reason), but a substantial number simply think our government is run by certifiable lunatics. That perspective almost never shows up in US media."One of the under reported stories in the US media this year. It's always a relief to see that someone is thinking. Then it's depressing to realize that no one is paying attention and that the circus continues.
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Installing Photoshop Elements on 10.2.3 [Mac OS X Hints]We got caught with this on Christmas Day. Bummer. But here's the solution.
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Weapons teams discover nothing. World: UN inspection teams in Iraq have found "zilch" so far, but have had little help from intelligence agencies to guide them in their hunt for illicit weapons. [Guardian Unlimited]
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Searching for a Hollywood ending More than nine billion people were killed in the 25 most-watched movies in North America, but studios are blocking a documentary about it [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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'No basis' for Iraq war now. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Iraq is co-operating with weapons inspectors, and President Bush says war is not inevitable. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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O'Reilly Network: Top Ten Digital Photography Tips [Oct. 22, 2002]
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