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Right on. Pics from Antartica to start things off. .< 10:20:41 PM  >"Behind the Great Divide" [Daypop Top 40] 'The coverage of Saturday's antiwar rallies was a reminder of the extent to which U.S. cable news, in particular, seems to be reporting about a different planet than the one covered by foreign media.' A good read. It seems self-evident for those of us on the outside looking in. I've been saying it for a while but it's nice to read in NYT. .< 10:11:02 PM >Bush says weekend protests won't sway him U.S. President George W. Bush says he won't be swayed by the millions of people who demonstrated against war with Iraq on the weekend. [CBC News] Have another pretzel Junior. .< 10:04:44 PM >12 leading historians on both sides of the argument over Iraq. Does today's Iraq crisis have more in common with pre-war Europe or Suez? [Guardian Unlimited] .< 10:01:15 PM >Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US plan for new nuclear arsenal 'The leaked preparations for the meeting are the clearest sign yet that the administration is determined to overhaul its nuclear arsenal so that it could be used as part of the new "Bush doctrine" of pre-emption, to strike the stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons of rogue states.' Disarm Bush. .< 6:24:55 PM >Quark offers first glimpse at Quark Xpress 6 [The Macintosh News Network] .< 6:21:24 PM >Blogstreet presents Visual Neighborhood.Visual Neighborhood helps you to see the inter-connectedness between blogs and is a way to map the social network of blogs. [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] .< 6:17:58 PM >Budget sets out billions in new spending 
Finance Minister John Manley laid out a budget on Tuesday that sets Canada on one of its biggest spending sprees in decades. [CBC News] .< 6:13:27 PM >Comment popup windows for Manila. We've got a new feature for Manila today: Comment popup windows for News Items sites. [Jake's Radio 'Blog] .< 11:43:22 AM >Temporarily bypass the Finder's snap to grid setting. [macosxhints] .< 11:41:30 AM >Be Incorporated Files Suit Against Microsoft for Violations of Antitrust Laws 'Be Incorporated (NASDAQ:BEOS) announced today it has filed suit against Microsoft Corporation for the destruction of Be's business resulting from the anticompetitive business practices of Microsoft. The lawsuit alleges, among other claims, that Microsoft harmed Be through a series of illegal exclusionary and anticompetitive acts designed to maintain its monopoly in the Intel-compatible PC operating system market and created exclusive dealing arrangements with PC OEMs prohibiting the sale of PCs with multiple preinstalled operating systems.' .< 11:35:11 AM >Book Excerpt: Apache, The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition. Running on more than half the world's Web sites, this Apache guide discusses how to obtain, set up, secure, modify, and troubleshoot the Apache software on both Unix and Windows systems. From O'Reilly. 0217 [WebReference News] .< 11:34:39 AM >Child care to be priority in budget 
Finance Minister John Manley has confirmed there will be more money for child care in Tuesday's budget. The rumoured figure is $1 billion over the next three years. [CBC News] .< 11:31:45 AM >"The Bush Administration filed a brief urging the judges to uphold denial of the permit" [Daypop Top 40] Which of course is what led to the violence which occured during the march in NYC. I like the Desmond Tutu quote. .< 1:42:15 AM >Restore some life to your laptop's battery. I've found a way to restore partially the duration of the battery of my iBook. It used to last 1hr 30m. Now it lasts more than two hours. Here's how I did it. Work normally using the battery. Wait for the warning about the... [macosxhints] .< 1:30:19 AM >FileMerge - A file comparison tool from Apple. The macosxhints Rating:[0 to 10 lights; 10 = perfect!]Developer/Download: Apple Computer, Inc. Price: Free [macosxhints] .< 1:03:56 AM >Radio: How to backup and restore your weblog. [Scripting News] .< 12:55:16 AM >Aiding the Case for Macintosh (17-Feb-2003; 4.4K) [TidBITS] .< 12:51:03 AM >Tools We Use: SpamSieve (17-Feb-2003; 6.7K) [TidBITS] .< 12:42:10 AM >N Korea threatens to scrap truce. North Korea says it may pull out of the armistice that ended the Korean War, accusing the US of breaking the terms of the truce. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 12:41:46 AM >EU moves to heal Iraq divisions. EU leaders end an emergency summit on Iraq by agreeing force would be a last resort but say arms inspections cannot continue indefinitely. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 12:40:00 AM >"ext|circ: How CNN edited Blix's transcript" [Daypop Top 40] Amazing. Of course the bits they left out are the ones relating to Iraq's compliance and Blix's repudiation of Powell's 'evidence'. |
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