One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Thursday, 5 June 2003

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Woz offers details on early Apple days

SunSpot.net has posted the first half of a two-part interview with Steve "Woz" Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and creator of the Apple I and Apple II computers. The interview appears as part of The Mac Experience column. Woz said that he and Steve Jobs met during Woz's second year of college. Woz called Jobs "a free-floating hippie" who ate a lot of nuts and walked around barefoot or in sandals. But Jobs was "always looking toward business" in the same way he does today. [MacCentral]

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As you (may) know, Image Capture is a great iApp. At least I consider it one. One of its quick and great features is its "no frills" quick and easy webpage generation output option. [macosxhints]

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I forgot to mention this, but over the last two weeks, O'Reilly has put up a selection of my favorite hints from the new book -- one from each chapter. The first eight went up last week, and the second eight went online last... [macosxhints]

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New Apple Knowledge Base articles note several fixes incorporated in iMovie 3.0.3. [MacInTouch]

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Apple is preparing to extend its iTunes Music Store beyond just the "big five" record companies now represented. MacCentral confirmed that Apple is hosting a meeting on Thursday with independent record labels to discuss their involvement in the future of the service. [MacCentral]

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Contrary to popular opinion and Netcraft reports, black and white photography is not dying. Black and white is excellent for certain types for photography - for example, capturing the texture and form of a scene without distracting the viewer with colors. Or, for capturing images that seem to be from a bygone era. B&W also offers an interesting advantage - they can be processed easily and cheaply at home with inexpensive equipment. In this article, I shall explain the process of making a "contact" print from a B&W negative. After reading this article, you will be able to make prints the size of your negatives and experience the joy of watching prints emerge from your tray. The total cost should be under $20. You do not have to worry about investing too much in yet another hobby. [Kuro5hin.org]

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And so, here is how justice is defined: Any accused could be sentenced to death on any charge after a closed proceeding that includes the use of secret evidence he never is allowed to see. There would be no appeal to a civilian court, only to another military review panel appointed by the defense secretary.

"It's the most unfair system that's been contemplated in the United States since we prosecuted Indians during the Indian wars for war crimes," said Don Rehkopf, a former military attorney and now co-chairman of the military law committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. (link)

Justice, American style? Sounds more like justice, Saddam Hussein style. What is this country turning into?