One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Thursday, 9 October 2003

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New Napster, IPod Don't Play Nice

Napster is back, if only in name. But don't expect fans of Apple's popular iPod music player to flock to the new service. The two run on different file formats. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]

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PBS's "Frontline" examines the Bush administration's rationale for the Iraq war in a tone of puzzled sorrow that enhances the righteous indignation of the reporting. [New York Times: Arts] 'White House deception is the real focus of the program, which draws two main conclusions, both linked to hubris: that the administration twisted the facts to paint Mr. Hussein as an imminent threat to the security of the United States, and that it ignored its own experts' warnings about the risks and cost of postwar reconstruction. [snip] . . . does not provide new information so much as it richly illustrates the case against the Bush administration — a prosecution brief enhanced with charts, photographs and a thick leather binder.

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Keyon Harrold, a 22-year-old from St. Louis who came to New York to study at the New School, performed at the Jazz Gallery in the five-day run of "The Trumpet Shall Sound." [New York Times: Arts]

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The symphonic sweep and emotional impact of game soundtracks can now rival Hollywood film scores. [New York Times: Arts]

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This year's wine harvest could be the lowest in a decade, after a torrid summer - and quality may not be high enough to compensate. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Ex-judges, diplomats and former military lawyers urge the US Supreme Court to help those detained in Cuba. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

It's about time the morally bankrupt Bush administration were forced to correct this particular evil.

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I'll be downloading this tomorrow morning when I get to work. Congrats SSLLC

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Check out these issues before you install Apple's latest updates.... [MacInTouch]

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In addition to managing multiple calendars and sharing them over the Internet, iCal 1.5.1 now includes an all-new interface for creating and managing event details and improved support for working across time zones. iSync 1.2.1, which allows users to instantly sync their Mac address book and calendars with their mobile phone, Palm OS device, iPod and other Macs, now delivers calendar support for Symbian-based smartphones and supports new mobile phones from Sony Ericsson. [Oct 8] [Apple Hot News]

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With the new television season underway, eagle-eyed prime time viewers may have seen Apple's new thirty-second iPod television ad. If you missed it, however, you can check it out on Apple's Web site. [MacCentral]

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I have worked with many users who like to take iPhoto albums and make DVDs of them with iDVD. However, one very annoying bug (feature?) has to do with the fact that when you are in iDVD, it randomizes the sort order of the P... [macosxhints]

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Finding your WiFi/Airport connection broken after your machine wakes from sleep?

It appears that, with some non-Apple base stations where the Mac is using DHCP, it can forget its IP address during sleep, but does not reque... [macosxhints]

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