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When updating my calendars after upgrading iCal, I discovered that you can roll your scrollwheel forward or backward to the information you want. For example, when entereing a date, just roll your wheel to move ahead! Or to c... [macosxhints] .< 11:53:49 PM  >Editing “Intolerable Cruelty” Joel and Ethan Coen have always written, directed, edited and produced their own films. But “Intolerable Cruelty” is the first film they edited digitally — and they used the Mac and Final Cut Pro to do it. Opening Oct. 10, “Intolerable Cruelty” stars George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones. [Oct 10] [Apple Hot News] .< 11:48:23 PM >An iPod for an Audiophile “Apple’s 30GB iPod is an extremely sexy gadget,” writes Wes Phillips in stereophile. “As a piece of industrial design, it is remarkable in its beauty and operability. As an extension of Apple’s lifestyle-friendly suite of music-photography-video applications, it is a screaming success. It’s fun to use, and if just seeing one is enough to induce lust, actually holding one is enough to tempt a righteous man to larceny. But is it a serious piece of kit worthy of serious consideration by an audiophile? Surprisingly enough, I believe the answer is yes.” [Oct 13] [Apple Hot News] .< 11:31:39 PM >The 100 greatest novels of all time Observer: The Observer has compiled its own list of essential fiction from the past 300 years. Feel free to disagree... [Guardian Unlimited] .< 11:30:19 PM >Israelis and Palestinians Join in Peace Draft A group of prominent politicians have written a symbolic agreement that they hope could be a foundation for negotiations. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] .< 11:27:16 PM >DJ Taylor on judging the Booker prize Can anyone read 100 novels in four months? DJ Taylor reports from inside the Booker prize judging room. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 10:24:12 PM >FlyOurFlag.ca Which flag do you think Paul Martin will fly from the Peace Tower when he becomes Prime Minister? Not politics as usual. Cute. .< 1:57:44 AM >CBC News: Nova Scotia returns to full power Two weeks after Hurricane Juan slammed into mainland Nova Scotia, uprooting trees and knocking out power, full electricity has been restored. .< 1:54:34 AM >Record of the Year 2003 revealed... Record of the Year 2003 revealed Quartet's probing and intense Schumann wins top Prize [Gramophone - News] .< 1:51:51 AM >Many soldiers, same letter / Front Page -The Olympian Letters from hometown soldiers describing their successes rebuilding Iraq have been appearing in newspapers across the country as U.S. public opinion on the mission sours. And all the letters are the same. Someone's idea of a PR campaign. They use the names of real soldiers but the soldiers didn't write the letters. .< 1:43:41 AM >Note to Sony: Skip IPod Knockoff At this point, there's no reason for Sony to come up with an answer to iPod. Apple won the audio player fight. Instead, the electronics powerhouse should fast-forward to the next big gadget, personal video players. A Wired News column by Peter Rojas. [Wired News] .< 1:23:35 AM >What Price Music? As musical recordings have increasingly shed their physical form, the record industry and its customers have been at odds over what it all should cost. [New York Times: Arts] .< 1:04:34 AM >Bill Shoemaker, Hall of Fame Jockey, Dies at 72 Bill Shoemaker, the 4-foot-11, 98-pound dynamo who was among horse racing's most renowned figures and who rode the winners of 11 Triple Crown races, died Sunday. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 72! Oh dear. Time is flying. |
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