One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Monday, 27 October 2003

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A U.S. Rebirth for Mexico's Comic Legend

As part of a wider rediscovery of the work of Cantinflas, a new play has begun to jar memories of the actor who is considered to be an icon of Mexican cinema. [New York Times: Arts]

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Paris dispatch: A new report has shattered the image of France being a healthy nation despite its fondness for drinking and smoking. Amelia Gentleman explains. [Guardian Unlimited]

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Five suicide bombings that killed 34 and wounded more than 200 today punctuated two days of bloody violence in Baghdad. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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35 dead, hundreds injured in Baghdad bombings
American officials say there are "indications" Monday's wave of bombings in Baghdad was the work of foreign fighters. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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Now the federal government doles out big money to Via Rail for a fast train service, although whether the promise will carry over to Paul Martins regime remains to be seen. [montreal city weblog]

On again, off again, on again, . . .?

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This weekend the Toronto Star has an editorial in favour of spending federal money to upgrade passenger rail service, and the Gazette has an editorial against it. The difference is that the Star editorial has cogent arguments: highway congestion, the expense of flying and the importance of maintaining train infrastructure for the future. The Gazette has no argument except that it doesn’t like the sight of money being spent, despite the bogus lede about the niceness of rail travel. Tant pis, you lose. [montreal city weblog]

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The EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Sample Library was recorded where orchestral instruments sound their most natural--in a concert-hall environment. The recordings were made using custom-built recording equipment by Professor Keith O. Johnson, recipient of two Grammys, plus eight additional Grammy nominations for his 90-plus classical recordings. [ProSound News]

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In the message-list pane of Mail in Panther, up and down arrows will select the previous and next email for viewing. I thought there must be a way to open or close a thread in threaded email view and there is! Right arrow op... [macosxhints]

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Much of the information content of Apple's iTunes Music Store is provided by Muze Inc., a source of entertainment product information for music, books, videos and games. And the company's founder and CEO, Paul Zullo, feels that the online music experience will only improve in the days ahead. [MacCentral] 'Zullo -- who was a radio producer 25 years ago and an early adopter of CD technology -- sees the future of music as a mixture of physical formats such as CDs and downloadable music. He feels that CDs will be around for years to come as a high-quality sound carrier. Other formats such as SACDs (Super Audio CDs) and DVDs will also do well, he said. In fact, a great deal of classical music is being released on DVDs.

"Plus, many artists are covering all the bases," Zullo said. "For example, Bob Dylan was one of the first to have his catalog available at the iTunes Music Store. But many of his albums are now being released as SACDs. Eventually, I think we'll see the day where we'll be able to encode and decode on our computers with the highest playback possible."'

I like this guy! What a relief it is to know that someone who's on the cutting edge of downloadable music also cares about sound quality and is thinking about the mid to long term.

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Third-party software updates to assure compatibility with Mac OS X v10.3, "Panther," are coming fast and furious. Here's a roundup of some of the most recent applications announced to have Panther compatibility. [MacCentral]

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Nice dual wide monitor screen shot.