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  Friday, 19 December 2003

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Palm Pictures To Release Tom Dowd and the Language of Music

Palm Pictures recently announced that it will release the DVD of the acclaimed film, Tom Dowd and the Language of Music, on April 6, 2004. Directed by Mark Moorman, the documentary profiles the life and work of legendary producer/engineer Tom Dowd, a man whose personal history reflects the evolution of modern music and recording technology. [ProSound News]

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Airshow Mastering has released an updated version of its popular "Artist’s and Producer’s Guide to Super Audio CD." A pioneer in mastering for the high-resolution format, Airshow has been mastering for SACD since 1998. Recent credits include the first Brazilian SACDs for CAVI Records, and the first surround releases for the boutique New York label, 333 Entertainment. [ProSound News]

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This morning I remembered reading, when I was a kid, a short novel (maybe by Asimov) about a guy in a not so distant future who had been selected as "the voter". Computer technology and had evolved so much that a computer could simply make the decision about who should rule the world. A super computer (the Multivac if it was Asimov) could do all the statistical analysis necessary and decide, it only needed the input from a single human being.

The good news is that we didn't get to this point, the bad news is that we are not so far.

We don't have a single voter, but we have a single country electing a person who can significantly impact the whole world: the United States of America.

Most Americans don't seem to realize this; to the contrary they often seem to be one of the democratic peoples less aware about what's going on in the rest of the world. [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog]

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Hetty Litjens: "The positive thing is that now he can stand trial together with his accomplices, the US presidents and officials who created him and provided him with WMDs years ago to kill the Kurdish people." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]

< 7:38:45 PM >

I've seen a lot of good Mac years, and just as many bad. But 2003 might be the best ever. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: O'Reilly Network Weblogs: Mac]

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It appears that if you download the new iTunes update, and you've got an existing AOL account, with an AOL wallet, you can purchase iTunes songs from Canada, which is otherwise not possible. [Reinvented News]

Very interesting!

< 5:15:12 PM >

Absinthe may be legal in Montreal but it's not cheap. [montreal city weblog]

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Apple on Wednesday released QuickTime v6.5, a new version of its core multimedia technology for the Mac and Windows. The new version incorporates new features and updates, including expanded support for mobile multimedia, improved DV playback options and more. [MacCentral]

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Apple's .Mac subscription-based Internet service has provided its members with another free software bonus -- a copy of ArcSoft's PhotoStudio X, a US$79 value. What's more, ArcSoft and .Mac have teamed up to offer a special discount on Panorama Maker. [MacCentral]

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"The admission may not earn me any points in politically correct audiophile circles, but Apple's cute little iPod was the product I most enjoyed using this past year," writes John Atkinson for Stereophile. [MacCentral]

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CBS MarketWatch named Apple CEO Steve Jobs to its list of winners in naming the Winners and Losers of 2003. Jobs joins California's new governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ebay CEO Meg Whitman and JetBlue boss David Neeleman on the list of winners. "At a time when legit music downloads were catching on about as quickly as, well, Apple computers, Steve Jobs came along and did it right with ITunes," said Shawn Langlois for CBS MarketWatch. [MacCentral]

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Master film editor Walter Murch, whose 16-month editing effort on the movie version of “Cold Mountain” cut a compelling throughline across half a million feet of accumulated footage, talks about how he approaches film editing and why he chose to cut this $80 million picture on Final Cut Pro and several off-the-shelf Power Mac G4s. [Dec 18] [Apple Hot News]

A brilliant artist.

< 4:52:31 PM >

Genre: Action

About Toysight
A set of cool games and toys to play using your iSight or similar firewire camera. Using a system of object and motion detection to track your position, Toysight allows you to control buttons, sliders and perform gestures on the screen, putting you right in the action!

View QuickTime Trailer

Feature: Out of iSight [Mac OS X Hot Downloads]

Omigod!

< 11:54:50 AM >

AIDS is 'weapon of mass destruction': Annan
The United Nations needs to focus on the fight against HIV/AIDS in 2004, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in his year-end address on Thursday. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

< 11:53:04 AM >

Online: Longtime rival RealNetworks sues software giant for allegedly unfairly promoting its own audio and video software. [Guardian Unlimited]

< 11:52:34 AM >

Books: Michael Moore's root-and-branch onslaught against George Bush and the globalised economy yesterday brought off a coup in publishing, if not politics. [Guardian Unlimited]

< 11:48:24 AM >

Legal rulings on Guantanamo Bay rights and on a "dirty bomb" suspect deal setbacks to the Bush administration. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

It is inevitable that the law will catch up with the War Party at some point. Ça commence.