One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Saturday, 29 May 2004

.< 12:46:32 PM >
Audio tour of the MacPlus

Patrick sez, "Digging through his cassette tapes last weekend, this guy came across 'Macintosh Plus: A Guided Tour' and decided he should archive it onto CD for posterity (being a pack rat by nature). It's especially interesting in that it gives a good glimpse of the level of user education necessary at that point in Computer History: it patiently goes over how to interact with icons, how to use the mouse, etc...""For a real today-meets-yesterday experience, throw this on your iPod."

4.6MB MP3 Link [Boing Boing]

< 1:06:56 AM >

In this first article in a two-part series, Steven Disbrow describes handy power user tips for two-button mousing on Mac OS X. In part two this coming Tuesday, he'll show you how to create your own CMIs using Xcode. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com]

< 1:01:27 AM >

< 12:53:54 AM >

Apple posts some notes on developing software for Macs. I recommend this not only for other developers but also for anybody who enjoys thinking about software. [Ranchero.com]

< 12:33:15 AM >

Steve Gillmor: "Bill Gates chose carefully his first public comments on RSS and the tectonic shift it's rending across the technology landscape." [Scripting News]

< 12:19:40 AM >

Interrogation experts from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, played a major role in training U.S. military intelligence teams at Abu Ghraib prison. [New York Times: International]

< 12:18:40 AM >

In the choice of Iyad Alawi for prime minister of Iraq, the United Nations found itself appearing shoved aside by the U.S. [New York Times: International]

Amazing. The boneheads just can't stop screwing up.