One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Tuesday, 12 October 2004

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The Seed of Apple's Innovation
I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.

It's because when you buy our products, and three months later you get stuck on something, you quickly figure out [how to get past it]. And you think, "Wow, someone over there at Apple actually thought of this!" And then three months later you try to do something you hadn't tried before, and it works, and you think "Hey, they thought of that, too." And then six months later it happens again. There's almost no product in the world that you have that experience with, but you have it with a Mac. And you have it with an iPod.

Steve Jobs interview in Business Week.

< 11:37:03 PM >

Microsoft Corp.'s Virtual PC software has been lauded by critics as a convenient way for Mac users to run Windows applications on their Macs, but what if you need to do the opposite? Maui, Hawaii-based MXS announced Tuesday the release of Cherry OS, an emulator that does the exact opposite -- its developer says Cherry OS lets PCs run Mac OS X instead. [MacCentral]

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San Jose, Calif.-based Miraizon has updated Cinematize, its tool for extracting audio and video from a DVD. With the release of version 2.0, users can now select video clips as short as a single frame, decode video to any QuickTime-supported codec, save multiple clips in a single file and control such output options as frame rate and decoding mode. In addition, Cinematize 2 automatically synchronizes audio and video as it captures a clip and features performance enhancements for Macs with G4 or G5 processors. [MacCentral]

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Sometimes one access point just isn't enough for our wireless networks, even at home. Wei Meng Lee shows you how to extend your network with AirPort Express, and explains what's going on under the hood. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com]

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Universal Music continues to be a major player in the Super Audio CD market, announcing today that it plans to issue 100 to 150 new SACD titles in 2005. It also announced that has added Super Audio CD releases to its DVD team's ...[DVD-Audio and SACD News]

< 11:05:52 PM >

Though he's now officially an American citizen, actor Jim Carrey is insisting he is not renouncing his Canadian roots. FULL STORY [CBC Arts News]

In time to vote.

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Radio is getting more improvements: comment and trackback moderation, upstreaming changes and comment count speed increases.

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Apple has stepped up its marketing campaign for the dimunitive iPod MP3 player by featuring lendendary rockers U2 in the latest "silhouette" ad. Apple's popular silhouette ads usually feature music from up-and-coming bands like Jet playing as a someone dances on a multi-colored background. [MacCentral]

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No longer is the Bush campaign happy to use 'angry' as a term of abuse, writes Markos Moulitsas. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Entire media networks, such as Fox News and Sinclair Broadcasting, prop up Bush in a way that would make their fellow propagandists in North Korea and Cuba proud. [snip] Given the force of Republican efforts to deify Bush, his debate performances came as a big shock to many Americans. They showed a Bush quick to anger, indecisiveness, pettiness and petulance. The sheltered Bush was clearly unprepared for the debate and unprepared to face criticism. In fact, it seemed to take him by surprise. No one seemed to have told him he had critics. [snip] Bush acted like the proverbial ugly American trying to be understood in a foreign land, cranking up the volume and shrillness to make his points while Kerry sat by serenely. The contrast was impossible to miss as Bush became increasingly unhinged. Even on the road, Bush's desperation is palpable as the rhetoric soars to angrier heights.'

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Politics: Foreign secretary reveals that intelligence services have withdrawn the controversial WMD claim. [Guardian Unlimited]

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At least 11 al-Qaida suspects have "disappeared" in US custody, according to a Human Rights Watch report. [Guardian Unlimited World Latest] "Those guilty of serious crimes must be brought to justice before fair trials," said Reed Brody, special counsel with Human Rights Watch. "If the United States embraces the torture and 'disappearance' of its opponents, it abandons its ideals and international obligations and becomes a lesser nation."

That time has long passed. This is just another illustration.

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Prime Minister Paul Martin and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Tuesday that they would co-operate further to fight terrorism while respecting human rights.

FULL STORY [CBC News]

Martin should try taking this line to Washington.

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Because there is no 'freedom of the press' in the US

< 12:18:29 PM >

On the plane last night I lucked out and got the middle seat between a couple from Canada, and they wanted to sit together, so I got the aisle seat and this morning my back feels just fine.

We talked about US politics and eventually it turned to Bush-bashing, and they wondered if there were any Republicans on the plane because we were talking really loud.

A white-haired woman in the seat in front turned around and passed back a political cartoon which seemed to say Bush was the right choice. I said I don't understand, does this mean you're voting for Bush? She just wanted us to know there are "other points of view." I handed it back and said I know, half the people are voting for Bush. Then I turned to my Canadian friends and said "But I have no respect for them."

Seriously, if you vote for Bush and he wins, we're going to blame you for what happens in the next four years.

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Royal Concertgebouw launches own label
Dutch orchestra follows LSO Live blueprint
[Gramophone - News]

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The Israeli army has begun investigating the death of a 13-year-old Palestinian girl said to have been shot dead by soldiers then riddled with bullets by their commander. [Guardian Unlimited World Latest]

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French government has legalised the use of mobile phone jamming devices in cinemas, theatres and concert halls. [Guardian Unlimited World Latest]

A fine idea.

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Film to be shown before election that portrays Democratic candidate as betraying fellow soldiers in Vietnam. [Guardian Unlimited]

Sinclair is a huge supporter of Bush. This company refused to air Ted Koppel reading the names of the war dead from Iraq. They are interrupting prime time programming to air this smear and are pretending that it is a news story. The concept of democracy in the US has become a joke.

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A human rights group accuses the US of holding al-Qaeda suspects at secret locations in violation of legal norms. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]