One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Friday, 15 October 2004

.< 6:40:13 PM >
Robin Cook: This week's casualty: the legal case for war in Iraq
"Comment: It can only be a matter of time before the invasion is challenged in court, writes Robin Cook."

(Via Guardian Unlimited.)

< 6:38:53 PM >

Harper floats proposal to make Canadian federation more like Belgium's (Canadian Press): "Canadian Press - QUEBEC (CP) - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is proposing to make Canada more like Belgium, saying he would like to split some federal authority between Canada's two main language groups."

(Via Yahoo! News - World.)

< 6:37:35 PM >

A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq (AP): "AP - As of Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, 1,086 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 830 died as a result of hostile action and 256 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians."

(Via Yahoo! News - World.)

< 6:36:25 PM >

'70,000 Darfur dead' since March: "About 70,000 people are thought to have died since March in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, the UN says."

(Via BBC News | World | UK Edition.)

US too busy looking for WMD where there are none. How many people did Saddam kill in 6 months? Too bad the US has no oil interests in the Sudan.

< 6:32:57 PM >

.Mac members get 300 GarageBand loops: "Apple announced on Thursday that .Mac subscribers can check the Members Only folder inside their iDisk's Software folder and download a sampling of 300 loops from the three GarageBand Jam Packs currently available.

(Via MacCentral.)

< 6:32:07 PM >

Aireo 2 combines Wi-Fi, MP3, FM transmitter: "SoniqCast's Aireo 2 is a 20GB MP3 player that, on outward appearances, looks indistinguishable from a number of iPod clones that have flooded the market in recent months. But Aireo 2 sets itself apart by combining portable music storage and playback with 802.11b-based wireless networking as well. Users can download music over the Wi-Fi connection and access audio content including news, weather, finance and sports through content service providers. A hot spot locator lets users find Wi-Fi connections as they move. And a full-band FM transmitter lets users play their Aireo 2 songs from their car stereo."

(Via MacCentral.)

< 1:49:54 PM >

William Gibson reblogging: "Cory Doctorow: William Gibson is blogging again:

Because the United States currently has, as Jack Womack so succintly puts it, a president who makes Richard Nixon look like Abraham Lincoln.

And because, as the Spanish philospher Unamuno said, "At times, to be silent is to lie."

Link

(Thanks, Dan!)"

(Via Boing Boing.)

< 1:49:24 PM >

ipodder inside: "Wow, this puppy is a podcatchers dream! Needs ipodder inside."

(Via Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog.)

MiniDisc replacement?

< 1:48:38 PM >

Install and use Apple's free dual-screen VNC server: "Apple has recently released their Remote Desktop Client 2.1 as a free download. You can install this without buying Apple Remote Desktop 2.1, as the client is bundled free in all copies of Panther. The surprise here is that t..."

(Via macosxhints.)

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(Via macosxhints.)

< 1:18:43 PM >

Mac OS X: Best Unix Desktop: "Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes for eWeek, “GNOME is nice, KDE is fine and the forthcoming Looking Glass may be wonderful, but the best Unix desktop is the one in the Macintosh.” [Oct 14]"

(Via Apple Hot News.)