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Sorry, we're too busy rationalizing the invasion of Iraq and looking for WMD. Good thing they got rid of that bad man Hussein. .< 7:31:05 PM  >Terry Jones: President Bush has words with the Almighty Comment: Terry Jones imagines a conversation between the US president and the Almighty. [Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest] "You mean...you don't give a damn, George?" "I mean You speak through me, God, not the other way round! Is that clear?" "Yes, Mr President. .< 7:28:07 PM >No show is a no go US elections: John Kerry must stop ducking chances to attack Bush on Iraq, says Philip James. [Via Guardian Unlimited] .< 7:12:37 PM >Congratulations Boston! The Red Sox are in... Congratulations Boston! The Red Sox are in the series (and the Yankees are not). Almost hard to say which makes me happier. Nike aired this sweet ad in response. [Via On The Mark] .< 7:08:51 PM >Poll shows that Bush supporters lie to themselves to feel better Mark Frauenfelder: The Sept. 11 Commission found that there were no substantial ties between Hussein and al-Qaeda, and Charles Duelfer's report states that Iraq had no significant WMD program. Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of supporters of the President take comfort in pretending that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and pretending that there were significant ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. Link [Via Boing Boing] Good God. Read on. It gets worse. WAKE UP!! .< 7:02:11 PM >AES Convention Hosts Live Multi-Channel Surround Event... John Strawn, Chairman of the 117th AES Convention, has announced a day-long event titled Surround Live II—More Surround! devoted exclusively to live multi-channel surround....More [Via Mix News] .< 3:47:48 PM >Issue keystrokes while using Command-Tab switcher I was using drag and drop to copy text from a webpage to TextEdit by using Command-Tab to switch to TextEdit. When I switched to TextEdit, I realized that I didn't have an open document. Rather than cancelling the drag, I tr... [Via macosxhints] Lots of cool stuff in this little tip. .< 3:40:17 PM >Notes and Tips: Mac Malware Alert A reader describes a new piece of Macintosh malware that reportedly collects passwords. [Via MacInTouch] .< 3:38:27 PM >Inside the iMac G5 If you were going to rank all the reasons for Apple's mid-nineties revival, you'd have to put the success of the original iMac (along with the return of a guy named Steve) right at the top of the list. The brightly colored plastic all-in-one not only inspired all sorts of copycat designs, computer-related (mice, printers, and hubs) and otherwise (the George Foreman grill), but also made computing fun again. The flat-panel iMac introduced two years ago had the same effect -- here was a computer you wouldn't mind displaying out in the open, instead of tucking your system away behind closed doors. [Via MacCentral] .< 3:33:23 PM >Apple, Jobs up for four Billboard Digital Awards Music industry trade journal Billboard on Thursday announced the finalists for the first annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards, to be held Nov. 5 in Los Angeles. The publication noted that the 26 categories involve games, music, film, television and video, with recognition of "the cutting-edge developments and forward thinkers shaping the future of entertainment." Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs is up for Visionary of the Year -- pitting him against HDNet chairman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Real Networks chairman and CEO Rob Glaser and Sim City and The Sims designer Will Wright -- while his company will vie for Innovator of the Year, Brand of the Year and Best Downloadable or Subscription Music Service. [Via MacCentral] .< 3:30:55 PM >Verve Japan Celebrates Label's 60th Anniversary by Releasing 10 Jazz Classics in Super Audio CD Verve Japan is helping to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Verve label with the release of 10 titles from the company's well known jazz catalog in newly remastered Super Audio CDs. Each of the new SACDs will be a Hybrid Layer disc, featuring ... [Via DVD-Audio and SACD News] .< 1:56:28 PM >117th AES Approaches Record Exhibitor/Attendee Numbers Returning to the Moscone Center for the first time since 1998, The 117th Audio Engineering Society Convention looms as a record-breaking event. Over 400 exhibitors and more than 16,000 attendees are expected. ...Read More » [Via Digital Pro Sound News] .< 11:45:41 AM >Gallery Announces Metacorder Audio Field Recorder Gallery UK today announces imminent availability of Metacorder 1.0, enabling users of CoreAudio hardware to create a full function audio field recorder on a Powerbook. ...Read More » [Via Digital Pro Sound News] Although existing audio hardware is perfect for field recording applications, users have been missing a dedicated software user interface and recorder for the demanding requirements of location sound recording. Metacorder replaces complex DAW software, rich with functions not relevant to field recording, and instead offers vital location-sound specific functionality such as 30 second pre-record, mirroring and metadata entry, all in a very intuitive and easy to use package. .< 11:42:43 AM >Get Your Game On! at AES The Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing presents Game On! Video Games: The Future of Music and Entertainment during the 2004 AES Convention....More [Via Mix News] .< 11:41:45 AM >Sonic Studio Releases SonicStudio HD version 1.9.1 Sonic Studio, LLC, the leader in ultra-fidelity production products for audio professionals, today announced that distribution has begun for version 1.9.1 of their landmark digital audio workstation (DAW) for the Macintosh platform. ...Read More » [Via Digital Pro Sound News] .< 11:40:15 AM >Portable sat-radio to impact "air" radio? If this rumour is true, XM Satellite Radio and Delphi are going to introduce a wearable satellite radio very soon. Supposedly it’ll be called “MyFI” and a quick check of the US Patent and Trademark Office reveals that they Delphi did in fact make a trademark filing for “MyFI” a couple of months ago. Satradio until now has been mostly restricted to Americans in cars. The CRTC is considering an application for Canadian distribution from the CBC and Sirius. This could be another technology to nip away at the market share that over-the-air radio broadcasters have. [via Engadget] [Via I Love Radio .org] |
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