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Wow. That was fast. . .< 11:40:53 AM  >Dwight Shih is learning UserTalk In an interesting set of posts, Dwight Shih takes us along on his journey to learn UserTalk, the core language of "Radio UserLand" and Manila's scripting environment.
Dwight, if you haven't already, pick up a copy of Matt Neuburg's excellent book on Frontier, the precursor to Radio and Manila. The first 150 pages or so of the "Buffalo book" are a gold mine of programming instructions and tips. [Via house of warwick] . .< 10:26:32 AM >Mac mini: In addition to, not instead of The real market for Apple's Mac mini is as a second (or third or fourth) computer for those who've always wanted a Mac. Here are 13 ideas for putting the Mac mini to work as a secondary machine. [Via Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: O'Reilly Network Weblogs: Mac] . .< 1:25:43 AM >China Eager to Increase Ties With Mexico (AP) AP - China's vice president expressed a strong desire to increase economic and diplomatic cooperation with Mexico while meeting Monday with Mexican lawmakers, cabinet ministers and business leaders. [Via Yahoo! News - World] . .< 12:35:02 AM >US reveals mass Guantanamo action Some 23 prisoners tried to hang or strangle themselves during a protest at Guantanamo Bay in 2003, the US military says. [Via BBC News | World | UK Edition] . .< 12:33:27 AM >Gates Donates $750 Mln for Child Vaccines -Papers LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is donating $750 million to pay for wider vaccination programs in developing countries, British newspapers said on Tuesday. [Via Reuters: World] . .< 12:27:17 AM >Johnny Carson, Low-Key King of Late-Night TV, Dies at 79 The droll, puckish, near-effortless comedian dominated late-night television for 30 years as the host of the "Tonight" show. [Via New York Times: Arts] . .< 12:16:12 AM >CBC News: Atlantic provinces start digging out "Between 30 and 65 centimetres of snow had fallen on the region as of late Monday, with Yarmouth, N.S., recording the highest accumulation. Winds of up to 128 km/h whipped the snow into three-metre-high drifts in places.” There's an incredible photo on this page. . .< 12:15:02 AM >CBC News: Snow traps Maritime drivers in cars "A number of travellers were stranded until Monday afternoon along roads in the Tantramar Marsh area, in southwestern New Brunswick and northeastern Nova Scotia.”
This can be a wicked stretch of highway in the winter. I remember my dad driving me back to Mount A. one Sunday afternoon. A truck blew across the highway in front of us. A police cruiser pulled up behind us and a moment later a car slammed into it. The wind was pretty amazing. Visibility was very, very low. I guess we crawled along to the exit after the wind settled a bit. |
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