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 Saturday, 5 February 2005
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Mitsou to represent Quebec on Newsworld
The CBC's choice of Mitsou to represent Quebec on Newsworld has ruffled a few feathers.
[Via montreal city weblog]
. .< 11:44:54 PM >
Canadians Fight for Privacy
A government decision to outsource health records to a company in the states has Canadians worried that sensitive information will wind up in the hands of the U.S. government. By Kim Zetter.
[Via Wired News]
. .< 11:43:59 PM >
Things That Make the Earth Go Hm
Powerful waves create a vibration in the Earth that researchers hope will one day allow them to predict earthquakes and groundwater levels. By Stephen Leahy.
[Via Wired News]
. .< 11:40:20 PM >
Sometimes, the Best Fares Are on Foreign Sites
A study of 20 American and European travel Web sites found that European sites often turned up lower air fares than their counterparts in the United States.
[Via New York Times: Travel]
. .< 1:26:44 AM >
Montreal's anglo pop gets another notice
First Spin, now the New York Times gets into the act with a notice about how cool Montreal's anglo pop music scene is getting. Not too bad, but the writer should stick to pop factoids and avoid analyzing the political background.
[Via montreal city weblog]
. .< 1:16:31 AM >
Haze and smog worsen over the city
Yesterday I couldn't see Mount Royal from a spot near Jean-Talon where it's usually crisply visible, and the Environment Canada weather page had a smog warning. The warning's back today, and there's a story about how bad the air is this week.
The irony is that a major culprit is wood-burning stoves. I'm sure that many of the people reinstalling these retro heaters think they're being oh-so-natural and environmentally friendly, but the opposite is true. London long ago passed clean air laws to clear its famous fogs, and we may have to do something like that here too.
[Via montreal city weblog]
I'm in Montreal today. Geoff mentioned that he couldn't see the city on his way back in from work today. I was too busy being amazed at how warm it was in Montreal in February.
. .< 1:07:00 AM >
Show and hide multiple iCal calendars
I've been wanting to find a way to quickly show and hide multiple calendars in iCal. I was beginning to look into AppleScript options, when I decided to try a typical Mac trick and discovered this. As far as I can tell, it's ...
[Via macosxhints] Yes, yes! Also read Rob's comment. Excellent.
. .< 12:54:21 AM >
DVD Extraction
Cinematize lets you pull content off your DVDs so you can reuse it—without having to recapture footage.
[Via Mac Gems Weblog]
. .< 12:53:14 AM >
Use relative dates in OmniOutliner 3
If one of your columns is set to Date format in Omni Outliner 3, typing "next week,""last wednesday," etc., will enter the actual real date, in the format specified in your preferences. This is great for making to do lists
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[Via macosxhints]
. .< 12:47:34 AM >
Mac vs. Windows
In a story recounting his experiences with both Macs and Windows computers, SF Gate columnist Mark Morford asks, “Why Does Windows Still Suck? Why do PC users put up with so many viruses and worms? Why isn’t everyone on a Mac?” [Feb 04, 2005]
[Via Apple Hot News]
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