One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 1 June 2005

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10.4: See multiple feeds over time in RSS screen saver

I wrote a Perl script to rotate the RSS screen saver feeds every hour, using the plist hack hint as a basis. Currently, there are six feeds, and the script works best when the total number of RSS feeds divides 24 hours nicely...
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10.4: Use PDF-X to save shadows in iWork files

Tiger allows a save as PDF-X option, which will retain the shadows in a Pages document.

[robg adds: This also works for Keynote presentations, and is a much nicer solution than purchasing the full-blown Acrobat package (and ...
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10.4: Reclaim drive space after an Archive and Install

I just installed Tiger yesterday and choose the "Save the previous system" install (thus, not a regular upgrade). After doing this, you may want to "reclaim" some space used by the "Previous System" folder.

Some files which ...
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Running these commands bought me about 1.5 Gigs of disc space.

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The Xbox team thinks different!

Q: They think different? I like that. I'm sure Steve Jobs would like that, too!

Well, I have more G5's than any human being on planet earth right now. That was the closest hardware system that was out there. Even though we're doing highly customized parts, they still are derivative of off-the-shelf parts. So we've given them a good approximation. When we get the final hardware, the performance is just going to skyrocket.

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Exclusive: CBC to Announce Major Podcasting Initiatives

CBC Radio, Canada's public broadcaster, is set to announce a series of podcasting projects that I believe will all be massively ground-breaking. So stay tuned to this blog for the very first word.
      For now, though, I can say this: If you are a Canadian independent musician and you are looking for a way to get your music heard to a much wider audience, I strongly, strongly recommend you sign your band up at NewMusicCanada.com . (Gee, is that a “Podsafe-Friendly?” button I see there?  ;-)  )

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The Washington Post confirmed on Tuesday that W. Mark Felt, a former deputy associate director of the FBI, was "Deep Throat," the source that provided the newspaper with some of its biggest scoops during the Watergate scandal. FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]