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Wednesday, 6 July 2005
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Curling association nixes TV deal with CBC
Less than six months after losing the Olympic broadcast rights for 2010 and 2012, the CBC was left reeling on Wednesday after the Canadian Curling Association pulled out of a four-year contract with the television network.
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[Via CBC News] Ouch. Not to mention the cancelled hockey season!
. .< 10:27:18 PM >
London wins 2012 Olympics
Victory mugs of beer were hoisted all across England Wednesday after London was awarded the 2012 Summer Games.
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[Via CBC News] Surprise. Paris was considered the frontrunner. Does this mean London will become even more expensive?
. .< 10:26:02 PM >
Obesity rates rise dramatically over past 25 years: study
One in four Canadian adults is considered obese, a dramatic increase over the past 25 years, Statistics Canada reports.
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[Via CBC News]
. .< 2:20:46 PM >
Convert iCal Events into To Do tasks and vice versa
This may have been obvious to some, but I was pleasantly surprised: You can drag an event in iCal from the main calendar to the To Do pane (if visible), or the reverse. This copies the event as a new to do (or the other way a...
[Via macosxhints] As usual there are some additional good hints in the comments. Apparently Tiger-only.
. .< 2:17:32 PM >
An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 3
In Part 3 of this Tiger Terminal introduction, you'll learn some helpful commands that you can use to view information about your network, including netstat, nslookup, traceroute, and more.
[Via Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com]
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Feature: Prepare your photos
Apple’s iPhoto 5 is anything but another ho-hum digital shoebox. You can use it to create an efficient workflow for managing all your pictures. Understanding and using iPhoto’s organizational tools will help you get the most out of the program’s creative side. We’ll show you how to enhance your photos, as well as how to use iPhoto to sort them so they’re ready when you need them for any type of output.
[Via MacCentral]
. .< 12:27:27 PM >
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[Via Lockergnome's OS X Fanatics]
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