From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon May 1 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon May 1 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 1, 2006 Message-ID: <20060501171500.40553.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** New Mac Ad Campaign "Does It All" Charles Jade, Ars Technica [Opinion] *** You Can Never Say Enough Nice Things About A Mac Michael J. Miller, PC Magazine There's certainly a very nice market of people who will pay for the style and elegance of the Mac. But the majority of people have already shown that they will choose flexibility, even if they don't use it much, especially when it costs less. *** Vertical Quality And McNealy: Why Apple, Sun & Google Have It Right Brandon Werner Participating in Verticla Markets does tend to be more expensive up front, but the cost isn't non-existent in the Horizontal model, it's just more hidden. [Sidetrack] *** iPod To Go Heng-Cheong Leong For those of us who have never seen the iPod vending machine in action, here's a video . And no, there isn't any dropping-of-iPods-from-several-feet action. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Ageing PCs 'Problem' For Schools Gary Eason, BBC News *** New Microsoft Browser Raises Google's Hackles Steve Lohr, New York Times MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** The Way We Eat: Olde School Christine Muhlke, New York Times The thoroughly modern chef Heston Blumenthal gets a Tudor tutorial. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Voters Question Distribution Of NRIC Numbers To Political Parties Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia Voters are asking why the Elections Department distributed their Identity Card (IC) numbers to the various political parties. *** WP Chief Says He Will Not Respond Anymore To James Gomez Case Augustine Anthuvan, Channel NewsAsia [Election Talk] *** Different Cameras, Different Shots mr brown *** Where's The Beef? My Singapore News *** PAP Ministers: "vainglorious Thievery" The Useless Tree The PAP is not about "Asian values" or "Confucian virtues." It is about a leadership that dores "twisty paths." It's about old-fashioned human greed. *** PAP Rally @ Yio Chu Kang Stadium Singapore Election Watch I went to PAP's rally at YCK stadium on Friday and I have concluded that I will not vote PAP even if eligible. *** Workers Party: James Gomez Eugene Kok, Grumbles, Peeves & Thoughts I'm hugely disappointed. Under the chairwomanship of Sylvia Lim, I expected a lot more from a Workers Party's candidate. *** My Very First Political Rally Tym Blogs Too! I think the money quote came from Workers' Party canddiate Perry Tong when he pointed out that his party's manifesto spent four pages and 800 words dealing with healthcare issues and outlining specific policies, while the People's Action Party's manifesto had just fourty words to say about it. *** Let Us Face The Future No Concept Of Liberty After the rubble of five years of wasted opportunities, of increasing hardship for many and a government whose concerns are more their own than our own, it really is time for us to face the future. [News] *** Revive Talks On Bridge The Star The federal government has been urged to reopen negotiations with Singapore over the aborted bridge project and other issues. [Opinion] *** Chaotic Scene At Changi Ferry Terminal Patrick Low Soh Chye, Straits Times [Entertainment] *** Welcome To The 'Austin Powers Room' Jeremy Mahadevan, New Straits Times A hotel is just a place to lay your head between the sights. Or is it? The New Majestic Hotel in Singapore is as deserving of a visitor's attention as any attraction in the island republic. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** All Brand New Too Many Crooks From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue May 2 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue May 2 13:15:04 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 2, 2006 Message-ID: <20060502171501.63140.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** iPod Nanos Reach 8GB - Analyst Jonny Evans, Macworld UK *** The iPod Revolution Offers A Soundtrack To Your Life L. Kent Wolgamott and Joel Gehringer, Lincoln Journal Star The bubble hasn't burst. In fact, it's getting bigger and more diverse. *** Apple Launches New Mac-PC Ad Campaign Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer *** iPods Edge Out Home Stereo Systems Jack Speer, NPR Users aren't just rely ing on digital music players to store their music. In some instances, they're using them as their main listening device in the home. Sales of high-end audio equipment have taken a dive as a result. *** iPod Leads Growing MP3 Player Market ipodnn *** SANS: Apple OS Security Slipping Michael Arnone, Federal Computer Week Cybercriminals have developed many new expolits to compromise Apple's OS X operating system, including a zero-day attack, the SANS Institute said in a new report released today. *** SANS: Apple OS Security Slipping Michael Arnone, Federal Computer Week *** Apple Sets Tune For Pricing Of Song Downloads Joashua Chaffin and Kevin Allison, Financial Times Apple on Monday revealed it had renewed contracts with the four largest record companies to sell songs through its iTunes digital store at 99 cents each. The agreement came after months of bargaining, and were a defeat for music companies that had been pushing for a variable pricing model. [Opinion] *** New Apple Ads - Marketing Well Done Michael Gartenberg, Jupiter Research I suspect this new clever (but not arrogant) marketing campaign is going to do well for them going forward. *** The Genius Of Apple's Stores Leander Kahney, Wired News There is no pressure to spend, and the staffers are always happy to help, even with the most basic issues. It's amazing how important this is for gaining and retaining customers. [Review] *** Mac's New Mini A Power To Behold Mark Kellner, Washington Times Apple's Mac mini is not only a great little machine, it could well be the next big thing, and not just for Mac fanatics. [Sidetrack] *** Hi, Mac. Hi PC. Heng-Cheong Leong Apple has some brand new, and funny, advertisements up on their web site . They are great. I'm just watching them on my Acer PC during the lunch break. Too bad the QuickTime plug-in crashed my Internet Explorer. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Pupils To Sit First Online Exams BBC News School pupils in scotland are set to sit exams online for the first time as this year's exam season got under way. *** Cities Deploying Wi-Fi Face Challenges Marguerite Reardon, CNET News.com SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Gomez Stage-Managed Elections Department Episode: DPM Wong S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng has accused James Gomez, the Workers' Party candidate for Aljunied GRC, of stage-managing the entire minority candidate certificate episode from the start. *** James Gomez Issue Will Not Be Deciding Factor In Vote: Analysts Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia The Gomez issue aside, in this election, the Workers' Party is seen as the strongest contender with its credible slate of candidates. *** Lunchtime Election Rallies Make Comeback In GE 2006 Cheryl Fox, Channel NewsAsia The People's Action Party will hold the first one in nine years at Raffles Place on Wednesday. *** Singapore Polls: WP Can Still Contest Aljunied Even If Gomez Dropped, Says Minister Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia Mr Yeo said that even if Gomez were to be taken out of the Workers' Party's 5-man team for Aljunied GRC, there is nothing in the constituion to prevent a 4-man team from running against a 5-man team. "Even if you are in Parliament and something happens to you, the rest can look after the constituency. It is not as if election in Aljunied will stop. It'll continue." *** Singaore Rebel Politician Under Police Investigation AFP Police said Chee, who is barred from running in the May 6 elections or addressing campaign rallies because he is a bankrupt, was sen to have spoken to about 50 people outside a suburban stadium Monday evening. *** Human Rights Take Backseat To Bread And Butter Issues In Singapore Election AFP *** Taking On The Mighty PAP Joceline Tan, The Star Goh Chok Tong had initially been rather confident of regaining the two seats but after four days of campaigning and the gigantic Hougang rally, it is quite clear that the PAP has a fighting chance only in Potong Pasir. *** SDP's Team In Sembawang 'Is Not Falling Apart' Azrin Asmani and Ben Nadarajan, Straits Times Team leader Chee Siok Chin reasures residents of their resolve to fight on. *** SDA Team Sets Up Job Portal Lee U-Wen, Today [Election Talk] *** The Lightning Strikes Back vjcosiety If our government is truly First World, then it should stop using Third World tactics to renew their mandate. *** The Aljunied Front Chemical Generation Singapore Singapore is slowly but surely becoming a 2-party parliament soon if rally turn-out and support for the WP are accurate indicators of who sits in parliament on 7 May. *** The Significance Of Mr Lee's Spin, Slogan And Slip Bend To The Wind The PAP election platform is a glossy postmodern affair of empty but comforting slogans distracting the working masses from the unhappy effects of the 'strong medicine' we must continue to take to preserve 'prosperity and progress' for some. *** So I Lied - I Have Something To Say Biased Observer Gomez's competency for office will be for the people to decide - it is highly obnoxious to for candidates to demand their competition to step down. *** It's Up To You, Singapore! Singapore Election Watch When you building blocks are supported by a swarm of mecenaries, what makes the government think they will stay when troubles arise? *** Must "Send The Right Signals" Okay? mrsbudak *** Are Reporters In Singaproe Really Prostituting Themselves? The World Of Fat4 Media seems to be cooperating with the current PAP administration puppeting almost everything that PAP voiced out. *** Rallies At Hougang Compared GremSpot Compare the two pictures and you can tell the difference in the size of the crowd. [Ramblings] *** Are These Politicians For Real? Heng-Cheong Leong Hey, Elections Department. I don't know whether those people contesting in the upcoming General Election are genuine persons . Can I have their NRIC numbers, please? Thank you. [News] *** Singaporeans Celebrate In JB Marsha Tan and Anuradha Raghu, The Star Singapore flocked across the Causeway here as they not only had the long Workers Day weekend to enjoy but also some extra money to spend. *** Causeway Blues For 4,000 Students Chuah Ben Kim and Lau Meisan, New Straits Times Malaysian students commuting to Singapore have been late for school the past week due to massive traffic jams at the Causeway. *** Singapore Airlines To Buy Virgin Blue? e-Travel Blackboard *** Singapore Economy Likely To Grow At Higher End Of Forecast: Lee AFP *** Dr M: I Have The Right To Speak Up The Star "To surrdner your sovereignty to Singapore as if you are scared does not speak well of the self-respect you have for yourself." *** Dr Mahathir: Malaysia A 'Half-Past-Six Country With No Guts' If... New Straits Times *** Mahathir Says Govt Sold Out Reuters In his strongest criticism of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's 2-1/2-year-old administration, Mahathir was quoted on Tuesday as saying Malaysia had sold out its sovereignty when it dropped plans to build a new bridge to Singapore. The bridge, one of Mahathir's pet projects, appears to have been the last straw for the patriarch. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** The Bronze Beached Boys PAS/CAL From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed May 3 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed May 3 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 3, 2006 Message-ID: <20060503171501.26551.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Now The MacBook Pro Batteries... Christopher Price, Sprint PCS Info AppleCare has a silent recall going on with the MacBook Pro battery. *** iPod Relief For Trapped Miners Jane Holroyd and Dan Harrison, The Age Two men trapped in a Tasmanian mine for more than a week are listening to iPods while rescuers prepare to start a new drilling operation in a bid to free them. *** 99-Cent Downloads Shows Apple's Strength Over Music Studios Therese Ploetti, San Jose Mercury News For now, Apple is still king of the hill. *** France Backs Down On iTunes DRM Stance Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com *** Ambrosia's Apeiron X, Darwinia Go Universal Peter Cohen, Macworld [Opinion] *** Why Apple Will Shake The PC Market Timon Royer *** Get A Mac Michael Tsai Windows and PCs have all sorts of problems, but I don't think that, for most users, frequent restarting and trouble talking to digital cameras are among them. *** TBWA And Apple Hit The Nail On The Head Jack Cheng The key difference is that the ad recognizes the two working togething, seeing the Mac as one that's likely to be an additional machine in the home, rather than a replacement for the PC. *** Selling The Mac John Siracusa, Ars Technica Relief from viruses is a legitimate benefit of the Mac, but Apple shouldn't make it an explicit selling point. It's like an airline advertising that is has fewer fatal crashes than its competitors. This just isn't done -- and for good reasons. *** Good Journalism John Gruber, Daring Fireball [Review] *** Quark 4 Peter Cohen, Macworld [Wintel] *** Gartner: Vista Won't Ship Until Q2 2007 Peter Cohen, Macworld The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Best Of The Worst Katherine Meyer, Wall Street Journal The internet spawned so many weird gizmos and bad business ideas that mocking dot-com duds beame something of a sport in the post-bubble era. But some ideas still stand out for pure silliness. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Writers, Quit Whining Garrison Keillor, Salon Spare us the self-involved moaning over the agonies of your art. Writing is no harder than anything else, and the complainers should can it. [Expressions] *** Once In A Lifetime Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker *** House Don Bogen, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SDP To File Defence Against Defamatory Suit Before May 18th Deadline Sithara Doraisamy, Channel NewsAsia Analysts say the split int he Singapore Democratic Party is being handled gingerly till the end of the General Election. *** FM George Yeo Says WP Can Drop Gomez After Polling Day Ng Shing Yi, Channel NewsAsia *** PAP Aims To Win At Least 80% Of votes In Ang Mo Kio GRC: Lim Boon Heng Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia *** WP Says It Will Not Drop Gomez From Aljunied GRC Lynlee Foo, Channel NewsAsia *** Singapore Booming But Some Voters Unhappy AFP Signs of disaffection are visible as the rising cost of living hits the pockets of low-income earners and less skilled and older workers are displaced due to economic restructuring. *** Distraction, Discreditation Are PAP's Tactics: Gomez Straits Times The PAP had chosen not to address policy issues, but had instead flooded the Singapore media 'with non-important issues which distract the voters from addressing the real thing.' *** End The Saga, Says WP Lee Ching Wern and Teo Xuan Wei, Today "What we want to talk about now are real election issues, so please stop confusing the voters, sidetracking and dodging questions. Answer the questions I've raised." *** SDP Calls For Greater Accountability On How National Reserves Are Used Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia SDP's candidate for Sembawang GRC, Ms Chee Siok Chin, said ministers' salaries were so high, and they prevented them from understanding the concerns of ordinary Singaporeans. *** Singapore's Farcical Election Undermines Its Achivement Michael Beckman, The Age *** Fear Is The Weapon That Stifles Dissent John Aglionby, The Guardian It's almost two decades since the last contested election. But using tactics that play on voters' uncertainties about the future the incumbent government has little to fear. [Election Talk] *** Liable For Defamation? Symposium Of Genius *** Some Things Are Comfortingly Familiar Zuco's Blog Going by PAP's track record of assassinating the character of people who presents a very real threat to them, I am more inclined to disbelieve them. *** The James Gomez Episode Le Chiam Yeshua! I find it unforgiveable that he should drag an innocent civil servant into the picture. *** Election Closeted Despondence Is this fairness? Is this how the national union leader should act? *** Mummy Wriggled PAP Around Her Fingers Upbeat About Life I wish election comes ever year. We will then have bonus every year and MP fixing our roof. *** The X-Files: Mystery Behind Gomez's Missing Form Useless Rantings Of A Few Disgruntled S'poreans... Conspiracy theories aside, the PAP's insistence on pursuing a largely administrative fracas seems indicative of a real, underlying fear: The Worker's Party could jolly well win at Aljunied GRC. *** What You Won't Read About In The Straits Times II No Concept Of Liberty There is a real feeling among bloggers and blogbrowsers that the media in Singapore is utterly unreliable and filled with biased reporting and sycophantic praise for the PAP. *** Reflections From An Election Rally bravebaldur There is a clear marginalisation of the elderly, handicapped and uneducated from the mainstream English-speaking middle class. *** More On Singapore The Useless Tree Goh has suggested that he would like to gradually liberalize Singaporean society; he promised a "kinder and gentler" government in his inauguration address in 1990. Whatever his good intentions, however, he has not acted decisively to reduce restrictions on expression. *** Singapore Election Updates: Where Major Issues Take A Back Seat The World Of Fat4 *** Musings Of A Small Fry Truely Madly Deeply What I ask for is the PAP to treat the other non-PAP candidates as equals, not as donkeys or terrorists. *** Who Is James Gomez? four9er forays [Ramblings] *** Yet Another Non-Reply Reply Heng-Cheong Leong It is okay because I say so. [Opinion] *** Why Have Shares Of Some Government-Linked Companies Fared Poorly In Past Five Years? Leong Sze Hian, Straits Times The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** 39 Stars Peter Walker From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu May 4 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu May 4 13:15:01 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 4, 2006 Message-ID: <20060504171500.44094.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Legal Slams Something Awful Macworld UK Apple's legal team has scarmbled to lay a lawsuit down against the Something Awful website because it tried to help MacBook Pro owners make their Macs run at lower temperature. *** Take Control Books Offer Half-Price Sale Jonny Evans, Macworld UK *** PortalPlayer Vows To Regain iPod Biz EE Times *** Apple Sues Itself In The Foot (again) Andrew Orlowski, The Register *** Apple Fights To Hold 99-Cent Download Line Charles Duhigg, Los Angeles Times The industry is far from united -- and Jobs and Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple have leveraged those divisions ot keep prices flat. *** A Time To Patch III: Apple Brian Krebs, Washington Post Bud Trible said that while Apple wasn't satisfied with an average three-month turnaround on security fixes, Apple considers its performance on the most-serious security holes to be far better than that. *** Does Apple, The Labels Or Customers Win If iTunes Songs Have A Single Price? Charles Arthur, The Guardian *** Podcasting: The CBC Dips The Rest Of The Foot In The Water Rob Cottingham *** Tas School First To Use iPods In Class AAP Media and Design students at Hobart's Rosetta High School are this year part of trials of a global "iPodagogy" project that involves iPod use in US, Scotland and Singapoe schools. *** Korean Apple Online Store Hacked Dan Ilett, CNET News.com [Opinion] *** Why Apple Did It, And What's In The Future For PortalPlayer? Technopedia.info *** Laptops: How Not To Store Them In The Classroom bgilmore725 "So does anyone know what surprise I had hidden in this desk yesterday?" *** Apple: Bully For You? Alice LaPlante, InformationWeek The bad news is that Apple's much-loathed proprietary digital rights management scheme will remain firmly in place. *** Why Booting Windows On Macs Matters Michael J. Miller, PC Magazine In the short term, Boot Camp will be most useful for people who want to move to a Mac but need to run a particular Windows app. *** Letting "Them" Eat Cake Steve Gillmor, ZDNet Why don't they get that the iPod broke the back of the record monopoly, just like the VCR broke the back of hte projectionist's union. *** Apple: Get A Mac Joe Wilcox, Microsoft Monitor Other high-tech vendors should take notes. Communicating products' value is not easy. Apple has taken one of the most recognizable metaphors -- interaction between two people -- and communicated something very big in a small way. The approach is compelling, to say the least. *** The iPod Has Taught My Thumb To Be Doulbe-Jointed Eddie Lopez, User Centered Am I the only person on earth that thinks the iPod scroll wheel should be up on the top part where the thumb most comfortably rests (where the screen is)? The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Open Document Format Gets ISO Approval Peter Gali, eWeek MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Teaching Political Theory In Beijing Daniel A. Bell, Dissent Tsinghua trains much of China's political elite, and I might be able to make a difference by teaching that elite. The political future of China is wide open, and I'll be well placed to observe the changes when they happen. [Life] *** Why Students Are Turning To Philosophy Claire Smith, Independent Why -- at a time when job prospects are so important -- teenagers are turning to Plato, Kant and Hume. *** The Mushroom Huntes: It's A Long Route From Forest Floor To Chez Panisse Tabletop Leonie Sherman, San Francisco Chronicle On a bustling Saturday afternoon at Chez Panisse, a platoon of pastry artists, interns and prep cooks move around one another with precisiion and grace. But these five words momentarily freeze the action; everyone in the kitchen knows that the brothers consistently deliver the plumpest, tastiest porcinis on the West Coast. Today they're four hours late. [EOF] *** Why Women Don't Relax Germaine Greer, The Guardian Men fish, play golf, watch football, play computer games. Women shop. But don't confuse that with having fun -- men may spend their free time relaxing, but for women it's just another form of work. *** Writers Bid On eBay To Create New Book David Ross, The Herald SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Lift Upgrading Not As Expensive As PAP Claims: SDA's Chiam Goh Lian Cheong and Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia *** FM Yeo Wants To Movve On From Gomez Issue, Focus On Aljunied Residents' Needs Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia *** MM Lee Not Suing Low As WP Chief Had Not Defamed Him Teo Chia Leen, Channel NewsAsia *** Police Investigating Another Incident Involving SDP Chief Chee Audrey Ang, Channel NewsAsia *** At 82, Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew Girds For Battle Sara Webb, Reuters Even at 82, Singapore's elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew relishes a fight. With elections set for May 6, he is once again busy blasting the opposition and silencing his critics with lawsuits. *** MP: Union A Win-Win Plan Nelson Benjamin, The Star Long-serving Opposition MP Chiam See Tong has defended his suggestion of an economic union between the republic and Malaysia. *** Prove Your Claims, Says Low Val Chua, Today Low Thia Khiang said the Minister Mentor should prove his claims in the court of law, or else his reputation -- along with Singapore's -- would suffer. *** Bad Eggs In Workers' Party? It's For Voters To Decide: Sylvia Peh Shing Huei and Ken Kwek, Straits Times *** Chee Takes Up Brother's Baton Lin Yanqin, Today "Do you really think a Minister like that has your interest at heart when some of our citizens only live on $800 a month? Does he expect them to live on $80 a month?" [Election Talk] *** Moving Away From The Middle j-talk If the PAP could strive not to maintain status quo but to expand its representation, that for me would be a vote-winner. *** Can You Really, Really Trust Your PAP MP? Singapore Election Watch *** Minilee Speech Decoded Illusio If he's really unable to deal with an opposition that global leaders drawing lesser pay cheques have to live with, he should either step down or work for peanuts. *** The Ang Mo Kio Seige Chemical Generation Singapore Considering that Singaporeans are generally more disenchanted with the PAP government since 1991, the MIW might get below 77.25% of the votes at the AMK GRC seige. *** Some Words To The Authoritarian Government Singapore Starlandliu *** Gangs Of Singapore Singapore Life And Times How can the NTUC chief abandon the workers, whether they live in Chua Chu Kang or Ang Mo Kio? That is Lim Boon Heng's message to the rest of the workers in Singapore. If they don't vote PAP, the NTUC will abandon them. *** Political Situation In Singapore The Buddies Diaries Are we going to allow eltisim to trample the opposition in Singapore? *** Infamous Quotes Of The Glorious PAP Singabloodypore *** Singapore - Annual Report 2006 Reporters Without Borders, Singapore Election Watch More than a year after coming to power, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had not begun any liberalisation of the media. Despite statements in support of an "open" society, the ruling party still does not brook any criticism. *** Keep NTUC Apolitical Haslinda Shamsudin, Today Telling residents that if they want an MP with the backing of the NTUC, they should elect the PAP candidate, could prove divisive in the long run. *** Giving A Lift To The Upgrading Debate Ong Soh Chin, Straits Times If estate upgrading is always going to be an election issue, or a condition, the playing field is always going to be tipped in favour of the ruling party. *** Politics In Singapore Life Of Mr Cellophane *** PAP UOB Plaza Lunchtime Rally Sg Election '06 *** How HDB Flats Are Priced? See Leong Kit, Singapore Election Watch Mr Mah Bow Tan should provide simple honest answers to these pertinent HDB questions. *** Political Filrtation With Trade Union Movement See Leong Kit, Singapore Election Watch [News] *** Singapore Warns On Regional Co-Operation Andrew Jack, Financial Times The reluctance of some nations to share samples of the H5N1 bird flu virus risked blocking "our battle" against a virus that that threatens the world with a human pandemic, Singapore's health minister warned yesterday. *** There Is Always Hope Of A Bridge, Says Syed Hamid The Star "One day, we hope Singapore will not look at it only from the credit and debit standpoints." *** 'Problems Caused By Singapore's New Demands' New Straits Times "If Singapore had taken advantage of our renewed ties without bringing in the issue of sand and airspace, no problems would have arisen." *** KL Postpones Vehicle Entry Fee Straits Times The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** New Clouds Spiral Beach From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri May 5 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri May 5 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 5, 2006 Message-ID: <20060505171500.79449.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** iPods Crash NHS IT System Contractor UK A hospital's IT system has been offline for two days after NHS staff overwhelmed it by downloading music for their iPods. *** How One Tech-Savvy Music Lover Taught The iPod To Speak Hebrew Carolynne Wheeler, Globe And Mail *** Mac Enthusiasts Say Protest May Get Apple's Attention Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb An enthusiasts web site dedicated to all things related to Intel Macs is asking everyone who has experienced problems with heating and noise on the machines to call Apple support on May 20. *** Apple Patent Covers Wireless iTunes Distribution Tom Krazit, CNET News.com *** Apple Responds To Rumors Of Aperture's Demise, Releases Update Jim Dalrymple, Macworld "The reports of Apple reducing their commitment to Aperture are totally false." [Opinion] *** Why Apple Will Never Launch A Media Center Mac Mac Vista Fast forward a couple of years and iTunes will be an online TV channel that will allow anyone with a fast internet connection to watch the programs they want, when they want, without any ads. *** My Take On The OS Debate A Stark Place Apple has the right approach to software development. *** The Downfall Of Apple Maria Palma, CustomersAreAlways This may soon be the headline that's splashed all across newspapers and internet sites across the world when iPod and Mac users finally anty up and demand better customer service. *** Why The New Mac Campaign Will Fail Chris Seibold, Apple Matters *** Apple's Announcement Streak Cavemonkey50 Apple has been announcing something significant on a different sequential weekday since their birthday. *** Apple's Good Fight On Malware Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek Of the many things I worry about happening to the two Macs I use daily, the threat of a virus or Trojan outbreak is not terribly high on the list. At least, not today. *** More Aperture Dirt John Gruber, Daring Fireball Here's what I've learned: No one from the original Aperture engineering team was fired or removed from the team. Yes, most members of the original engineering team left the project -- but they did so on their own volition. Why? Because of what can only be described as spectacularly bad management. *** Hacking The ROKR's 100-Track Limit Christopher Breen, Playlist [Review] *** Remote From A Mac Daivd Moss, PC Pro [Sidetrack] *** The All New Mickey Mouse Heng-Cheong Leong There's a new television show in town, and it is featuring the mascot of the Copyright bill... er... Disney company itself: Mickey Mouse . (In my household here in Singapore, we'll get it via Playhouse Disney channel, which we subscribe to.) Now that our daughter has settled on having Strawberry Shortcake and Thomas the Train on every piece of stuff she owns -- toys, water bottles, bedsheet, my wife is dreading the day when we will have to buy all new stuff again for my daugher when her interest shfts to a new cartoon character. :-) *** Rumor Today: MacBooks Are Here Heng-Cheong Leong A MacRumors ' source speculates new iBooks -- or perhaps, MacBooks -- will be revealed on New Product Tuesday next week. Me think it's about the right time for the back-to-school crowd. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Grid Computing Efforts Fight Avian Flu Stacy Lawrence, Ziff Davis Internet *** New Social Networking Technology Packs A Wallop Wade Roush, MIT Technology Review Wallop promises to redefine the notion of social networking, by focusing it on conversations and media tidbits, such as songs and photos, rather than on members and their profiles. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** A Study In Size Ryan Blitstein, SF Weekly Three years ago, San Franciso launched an experiment with a new ind of school. It worked. So why isn't the district pursuing it? *** Honey, I Shrunk The District Mike DeBonis and Arthur Delaney, Washington City Paper Shiny condos and a flashy marketing campaign haven't solved the District's epic population problem. *** Building Brands: How Architects Market Themselves Witold Rybzynski, Slate What makes an architect into a brand? Part of the recognition of a brand depends on what people who study such things call its "personality." SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore Elections Seen As Test For Prime Minister Nancy-Amelia Collins, Voice Of America The Singapore elections Saturday are being seen as the first test of the popularity of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who took up the post in 2004. Although his ruling People's Action Party is virtually assured of a majority of seats in parliament, even a small improvement by the tiny opposition could prove an embarrassment for Mr. Lee. *** SDP's Ling How Doong Turns Up At Party's Rally At Woodlands Stadium Channel NewsAsia *** Impact Of Internet On General Election Likely To Be Studied After Polls Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia Information Communications and the Arts Minister Dr Lee Boon Yang said this is to assess the scale at which the new media, like blogs and podcasts, were used to influence views and shape opinions. *** SDA Aims To Field A Candidate In Every Constituency In Two Elections' Time Liam Cheong and Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia Singapore Democratic Alliance's Steve Chia has said he hopes to raise enough candidates in two electons' time to contest every constituency under the SDA banner. *** PM Lee Clarifies Words Used At Lunchtime Rally: Press Secretary Channel NewsAsia Mr Lee had said that if the opposition were to hodl 10 to 20 seats in Parliament, he would have to spend much more time thinking what was the right way to "fix" them. Explaining Mr Lee's remark, his press secretary said Mr Lee had meant to say that if there were many more opposition MPs in Parliament, the government and opposition would spend all their time and energies countering each other, and Singapore would be worse off for it. *** A Foregone Conclusion In Singapore Alex Au, Asia Times A government ban on pre-polling voter intentions makes it difficult to gauge their perceptions. In the mainstream media and on blogs, however, there is a palapable sense that the younger generation of voters may be chafing for a less authoritarian style of governance and a more level political playing field. *** Lee's Opponents Refuse To Be Silenced By Singaproe Dynasty Sebastien Berger, Telegraph Sitting in front of a poster of Aung San Suu Kyi, Ms Chee Siok Chin vowed not to back down even though she also expects to be bankrupted. "It will not stop me from fighting the regime, against oppression, against injustice. You have to stand up these attackers. They try to fool people into thinking this society is a democracy." *** Singaproe's Ruling-Party Leaders Push For Strong Mandate Ruth Youngblood, DPA *** Singapore Prepares For Polls Amid Lawsuits, Personal Attacks Bloomberg Campaigning has been overshadowed by a spat between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long and Workers' Party candidate James Gomez, who wrongly accused the government of losing his election form. *** The Battle For Hougang Ken Kwek and Erica Tay, Straits Times Much hinges on whether residents wil bite into $100 million upgrading carrot. *** Take My Phone Number, My Allowance: Steve Chia Ansley Ng, Today "Anytime you want to look for me, go to the town council. I challenge (Mr Gan) to read out his telephone number to you." *** Upgrading Carrot Just Money Politics: Chiam Cheow Xin Yi and Tor Ching Li, Today The People's Action Party is running out of ideas -- that's why it is dabbling in "money politics" by offering multi-million upgrading promises, charged Opposition veteran Chiam See Tong. *** WP Chief Says Worrying If PM Lee Can Be Distracted By Opposition Channel NewsAsia [Election Talk] *** Will The Real 'Wayang' Party, Please Stand Up? Singapore Election Watch Time and time again, the Prime Minister has illustrated how lowly he thinks of fellow Singaporeans, that they're incapable of much thought and aspirations, that a vote for opposition is an act of stupidity. *** Last Day Before Voting, Time To Go Geyland And Cheong - Fuck First Vote Later! Talk Rock Fuck lah, like this I also can be Prime Minister lah! Every time I want to pass one law, so convenient, all the man is my man. No need argue, no need convince. Make the policy is like Walkover style. *** I Was Moved To Tears Singapore Election Watch Show a bit of courage yourselves, overcome your fears, and vote WP this election. *** Nothing Is Wrong The World According To Jonolism *** Does Our Govt Need Upgrading? in vino alcohol So, remember - it is not the Singapore government that is holding upgrading back from opposition constituencies. It is not the Singapore government that is hounding James Gomez to death and charging Che Son Juan a thousand dollars for every word that comes out of his mouth. It is the PAP. And the sooner everyone makes this distinction, the better. *** Straightening The Straits Times Stephen Yeo, Mindblogging Stuff Until the government has the courage to accept constructive criticisms without resorting to rebutting every critic line by line, we will have a long way to go. *** Ang Mo Kio And East Coast Going To The Opposition Would Be Good! Life One Degree North *** Sorry Just Say Sorry Lah Geekgeek I don't know about you all, but if I really wanted to apologise for something, I'd come out and say it myself. *** PM Apologises For Comments Singabloodypore It is telling that while he took the effort to clarify his use of the word "fix," he did not explain his use of the phrase "buy more votes." *** Let's Rise To The Challenge! Singapore Election Watch *** Imagine Murmurs, Muters And Other White Noise Should you be grateful? Or would you say, "This should have been the focus all along." *** Don't Blame Opposition For Its Information Disadvantage Tan Chun Meng, Today *** Fear - The PAP's Most Powerful Weapon Singapore Election Watch The secret to the PAP's success is fear. That's the simple truth, and although only a brave few will ever say so publicly, everyone knows it. *** Thoughts Before Polling Day Burgers And Durians The People's Action Party has spent the entire campaign period refusing to discuss real issues and simply engaging in the "politics of distraction." *** WP AMK Rally Report: Spinning It Like A Top Sg Election '06 A KPI your grandmother could understand. *** Will PAP Rig The Vote? The Useless Tree If the PAP can see a symbolic defeat coming, they may turn to other nefarious political means. *** Don't Fall For PAP Political Trap! Singapore Election Watch My hunch is that the PAP is looking for new and fresh ideas, as the existing ideas have not had much impact. *** Elections tindioxide [News] *** Singapore's Leaders Groomed From Early School Geert De Clercq, Reuters Unlike other democracies, where politicians elbow their way to the top, Singapore's leaders climb orderly up a ladder in a lifelong selection process starting in primary school. *** Singapore Warns ASEAN Against Job Protectionism AFP Singapore has warned fellow Southeast Asian countries against resorting to European-style protectionism in order to shield domestic jobs from global market forces. [Opinion] *** Disappointed Leviathan Dreamer It is disgusting that SMRT has totally neglected passengers' concerns and frustration over their system. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Midnight Disaster The Rounadabouts From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat May 6 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat May 6 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 6, 2006 Message-ID: <20060506171500.66007.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Tim Janis: Music With A Mission Barbara Gibson, Apple "Music resonates in my whole being throughout the day, so I write almost every day. Even when I'm on the road, I might have a second to turn on my keyboard and write down a quick idea. That's the gathering process." *** McAfee Bites Into Apple Security Tom Espiner, CNET News.com McAfee has launched a Mac security product, saying that Apple's OS X is "just as vulnerable" as other operating systems are to targeted attacks. *** Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center: Cutting-Edge Medical Imaging Joseph Lo, Apple Standard Apple notebook and desktop computers at UCLA have been transformed into full-fledged Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine PACS workstations. *** Apple's Newest iPod Ad Has Been Posted Online Peter Cohen, Playlist *** MacBook To Hit Tuesday? Karen Haslam, Macworld UK [Opinion] *** Inconsistent DAV Integration Scot Hacker, O'Reilly Network I understand Apple wanting to sell "advanced" features to power users, but I also think that increased openness / interoperability would make OS X more attractive to many power users. *** With Patent And Trademark, Apple Phone Appears Inevitable David Berlind, ZDNet *** Hacking The iPod Brent Gustafson, New media Initiatives Blog Leanding iPods out to patrons is much more involved than just the simple question of how you clean them, or avoid theft. *** Crossing Over To The Dark Side Ivan Chew, Rambling Librarian People don't buy a Mac just because they view Apple's ads. The process starts with existing users enjoying the Apple experience, which leads to pesistent word of mouth, which makes people like me being aware and keen to know more, leading me to ads that are snazzy and conversational, and finally a decision is made to own one. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore's Polls Close Fayen Wong, Reuters Singaporeans voted on Saturday in a general election in which anything less than a resounding victory for the ruling People's Action Party could be regarded as a failure for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The poll is the first real popularity test for Lee, 54, since he was appointed in August 2004 without an election in a planned leadership transition. *** Dr Chee's SIster Emerges As SDP's Driving Force Ansley Ng, Today *** Home Issues On Voters' Mind Joceline Tan, The Star Singapore goes to the polls today after a campaign that has been marked by concerns over heartland issues and indicators that the opposition parties are ready to play a bigger role in the republic's PAP-dominated politics. *** 'Support WP And Help Its Renewal' Chua Chin Hon, Straits Times Party says it has run campaign without personal attacks. *** PM Asks For Strong Mandate Chua Mui Hoong, Straits Times With strong backing and good growth, more Progress Packages can be given in future, he says. *** Singapore's Young Challengers Beg To Differ Seth Mydans, International Herald Tribune As his party headed for another crushing victory in another election, being held Saturday, the man who created Singapore in his own severe image, Lee Kuan Yew, had an unsettling glimpse into what could be the future of his country, and he did not like it. *** 1.22 Million Singaporeans Vote Today In Singapore's 10th General Election S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia *** Singapore's 'Fear Factor' Fails To Silence Dissident Sion Tisdall, The Guardian *** SDP's Chee Siok Chin Reads Out Brother's Email At Rally Rita Zahara and Chua Chin Chye, Channel NewsAsia [Election Talk] *** Voting In Beijing Alvin's Spiel Robina and I went down to vote at the Singapore embassy, this will be her first ever election since her parents' place was in Queenstown and therefore in Tangjong Pagar GRC. *** The Apology Election Scratchpad The election is ending, and the 2006 edition will be remembered for apologies. Which is what I think all the parties owe people in Singapore, for not putting on a better, more dignified show. *** Dawn Of A New Era? Zuco's Blog *** Election Virginity A Stranger At Home Obviously from an economic perspective, it is best to not be a supporter of the PAP so that your vote can be bought. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun May 7 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun May 7 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 7, 2006 Message-ID: <20060507171501.13461.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** iTunes Offers PDF Subscriptions, eBooks Next? Steve Rubel, Micro Persuasion The addition of PDFs to iTunes is more than just a mildly interesting occurrence. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Contra-Contraception Russell Shorto, New York Times The wheels of history have a tendency to roll back over the same ground. For the past 33 years, American social conservatives have been on an unyielding campaign against abortion. But recently, as teh conservative tide has continued to swell, this campaign has taken on a broader scope. Its true beginning point may not be Roe but Griswold v Connecticut, the 1965 case that had the effect of legalizing contraception. [Expressions] *** In The Middle End Larry Fondation, Los Angeles Times SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore Opposition Politician Arrested For Allegedly Threatening Election Officials En-lai Yeoh, Associated Press Workers' Party candidate James Gomez was arrested Sunday for alleged "criminal intimidation," his aide Jacob George said. It is not immediately clear why the elections department waited till after the polls to file the complaint. *** Singapore's Younger Lee Shows Business Sense Nancy-Amelia Collins, Voice Of America with his sweeping election victory Saturday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has completed a long apprenticeship as the son of his country's founding father, Lee Kwan Yew. He has extensive economic experience, and has indicated that he might give Singaporeans some respite from the iron-fisted control his father exercised. *** In Singapore's Election, The Protest Vote Grows Louder AFP The People's Action Party has preserved its almost-total domination of the Singaporean Parliament in a general election even as its share of the popular vote fell eight percentage points from the previous election. *** Hackles Rise Over Preceived Bias Seah Chiang Nee, The Star Singapore's controlled media has come under criticism for the way it covered the campaign leading to yesterday's general election. *** Young, First-Time Voters Stayed With Us, Says PM Warren Fernandez, Straits Times "It shows that our programmes and our team have struck a chord with younger voters. They know what is at stake and have voted very sensibly." *** NCMP Post Likely To Go To Slyvia Lim Straits Times Technically, any member of the WP's Aljunied team can take up the NCMP offer.But as de factoleader of the team, Ms Lim looks the most likely candidate. But she was non-committal when asked by The Sunday Times last night, replying via an SMS message, "We'll think about it." *** Singapore Polls: SDA's Chiam See Tong Retains Potong Pasir Seat Channel NewsAsia *** Singapore's Ruling Party Wins Majority Gillian Wong, Associated Press Singapore's ruling party won a majority in parliamentary elections Saturday, signaling continuity in the city-state's mix of economic success, social stability and tight political controls. *** Singapore Opposition Leader Retains Key Seat Fayen Wong, Reuters Singapore opposition leader Low Thia Khiang, secretary general of the Workers' Party, kept his hotly contested seat in parliament, on eof two opposition seats in the 84-seat parliament. [Election Talk] *** Aljunied Closeted Despondence I was bitterly disappointed by the loss of the WP team in Aljunied GRC. There was a genuine sense of expectancy, an air of hope that hte winds of change were blowing. *** Singapore Made A Choice This Blessed Life We should pray for the leaders we voted in place -- for them to have the wisdom and the heart to put in place measures and policies for the good of the whole country. *** Mandate What Cheebye Mandate? Talk Rock Cheng San people still never forgive PAP for 1997. You can chase away their Tang Liang Hong. You can swallow their Cheng San put inside Ang Mo Kio. But you cannot take away the toolan in their heart. This 33% is their present to you. This 33% is Cheng San middle finger give to PAP. *** Singapore Elections: SDP's Future Cherian George, Air-Conditioned Nation Whether or not you agree with Chee Soon Juan's strategy, the point is that it is at odds with the interests of the rest of the opposition, including most of his SDP colleauges. *** Singapore Elections: Two Positive Signs Cherian George, Air-Conditioned Nation The PM threw out the old PAP script and did exactly what he should do. He acted Prime Ministerial. Everything he said, and the way he said it, had this sub-text: the time to be partisan is over; from this moment, I act as the PM of this nation, not as the leader of a party. *** Post Mortem Of The Singapore Elections Life Of Mr Cellophane Let's try to have a true and open election based on national issues for the sake of Singapoerans please. *** 666 Life In Singapore *** Singapore Elections Post-Mortem: The Blogs-phere Factor Cherian George, Singapore: New Media, Politics & The Law That bloggers' worst fears didn't materialise could well be due to their irrelevance in the larger scheme of things. As in GEs past, the main action was offline, at the rallies and mainstream media. *** The People Have Decided Singapore Life And Times The PAP may have weakened its moral high ground through its 'pork barrel' tactics. *** The Biggest Election Story Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma What is the biggest story of GE 2006? To Mr Wang, the big story is PM Lee Hsien Loong's election loss in Ang Mo Kio GRC. The loss of 33.9% of AMK votes to a bunch of happy, cheery, fresh youngsters mostly aged below 30. None of whom had ever contested in an election before, and none of whom you had never heard or seen before. *** Polling Day mr brown They not only retained their deposits, they scored 1 in 3 vvotes in the PM's backyard. Wow. *** This Is An Outrage Singapore Election Watch *** So Near Yet So Far... John Han, The Office Of The Senate More youths are coming forward as canddiates and supporters at raalies and this is vital for the growth of political activism and the republic as a whole. *** PAP Victory Is Hollow Chee Siok Chin, Singapore Election Watch The result has made the SDP even more determined to work to reform the election process to make it genuinely free and fair. *** Oh Wow Shadowsonic There's something ominous about the PAP having won 66.6% of the popular vote. *** Yay For PAP! Mamimoo WP's message didn't give me a sense of security. *** Chiam See Tong.. My Favourite MP! Simple Thoughts.. Complex Thinking... The whole of Potong Pasir cheering... *** Singapore 2006 General Erections ShadowFox's Hideout The Singapore PM has been humiliated in his own stronghold by a bunch of noobs even though he won. They were boasting of at least 80 percent there. *** Third World Government Deserves Third World Response! Singapore Election Watch *** Singapore: More, And Less, Of The Same Blowin' In The Wind People's expectations are changing. *** Erection: Morning After Special Matashutyrmouf It's the same because you get the same two opposition members in parliament. But it's different because the PAP has lost 10% of the share. *** Waking Or Sleeping Still? A Christian Goes To Law School *** Singapore Elections: Mixed Messages Cherian George, Air-Conditioned Nation The PAP is back in power and Mr Lee Hsien Loon ghas won his mandate, but victory has come at a cost to his political capital. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon May 8 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon May 8 13:16:10 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 8, 2006 Message-ID: <20060508171501.45983.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Computer Wins In Apple V. Apple Case Karen Haslam and Jonny Evans, Macworld UK The association between the logo use and the download service is a "proper one," and that the logo was clealry used in relation to the service, not to the music. *** Students Love Laptop Lesson Plan Esther Chou, San Gabriel Valley Tribune Would you trust a teenager with a $2,000 laptop computer? How about 80 teenagers? Covina High School gave 80 freshmen and sophomores Apple iBooks to use as their own at home and at school as an experiment in how technology can change -- and perhaps improve -- education. *** Beatles And Apple Computer Await Court Decision Reuters Judgment is due on Monday in a High Court battle between the Beatles' record company Apple Corps and Apple Computer Inc. *** Local Students Use iPods For More Than Just Music Sarah Barry, Daily Progress A group of master teachers known as the Curriculum Technology Integration Partners formed an iPod professional development group to come up with ways to use iPods in the classroom and then test those ideas. *** "I Bought My First Mac Because Of Boot Camp" GnomeREPORT [Opinion] *** NewsGator Is Making Me Cranky Derik DeLong, MacUser I'm beginning to miss the idea of NNW syncing that happened over Apple's Sync Services and still downloaded feeds straight from the source. *** The Coming Apple Revolution Cory Bergman, Lost Remote While Microsoft holds a firm hand on the corporate market, Apple is fueling the creative engine of a new generation of people who will produce their own media. And they'll crave the gear to get it done. *** Steve Jobs: Master Manipulator Picture My World [Review] *** When To Use Core Data? Joshua Scott Emmons, O'Reilly Network When should I use Core Data in my application? [Sidetrack] *** Making The Whole Widget Heng-Cheong Leong The philosophy of the Macintosh? Apple makes the whole widget, and makes sure that everything simply work together. However, it seems that even though NewsGator and NetNewsWire is now one single widget, things are not working well at all. I've a NetNewsWire license, and was looking forward to the sync. service across Mac, Windows, and the web. However, both NewsGator online and FeedDemon (the Windows desktop client) left me disappointed. Both looked, to me, Windows-y: "packed" with features while lacking in the usability department. I didn't understand half of FeedDemon, it seems, while NewsGator online didn't even allow me to sort feeds the way I wanted them to be sorted. NetNewsWire is still a great product -- and it's not even out of beta yet. But the other parts of the widget left me cold. [Wintel] *** Will SanDisk Sour Apple's Tune? Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek The outfit's flash-memory factories and penchant for feature-packed, low-cost players may help its fight against the iPod juggernaut. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Next Tech Battle: Internet Searches On Cellphones Cassell Bryan-Low And Kevin J. Delaney, Wall Street Journal The push by the world's biggest internet search firms to dominate what customers see when they turn on their cellphones has accelerated in recent months with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft all striking deals with service providers and others in the cellphone industry. *** China Sees 60 Million Bloggers By Year's End Reuters *** Q. What Could A Borading Pass Tell An Indentity Fraudster About You? A. Way Too Much Steve Boggan, The Guardian This is the story of a piece of paper no bigger than a credit card, thrown away in a dustbin on the Heathrow Express to Paddington station. *** Microsoft Racing Ahead In Consoles War Chris Nuttall, Financial Times *** Someone Has To Pay For TV. But Who? And How? Randall Stross, New York Times The digital video recorder is slowly, but surely, tunneling throught eh television industry's foundation. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** How To Sell Books By Really Trying Henry Alford, New York Times Bookselling, it's said in the publishing industry, is a matter of "hand selling." *** Tokyo Bars With Standing Room Only James Brooke, New York Times In Tokyo, where cafe floor space is at a premium, some bars are abolishing tables and chairs altogether and stacking customers vertically along a bar. *** More Scandals, Please, We're British Sarah Lyall, New York Times With three political scandals to choose from -- one involving criminal justice, one involving health care spending, and the third involving raunchy illicit sex in the upper echelons of government -- which would most Britons rather read about? SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** Capable? I Laugh In Your Face Heng-Cheong Leong Oh, ha ha, Today . You have to have a quotation mark around the word "capable" when you are describing the WP candidates, eh? [News] *** Police Say No Arrest So Far Over Elections Department's Complaint Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia *** Board Of Film Censors Gives 'The Da Vinci Code' A Rating Of NC16 Channel NewsAsia Members of the Board of Film Censors agreed that the film can be shown, but at a higher rating as only a mature audience will be able to discrern and differentiate between fact and fiction. *** Elections Department Offers NCMP Seat To Top Performing Loser In GE May Wong, Channel NewsAsia The Elections Department did not want to reveal which party received the offer. Looking at the election results, the offer would most likely have gone to the Workers' Party. *** Opposition Politician Freed But Barred From Leaving Singapore AFP An opposition candidate defeated in Singapore's weekend election says he has been freed from detention, but his passport was seized as police investigate a poll-linked complaint againast him. James Gomez said he was not sure when the investigation would be completed and declined to comment further on accusations by the PAP's founder, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, that he was a liar. *** Lee May Heed Singapoe's 'Wake-Up Call' As Opponents Gain Votes Bloomberg Singaproe Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong may increase efforts to help the country's poorest citizens after opposition groups increased their share of the vote at weekend elections, political analysts said. *** Singapore Moving With The Times Joceline Tan, The Star It was an election quite unlike what Singaporeans had seen before and the results reflected the generational-shift in the city-state. *** Young Candidates A 'Breakthrough' For WP Ansley Ng and lee Ching Wern, Today Workers' Party secretary-general Loh Thia Khiang said that the WP's ability to find enough 'capable' young candidates had been the key to the party's performance in the General Election. *** Margin At Aljunied Was Decisive, Says PM Lee Christie Loh, Today "In any other country, this would be a landslide. In Singapore, because we've got 66.6 nationwide, so you say, 'Well it's only 56.' But it's quite decisive. Not a one-, two-hundred votes, or down to counting chads." [Opinion] *** Rules Of The Game Bounce Back To Life *** Singapore Gets More Audacious Stephen Mayne, Crikey Should we let the Van Nguyen slayers control our ports? *** Eating Air And 15 Tables For Truth And For Eating *** The Price Of Opposition Sumiko Tan, Straits Times To join the opposition cause, one must be either very brave or fool-hardy, and a thin line separates the two. *** Lights Out Mozzie I honestly very nearly wanted to vomit. *** Art Museum Should Make It Easy For Budding Artists To Copy Exhibits. Don't Be A Killjoy Christopher Ledesma Choo Weisen, Straits Times *** Mature Opposition Better For The Nation Gilbert Goh Keow Wah, Straits Times For once, I felt the WP has got its act together and emerged from mediocrity with its many young and qualified candidates. *** Three Different Styles In PAP Campaign Chua Mui Hoong, Straits Times When the dust settles, will the PAP takes a good hard look at voters' verdicts on each, and adjust its strategy accordingly? *** Politics Never Ends: Free James Gomez! The Useless Tree *** Don't Let This Happen To Our Citizens Again! Singapore Election Watch Mr Lee Hsien Loong can have a silp of tongue regarding his intentions to 'fix' the opposition MPs and 'buy' votes. Yet, when it comes to Mr James Gomez, the PAP is undertaking criminal charges against him. [Entertainment] *** Hog's Breath Cafe -- Slow Cooking, Redefined "Faarrgh!" The Nanchaku-Slinging Girzilla Our dining experience was egregiously ruined. With a capital R. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Code Monkey Jonathan Coulton From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue May 9 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue May 9 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 9, 2006 Message-ID: <20060509171500.54121.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Ruling On Apple Name Penetrates To Music's Core Grant Robertson, Globe And Mail Thirty years after it was founded, Apple has evolved into a music-industry powerhouse that is making some of the industry's bigggest name uncomfortable with its rise to fame. *** Apple's Head Lawyer Steps Down Ina Fried, CNET News.com Apple's top lawyer has left the company, in the third high-level departure from the Mac maker in recent months. *** Expert: McAfee Mac Security Report Is 'Scaremongering' Walaika K. Haskins, NewsFactor Network "It is a speculative house of cards resting on a foundation of shaky statistics and questionable assumptions." *** Bloggers On Apple-Beatles Fight: Let It Be CNET News.com *** Steve Jobs Invites Beatles To iTunes Jim Dalrymple, Playlist "We have always loved the Beatles, and hopefully we can now work together to get them on the iTunes Music Store," said Steve Jobs. [Opinion] *** DVD Madness Robert O'Callahan, Well, I'm Back newer Macs include Matshita drives that are apparently exceptionally difficult to mod, and for which no modded firmware is available. furthermore these drives forbid access to the raw DVD data if there is a region mismatch, so the VLC and Xine/mplayer approach doesn't work. Foiled! *** iTunes Music Store And Me: Parting Ways AppleSwitcher Blog Apple "obsolescenced" me, that's what. *** Apple Vs Apple: Why Didn't Apple (The Music One) Win? We Explain All... Charles Arthur, The Guardian Personally, I thought the "data transmission" argument held a lot of water. *** Steve Jobs Broek Hollywood's Back With iTunes David Parmet, Apple Matters We are all producers now. Hollywood can either catch up or die. *** Ripped And Ready Bernie Goldbach, IrishEyes I like knowing that my pleasant iPod experience means the record monopoly has lost control of the consumer experience. *** Loser Pays Rexblog.com [Review] *** Five Reasons Why The iPod Shuffle Is The Ultimate MP3 Player Marilyncarolynblogolyn Here are the top 5 reasons why I believe that the 512 MB Shuffle is still the best mp3 player on the market today. [Sidetrack] *** Meanwhile, Enjoy The Music Heng-Cheong Leong The question is: can you do this at home? [Wintel] *** Report Casts Doubt On Vista's Security Impact Matt Hines, eWeek In a scathing review of the security features built into preview versions of Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system, one analyst contends that the software giant's highly-touted security features are self-defeating and may cause some customers to put off adoption of the OS altogether. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Quest For Privacy Can Make Us Thieves Robert Klitzman, New York Times Increasingly, savvy patients are wary, and they are talking with physicians about whether genetic data and other highly personal health information should be included in the record and how it should be done. *** Counting Dropped Calls And Drops Of Rain Henry Fountain, New York Times Take heart, cellphone users. All those dropped calls you experience may someday be used for a grater good: to help forecast the weather. *** Forget YouTube: Your Laptop Will Never Replace Your TV Sean Captain, Slate While internet bandwidth and video quality will improve, so will our standards. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Saving Seoul Bryan Walsh, Time Pollution is ruining the quality of life in much of urban Asia. But Seoul's transformation into a greener city proves the tide can still be turned. [Expressions] *** Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine Matthew Klam, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Singapore's Workers' Party Names Chairman Sylvia Lim As Next NCMP Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia The Workers' Party has accepted the offer to tkae up the Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) seat in the next parliament. It has named chairman Sylvia Lim as its choice. *** Election Dept Asks WP To Name NCMP From Its Aljunied Team Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia *** Elections Department Says Overseas voters Do Matter Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia Overseas votes will still be counted and added to the local votes -- and the total number will then be published in the Government Gazette later. *** Singapore Opposition Politician Facing Possible Jail Term AFP "Police confirm that we are investigating a complaint from the Elections Department against Mr James Gomez for alleged offences of criminal intimidation and providing false information," a police spokesman said. *** Singapore's Lee Wins Mandate, Now For The Hard Work Sara Webb, Reuters Singapore's ruling party won yet another thumping victory in a weekend election, but it must now tackle some difficult issues: jobs and a widening income gap. *** Singapore's Media Under Fire Seah Chiang Nee, The National Singapore's controlled media has come under criticism for the way it covered the campaign leading to last Saturday's general election. *** Singapore's Outsourcing Aspirations UPI *** Net Was Abuzz With Politics During Poll Period Lynn Lee, Straits Times >From satirical podcasts to serious discussions of political strategy, the internet was a hotbed of activity during the election period, a development which took internet watchers by surprise. *** Singapore Slips To 13th Spot In E-Readiness, Magazine Says Tham Yuen-C, Straits Times *** Divided SDP 'Ding-Dongs' Over Lawyer Derrick A Paulo, Today The embattled Singapore Democratic Party is divided over whether lawyer M Ravi should continue to represent it in the lawsuit over an allegedly defamatory article -- a day before he files its defence. [Opinion] *** Singapore: When The World Stops Watching... Matt Jay, Democracy Rising ... the knives come out. *** Let's Be Fair To Opposition Parties My Singapore News If the opposition also have the same access to these highly paid and highly qualified civil servants to do the work for them, which they will have if they come into power, then it is fair to expect them to come out with a detail plan. *** Not Any Other Country, Not Any Other Pol Memory And Desire *** Wanted: Quality Opposition Voices Jason Lee Boon Hong, Today *** Strong Mandate? I Beg To Differ Phyllis Christe, Straits Times For every vote that was lost represents a voice that is asking for accountability, for answers, for checks, for changes, for help and, perhaps, more transparency. *** The Da Vinci Code Singabloodypore It appears that the panel have just decided to proclaim themselves religious historians to give them the right to proclaim this film fact or fiction. *** James Gomez And The Rule Of Lee (Not Law) The Useless Tree What is true is that the ruling party routinely uses the legal system to advance its political interests. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Laredo (Featuring Baby G) Fantasma! From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed May 10 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed May 10 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 10, 2006 Message-ID: <20060510171500.28351.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Changes iPod License Fee David Richards, Smarthouse Apple has canned its controversial "Made for Apple" iPod accessories licensing program, replacing it with a flat fee program that is easier for Apple to manage. *** An Apple A Day: iPods Owners Sound Off On Technical Difficulties Michael Kanin, Boston Herald iPods have a death rattle. And if you've ever seen the portable music player's frowny-face icon pop up, you know what it sounds like. *** NetNewsWire 2.1 Is Here Derik DeLong, MacUser *** Sony Bows To Apple Format Asahi Shimbun Sony on Tuesday announced a symbolic conession to Apple on digital audio technology. The company will make its latest music management software compatible with the AAC data compression technology used by Apple. *** Apple's Chip Transplant Boosts Sales - Analyst Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK UBS believes that Mac sales could be up nearly ten percent year-on-year by September, thanks to the move to Intel chips. *** iTunes Customers Furious Over "Chili Peppers" Promo Jim Dalrymple, Macworld *** France Could Offer Loophole For iTunes Laurence Frost, Associated Press Apple could negotiate new deals with record labels and artists to sidestep French government plans to open its exclusive iTunes music download format to rivals, under a draft Senate amendment to be voted on this week. [Opinion] *** Why iTunes Videos Are Not Widescreen Peter Hosey, Domain Of The Bored *** Mac Switch? Mac Bore Rob Manuel Over the last two weeks I've fallen in love with my Mac. *** iPod And India Kesava Mallela, The One With All Other Ones *** Is Apple Getting Complacent? Chris Howard, Apple Matters [Review] *** Griffin AirClick Robert Mohns, MacInTouch *** With Their Intel Processors, The New Macintosh Models Are Two Computers In One Julio Ojeda-Zapata, St. Paul Pioneer Press Here's what you need to know about running Windows XP and Windows programs on a Mac. *** Key Isolation Features In Mac OS X Switch To A Mac Aside from an awesome user interface and a great underlying architecture, Apple built OS X with security in mind. [Wintel] *** Rotten Effort Don Tennant, Computerworld It's bad enough when Microsoft strong-arms other software vendors into submission as a means of thwarting competition. But when it engages in underhanded tactics to intimidate users in order to land a software deal, we have a very disturbing situation on our hands. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Rise Of Independent Media Doc Searls, Linux Journal What would happen if anybody could produce radio or TV programming as easily as they consume it? What woud happen if the natural limits to broadcasting went away? *** A Helping Hand-Held For Flight Attendants Joe Sharkey, New York Times [Linux] *** Torvalds Admits Linux Kernel Concerns Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Expressions] *** What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful Of Him Todd Hearon, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** MDA Issues Decision On Exclusive Pay-TV Agreements Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia *** Singapore Still Alive And Well Jonathan Hopfner, EE Times At the Semicon Singapore trade show here, George Lin, president of SEMI Southeast Asia, noted Singapore continues to attract investment and said predictions of a mass exodus of manufacturers to China has so far proved false. *** Studying The Election Report Card Tor Ching Li, Today MPs start post mortem of GE2006 campaign to draw lessons for future. *** Singapore Wants To Train Its Armed Forces In India, Govt Positive Amitav Ranjan, Indian Express Departing from its policy of allowing only joint exercises, India is preparing to open its terrain to Singapore by allowing it to station and train its army here. *** Service Staff In Singapore Insensitive DPA One of the city-state's biggest shortcomings is lack of empathy from retail staff, defined as the degree of caring and individual attention given to customers. *** Singaproe Air Hit By Headwind From Fuel Costs Jan Dahinten and Geraldine Chua, Reuters *** Courts In Singapore Come Under Scrutiny Donald Greenless, International Herald Tribune Singapore's reputation for reliability in arbitrating commercial disputes is under increasing scrutiny. [Opinion] *** "Marxist Conspiracy" In Singapore Torn And Frayed In Manila *** Look Closely At The Impact Sakra Obasi, New Straits Times It is clear that a large part of Johor Baru's prosperity is due to the influx of tourists from Singapore. Therefore one should look at the impact of the RM20 levy on cars from the country. *** Keep National Politics Out Of Town Council Management. Hold Municipal Elections Goh Joo Chuan, Straits Times *** Why 'People Hero' Lost The Hearts Of 33% Of Voters Jacob Tan Teck Lee, Straits Times *** Winning The Hearts Of Voters Just As Important Victor Ng Beng Li, Straits Times *** Why The Bunny Didn't Bite The Carrot Jui-ce *** Malaysia LCCT Vs Singapore BT Dwimmer Blog *** Falling In Love With Singapore Of Hope And Love I don't know what is it about Singapore, but I see many people 'falling in love' with this small country. Funny how it seems, because I myself also once fell in love with this small country. *** 7 Minutes In The Abyss The Lucretius Plan Singapore is often described as boring, yet any city that seems so keen to ensure that its citizens have no time to ponder their boredom is probably getting the balance about right. *** Results In And Some Thoughts Otterman Speaks... *** Gracious And Transparent? Not The PAP Part Of The Government... This Side Of Paradise If the leader doesn't lead, does he expect the followers to follow? *** It Is Better To Be Feared Than To Be Loved Chemical Generation Singapore The original message was perhaps "better be sure of your facts in politics with us" became garbled along the way to become "we will destroy all opponents mercilessly, that is the MIW way" by the time it reached Singaporeans. *** The Truth About Singapore Media Singabloodypore The problem with the system is who's at the top. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Music For A Found Harmonium Four Men & A Dog From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu May 11 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu May 11 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 11, 2006 Message-ID: <20060511171500.29136.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Clones Creep Back On The Streets Nick Farrell, The Inquirier Some nine years after the Apple clones were officially killed off, pirates in South America have resurrected the trade. *** Connecting To God By iPod Lars Jacoby, Arizona Republic iPod shuffle giveaways have been used to lure people to open bank accounts and buy cars and as bait by online hucksters. Well, now even God is getting in on the craze. *** Apple Selects OU As Test Site For iTunes Lectures Bethany Furkin, The Post Apple's vice president of education visited Ohio University's campus yesterday to announce OU's selection as a beta site for iTunes University. [Opinion] *** In Our Post-PC Era, Apple's Device Model Beats The PC Way Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal In the post-PC era we're in today, where the focus is on things like music players, game consoles and cellphones, the end-to-end model is the early winner. I think the end-to-end model can prevail this time, both for Apple and other companies. Consumers want choice and low prices. But they also crave the kind of simplicity and integration that the end-to-end model delivers best. *** Why I Will Probably Never Buy Another Mac OSNews.com >From being a company that introduced products which freed many of us from the restrictions on usability that the early command line imposed, Apple ahs come to be a company which is in spirit and practice opposed to almost all of the freedoms that have since come to define our industry and our society. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Spot A Bug, Go To Jail Jennifer Granick, Wired News A new federal prosecution again raises the issue of whether computer security experts must fear prison time for investgating and reporting vulnerabilities. *** Intel, Allies Push Standard Flash Memory Interface Anton Shilov, X-bit Labs MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Far-Flung Kitchens Send News Regina Schrambling, Los Angeles Times Stand facing the average newsstand lately and it's hard not to think American food magazines are speeding downhill in a Rachael Ray sled, with Paula Deen pushing. *** A Nation Of Buffetts: At Least There's One Business Where The United States Is Still Better Than China. Daniel Gross, Slate The United States continue to enjoy its status as the world's hedge-fund manager, allocating capital on behalf of hard-working laborers around the globe. *** The Land Time Forgot Tom Scocca, New York Observer If the newsweeklies seem musty and pointless, it's because they've retreated from their jobs. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Singapore Polls Efficient, But Reforms Needed: Watchdog Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times A Bangkok-based election watchdog said it found Singapore's recent General Election to be extremely peaceful, efficient and professional. But it suggested several reforms, such as changing the group representation constituency system and a longer campaign period. *** Dewan Negara: Goh's First Letter To Dr M Not Valid New Straits Times Parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Affairs Ministry Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the initial discussions between Goh and Dr Mahathir were on a package deal. *** Last-Ditch Bid To Save Took From Gallows Selina Lum, Straits Times [Opinion] *** James Gomez And Political Intimidation In Singapore Carl Parkes, FriskoDude The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** The Denialist Skeleton Key From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri May 12 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri May 12 13:15:01 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 12, 2006 Message-ID: <20060512171500.2228.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Plans Expansion In The ME Khaleej Times *** Whimscial Oil-Paintings Of Mac OS UI Elements Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing *** Apple Files Trademark For iTunes Macsimum *** Getting To The Core Of Apple GC's Mysterious Departure Petra Pasternak, The Recorder The departure of Nancy Heinen, Apple's general counsel, seems to be the latest top secret at a company that really likes its secrets. *** Apple Cubed -- 5th Avenue To Open In New York Jim Dalrymple, Macworld *** Apple Releases Security Update, QuickTime 7.1, Front Row Jim Dalrymple, Macworld In addition to fixing core technologies, the update also includes changes to several of Apple's applications. [Opinion] *** Confessions of A Born-Again iPod User Hot iPod News I fully recommend any serious music lover to convert to the ranks of loyal iPod owners, so that the next time you hear somebody exclaim that their music player is "just as good" as an iPod, but only half the price, you too can smile and politely nod, as you will know better. *** When Can I Download Beatles Tracks From The iTunes Music Store? Charles Arthur, The Guardian Don't hold your breath. *** Note To The Press: AAC Is Not "Apple's Format" Ken "Caesar" Fisher, Ars Technica Apple did not invent AAC, nor is it "their format." *** Why I Will Probably Buy Another Mac Dan Knight, Low End Mac Macs make us more productive by being consistent, letting us focus on the work, and avoiding all the overhead of dealing with malware. *** Jackass Of The Week: Rob Glaser John Gruber, Daring Fireball I'm intrigued by this strategy of accusing millions of prospective customers of being dishonest thieves. I'll bet it'll work out just as well as Real's "let's wait another couple of years" portable player strategy. [Review] *** Going Above And Beyond winn Schwartau, Network World If you can live with some of Apple's arrogance, you should really take a look at the security TCO of WinTel vs. Mac. If you are honest with your answers, you may find that you cang et many of your enterprise endpoints more secure than ever for a lot less than you thought. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The $100 Box? It's Already Here Charles Cooper, CNET News.com *** An Agency's Worst Nightmare: Ads Created By Users Julie Bosman, New York Times *** Adobe Aims To Ease AJAX Programming InfoWorld *** Bringing Digital Ads To The Local Mall Stuart Elliott, New York Times A giant advertising company is teaming up with a giant property company for a venture that aims to help turn the shopping mall into a medium not unlike television, radio, newspapers or the internet. [Internet] *** ICANN Rejects .xxx Domain Ingrid Marson, CNET News.com MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Tech & Science] *** The Higher Cost Of Breathing Andrew Pollack, New York Times An environmental effort to protect the earth's ozone layer could mean disruptions for the nation's millions of asthma patients. *** Oochy Woochy Coochy Coo: Women Can Read Men Like Books The Economist A group of scientists has discovered that women are attracted to men who are fond of children. In years gone by, that announcement might have qualified for one of the late Senator William Proxmire's Golden Fleece awards for pointless scientific research -- except that what this particular group of scientists has shown is that women can tell who is and is not fond of children just by looking at their faces. [Life] *** Meal Once Removed Anne Marson, Washington City Paper How Washington's restaurants deal with carryout. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** Chiam Win? I Won! Heng-Cheong Leong All those celebration and cheering at Potong Pasir on GE night? Not really because Chiam's win, but because all the winning of gambling bets ? [News] *** WP's Gomez Let Off With Stern Warning In Run-In With Elections Dept Channel NewsAsia Workers' Party member James Gomez has been let off with a stern warning for threatening an Elections Department officer. *** Blog Pages On Singapore's Election Up 10-Fold During Campaigning Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia *** China Values Friendly Ties With Singapore: Vice-Premier Xinhua *** New NCMP Lim Says GE Was A Step Forward Teo Hwee Nak, Today In a country where opposition parties hover only on the fringe of society and politics, the Workers' Party (WP) is experiencing a revival. [Opinion] *** Singapore Elections And The Mainstream Press Cherian George, Air-Conditioned Nation Of all my musings about the Singapore elections and media old and new, the one that's been most robustly resisted byt he blogsphere is my observation that mainstream media coverage of the GE has improved. *** Income Tax Dept Should Rethink Unequal Tax Cut Policy To Narrow Divide Between Rice And Poor Ng Swee Kai, Straits Times *** SQ's Hindu (Non-Vegetarian) Meal The Travelling Hungryboy A Chinese friend of mine once told me that she'll pre-order one of the INdian meals on SQ when she can, not only because you get served ahead of everyone else, but also because it is oftentimes better than the normal meals served from the carts. *** Opposition And Civil Society Must Speak Up On Gomez Issue M Ravi, Singapore Election Watch The alleged conversation between James Gomez and the officials clearly showed that there was no such intimidation. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Stompin' At The Savoy University Of Arkansas Jazz Band From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat May 13 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat May 13 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 13, 2006 Message-ID: <20060513171501.59942.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Researcher: Apple Patch Falls Short Paul F. Roberts, InfoWorld Independent researcher Tom Ferris said there were still holes in Safari, QuickTime, and iTunes that he reported to Apple but were not patched in the latest release. *** Apple, Softbank Plan iPod Mobile Phones -- Nikkei Reuters Japanese web and telecom conglomerate SoftBank is working with Apple to develop mobile telephones with built-in iPod music players, Nikkei reported on Friday. *** Analyzing Apple's Latest TV Ads mathew Honan, Macworld Macworld invited a panel of experts to comment on the TBWA\Chia\Day-produced spots. [Wintel] *** Vista Search Seems Fair, Regulators Say Ina Fried, CNET News.com The U.S. government has given its thumbs-up to Microsoft's search box plans for Vista, shrugging off concerns raised recently by Google. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Don't Write The Obituary Yet: 5 Reasons Why magazines Are Here To Stay Nicole Oncina, New York Review Of Magazines Magazines are here to stay, and here are five reasons why. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** After Polls Come Post-Mortems: What Went Right? What Went Wrong? Sue-Ann Chia and Aaron Low, Straits Times MPs-elect formally analyse performances as parties figure out how to win over those who voted for the other side. *** James Gomez Is Still Liar, Dishonest Despite Stern Warning: MM Lee Camie De-Souze, Channel NewsAsia Lee Kuan Yew says the attorney-general's decision not to prosecute Workers' Party member James Gomez does not make him less of a liar or less dishonest. *** Returning Officer Names WP Chairman Sylvia Lim As Non-Constituency MP S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia [Opinion] *** Show Of Spirit In Singapore The Nation Full credit to the opposition and voters for resisting the People's Action Party's (PAP) wiles in last weekend's general election. *** Change Mindset About Role Of Opposition MPs. They're Not Trouble-makers Michael Wee Hong Shen, Straits Times *** The Deadly Embrace Of Politics Yawningbread.org To have our commercial judgments treated as suspect abroad makes it very hard for us to do business with other countries. In particular, it makes it hard to sell Singapore as a good place for legal services. One big chunk of our new economic vision falls apart. All because of a history of ministers suing their opponents ruthlessly. *** On The Style, Image And Approach Of The SDP Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Election Watch Why is the victom here being blamed? Why are we 'shooting ourselves in the foot' when all we are doing is standing up for what is rightfully ours? From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun May 14 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun May 14 13:15:01 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 14, 2006 Message-ID: <20060514171500.46789.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Advertising: Less Is Much More Steve McKee, BusinessWeek [Opinion] *** Unraveling The Red Box Myth Daniel Etan, RoughlyDrafted According to proponents of the Red Box Myth, Max OS X will supposedly soon run Windows software natively, perhaps as soon as Leopard 10.5. They're wrong; here's why. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Enzyme That Won The Economist If it's cool, it's probably Web 2.0. *** Fuzzy Maths The Economist In a few short years, Google has turned from a simple and popular company into a complicated and controversial one. *** Scan This Book! Kevin Kelly, New York Times The universal library and its "books" will be unlike any library or books we have known. Pushing us rapidly toward that Eden of everything, and away from the paradigm of the phsical paper tome, is the hot technology of the search engine. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Flat-Pack Accounting The Economist Forget about the Gates Foundation. The world's biggest charity owns IKEA -- and is devoted to interior design. *** Mark Twain's Hawaii Lawrence Downes, New York Times Twain spent four months in the islands in 1866, when he was 31 and workingg on becoming famous. His 25 letters from the Sandwich Islands, writtenon assignment for The Sacramento Union, are still fresh and rudely funny after almost a century and a half -- a foretaste of genius and the best travel writing about Hawaii I have ever read. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Ten In A Row For The Men In White The Economist The People's Action Party shows that it remains one of the world's most successful political machines. *** James Gomez Says He Does Not Intend To Sue Minister Mentor Channel NewsAsia [Opinion] *** Bloggers Persist As Mediacorp Bullshits Singapore Election Watch Once again, Mediacorp showed Singaporeans why they were deserving of the 140th spot as perscribed by Reporters Without Borders. *** Who Is Irene Ng Kidding? Singabloodypore *** Singapore's Success Doesn't Please Everyone Tom Pauken II, OhmyNews If Singapore's government terrorized citizens, let crime run rampant or werak havoc against peace and harmony then people could raise a legitimate argument that Singapore must transform itself. Nevertheless, Singapore is an independent city-state not a colony of the U.S. or Canda. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon May 15 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon May 15 13:15:04 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 15, 2006 Message-ID: <20060515171500.57322.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple, Softbank iPod Mobile Plans In Doubt Martyn Williams, Macworld UK Softbank has released a statement denying claims that it and Apple are developing mobile phones that can play songs downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store. *** Andy Hertzfeld Talks Mac At Google Macworld UK In the video, original Macintosh development team member Andy Hertzfeld discussed his time at Apple and since, and reveals some new tidbits. *** Armed With An Apple Computer, Entrepreneur Makes His Mark In Lansing Jeremy W. Steele, Lansing State Journal *** Selling Sound: Bose Knows Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek Partly thanks to an alliance with Apple, it's already one of the most trusted brands in the U.S. Where does it go from here? *** Fifty-Quid Bloke Gives Way To MP3 Woman Owen Gibson, The Guardian Women using digital downloads to circumvent intimidating record shop assistants are driving a resurgence in music sales, according to research. [Opinion] *** 'Web Kit' Vs. 'WebKit' John Gruber, Daring Fireball Question for Apple: Is it "Web Kit" or "WebKit"? *** How Much Abuse Is An Apple User Willing To Take? Technology Evangelist It is impressive that Apple was able to switch to a completely new processor so quickly, but at what cost? *** iAy Caramba! MacBook Is Hot Gabriella Papic, Salon When I smelled bacon wafting from my new computer, I was thrilled -- until I realized it was the smell of my thighs igniting. *** What My iBook makes Me Think About Web 2.0 Steven D. Krause [Review] *** 20in Apple iMac PC Advisor [Sidetrack] *** Think Different Heng-Cheong Leong Rory Hamilton : I love the iPod shuffle for its integration with a mental model created by the earlier iPods. It's that building on success but not being afraid to do something that others might consider a step back that's so great. *** Apple vs Apple? They Can't Even Get The Right Guy, Let Alone The Right Logo... Heng-Cheong Leong Watch the video of how morons in a hurry catch the wrong guy for an interview... The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Death On MySpace Tim Jonze, The Guardian When 17-year-old Ana Svidersky was stabbed to death in a small-town American restaurant, it was a tragedy for those who knew here. But then friends decided to compose an online tribute, and suddenly, thousands of people were mourning a girl they had never met. *** Me, Me, Me Jessica Mintz, Wall Street Journal The personalized newspaper was dreamed up two decades ago. We're getting closer and closer. *** Could The Future Of Storage Be All Wet? Lucas Mearian, InfoWorld Using a piece of wire 100,000 times thinner than a hair and water, researchers at several leading universities are developing a new data storage medium that also has data transfer rates that are as fast as RAM. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Searching For A Sense Of Meaning In Gifts Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Recognizing that recipients are often unhappy with gifts, givers are increasingly enclosing receipts with gifts to allow for exchanges. All this is causing economists, psychologists and philosophers to scratch their heads. *** What Happened To The Fotune Michael Jackson Made? Timotny L. O'Brien, New York Times The arc of Mr. Jackson's career, and his management of his business and financial affairs, tracks some of the timeworn truisms about the realities of the entertainment industry and those who inhabit its upper tiers: a child star unwittingly beholden to others who control his bank account; a more mature adult who is savvy about packaging and marketing himself but who grows increasingly undisciplined about his spending; and, finally, a reclusive caricature locked inside a financial and emotional fantasyland of his own making. *** Mother Of All Surrogates Daphne Merkin, New York Times She is leaving us, as sure as day turns to night, and nothing on earth will keep her here, not all the money -- or love, for that matter -- in the world. *** Politicians, Economists, Teachers... Why Are They So Desperate To Make Us Happy? Frank Furedi, Telegraph Freud may have been a little cynical when he suggested that his objective was to "convert neurotic misery into ordinary unhappiness." But he understood that true happiness was an ideal that we pursue but rarely achieve. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Did Temasek Pay Too Much? Umesh Pandey, Bangkok Post The first-quarter performances of Shin Corp and it ssubsidaiaries have raised questions as to whether Singapore's cash-rich Temasek Holdings may have overpaid for its investment. *** New Newton Food Centre Gets That Old Colonial Charm Arti Mulchand, Straits Times It reopens on July 1 after $4.8m upgrade that is a throwback to bygone era. *** Two Factors That Swayed Aljunied Votes Ansley Ng, Today They were the Gomez saga and the perception that the PAP was aiming for clean sweep: Yeo. [Opinion] *** Before SMRT Raises Its Fare Again My Singapore News *** Singaporeans' Top Concerns: Bread And Butter Rather Than Political Issues Abdulla Al-Madani, Lelia Magazine *** A Common Thread In Singapoeans: Innovation, Outsourcing & Service Culture Singapore Entrepreneurs We sacrifice quality for efficiency or speed, but quality and efficiency are not mutually exclusive. *** SG - The Copycat Nation UB Singapura *** An Incomplete Mandate Tay Sok Khoon, Today *** How About A 5 1/2-Year Passport? Peter C.N. Hardstone, Straits Times [Entertainment] *** My Singapore Fling Desmond Morris, INS News On around-the-world cruise, and having been here twice before, I decide to forego the city tour and instead head straight for my favourite attraction, the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** The Contact Marconi Union From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue May 16 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue May 16 13:15:01 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 16, 2006 Message-ID: <20060516171500.98625.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** MacBook pros Get Speed Boost Jim Dalrymple, Macworld In addition to releasing the MacBook on Tuesday, Apple also increased the speed of its professional-level MacBook Pro and added an option for the new widescreen glossy display. *** Slate To 'Textcast' For iPods Steve Safran, Lost Remote It will be a text file, but in an interesting workaround, it's attached to a silent 15-minute audio file. *** Audiophiles Become Ipodiophiles Leander Kahney, Wired News Old-time audiophiles must be spinning in their soundproof graves. Thanks to hardware modifications and headphone amplifiers, the humble iPod is earning a place at the heart of the most expensive and exacting sound systems. *** Symantec CEO Advocates Fair Play And Macs Tom Krazit, CNET News.com "We think more people ougth to buy them," Symantec CEO John Thompson said of Apple's Macintosh computers, in response to a question from the audience at the Future in Review conference on Monday. *** iPod Phenomenon PBS *** Apple Announces New MacBook Jonny Evans, Macworld UK The MacBook features an Intel Core Duo processor and a 13-inch widescreen dispaly. The company claims the new Mac to be "up to five times faster than the iBook and up to four times faster than the 12-inch PowerBook." *** Creative Sues Apple Over iPod Interface Ina Fried, CNET News.com Creative Technology said Monday that it has filed two legal actions against Apple, charging the popular iPod infinges on its patented technology. *** Apple Updates iLife 06 Apps Peter Cohen, Macworld [Opinion] *** Dastardly Dialogs: Overcane Of Antflower Milk #2.5 Unsanity *** Frameworks, Kits And Caboodles Red Sweater Blog *** Why Do Consumers Accept DRM? Marc Wagner, ZDNet Maybe most consumers understand all too well that in the long run, it just doesn't matter. They are used to paying for the same content over and over again as the format changes. [Review] *** Benchmarks: 17-Inch MacBook Pro James Galbraith, Macworld Model holds slight edge over 15-inch counterpart. *** Little Snith 1.2: Security Software Fills The Gaps Left By Mac OS X's Firewall Mark H. Anbinder, Macworld Little Snith 1.2.2 strikes a good balance between automatically blocking potential problems and letting users decide what connections to allow. [Sidetrack] *** BBC Apologizes Heng-Cheong Leong Sorry , we've gotten the wrong Guy. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Four Horsemen Of Web 2.0 Andrew Schmitt, Nyquist Condition MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Tech & Science] *** Impressive New Tricks Of Light, All Within The Laws Of Physics Kenneth Chang, New York Times To make light go backward, hold up a mirror. Light bounces off the mirror and goes back. Robert W. Boyd, a professor of optics at the University of Rochester, however, did not choose this easy, straightforward technique. [Life] *** What Are Independent Bookstores Really Good For? Tyler Cowen, Slate If you don't like the superstores, it is easy enough to expand your viewing horizons through other means. [Expressions] *** Cinderella School Lara Vapnyar, New Yorker *** Three Shards John Skoyles, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Single Route For Passengers Within Changi's Terminal 3 To Maximise Shopping Johnsoon Choo, Channel NewsAsia When Changi's Terminal 3 opens in 2008, it will not only sport spanking new halls with glass facade and bright interior, it will also feature a single-street passageway-shopping arcade to maximise retail and food and beverage (F&B) potential. *** Singaporeans Travel More, Spend More On Their Trips Ng Bao Ying, Channel NewsAsia [Opinion] *** Singapore Prude Versus Sex Ring! Fight! Haro Singapore! Singaporeans is bloody fucking prude like shriviveled raisin when talk topic is sex. *** I Am Depressed. Am I The Only Libertarian From Singapore? The Legal Janitor *** Is Politics All About Pursuit Of Party Interests? Jason Phan Shiaw Hwa, Straits Times On what basis does Miss Ng make this serious and derogatory claim of alternative parties, and what exempts her own party from her apparent view of politics as ultimately the pursuit of party interests? Is politics ultimately about the pursuit of party interests, with the interests of citizens being incidental? *** Voting Must Be seen To Be Secret Siew Kum Hong, Today The serialisation of ballot slips neither prevents nor deters ballot stuffing. [Entertainment] *** Best Place To See An Angel: Divine Wine Extraordinaire Bryan Walsh, Time Normally, the sight of a winged fairy floating several meters above the bar top bearing a bottle of Dom Perignon would be an excellent signal to stop. But at Singapore's Divine Wine Extraordinaire it means you're just getting started. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed May 17 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed May 17 13:15:04 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 17, 2006 Message-ID: <20060517171500.90954.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** ElGato Updates EyeTV, Turns On TerraTec TV Macworld UK *** Apple Updates Intel Mac Firmware Jonny Evans, Macworld UK *** Creative Technology Takes On Apple Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek The lawsuit smacks of desperation -- but it may be about the only thing that could save Creative's MP3 player business now. *** Apple Suit Seen Hurting Creative In Long Run Jennifer Tan, Reuters "The lawsuit will be a long process, and even if they win, any damages awarded will be a one-off gin. This does not change Creative's business fundamentals and the fact that there is nothing much to look forward to on the operations front." *** How Apple's Store Strategy Beat The Odds Nickm Wingfield, Wall Street Journal Apple's stores are an unlikely success story in an area littered with failures -- and another vindication of Mr. Jobs's marketing savvy. *** New MacBook Could Help Apple In Education John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News *** MacBook Power Supply Is Normal-Sized, Praise Jobs Gizmodo *** Apple Stock Off 4 Pct On Patent, Business Concerns Reuters Apple's shares fell more than 4 percent on Tuesday on concerns that Apple's business may be slowing, a day after the maker of iPod music players was hit with a patent lawsuit. *** Apple's Portable Chief Speaks On MacBook Jonny Evans, Macworld UK "These are really compelling, well-featured, exciting products." [Opinion] *** Apple Closes Down OS X Tom Yager, InfoWorld Client kernel has gone proprietary, but it's not too late to set things right. *** How To Sleep Your Machine From Apple Remote Mad Mac *** Hands On With Apple's New MacBook... With Windows! Harry McCracken, PC World The black MacBook isn't the most feature-rich model in Apple's new Intel-based laptop line, but it's probably the coolest... which makes it one of the coolest laptops on the market, period. *** And We All Shine On John Siracusa, Ars Technica To sum up. Glossy screens: bad. People: idiots. Steve Jobs: insane. *** Apple MacBook: First Impressions marklemdotcom Pieces of a plastic coating on the MacBook's lid began to flake off... *** The Black Tax Derik DeLong, MacUser That's right. $150 for a different color. *** Creative Vs Apple -- Why Sue Now? Chris Stevens, CNET If only Creative would put its efforts into pushing forward with its own product designs, rather than litigating its way to a slice of Apple's pie. We're weary of these depressing and unpleasant law suits. The Creative vs Apple patent case reads depressingly like Steven Segal claiming he invented acting. *** Apple's New MacBook Jason Snell, Macworld Although the MacBook is Apple's lowest-priced laptop, it's about as far from a "low-end" model as you could get. *** Can't Succeed In The Marketplace? Sue Someone Who Does! Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek Here's an unsolicited suggestion for Creative: Throw out 80 percent of your MP3 product line and simplify it. And you might want to do something about that marketing team... *** What Price Macintosh? Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica *** Are You MacBook, Or Are You Pro? Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network On the face of it, graphics is the answer. In the meantime, the MacBook looks like a very attractive consumer-level notebook. *** Hands On With The MacBook: First Impressions Dan Moren, MacUser Let is be said: this is not your father's iBook. The differences are, in many cases, subtle, but they're there, and some of them are surprising. *** MacBook Drops, keyboard Irks Zatz Not Funny I want to love the MacBook and it suits my purposes perfectly, but the keyboard just isn't working for me. *** Price Points Philip Michaels, Macworld I can't help but feel like something's missing. Like a low-end laptop priced at less than $1,000. [Review] *** Photoshop Elements 4 For The Mac: Worth The Wait? Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network *** Solavant Marcus Albers, Inside Mac Games Solavant may not have the flashiest graphics around, but when you get past that, you will find a solitaire game for the true solitaire purist. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Chief Says Sun Plans To Offer Open-Source Version Of Java Laurie J. Flynn, New York Times *** A PC For Every Student Tom Krazit, CNET News.com There are plenty of proposals for bringing PCs to the developing world, but Project Inkwel has its hands full just trying to get PCs into the hands of American schoolchildren. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Expressions] *** Well, Shall We Go? Erik Sweet, Big Bridge *** Absurd Gesture Heather Rounds, The 2River View SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Government Says Wage Increases Should Lag Behind Productivity, Agrees With NWC S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia *** A Tale Of Two Elections Jackson Sawatan, Bernama In Singapore, the opposition parties retained their strongholds in Hougang and Potong Pasir, and scored an overall increase in popular votes. But what next? *** Singapore Upgrades Growth Forecast Reuters *** Six SDP Leaders Agree To Settlement Terms In Defamation Suit Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times [Opinion] *** Who Are You Calling A Liar, Liar?! Singapore Election Watch *** We "Scratched" Your Car, Haha mr brown I am also very unlikely to patronise a car grooming company that let their agency do shit like this to my car. *** Dubai's Bawadi Project Justin Lee No matter how hard Singapore tries with its teeny weeny mega expensive casinos/IR, we are not going to be out of this world successful like the UAE. *** Doing Away With The MC Hassle Lee Yung Seng, Today This will eventually help reduce the healthcare burden and costs for the government, and also for the people. *** Smutocracy Is A Facade For Democracy Michael Backman, Singapore Election Watch North Korea is politically stable but who wants to invest there? And Australia periodically changes government, has a free media and attracts plenty of investors, including many from Singapore. [Entertainment] *** The Detour Is The Tour The Nation Sampling the food prepared by Michelin-starred chefs at the World Gourmet Summit proves a challenge for visiting journalists. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Spooky Kabuki (Premix) Momus From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu May 18 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu May 18 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 18, 2006 Message-ID: <20060518171501.65928.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Where Do iPods Cost Most -- Or Least? Charles Dubow, BusinessWeek Several factors affect pricing of various consumer goods around the world. But don't rush overseas to shop before you've checked prices. *** Ofcom Rethinks Ban On iPod Gadget BBC News Ofcom has said it is working with other regulators to draft an EU-wide standard on the use of a gadget which plays the output of Apple's iPods on FM radios. *** Apple Releases Final Cut Express HD 3.5 Jonny Evans, Macworld UK New features include Dynamic RT for real-time playback of mutl-stream effects, Soundtrack 1.5 with a complete suite of professional level audio production tools, and LiveType 2.1 with additional animated text and titles in the box. *** Publishers File Suit Against Digital Services Susan Butler, Billboard A small group of independent music publishers filed a class action lawsuit May 16 against major online music services for failing to secure licenses to sell downloads. *** Jobs Wins Wired's 'Steve Jobs' Trophy Macworld UK Apple CEO Steve Jobs has won yet another Wired Rave Award, though he didn't turn up at the awards event to pick it up. *** Analyst Predicts iPod Upgrades By Xmas Macworld UK Bear Sterns analyst Andrew Neff expects iPod upgrades, an iPod phone and even more support for multiple operating systems to come from Apple this year. *** Aperture Customers Seek Upgrade Path MacNN With increased system requirements and no way to upgrade to a better graphics card, many users want Apple to either sell an individual card to upgrade their systems or take back their current machines so that they can purchase newer hardware to run Aperture as they originally intended. *** Fifth Avenue Store To Boast Retail Innovations Think Secret [Opinion] *** Microsoft's URGE Digital Music Service No Threat To Apple Carl Howe, The Consumer Electronics Stock Blog URGE is Microsoft trying to convince consumers that the tyranny of too much choice in music is no big deal, and that they should throw away their iPods because they need more choice. *** The RIAA's Radio Lawsuit - What It Means For Your iPod Andrew Orlowski, The Register The distinction between stream and file no longer makes sense, and a blanket licensing regime -- of the kind that allowed radio to flourish in the first place -- is the only sensible option. However, thanks to the selfish collusion of the RIAA and the market leader Apple, we're likely to see several years of crippled technology instead. *** Back In Black Powazek Black just seems to be the right color for a computer you're going to be traveling with. *** Apple Going The Way Of "Ugly PC" With MacBook In Black? Lockergnome Maybe black wasn't the greatest idea. *** Is White Or Black The Cooler Colour For My New Gadget? Charles Arthur, The Guardian "White looks like the sort of thing Chantelle would have." Ouch. *** Apple Moniker Madness Muhammad Saleem, Technopedia.info *** A Paean To The MacBook Keyboard... Dan Moren, MacUser For years, one of the things that bugged me about both my old PowerBook G3 and my current iBook is that the keys from the keyboard can touch the screen when the computer is closed. I'm thrilled to finally see a laptop from Apple that addresses this problem in a simple, elegant fashion. *** Mac Mini's Ceaseless Fan Christopher Breen, Macworld [Review] *** Audio Systems Aim To End iPod Isolation Jstin Bachman, Associated Press Several recently released audio systems, including one from Aple, are now lifting the cloud of iPod isolation, making it easy to fill a room with sound that was once mostly limited to earbuds or headphones. *** Inspiration 8: Brainstorming Tool Shines Inside And Outside The Classroom Frankin Tessler, Macworld [Sidetrack] *** Presenting, The Cube Heng-Cheong Leong ifoAppleStore has pictures of the glass cube at the Fifth Avenue (NYC) Apple Store being unveiled. "The removal procss revealed a surprise -- a large white Apple logo suspended in the upper-middle of the cube." *** The New New Question Heng-Cheong Leong Yes, hell has frozen over, and pigs are flying all over Cupertino. But the question need to be asked, and Dori Smith is doing all of us a favor by asking: Will [the new MacBooks] able to run Vista with the Glass effects? *** Lesson From The Apprentice Heng-Cheong Leong Always upgrade to the latest hardware and softare, and you will win . [Wintel] *** Microsoft's Multiple Challenges: Is Its Size A Benefit Or Burden? Knowledge@Wharton The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Government To Force Handover Of Encryption Keys Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK Businesses and individuals may soon have to release their encryption keys to the police or face imprisonment, when Part 3of the RIP Act comes into effect. *** In The Fight Against Spam E-Mail, Goliath Wins Again Brian Krebs, Washington Post MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Not Easy Being Green Matthew DeBord, Los Angeles Times Once upon a time, the eco-friendly practice of reusing wine bottles was common place. So why has it fallen by the wayside? *** Roadfoodies Sarah Karnasiewicz, Salon Jane and Michael Stern talk about 30 years of scouring America for the best chili dogs and fried clams -- and the food they had to throw overboard. *** How Sprawl Got A Bad Name Robert Bruegmann, The American Enterprise Worries about sprawl have become so vivid not because conditions are really as bad as the critics suggest, but precisely because conditions are so good. *** The World's Game National Geographic Magazine This month 32 nations will compete for the World Cup of soccer, the "beautiful game" that unites and divides countries around the globe. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Singapore's Tiger Airways Seeks To Block Qantas/Jetstar Asia Cooperation AFX Budget carrier Tiger Airways said it has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to reject a proposed cooperation between Qantas Airways and newly-merged Singapore-based budget carriers Jetstar Asia and Valuair. *** LTA Seals Drains On Bus Stops Ahead Of Mosquitoes' Peak Breeding Period Sharon See, Channel NewsAsia *** Singapore Wants 752 Items Off Import Negative List Siddharth Zarabi and Monica Gupta, Rediff Singapore has asked India to remove 752 trade items ranging from condensed mlk to shrimps and a whole range of fabrics and yarns from its 'negative list' of imports under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement and bring these under the tariff liberalisation scheme. *** Indonesians Main Buyers Of Singapore Apartments Jarkarta Post Indonesians are registered as the largest foreign byers of high-end homes in Singapore, exceeding other traditional buyers like Malaysian and Hong Kong, a report said. *** PM Lee Tells PAP MPs To Be Wary Of "Social Lubricants" Jackson Sawatan, Bernama Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has reminded the PAP members of parliament to be wary of what he termed as "social lubricants" which some people used to make the MPs obligated to them. *** SDP Discharges Lawyer Loh Chee Kong, Today *** Forget CPF Cut, There Are Other Rewards Derrick A Paulo, Today Lim Swee Say: " You ask [the workers]. They prefer to have whatever rewards in the form of cash because they can access it." [Opinion] *** The Most Important Success -- Political Awakening Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives *** Razor Apartments Singapore Life And Times That's one up for the Brits and a woeful zero for HDB. *** Claustrophobia In Transit I value open space, I value the emptiness of undeveloped grassland the presence of vast greenery. But this is becoming so difficult in Singapore. *** A New Dimension In Cyberspace My Singapore News When the media talked nonsense, they will be exposed. *** Get Good Leaders In Government Tan Kin Lian We do not need all ministers to be members of parliament at the same time. If necessary, we can appoint a minister from outside of parliament, if they get the approval of a select committee of the parliament. *** Malay Support A Yo-Yo No More Mafoot Simon, Straits Times *** The Opposition And Its Future Siew Kum Hong, Today If all the opposition parties follow simple principles gleaned from the WP's example, and if Ms Sylvia Lim can perform as well in parliament as she did at the rallies, then the PAP could face an even tougher challenge in 2010 or 2011. [Entertainment] *** Le Papillon The Hinata Diaries There had definitely been opening teething problems with the erratic service, which hopefully will be rectified soon, but had nonetheless been a distraction through the evening. The food itself had been perfectly executed, with charming combinations of flavour and colour. Aside from my mom's dubious tenderloin, quality was definitely not an issue. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri May 19 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri May 19 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 19, 2006 Message-ID: <20060519171500.59339.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple, A Success At Stores, Bets Big On Fifth Avenue Steve Lohr, New York Times Necessity and inspiration led Apple to toss out the conventional textbook on computer stores and to ignore the rules of location, design, staffing and services provided. *** MacBok To Bolster Apple's June Quarter ipodnn Apple's newly launched MacBook Pro line is expected to boost its June quarter sales, according to one analyst who calls the product an "iPod companion." *** Apple's Retail Strategy Reinforces Brand May Wong, Associated Press *** At Museums: Invasion Of The Podcasts Randy Kennedy, New York Times Museum podcasts -- both do-it-yourself versions and those created by the museums themselves -- have taken off, changing the lok and feel of audio tours. *** Fans Start Queuing Outside Manhattan Store Cult Of Mac *** Apple Sues iPod Rival Over Patents Bloomberg Apple is suing Creative, raising the stakes in the legal dispute over competing devices. Apple claims Creative Labs, the U.S. division of Creative Technology, infinges four patents in its hand-held digital players. The suit was filed in a Wisconsin District Court on May 15, the same day Creative filed a lawsuit and a trade complaint against Apple. *** Inside Apple's New Fifth Ave. Store David Schloss, Macworld "In the city that never sleeps, neither does this store. We don't want a visitor [to New York City] to miss a chance to come to the Apple Store, [and] this store will be open from today forever." *** Microsoft Announces Vista Minimum Requirements Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service The hardware specifications outlined by Microsoft are consistent with Apple's Intel-based Macs. A Mac with upgraded RAM also falls in line with Microsoft's specifications for a windows Vista Premium Ready PC. [Opinion] *** For Apple, Good Things In Store Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek A New York flagship store proves that the iPod maker's retail operation has been a success -- and may boost sales all by itself. *** MacBook In-Store Impressions MacHappy The MacBook is fast! Everything was just silky smooth. *** One Feature To Expect In Leopard Dustin MacDonald Resolution independence. *** One Of Those Days Depleted Uranium After not using a Mac for 15 years, this is like moving from a democracy to Singapore -- things are cleaner and neater but there's a lot you can't do. *** What Price MacBook Beauty? Rob Griffiths, Macworld Yes, I paid the $150 "there's a sucker born every minute" matte-black plastic tax. Why? Really, it was emotion. *** Five Architectural Flaws In Windows Solved In Mac OS X RoughlyDrafted *** My New Mac Dave Winer, Scripting News I brought it [back] to the Apple store and they were able to install the memory. The tech said, "You really hae to force it there." Happy again. [Review] *** Apple MacBook Clint Ecker, Ars Technica I find it very hard to come up with a list of negatives about the MacBook. *** Apple iPod Hi-Fi Michael Brandenburg, InformationWeek The sound quality alone could not sell me on the iPod Hi-Fi. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Google's Goal: A Worldwide Web Of Books Leslie Walker, Washington Post MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** The New Disaster Movie J. Hoberman, Village Voice How the events of September 11 renewed Hollywood's appetite for destruction. *** Goodbye Already: The Art Of The Television Finale Alessandra Stanley, New York Times All shows come to an end, but not every end is worth a showing. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** The Da Vinci Code Opens In Singapore Amid Controversy DPA The Da Vinci Code opened in predominantly Buddhist Singapore on Thursday despite attempts by Christian groups to ban the controversial movie. *** Citibank Ups Ante In Personal Loans Market Lorna Tan, Straits Times The bank announced yesterday that it will deliver $2,000 to $15,000 in cash to its existing Ready Credit customers within three hours of a request. And new customers are guaranteed one-hour approval for applications and cash withdrawals. [Opinion] *** Small Singapore A Xeno Boy In Sg We build and re-build Singapore, physically and mentally, with the urgency ingrained in us that there is a lack of space. *** The Beauty Of Being Small The Oriental Express I am not a politician or a statistician, but I would like to think that Singapore has one of the best transport system in the world. *** An Uncommon Act Kevin Goh, Ignorance Is Bliss *** Musical Talent Crushed Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma Year after year after year, as schools like RJC and NJC and VJC continue to manufacture, by the hundreds, perfectly straight-A students who have memorised their way to great success in standardised exam formats. While the really rare, special ones -- like Ike See -- will continue to be overlooked, and will continue to languish. *** The Preferred Reward: Restore The CPF Cut Kamala Dewi, Today *** MDA's Ruling On Pay-TV Is Puzzling Chong Junjie, Straits Times [Entertainment] *** Tracking Down Botak Jones... Trail Of Crumbs The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Don't Monkey With It Yarl River Jazz Band From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat May 20 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat May 20 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 20, 2006 Message-ID: <20060520171501.27342.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Is The Time Still Ripe To Pick Apple? Conrad de Aenlle, International Herald Tribune *** Fans Storm Apple's 5th Ave Store Sean Captain, Wired News "Steve, you're hot!" *** iPod Vending Latest Move For Federated Lisa Biank Fasig, Cincinnati Business Courier Come fall, iPod will be the apple of Macy's eye. The chain's parent, Federated Department Stores Inc. is installing large vending machines that will dispense the Apple-made music players at 180 stores. *** Sonic Arts Research Centre: Valhalla For The Human Ear David Levy, Apple "Because of its intuitive appeal to the creative mind, the great majority of sophisticated music and acoustic design applications were developed around the Mac." *** Tom Salta: Battle Score Bija Gutoff, Apple "When I find out you can't do something in a different program, I scratch my head and say, 'Really? You can't?' I guess that's why so many people are switching to Logic." [Opinion] *** iPod's End Suggests "End-To-End" Model's Limits Scott Rosenberg, Salon There's only one supplier; your choices are limited. *** Apple Laptops Aren't For The Lap Top Scott Silverman, MacUser "Do not leave the bottom of your MacBook Pro in contact with your lap or any surface of your body for extended periods." *** Steering Away From The MacBook Peter Cohen, Macworld Already some games are being released that implicitly exclude the Mac mini, and by extension, the MacBook, from their supported system requirements. [Review] *** New MacBook More Than A Better iBook Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times Those expecting an underpowered replacement for Apple's iBook lineup should have a pleasant surprise. *** 17-Inch MacBook Pro Henry Norr, Macworld The 17-inch MacBook Pro is a fabulous machine for people who can afford it -- and who conclude that its high performance, huge screen, and impressive versatility justify its size and weight. [Sidetrack] *** Will You Marry Me? Heng-Cheong Leong Somebody discovers Apple's camera. Somebody discovers camera is taking time-lapsed movie. Somebody proposes to his girlfriend via Apple's time-lapsed movie. Somebody discover somebody proposing via Apple's time-lapsed movie and post details on digg . *** Did Creative Blew It, Even Before The War Started? Heng-Cheong Leong No, I'm not talking about Creative's stupid patent lawsuit. (How can Creative even be surprised that Apple has a few defensive patents of its own?) No, but there is this little snippet in today's Straits Times, which is not available online: "About five years ago, Apple reportedly approached Creative to license tghe latter's technology for MP3 players and also suggested the companies join forces to spin off Creative's MP3 player assets, but both its offers were rebuffed." "A few months later, Apple unveiled its line of iPod players, and has since claimed a dominating 70 per cent of the US market, squelching Creative's ambitions." The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** US Government Restricts China PCs BBC News The US State Department says the 16,000 computers it bought from a Chinese firm with links to the Beijing government will not be used for classified work. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Fat, 40 And Fired Nigel Marsh, The Guardian "So I get twice the husband, half the income and at the end of the year we'll both have to work in Woolworths?" "Bascially." "If we do this, will you be less of an arsehole?" SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** Quantum Leap In Productivity? Heng-Cheong Leong Lim Swee Say is asking the low income to "make quantum leap in producitivty " in order to move ahead. Great, let's ask your favorite food court's dish clearing auntie how exactly is she going to clear "quantum leap" number of tables? I guess most folks' answer will simply be either OT or Second Job. Is that all NTUC can do? [News] *** Singapore's Own Toy Museum Opens Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia *** Help On Way For Children Who Are Not In Pre-School Maria Almenoar, Straits Times The Education Ministry plans to identify low-income families whose children do not attend pre-school and work with variou sagencies to get them enrolled. [Opinion] *** Art And Social Status Seksi Matashutyrmouf Art is me, and I am art. *** Singapore Cars In Malaysia Vanilla My friend escaped a possible death sentence should that package be drugs. But the next victim may not be so lucky. *** How To Ensure NRIC Copy Is Not Misused? Henry Lim Li Shun, Straits Times *** Time To Take Stock Of Housewives' Economic Worth Euston Quah, Straits Times *** How Does The Government Know How Malays Island-Wide Voted? Singapore Should Be For-And-By All Singaporeans Jeffrey Ho, Singapore Election Watch [Entertainment] *** Le Restaurant At Crazy Horse Paris, Singapore Reviews By P The portions were fine-dining sized (read: small) and tasty but there wasn't really anything grand about it except probably for the price (S$120 for the whole meal) but plus points for the plating. *** Crazy Horse Paris, Singapore Reviews By P The show was pure eye-candy and because of the fantastic lights, most of the time, I couldn't even tell if the performers were nude. The theater is pitch black and the playful lights are perfectly choreographed with the dancers such that you think you're in a dream. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun May 21 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun May 21 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 21, 2006 Message-ID: <20060521171500.2561.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** In Paris, 'iPod Law' Unleashes Lobbyists Thomas Crampton, International Herald Tribune Among those registering to give their views to the Senate were top executives from Microsoft, Vivendi and Time Warner, as well as a delegation from Apple's headquarters in California led by Bud Tribble, the vice president for software technology. *** Support Everything! The Legacy Of Apeiron Joshua Scott Emmons, O'Reilly Network Now that Apeiron has added Macintels to its list of compatible machines, it officially runs on every generation of Macintosh. [Opinion] *** The Pros Of Apple Waffle [Wintel] *** New Media Player: Nice Features, But It's No iTunes Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post Apple needs -- and customers deserve -- vigorous competition. But that's not going to happen if the best Apple's rival can manage is a combination of beta software of dubious reliability and a tie-in to a music TV channel that devotes most of its airtime to things besides music. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Net Neutrality Field In Congress Gets Crowded Anne Broache, CNET News.com MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** When It Comes To Suffering For Your Art, Don't Duck Jeremy Pollack, Los Angeles Times Documentary filmmakers have it tough. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Never Too Young To Be Part Of The Game Seah Chiang Nee, The Star *** Malaysia's Confinement Help Lau Meisan, New Straits Times The demand for Malaysian confinement nursemaids is rising across the Causeway as Singapore pushes to raise birth rates. [Opinion] *** Island In The Stream Simon Pitchforth, Jarkarta Post This is the other side of Singapore, the Big Brother breathing down its citizen's necks, the autocratic nanny state that inflicts corporal punishment (caning) and imposes lists of rules and regulations in their thousands. It's this regimented social hegemony and mind-set that disturbs Westerns and Indonesians alike. *** Fountain Of Annoyance Mr. Miyagi The sounds of water fountains are supposed to engender feelings of calm and serenity. Not the one in the basement of Raffles City, though. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon May 22 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon May 22 13:15:19 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 22, 2006 Message-ID: <20060522171500.94359.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Strikes Back At Creative On Seven Patents Laurie Sullivan, TechWeb Apple has added several patents to its original court filings in its countersuit against Creative Labs. *** Apple Losing Its Polish In France Victoria Shannon, International Herald Tribune *** Apple Denies The Closing Of Darwin x86 Kernel Thom Holwerda, OSNews.com [Opinion] *** Darthbook Airbag The MacBook feels solid, more like a Powerbook than an iBook ever did. Quality exudes from this product from the time you pick it up and on through it's use. *** How To Move Your iTunes Library From A PC To A Mac Rafe Colburn, rc3.org Moving the audio files is really easy, but I didn't want to lose my ratings, play counts and playlists. *** My iPod Is Loaded With Many Goodies, Which I Don't Know How To Use Otis Gardner, New Bern Sun Journal I'm too old to be good at this stuff. Where's a 10-year-old when you need one? *** Microsoft's Lack Of Action WIll Slow Podcasting Growth Geek News Central We are approaching 1 year of podcast integration into iTunes and yet to this date Microsoft is so completely and utterly out of the game that their actions will ensure the iPod and Apple line gain market share within this community. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** All Hail The Middleman Jason Fry, Wall Street Journal Disintermediation? Bah to a Buzzword: This digital life is full of middlemen. *** Microsoft Pitches Pay-As-You-Go PCs Ina Fried, CNET News.com Want to write a Word document? Pay a few pennies. Want to download some digital photos? Pay a few more. *** Voice Encryption May Draw U.S. Scrutiny John Markoff, New York Times *** UK Law Will Criminalise IT Pros, Say Experts Graeme Wearden and Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK Security experts fear that the UK government is on track to outlaw the supply of network security tools, and even scripting languages such as Perl. *** The End Of Mass Media Is Greatly Exaggerated Mark Evans MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** This Is A Saudi Textbook. (After The Intolerance Was Removed.) Nina Shea, Washington Post A review of a sample of official Saudi textbooks for Islamic studies used during the current academic year reveals that, despite the Saudi government's statements to the contrary, an ideology of hatred toward Christians and Jews and Muslims who do not follow Wahhabi doctrine remains in this area of the public school system. [Tech & Science] *** How Einstein Struggled With His Grand Theory - And The Maths James Randerson, The Guardian Unseen papers on sale for $1.5m show scientific genius's failures together with his lighter side. [Life] *** My Son, The Stranger Anne Lamott, Salon The sweet boy I raised is gone, replaced by a sullen, scornful teenager. It may be a phase, but it's breaking my heart. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** PM Lee Announces Changes To Cabinet Line-Up Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia Most of the changes involve new or additional portfolios for the younger Ministers who entered parliament following the 2001 general election. *** Singapore Hlpes Myanmar Continue To Make Progress Bernama Singapore hopes Myanmar will build on the visit by the United Nations Under-Secretary Ibrahim Gambari on Saturday and work closely with the international community, including the UN and Asean to make further progress. *** No Blanket Nod For Exclusive Pay-TV Deals: MDA Bryan Lee, Straits Times *** Hundreds More Camera On Streets To Bolster Security Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times Apart from a check against terrorism, new CCTV schemes are aimed at crime, traffic problems. *** Creative Sentencing? Thomas Koshy, Today Community Courts may set a marker for other courts to follow. [Opinion] *** Why Contest Ang Mo Kio GRC? Goh Meng seng, Singapore Alternatives It is really a win-win situation for us all, including WP and PAP. Of course, we will still have to solve the problem of "walkover ministers" and "walkover MPs" but at the very least, we do not have a "walkover Prime Minister" to start with. *** Schools Should Be Transparent About Their Fundings Zombie Destinee *** Sunday Ride In Transit Then came the best part of the route, which was to cycle through Neo Tiew. I always enoy cycling through this road because on either side of the road throughout, it is either farms or verdant grasslands inhabiting the landscape. I'm not sure if there is anywhere else in Singapore where you can find such idyllic, pasture-li,ke environment for a considerable stretch. *** General Election: I Swear This Is The Last... Singapore Politiics After Lim Boon Heng transferred his NTUC portfolio to Lim Swee Say, he is practicaly the Minister of nothing. In addition, he scored some spectacular "own-goals" by setting an 80% winning target for PM Lee's Ang Mo Kio GRC prior to the polling. However, he is the chairman of the PAP Central Executive Committee, which is a powerful position itself. *** Singapore Urban Legends Part Deux Illusio *** My Government Or My People? My Singapore News When would the Singaproeans said enough is enough, that no government should ever mistreat them like trash or to be trashed around? *** Children Treat National Library Like A Playground Abhishek Srivastava, Straits Times *** No Excuse For Bad Design In Immigration And Checkpoints Authority Machines Soo Kwok Heng, Straits Times *** Singapore Urban Legends Singabloodypore There was no account of Paplee issuing threats to find out who voted for whom. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Channel 3 The WoWz From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue May 23 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue May 23 13:15:06 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 23, 2006 Message-ID: <20060523171500.35358.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** EMI Backs Apple On French Law MacNN *** Quark Ships QuarkXPress 7 Jim Dalrymple, Macworld QuarkXPress 7 is a PowerPC application, and an Intel-native version would be released this summer as a free update. *** The Great Woz Tells All Hardy Green, BusinessWeek With his memoir due out soon, Apple inventor Steve Wozniak explains how luck and passion led to creating the breakthrough personal computer. *** iTunes To iTeach - Hallowed Halls Of Education To Grow Hollow Gerard J. Brandon, American Chronicle >From iTunes to iTeach, podcasting provides educators a unique opportunity to compete in a global economy rather than just their local community. *** Unlocking The iPod Michael V. Copeland, Business 2.0 By the end of June, Navio plans to include software that lets its customers offer copy-protected videos that will play on iPods. *** Intel Macs Vulnerable To 'Chip-Level' Threats Tom Sanders, vnunet.com *** Apple Could See iPod Downside Maya Roney, Forbes *** Apple Makes European Retail Manoeuvre Macworld UK [Opinion] *** "I Use The Shuffle Feature Because I Like To Shake Things Up*" Brian Montopoli, CBS News The look-what's-on-my-iPod story is fast becoming the modern version of traditional stunts like appearning on Laugh-In, the Tonight Show, or Saturday Night Live to show folks that you're just a regular Joe or Jane. And reporters are, for the most part, eating it up without the slightest trace of skepticism. *** Bathroom Reading And Beyond Yet Another Small Town Moment They did it the Macintosh Way and taught me a valuable lesson about doing what you feel is right, no matter what the consequences may be. *** The So-Called Apple Music Monopoly Ole Jacobsen, Interesting People The net is full of (legally) free MP3 files, MP3 files for a fee (such as audio books from audible.com), and of course there are millions of CDs to buy that can be converted and put on your iPod. *** MacBook Has Record Wireless Range Matt Hoult, Mac Geekery *** The iPod: I Was Wrong ZackRippy.com I went from dismissing it as hype to never leaving home without it. I was wrong. *** How About The Black Cables, Steve? Why Are You And I Surrounded By Idiots? I'm gonna scream, yell, and throw a little hissy Mac user tantrum. *** End Of An Era: No More Apple PowerBooks Harry McCracken, PC World *** Is Apple Still About "Insanely Great"? Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network Even though we Mac users want Apple to put out something "bog", I am inclined to think it is not in the plans. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Games Get Serious Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle Among options are mlitary training, fighting cancer, designing a peace plan. *** Free Broadband For The Masses Steve Rosenbush, BusinessWeek Backed by VC cash, a former FCC offficial's startup is out to provide no-fee, ad-supported wireless service. *** The One Bit Of Info Google Withholds: How It Works Chris Gaither, Los Angeles Times Advertisers, competitors and Wall Street analysts are frsturated by the company's secrecy. *** Can You Understand Me Now? Michelle Quinn, San Jose Mercury News Translation service teams up with Skype to reach millions. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Lost In Translation Stewart Lee, The Guardian The Brits often assume that Germans have no sense of humour. In truth, it's a language problem. The peculiarities of German stentence construction simply rule out the lazy set-ups that British comics rely on. [Expressions] *** God The Novelist Henry Roth, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Amnesty International Report 2006 Singabloodypore *** Singapore Inflation Rises 1.1 Pct In April Associated Press Singapore's consumer prices rose slightly in April, with a fall in transportation and communication costs offsetting a rise in food prices. *** Rent-A-Womb Scheme In India Allows Singapore Couple To Have A Baby AFP A childless Singapore couple's prayers for a baby have been answered, thanks to a woman in India who rented her womb to them for about 6,600 US dollars, a report said Tuesday. *** Nanny State Singapore Shows Some Ankle Wayne Arnold, New York Times In many ways, the casino project is a test of Singapore's ability to transform itself once again. It is also a chance for the casino executives to prove their mettle in a new dimension. *** Taxman Gets More From GST Errors Than Income Tax Ones Narendra Aggarwal, Straits Times Tax experts say one key factor explaining this surprising outcome is that a number of businesses mistakenly believe that some of their transactions are GST-exempt, when they are not. [Opinion] *** What's With The MC? Chelonia Munnster I just don't understand the concept (and hassle) of getting a medical certificate if one is feeling under the weather. *** On Raising A Child The World As I Know It Parenthood is a hands-on endeavour. This seems to be an often forgotten fact bymany Singaporeans. *** What Is It About East Malaysians Facination With Singapore? The World Of Fat4 The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Mundane Dream Marykate O'Neil From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed May 24 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed May 24 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 24, 2006 Message-ID: <20060524171500.5918.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Creative Suite 2 Install Crashes Traced To QuickTime Update Jim Dalrymple, Macworld *** iTunes To Indian Tunes India Times Indians can look forward to their own version of iTunes, Apple's online music store, soon. *** Inquirer Cited In iPod Case Nick Farrell, The Inquirier Shanghaied by lawyers claim. *** Apple Still In 'Early Stages' Of iPod Expansion Peter Kang, Forbes "We believe Apple is still in the early stages of its product expansion and that the company can grow its iPod units at least 20% for the forseeable future," wrote Credit Suisse analyst Robert Semple. *** Laptop Batteries Can Catch Fire Ginger Allen, CBS 11 The battery in the computer is not on Apple's recall list -- at least, not yet. *** Making Money Selling Music Without DRM: The Rise Of eMusic Nate Anderson, Ars Technica Attempts at bypassing or emulating Apple's FairPlay have not been successful, and FairPlay is (famously) unavailable for licensing. So what's a music store to do? To eMusic, the answer was simple: you offer songs as high quality, variable bit rate MP3 files instead. DRM is removed, consumers are happy, and the vast white fields of the iPod are ready for harvest. *** Apple Releases Xcode 2.3 To Developers Jim Dalrymple, Macworld *** Grab Your iPod And Run Mark H. Anbinder, TidBITS Apple and Nike today jointly announced the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a two-piece wireless gadget that pairs Nike sneakers and an iPod nano to help runners track their performance. *** Apple Staff Shower Room Gets A Warning Sign Cyrus Farivar, MacUser *** The 2Tone MacBook Keyboard Ryan Block, Engadget Mashing two MacBook keyboards together. *** Quark: Intel-Native Xpress To Be 'Fast As Hell' Peter Cohen, Macworld [Opinion] *** How To Backup Your Mac Intelligently Tyler Hall, Sitening Blog *** Above All Else, Rivals Of Apple Mostly Need Some Design Mojo Lee Gomes, Wall Street Journal Apple has worked hard in recent years to adopt some of the business-process efficiencies that the Wintel companies have long taken for granted. Its rivals, then, ought to be able to make themselves a little more creative. *** How Can A Mac Fanboy Write Microsoft Books? Pete Wright, The Secret Life Of An MS Author I can't find enough work doing Mac stuff to support my family, so Microsoft is the way to go. *** Are Macs An Acquired Taste? Chris Seibold, Apple Matters Perhaps it is analogous to Dr. Glaser's studies on artificial sweetener, it takes a different breed to appreciate the taste of the Mac. *** MacBook Pro: The Thermal Paste Question James Duncan Davidson, O'Reilly Network With all of that work, my MacBook Pro was transformed from a slightly too hot yet amazing workhorse of a machien to, unfortunately, an amazing workhorse of a machine that runs a bit too hot. [Review] *** American History Lux Michael Scarpelli, Inside Mac Games *** NetBarrier X4 10.4.1: Firewall Has Features, Flash, And Safety, Too Jeffery Battersby, Macworld NetBarrier X 10.4.1 is a versatile, highly configurable firewall application that allows for superior protection of your Mac. [Sidetrack] *** Rumor Today: Another Power Product Gone From Apple Heng-Cheong Leong Think Secret : Apple will sell PowerSchool, its division that develops student information systems for K-12 school districts, to Pearson Assessments, sources have confirmed. *** Genius 24/7 Heng-Cheong Leong Anybody running a betting pool on when will a blog entry "I tried booking for a genius appointment at the NY Cube, and the only time available is between 3 to 4 am" will appear? *** Doors Remain Murky Heng-Cheong Leong As far as I can tell, Audible is sitting on a goldmine. The company has one of the rarest asset in the technology world right now: an actual DRM that will work on the millions and millions of iPods out there. So why isn't Audible beating on the doors of other music stores? And why isn't all the other music stores knocking on the door of Audible? Could it be Audible signed one of those secret contracts with Apple? *** There's Marketing, And Then There's Marketing Heng-Cheong Leong Dave Winer : [Apple says] in their TV ads that Macs work better with Japanese cameras. This is not ture... I wonder why Microsoft doesn't respond to Apple's ads. Apple is just regurgitating the (mistaken) conventional wisdom. *** Heads I Win, Tails You Lose Heng-Cheong Leong Sometimes, you just can't win . [Wintel] *** Ballmer: Vista Consumer Launch Could Slip Further CIO The launch of the consumer version of Windows Vista could be pushed back past the stated January launch date, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said Wednesday. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Security Vs. Privacy: The Rematch Jennifer Granick, Wired News As a country we need to move beyond this false security vs. privacy meme and craft laws that improve both -- laws that take into account the changing privacy landscape, and the indisputable need to fight terrorism. *** Company Asks U.S. To Provide Radio Space For Free Internet Matt Richtel, New York Times In an ambitious proposal, a Silicon Valley company has asked the government to give it a band of radio spectrum for a free high-speed wireless internet network that would cover most of the country and be supported by advertising. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Life In The Fast-Food Lane Frank Bruni, New York Times A few weks ago I embarked on a gluttonous odyssey, with a changing cast of co-conspirators, across this fast-food nation, from New York to California, sea to greasy sea. The goal was to size up and single out the best fast food from familiar national chains, relatively unfamiliar regional chains and tiny local chains I had never encountered. *** Repeat After Me: Aaarrgghh! Frank Bruni, New York Times I ate almost all of my 42 fast-food meals in the car, and I got almost all of that food by using the restaurants' drive-through windows. Which means that I spoke my orders into those invisible microphones in the middle of big, glowing, illustrated menus. Or, rather, shouted my order. Or, in truth, screeched at the top of my lungs. *** A Writer Is Born Garrison Keillor, Salon For a Midwestern 11-year-old, a drive to New York si the trip of all trips. Even better: Going home and telling about it. [Expressions] *** A Love Song Leena Kizilbash, Monsoon Magazine *** The Missing Always Leave Something Behind Jen Town, Cimarron Review *** Goldi-Lox And The Lost Souls Jonah Winter, Poetry Hi-Fi *** Hidden Agenda Diana Der-Hovanessian, BigUglyReview.com *** Drake's Psalmistry Jim Powell, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** Abolish TV Licensing Heng-Cheong Leong I do support public / government funding of minority, arts, public affairs, and children programming. What I want to see changed is that all Singaporeans should pay for the programming, regardless whether one owns any televisions or radios. After all, with mass-market entertainment available on mobile phones, internet, DVDs and other alternate channels, the rich and the elite do not need to purchase a television or radio set in order to consume mass-market entertainment. Even MediaCorp programming is available on the internet and mobile phones. Abolish television and radio licensing, and use money from the general taxation to fund public television and radio programming. It's simply more fair that way. (The state is expected to get a boost in taxation income from gambling, which should easily cover the loss of income from the licensing scheme.) [News] *** Singapore Seeks To Capitalise On Interest In Asian Films Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia Singapore is planning to produce 15 movies a year within the next three years, to match countries like Australia. *** Singapore Polls Undemocratic, Says Opposition Candidate Reuters "During the time of polling, there were many threats and vote-buying tactics that are clearly unconsittutional." *** Chee Siok Chin Wants Courts To Annul GE Results Loh Chee Kong, Today [Opinion] *** The Vigorous Imagination Fragments *** The Line Between Defamation And Debate Thomas Koshy, Today Not everything can be proven in court. But that does not mean that they are not true or should not be discussed. Still, one cannot doubt that persons defamed have a right to clear their name in court. *** So, Is This A Part Of Lee Kuan Yew's "Asian Values?" The Useless Tree Now, it seems, the Lees themselves have pretty much given up trying to distinguish a morally righteous Singapore from a hopelessly debauched America. *** More WMDs From Dr Mahathir Ktemoc Konsiders... Dr Mahathir has revealed that it had been the Malaysian side who offered the sand and airspace to Singapore. *** Singapore Politics, From An Economist's Viewpoint Yan Yueling, Straits Times The essence is that what is crucial for consumers' welfare is not whether an industry is actually a monopoly or competitive, but whether there is a real threat of competition. *** Why Pattaya When Sentosa Can Do? Ang Hak Heng, Straits Times To understand the residents better, the grassroots leaders should walk into the estate and get closer to them. Perhaps they can discuss at a community club or school during the holidays in June. *** Facing The Court, Lawyerless Toh Han Li, Straits Times [Entertainment] *** Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao Only Slightly Pretentious Food The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Blood And Oil The Old Ceremony From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu May 25 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu May 25 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 25, 2006 Message-ID: <20060525171500.15170.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Wins Two Awards For iPod Design MacNN *** Apple Sells PowerSchool To Pearson Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple will sell PowerSchool, its Student Information System software to Pearson Education -- a major publisher of educational print and digital content. *** Apple's Glass Structure Embodies Growth May Wong, Associated Press Call it the symbolic revenge of the Cube. Apple's latest cube-shaped creation -- a stunning three-story glass structure marking the entrance to its new store on New York City's Fifth Avenue -- reflects how far the Macintosh maker has come since its first embodiment of a hexahedron. *** Apple Checks On Microsoft At WinHEC Joris Evers, CNET News.com WinHEC is meant for companies that develop hardware to work with or run Microsoft's Windows operating system. *** Apple And Nike, Running Mates Arik Hesseldahl and Stanely Holmes, BusinessWeek Apple had approached Nike about being its MP3 supplier, but Nike execs came up with a bigger idea. *** Is Windows On A Mac Really Drawing In New Users? Aaron Wright, Apple Matters *** Second "Mac Pro" Filing By Apple Surfaces AppleInsider Offering yet another hint that it's done using the "Power" moniker in the names of its professional computer offerings, Apple this week made a second trademark filing on the phrase "Mac Pro," this time in the United States. [Opinion] *** Playlist Politics Jacob Weisberg, Slate What's on your iPod, Senator? *** Think Different Ideasonideas There is one big reason why I'll choose our Wintel solution over the Mac OS, and that's Outlook. *** Everyone Needs A Steve Ross Rader, Byte What every company needs is a design tyrant like Steve Jobs. I'm surprised that tech companies haven't figured this out at some point over the last 20 years or so... [Review] *** QuarkXPress 7: Slow Performer's New Features And Improvements Cater To A Limited Audience Galen Gruman, Macworld The new territories Quark is staking out -- especially composition zones and job jackets -- will hardly excite the broad design community, and they're difficult to learn. [Sidetrack] *** The Original Icon Heng-Cheong Leong Where's Macintosh? There's Mac mini, iMac, Power Mac (soon to be replaced with Mac Pro?), Mac Book, and Mac Book Pro. But where is the Macintosh? *** One Life To Live Heng-Cheong Leong Increasingly, my problem is not about finding stuff. Be it something to read, something to listen, or something to watch. Increasingly, the problem is what to throw out, because I simply don't have the time to read, to listen, and to watch everything I've collected. Sign of technological progress, or sign of me getting old? *** Listen Up, You Can Only Sell Sounds Heng-Cheong Leong Yesterday, I wondered out loud why Audible.com isn't doing anything with its asset: the availability of its very own DRM system on millions and millions of iPods. An "Audible.com Podcast Creator" e-mailed me to confirm that there is indeed a contract between Audible.com and Apple that prevented Audible.com from taking advantage of this asset beyond selling audiobooks and radio shows from its own store. So, if you are a "content-provider", and you want DRM protection, you willl have to deal with either Apple or Audible.com. If you are a middle-men, and you want DRM protection, you are out-of-luck. But hey, we all "know" that the internet is going to kill off all those middlemen... The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Rise Of Crowdsourcing Jeff Howe, Wired News Remember outsourcing? Sending jobs to India and China is so 2003. THe new pool of cheap labor: everyday people using their spare cycles to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R & D. *** EC: Software Is Not Patentable Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK The European Patent Office will be bound by proposed legislation that will exclude software from patentability, acording to the EC, in a move that has startled opponents of software patents. *** The Death Of Wikipedia Nicholas Carr, Rought Type Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," was a nice experiment in the "democratization" of publishing, but it didn't quite work out. Wikipedia is dead. It died the way the pure products of idealism always do, slowly and quietly and largely in secret, through the corrosive process of compromise. *** Smart Sites To Power Semantic Web Jonathan Fildes, BBC News Much of the talk at the 2006 World Wide Web conference has been about the technologies behind the so-called "semantic web." MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Keep 'America' In Michigan Schools Michael Warren, Detroit News Censoring the word "America" from our own schools is something Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden would never have thought possible. Michigan has done it without a whimper. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** James Cameron May Offer 'Titanic' Ride In Singapore Casino Bid Bloomberg James Cameron, the Hollywood director of "Titanic" and "Terminator," plans to create rides based on his movies in his bid to win Singapore's first casino-resort as a partner of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. [Opinion] *** The Story Of Ike See My Singapore News To be fair to Mindef, it is a tough decision to make. *** Does Singapore Really Value Its Talents? The Field Marshal The difference here is that NUS and NTU are willing to wait for us, Curtis can only wait a year. *** Did You Know - Ministers On Pension Scheme Choong Yong Koh, TotallyConfused *** Citizen Reporting My Singapore News Citizen reporting will grow in leaps and bounds as more people flock to the net to hear alternative and refreshing views and voices. *** Lucky Plaza For Filipinos Chronicles Of An IT Support Engineer I was told to go to Lucky Plaza by my Singaporean boss. There he said where all Filipinos come and dine every Sunday. *** 'Desperate Housewives' On TV Mobile Not Good Rupa Balaguru, Straits Times If a parent deems it unsuitable for his children to be watching this show, there is no way of switching to another channel or turning it off if they are travelling in the bus. *** MDA Should Give Fuller Picture Burton Ong, Straits Times The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Assignment #1: Heart Design Aqueduct From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri May 26 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri May 26 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 26, 2006 Message-ID: <20060526171500.93204.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Loading The iPod With Egalitarianism John Ward Anderson, Washington Post *** Digital Music Players Headlining More Wedding Receptions Kristen Gerencher, Investor's Business Daily *** Follow-Up To Apple Store Proposal (She Said Yes!) Jason Kottke Uschi couldn't be happier to announce that she said yes to the proposal. *** DivX 6.5 Features First Official Player For Mac Peter Cohen, Macworld The new version of the video conversion and playback software features the first "official" release of DivX for Mac player, which lets Mac users watch DivX-encoded video either in a web browser or from the desktop. *** Oral Folk Tales Of Mac History Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS [Opinion] *** Apple+Nike. Apple+Dilution. Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network I'm inclined to think a swoosh and an Apple were not meant to marry. *** iTunes' Next Big Step Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network *** Apple Laptops: Good, Cheap, Fast -- Pick Three Steve McConnell, Coding Horror The current crop of x86 Apple laptops are cheaper than nearly every other x86 laptop of equivalent spec. That's amazing. *** Macs And PCs Warily Eye Each Other Over The 'Net Jason Levine, Q Daily News As things turn out, it's much more difficult to setup a Mac-to-PC video chat, and for it to match the quality of a pure Mac/iSight chat. *** Biting The Apple At Last Martha Barnette, Orts *** Easy Mac PVR Options Tanya Klowden, Ars Technica *** MacBook Mysteries Todd Ogaawara, O'Reilly Network *** Selling PowerSchool A Mistake Dennis Sellers, Macsimum *** MacBook's Vent Blocked Gert Stahl Sheffield, G-Stahl.com I found that the vent under the screen is covered with a piece of laminate. I removed it and surprise, my fans went quiet. *** Is There Room For A Really Cheap Mac? Chris Seibold, Apple Matters The existence of a $100 laptop does give rise to the thought. *** Behind The Video: Star Wars MacBook Matthew Haughey, A Whole Lotta Nothing *** Lest We Forget Stevenf Much as I love to trot out my list of Mac OS X Finder gripes, I was thinking today about how quickly I mentally buried my least favorite things about hte Classic Mac OS. [Sidetrack] *** Wireless Goodness Heng-Cheong Leong No, I don't want Wi-Fi in my iPod. I probably don't even want Bluetooth in my iPod. What I really want, dear Apple, is wireless electricity that is safe so that I can charge the battery without wires. Go work on it, Steve Jobs. Thank you. :-) *** Rumor Today: Nano Plays Video Heng-Cheong Leong T3 : Rumour has it Aple's micro music player is going back to the drawing board, as the iPod giant prepares to squeeze video into the pocket-sized marvel. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Controversy About Our "Web 2.0" Service Mark O'Rilly Radar To protect the brand we've established with our two Web 2.0 Conferences, we're taking steps to register "Web 2.0" as our service mark, for conferences. *** Web 2.0 Architecture Of Participation Belied By Web 2.0 Tussle Donna Bogatin, ZDNet *** Pick A Format (Any Format) Nick Bradbury I keep running across sites that offer the same exact content as an RSS feed and an Atom feed. What's the point? *** Thriving Wikipedia Pronounced Dead By Critic Dan Gillmor, Center For Citizen Media wikipedia is not, and has never been, perfect. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** A Seattle School Where Extra Kindness Is Part Of The Curriculum Jessica Kowal, New York Times Hutch School, not far from downtown Seattle, is perhaps the best school that parents hope a child never attends. There is one criterion for admission: someone in a student's family is receiving a bone-marrow transplant for a life-threatening type of leukemia, lymphoma or other blood-related disease. *** Dirty Old Women Ariel Levy, New York Teenage boys havve always lusted after attractive teachers, but what happens when the teachers lust after the boys? *** Chain Reaction: Do Bookstores Have A Future? Paul Collins, Village Voice The battle is as much about culture as it is about cash. *** The Death Of Fun Amanda Witherell, San Francisco Bay Guardian With booze bans, noise crackdowns, excessive permit fees, and suburban-style sensibilities, San Francisco officials are threatening to kill the party spirit. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Las Vegas Sands Wins Bid To Build Singapore's First Integrated Resort Channel NewsAsia Las Vegas Sands has hit the jackpot by winning the bid to build Singapore's first integrated resort, to be called The Marina Bay Sands. *** Sands' Integrated Resort Offers Wide Spectrum Of Experiences Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia *** Singaproe To Name Winning Bid Of FIrst IR Licence On Friday Channel NewsAsia [Opinion] *** A Case For Double Standards Felix Cheong, Today If The Da Vinci Code were a fictional story about how another religion was founded on a lie, would it have been similarly allowed for screening in Singapore? Probably not. *** No, Ike Don't See love/fiction What really, really pisses me off is that the gahrermen readily hands out dispensations and deferments to their own scholars to go study abroad, but won't allow Ike to defer his own NS. *** Banned In Singapore wormulon.net Malaysian newspapers? *** Concentric Model Of Obligations / The Social Versus The Political Heavenly Sword This incomensurability is not something that any person can resolve, because the problem resides in the very nature of any society that is not made up of clones. *** In The Morning Light Possibilities We remember -- not because we have to, but because it's the right thing to do. *** No GO For POSB Card, No Thanks Tang Yi Ling, Straits Times POSB had tried to make me take up a credit card in an unethical manner. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Super 8 Work Clothes From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat May 27 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat May 27 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 27, 2006 Message-ID: <20060527171500.90430.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** District Teachers To Get iPods In Bid To Increase Efficiency Toya Lynn Stewart, Dallas Morning News "Our goal is to find new ways to provide staff development for teachers so we don't have to pull teachers out of classrooms for training. Every teacher will be able to give updates to parents, students and their colleagues through podcasts." *** Apple (Finally) Getting Its Game On? GameSpot Speculation has swirled that Apple is readying an iPod which could play things other than Brick and Parachute. *** Apple iWeb Update Fixes Publishing Issue Jim Dalrymple, Macworld *** Apple Loses Bid To Unmask Bloggers' Sources Kevin Poulsen, Wired News A California appeals court has smacked down Apple's legal assault on bloggers and their sources, finding that the company's efforts to subpoena e-mail received by the publishers of Apple Insider and PowerPage.org runs contrary to federal law, Calfornia's reporter's shield law, and the state Constitution. *** Apple Lets You Redownload iTMS Content... Once Dan Moren, MacUser *** Apple Patent Reveals Sporting Times Ahead Jonny Evans, Macworld UK [Opinion] *** On The Apple Decision Dave Winer, Scripting News It's unwise and hypocritical of Apple Computer, to profit from the expansion of the online community and at the same time trying to control it to suit its corporate purposes. *** Confidence Game John Gruber, Daring Fireball *** Apple Loses A Round On Secrecy versus Journalism Dan Gillmor, Center For Citizen Media Apple's control-freakery has been, temporarily, held up for what it is. *** Who's A Journalist? Now We Know, Thanks To Apple Charles Cooper, CNET News.com Thanks to Apple Computer, there's finally a clear legal answer. And it's the right anser. If you can post information on a web site, you're entitled to the same legal protections the law extends to the mainstream media. [Review] *** MacJournal 4: Logging And Blogging Tool Gets New Podcasting Features Jim Akin, Macworld But with spotty implementation of these new features -- and some major bugs in the 4.0 version -- you might want to hold out for version 4.1. *** Kickin' Soccer Peter Cohen, Macworld With some tweaking to play balance and gamepad support, this diamond in the rough can sparkle. *** MacBook 1.83GHz And 2GHz: Impressive Laptop Narrows The Gap Between Consumer And Pro Models Jonathan Seff, Macworld The MacBook is very impressive, not only compared to the iBooks and PowerBook it replaces, but also compared to its new Pro brethren. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** A Consultant 'Sees No Evil' David Pogue, New York Times *** Can Anyone Own "Web 2.0?" Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing Industry shifts become public property -- or rather, thing sthat are privately controlled can't shift a diverse industry. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Great Pyramid As Cuckoo Clock? It Might Not Be Crazy Michael Slackman, New York Times They have been called mystical, awe-inspiring, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. But it is safe to say that in the 45 centuries the great pyramids of Giza have cast their formidable shadow over the desert, they have never before been described as a cuckoo clock. But that is what Jean-Pierre Houdin said as he lifted his tall lanky body up the steps into the pyramid of Cheops. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Chee's Case To Be Heard In Open Court Loh Chee Kong, Today The High Court informed Singapore Democratic Party's Chee Siok Chin yesterday that her application to annul the General Election results would be heard in open court. *** What Now, Mr Chiam? Loh Chee Kong, Today Own party chairman blasts opposition leader, says that he is not renewing party. [Opinion] *** Was This What The PAP Boasted About? Singapore Election Watch There is a reason why the idea of a standard minimum wage was introduced, and why labour rights nad unions continue to be upheld in all "first world" countries. *** Doing NS Might Harm The Ears And Hands Of A Violinist Dawn Goh Noi Swee, Straits Times *** Mindef's Hands Are Tied In Ike's NS Deferment Appeal Yuen Kwong Chow, Straits Times As long as Singaporeans are unable to recognise and cherish musical prodigies as rare national resources to be treasured, zealously guarded and fully exploited to enhance the standing of Singapore, Mindef's hands will always be tied. *** PAPpy Asked For It Singapore Life And Times How can one expect the internet media and those who inhabit it to support you when, in the first place, you have launched an assault on the very core and spirit that is the internet? [Entertainment] *** Is It Worth The Wait? Nibble & Scribble From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun May 28 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun May 28 13:15:07 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 28, 2006 Message-ID: <20060528171501.61164.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [Opinion] *** Pull The Other One... How iPods Took Over The World Simon Caulkin, The Observer This tiny object does a lot more than play music: as part of a larger system wikth iTunes and the iTunes music store, it defines a new erlationship between customer and producer and reshapes an industry. One day all products and services will be like this. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Why The Democratic Ethic Of The World Wide Web May Be About To End Adam Cohen, New York Times *** EU Lawmakers Consider Taxing Emails, SMS Messages Darren Ennis, Reuters European Union lawmakers are investigating a proposed tax on emails and mobile phone text messages as a way to fund the 25-member bloc in the future. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Playing For Fun And Profit Paula Bock, Seattle Times Developed eight years ago by two Microsoft stars who quit to become entrepreneurs, Cranium blends elements of Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit with word puzzles, sculpting, humming and charades. *** The Magic Bus Deborah Churchman, Washington Post What began as a three-hour trip to Charlottesville was transformed by the Explainer, the Soother, the Yuppie and the Omigods into an odyssey worthy of Homer. [Expressions] *** Don Quixote's Spear Melissa Hart, Los Angeles Times SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Opinion] *** Cabbing It To JB? Straits Times [Entertainment] *** Wee Nam Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice Aroma Cookery From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon May 29 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon May 29 13:15:07 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 29, 2006 Message-ID: <20060529171501.40324.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple's iTunes Solo Act Is Getting Competition Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News Apple can't be expected to think of every bright new idea in digital music, and won't change its ways unless there's a real threat that customers will go elsewhere. *** Port Everything! More On Apeiron Joshua Scott Emons, O'Reilly Network Getting better is certainly something all platforms should strive towards. But to me, the most amazing feat is that an 11-year-old game like Apeiron, thanks to the efforts of people like Matt Slot, is still exactly as great as it ever was. [Opinion] *** Apple Store: Family Unfriendly? Amy Ridenour, National Center Blog The Apple Computer "Apple Store" webpage says 'Apple is committed to providing assistance to its customers with special needs,' but don't believe a word of it -- at least, not if you're short. [Review] *** Mac Still King For Editing Digital Movies Don Lindich, Scripps Howard News Service If home moviemaking is important to you, it may be worth it to include a new Mac mini (at the least) in your budget when shopping for your camcorder outfit. [Sidetrack] *** Sucky Monday Heng-Cheong Leong This is a story about why DRM sucks -- which we all know. But, more importantly, this is also a story about why Microsoft's horizontal integration of the music business sucks even more with DRM thrown in. *** Five O'Clock World Heng-Cheong Leong 'Cause it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blowsNo one owns a piece of my time, andThere's a long-haired girl who waits, I knowTo ease my troubled mind. -- The Vogues, "Five O'Clock World" MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Save These Books! New York Times What's your favorite out-of-print cookbooks? We asked chefs, restaurant owners, writers, scholars, publishers and just plain foodies. Here's what they said. *** Full House Neil Swidey, Boston Globe Three is the new two. And in some towns -- especially affluent ones -- four or more is the new three. Educated moms who once managed budgets and schedules at work are now doing the same in their homes teeming with kids. *** Why Cigs? Why Not Beef? Christine Sismondo, Toronto Star The difference in our approach to dangerous products speaks to a greater cultural divide between us and nos amis across the Atlantic. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** KABOOM! Heng-Cheong Leong You know what, the first thing that came to my mind when I first saw the proposed design of the Marina Bay casino are nuclear power plants... [News] *** Genting's Odds Stronger For Singapore's Next Casino Sebastian Tong, Reuters Singapore's decision last week to award its first casino to outsider contender Las Vegas Sands Corp. has raised the odds for Malaysia's Genting group as the winner for its second casino license. *** Singapore Turns To Creativity During Time Of Rapid Transition L.A. Lorek, San Antonio Express-News Singapore has prospered, but its critics ask: At what cost? Yet like most of the so-called Asian Tigers, it is a country now in transition. *** Output Falls In Singapore Bloomberg Singapore's manufacturing fel in April as orders for drug production and production of disk drives dropped. *** Changi To Become More Taxi-Friendly Cheow Xin Yi, Today New taxi management system to be launched next year to cut down queues and waiting times for taxi. [Opinion] *** Singapore Opposition's Loyalists Abdul Latiff Salleh, Malaysiakini Yes, we are lonely sometimes. Yes, we do fight, like all families do. But there is always time to heal the wounds and move on. *** Cost Of Leaving In Singapore A Xeno Boy In Sg The cost of leaving Singapore must be getting lower. *** So Do I Exist Or Not? Tumbleweed In Timor Lorosae My question is to whom did MFA issue this advisory to? Cos' I surely did not receive one phone call or SMS from MFA officials sitting in their cushy offices at Minden Road. *** Bank Cleared Three Cheques With Someone Else's Signature Goh Tjung Seng, Straits Times *** A Waste That Public Cannot View Original WWII Murals Tan Chin Aik, Straits Times *** Paltry $20-Fine Is Insufficient To Deter Cycling On Pavements Leong Lip Wee, Today The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** 1969: A Stooges Cover Solex From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue May 30 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue May 30 13:15:04 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 30, 2006 Message-ID: <20060530171501.52677.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Making The iPod More Sensitive Leander Kahney, Wired News Apple and Nike's new iPod-sneaker combination for monitoring exercise could be just the first of several activity-aware applications for the iPod -- and maybe even a new gesture interface that uses movement to select songs or adjust the volume. *** Audio-Only Book Puts Fiction On Menu For iPod Users Shan Ross, Scotsman [Opinion] *** Six Months Later - How Are Those iPod Nano Scratches? Todd Dailey *** Book Preview: I, Woz Guy Kawasaki "Every engineer -- and certainly every engineering student -- should read this book. It is about the thrill of invention, the process of making the world a better place, and the purity of entrepreneurship." *** My Night Of iPod Rage Jano Gibson, Sydney Morning Herald If my iPod has another major hiccup, I'm pretty much on my own even though the warranty is supposed to run for 12 months. *** Apple And The Education Market: What Up Yo? Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica *** Stuck At Apple Trying Not To Offend [Review] *** Why The Apple In-Ear Buds Suck (And The Griffin Ear Jams Too) James Bain, Apple Matters *** DEVONagent 2.0 Upgrade A Mixed Bag Matt Neuburg, TidBITS The increased price, clumsy interface, and unhelpful manual are potentially serious obstacles. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Digital Music Finds Some Locker Room Reuters The digital music battle of the future may not be over where music is purchased, but where and how it is stored. *** Software To Look For Experts Among Your Friends John Markoff, New York Times *** Squabble Over Name Ruffles A Web Utopia Sara Ivry, New York Times Web 2.0, a term that has come to represent the latest incarnation of the internet, a place where web sites are more dynamic and interactive, has a certain internet utopianism at its heart. But that image took a hit last week when a dispute broke out over who was allowed to use the term. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Blighted Sasha Frere-Jones, New Yorker Americans' fitful appetite for British pop. *** Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc With Children's Diets Harriet Brown, New York Times These food wars go beyond good senses and good science. THey're misguided and red herrings, based more in conjecture and politics than on solid research-based solutions. [Expressions] *** Dimension Alice Munro, New Yorker *** The Perfect Man Lauren McLaughlin, Salon Design-your-own boyfriends lack that certain something. Until they don't. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Las Vegas Sands Hopes To Break-Even On Singapore Casino Project In 5-8 Yrs AFX *** Singapore Plans To Deploy New Security Vehicles When IMF Meet Starts Antara *** On The Use Of MyKad And Cancellation Of Malaysian Restricted Passports Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority *** In Singapore, A Censor's Cuts And Sensibilities Sara Webb, Reuters Singapore's sensitivities extend beyond sex, violence and swear-words to political, racial and religious issues, reflecting more than four decades of one-party rule and a population mix of ethnic Chinese, Malays and Indians. *** India And Singapore To Discuss Cooperation On Combating Terror PTI *** J B Jeyaretnam Says Current WP Should Confront More Singapore Election Watch *** Singapore Seeks Open Skies Review In FTA AAP Singapore is seeking a wholesale review of Australia's open skies policy as part of free trade negotiations just months after the Howard government rejected a bid by its national airline for access to the Sydney-Los Angeles route. *** Singapore Relief Teams Start Operations In Quake-Hit Java Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia *** ICA Did Not Request Scrapping Of Malaysian Restricted Passports Nur Azira Aziz, Channel NewsAsia Singapore's Immigrationa nd Checkpoints Authority has responded on the issue of Malaysian Restricted Passports, saying it did not request that Malaysia do away with such passports. [Opinion] *** Who Will Build The Largest Observation Wheel? One Season In Singapore *** The Great Singapore Scam Quixotism By coopting labour unions into the NTUC, low wages are legitimzed because there's no one to bargain with the government. *** My NS Story Alvin Lin, Skanque *** Cheng San Voluneteers Pay $260 Each For Retreat George Tan Kok Thye, Cheng San Citizens' Consultative Committee, Straits Times The volunteers pay for the travel expenses themselves. *** PAP's Dismal Performance In GE 2006 Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives PAP has become prisoner of its own past success. [Entertainment] *** More To Singapore Than Shopping icHounslow The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Lovers Who Uncover Little Ones From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed May 31 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed May 31 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] May 31, 2006 Message-ID: <20060531171501.59108.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Starts 'Take-Back' Computer Recycling Program Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple on Wednesday announced the launch of its free computer "Take-Back" program, which it offers to buyers of new Macs at stores in the 48 contiguous United States. Under the terms of the program, Apple will recycle unwanted computers regardless of manufacturer. *** New York Apple Store Lovers Tell Proposal Story Jonny Evans, Macworld UK *** A Night In The Box Brian Heater, Laptop Magazine We spent twelve hours in the new Apple store, shopping, surfing the web, fiddling with shiny new gadgets, craving sleep, trying to find what kind of people shop for Airport Express Stations at 3.00 a.m., and generally overstaying our welcome. *** iPods At Work Not Just For Play Marcia Blomberg, The Republican *** Apple Punishes Samsung For iPod 'Gaffe' Mark LaPedus, EE Times After an apparent "gaffe" by an executive from Samsung, Apple has reportedly "punished" the South Korean semiconductor giant by maintaining its MP3 chip alliance with SigmaTel, according to an analyst. *** Microsoft Release Wireless Keyboard And Mouse For Mac Jim Dalrymple, Macworld [Opinion] *** Combatting The Competition Christopher Breen, Playlist It's easy to make fun of SanDisk and Creative for their weak efforts to overtake the iPod, but what would you do if you were in their shoes? [Review] *** Making (More) Use Of The Menu Bar Dan Frakes, Macworld *** Teddy Factory Peter Cohen, Macworld *** Popcorn 2.0: DVD Backup Software Gains New Life As Handheld Video Conversion Tool Peter Cohen, Macworld You can produce higher-quality video with other video editing software, but for ease of use, Popcorn 2 is hard to beat. [Sidetrack] *** iSignature Heng-Cheong Leong You know all those scratches on iPods and iPod nanos? Unique signatures for pairing lost or stolen iPods with their rightful owners. Somebody start a business, quick. :-) The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Fuel Cells In Laptops Edge Closer Paul Kallender, BBC News Electronics companies are promoting fuel cells as an environmentally-friendly and convenient alternative to traditional lithium ion batteries. *** The New Must-See On Your PC: YouTube Michelle Quinn, San Jose Mercury News *** Codes On Sites 'Captcha' Anger Of Web Users David Kesmodel, Wall Street Journal *** Microsoft Finds (Random) Way To Secure Vista Ryan Naraine, eWeek *** Web 2.0 Service Mark Controversy (Tim Responding This Time) Tim O'Reilly, O'Rilly Radar MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Tech & Science] *** The Park Hypothesis Michael Huang, The Space Review Intelligent alien civilizations do exist, but they have not colonized the galaxy because they don't want to. [Life] *** Paradox Of The Perfect Girl Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet While overachieving girls are knocking on the front doors of America's best colleges, admission officers are letting their slacker brothers slip in the back door. [Expressions] *** The Dead Are Not Patricia Traxler, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Government To Review Media Policies For Next GE Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia The government will review the way it manages new media such as the internet and podcasts and work towards a 'lighter touch' in the next general election, said Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang. *** Resolving Issue With Singapore The Star The Immigration Department has been directed to iron out with Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority "technical issues" concerning the suitability of MyKad as a travel document for entry into the island republic. *** Singapore Clarifies Passport Issue New Straits Times [Opinion] *** First World Singapore? Don't Forget Those In Dire Sraits Straits Times