[MyAppleMenu] Aug 8, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, August 8, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** Apple Keeps Hits Rolling With iMix
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/9335982.htm>
by Michael Booth, Denver Post
What good is the perfect tune for the perfect moment if your friends don't hear it and don't know you were the one who picked it?

[Opinion]

*** The Art Of The Parlay, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Platform Licensing And Market Share
<http://daringfireball.net/2004/08/parlay>
by John Gruber
Toss it back and forth long enough and a nuggest of conventional wisdom eventually comes to be treated as fact.

[Sidetrack]

*** Another Switcher 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/08/#20040808bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Chris Pirillo<http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2004/8/6/119825.html>: I'm ready to start recommending OS X over Windows -- especially for novice users.





The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** Say No By Default
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5384>
by Derek Sivers, O'Reilly Network
Instead of doing something "because you can", consider thinking "only if necessary."

*** Programmers Devise New Ways To Make The Pieces Work Together
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/business/yourmoney/08tech.html?ex=1249617600&>
by James Fallows, New York Times
The variet of new computerized complements to creative and analytic processes hints at how many facets there are to human intelligence -- and how much further the programmers can still go.




MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** What Dreams Are Made Of
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5569228/site/newsweek/>
by Barbara Kantrowitz and Karen Springen, Newsweek
New technology is helping brain scientists unravel the mysteries of the night. Their work could show us all how to make the most of our time in bed.

[Life]

*** Buyer's Remorse
<http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=87167>
by Daniel Akst, Wilson Quarterly
There are two things at which Americans have always excelled: One is generating almost unimaginable material wealth, and the other is feeling bad about it.




SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Wonders If New Leader Signals New Era
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/8/8/latest/18356Singaporea&sec=latest>
by Associated Press
As Singaporeans prepare for next week's handover of power to a new prime minister, many are wondering whether their future leader's rule will echo that of his authoritarian father, the founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew.




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