[MyAppleMenu] Aug 24, 2004

Tue Aug 24 13:15:00 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, August 24, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** Apple Seeks iPod Engineer With WiFi, Video Integration Experience
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=611>
by AppleInsider

*** Apple Fuels Hype For UK Store Opening
<http://www.vnunet.com/news/1157590>
by Miya Knights, vnunet.com
Apple has confirmed rumours that it is to open its first UK retail store, in London's prestigious Regent Street, before the end of the year.

*** Vital Source Makes Big Sale
<http://newsobserver.com/business/story/1559016p-7749536c.html>
by Jonathan B. Cox, News And Observer
vital Source Technologies' collection of 2,000 works from Western civilization -- as diverse as Shakespeare and the Louisiana Purchase -- will be shipped on Macintosh desktop and laptop machines.

*** Site Is Mac Daddy Of Apple Deals
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64661,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Leander Kahney, Wired News
While most bargain-hunting websites rely on automated price comparisons of online merchants, popular Apple product site dealmac has prospered with an offbeat approach: relying on Mac fans for cut-rate deals.

*** Apple Goes From Last To First In Customer Satisfaction Index
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/08/24/acsi>
by Dennis Sellers, MacMinute

*** Your Music, Differing Formats
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/08/18/file.formats/index.html>
by Douglas S. Wood, CNN
No file standard yet in the digital music world.

*** Introducing Playlist
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000301.php>
by Jason Snell, Macworld
We sympathize when one of those readers says, "If you love the iPod so much, why don't you give it its own magazine?" And so we did.

*** Waiting Time For Apple's iPod Mini Up To 6 Weeks In Japan
<http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=309691>
by Japan Today
"For young people, iPod is becoming a pronoun for portable music players, taking over the status of Sony's Walkman."

*** iPod Platform
<http://www.blognewsnetwork.com/members/0000001/2004/08/23.html#a6430>
by Adam Curry

[Opinion]

*** Kudos On Apple's Meteoric Improvement In Customer Satisfaction Index
<http://www.macsimumperspective.com/more.php?id=366_0_1_0_M>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

*** Is The Time Approaching For An iMovie Store?
<http://www.macsimumperspective.com/more.php?id=363_0_1_0_M>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

*** Biting Apple
<http://www.kasino.co.uk/gary/2004/08/biting-apple.html>
by Gary Marshall

[Review]

*** I, Pod
<http://www.animationartist.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=27119>
by Frank Moldstad, AnimationArtist.com
I've had it less than a week, but already Apple's iPod version 4 has become an umbilican attachment -- like a wallet, cell phone, and keys.

*** Missing Sync 4.0 Fills Palm Gaps
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07784>
by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS
It's encouraging to see a longtime Mac developer step in and provide not only a replacement for the current HotSync architecture, but something that promises to be built upon as the Palm OS platform moves forward.

*** Apple Packs A Lot Into Its Wireless Link
<http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/1594491p-9227187c.html>
by Clint Swett, Sacramento Bee

*** Griffin iTrip
<http://schwarztech.us/reviews/itrip.shtml>
by Eric Schwarz
The iTrip is a good iPod accessory, but make sure it will work exactly for you before you get it.

*** OmniWeb Browser Takes Aim At Minority Mac Market
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10518442%5E15423%5E%5Enbv%5E15309,00.html>
by David Frith, The Australian
Is OmniWeb worth the 43 bucks? For serious web workers, the answer is a resounding yes -- at least until Apple picks up some of Omni's ideas and puts them in Safari.

*** Escaping Plam HotSync Installation Hell
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?14@2.WJrbaTv7Ocm.0@.3c4f5c5c!discloc=.3c50d5ff>
by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS
I just get the sense that Palm lacks the interest, or the manpower, to consider Mac users as what we are: cust.

*** Roaming Charges: Hardware Hungger Hits Wi-Fi
<http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wi-roam25/?ca=dgr-mw01NewMacWi-Fi>
by Larry Loeb, IBM
Airport Express leads the new breed of consoumer APs.

[Sidetrack]

*** Timing, Timing, Timing 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/24/#20040824bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
You know how, when you are watching a movie or a television program that has subtitles, you can't help but read the translated text even though you can understand the original language perfectly well?

Also, you know how, that in comedy, timing is everything?

Well, that's why I didn't particularly enjoy tonight's episode of Sex and the City here on HBO Asia<http://www.hboasia.com/>, because somebody messed up and have the Chinese subtitles running about 1 second ahead of the dialogue.

*** Pun Of The Week 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/24/#20040824bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
"The Spirit<http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1638764,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532> was the willing, but the flash was weak."

Spirit is the Mars rover from NASA, and the flash, is of course, the flash memory on the rover. The "flash" failed because of an unanticipated characteristic of the DOS file system that it uses.

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

[News]

*** Yes, We've Met The Neo-Luddites, And They Are Us
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002012586_paul23.html>
by Paul Andrews, Seattle Times
An incurable optimist, I have every faith that technology will rid itself of its maladies and go on to create a better world.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The Unpolitical Animal
<http://www.newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/?040830crat_atlarge>
by Louis Menand, New Yorker
How political science understands voters.

[Expressions]

*** The Long Marriage
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2105518/fr/rss/>
by Jeffrey Skinner, Slate

*** Mother's Son
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040830fi_fiction>
by Tessa Hadley, New Yorker
Someone told Chrstine that Alan Armstrong was going to get married again: the new girl was apparently half his age. Christine didn't think she cared. She rarely spoke to Alan these days; there was no need for them to consult each other over arrangements for their son, now that Thomas was grown up and made his own arrangements. In fact, after the person told her the news, at a dinner party, Chrstine forgot it almost at once amid the noisy laughter and conversation, and remembered it again only the following afternoon, when she was sitting at home, writing.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Those Sacred Cows
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/24581.asp>
by Tor Ching Li, Today
Unbeknownst to some third generation Singaporean civil servants, the battle for their five-day work-week was a hard and long-fought one.

[Ramblings]

*** Timing, Timing, Timing 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/24/#20040824bg000003>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
You know how, when you are watching a movie or a television programme that has subtitles, you can't help but read the translated text even though you can understand the original language perfectly well?

Also, you know how, that in comedy, timing is everything?

Well, that's why I didn't particularly enjoy tonight's episode of Sex and the City here on HBO Asia<http://www.hboasia.com/>, because somebody messed up and have the Chinese subtitles running about 1 second ahead of the dialogue.

[News]

*** Economists Unsure If Singapore Dollar On Appreciation Path
<http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/040824/15/3mmzv.html>
by Dow Jones
Economists are unsure whether the Singapore dollar is still on an appreciation path, or if relatively muted inflation and a possible slowdown in economic growth next year will prompt the Monetary Authority of Singapore to revert to a neutral monetary policy.

*** Egg Shortage Is Becoming A Concern
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/24584.asp>
by Today
According to a survey by the Argi-Food and Veterinary Authority, the price of eggs is still rising.

*** Tiger To Sar With A Roar A Month Ahead Of Schedule
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,268846,00.html?>
by Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times
The second budget carrier starts flying early next month to Bangkok thrice daily, followed by Phuket and Hat Yai.