[MyAppleMenu] Jul 4, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, July 4, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** From A High-Tech System, Low-Fi Music
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/business/yourmoney/04digi.html?ex=1089518400&en=929c732f25d49db6&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
by Randall Stross, New York Times
Love the iPod, but don't jump too hastily to fill it with thousands of dollars of iTunes. The tracks are not carbon copies of the CD originals, but compressed versions.

[Opinion]

*** Keeping An Eye On That Bigger Screen
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/34932.html>
by Craig Crossman, MacNewsWorld

*** Apple Announces New iMac May Be Announced
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/07/03.html#a7922>
by Robert Scoble
This is great way to build hype for an upcoming product. Great use of secrecy.

*** HTML Escapes The Browser
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=179105&ct=1>
by Simon Willison, SitePoint
What's really exciting about Dashboard is the way widgets are written.

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

[Linux]

*** Linux, Still An Awkward Alternative
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25137-2004Jul3.html?nav=rss_technology>
by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
At worst, installing Linux means hours of thumb-wrestling the software into submission, first tweaking it to work with a PC's hardware and then mastering the inscrutable routines needed to update and manage this code.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Chinese Century
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/magazine/04CHINA.html>
by Ted C. Fishman, New York Times
Thanks to Mao -- and to good old American know-how and help -- China is getting ready to supplant the U.S. as the capitalist engine of the world. A lesson in economic development and global interconnectedness.

[Life]

*** The Plight Of The White-Tie Worker
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/arts/music/04TIND.html?ex=1246680000&#38;en=d0b79ce787846130&%2338;ei=5088&%2338;partner=rssnyt>
by Blair Tindall, New York Times
For big American orchestras, audiences are declining, government and private donations have dropped and recording activity has virtually disappeared. Some argue that the surest way out of this apparent crisis is to hire the best executives and conductors, no matter their price. Others say that these high salaries are an unberable financial burden -- and that they reinforce classical music's image as an elitist, exclusionary world that is increasingly out of touch with its listeners.

*** Look Who's Parenting
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/magazine/04WWLN.html>
by Ann Hulbert, New York Times
"Baby busters" (another tag for the post-boomers) have turned into family boosters who make their elders look not exactly like slackers, but not like patient nurturers either.

*** The Joys Of A Simple Life
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/travel/04amish.html?ex=1246593600&>
by Susan Harb, New York Times
In the Amish country of northern Indiana, the food is tasty, the pace is slow and antiques can be had at bargain prices.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Yes, Singaporeans Are Class-Conscious
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,259752,00.html?>
by Susan Long, Straits Times
Subtle class tensions revealed in survey; 60% of lower class feel the haves look down on the have-nots.

[News]

*** Jammed Phones Lines Delayed Lift Rescues During Tuesday's Blackout
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/93598/1/.html>
by Johnson Choo, Channel NewsAsia
Many flat dwellers were trapped in lifts during the Tuesday night blackout, some for up to three hours.