[MyAppleMenu] Nov 15, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Burberry iPod Cases
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/burberry-ipod-cases-025644.php>
Gizmodo

If you've got $200 burning a hole in  your daddy's credit card, the plaid lads of Burberry are selling two new iPod cases at each of their 5 US stores.

*** Audio Hijack 2.2 Adds New Features
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/11/15/hijack/index.php/?lsrc=mcrss-1104>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

The new version adds an AIFF sample rate selector, a "Stop Recording After" setting, two new post-processing scripts and several other features.

*** HP And The Mac: A Love Affair
<http://www.it-enquirer.com/index.php/ite/more/hp_mac_connect/>
IT-Enquirer

*** Patent For Wireless iPod Turns Up
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/3353604371425572/>
Peter Rojas, Engadget

[Review]

*** This One Goes To Eleven
<http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000355.html>
DrunkenBlog

The iPod Photo has been causing me some headaches. Mostly because the hype has been so strong around the Mac web, but no one has really been able to tell me why I'd want one.

*** The Time Of Your Life
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5926>
Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

Come on, stop reading so many weblogs, focus!

[Sidetrack]

*** Podcasting Overloading In My Mac Life
Heng-Cheong Leong

It's up and running: one of my favorite radio show, Your Mac Life, has the first "official" podcast <http://www.yourmaclife.com/article.php?story=20041114210024837> up on the net. You can download the MP3 manually, or you can subscribe to the XML feed via iPodderX <http://ipodderx.com/> so that this and future podcast can be automatically pushed to your iPod.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Sun Micro's Answer To The Linux Invasion: Give Away Solaris 10
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-sun15nov15,1,7466456.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times

In offering its flagship software free, the firm hopes to neutralize the open-source threat.

*** Profiting From Nonproductiveness
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,65669,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Rachel Metz, Wired News

If you'r etrying to catch some midday rest in New York, a new business -- MetroNaps -- thinks it has a solution for you.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The Pleasures Of Fiction
<http://denisdutton.com/carroll_review.htm>
Denis Dutton, Philosophy And Literature

Human beings expand staggering amounts of time and resources on creating and experiencing art and entertainment -- music, dancing, and static visual arts. Of all of the arts, however, it is the category of fictional story-telling that across the globe today is the most intense focus of what amounts to a virtual human addiction.

*** Something Borrowed
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?041122fa_fact>
Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker

Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?

[Expressions]

*** My Heart Is A Snake Farm
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?041122fi_fiction>
Allan Gurganus, New Yorker

*** Anda's Game
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/15/andas_game/index_np.html>
Cory Doctorow, Salon

Killing newbies who were trying to cheat the system seemed like a good way to make a buck. But in this simulated reality, who is scamming whom?

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Australia, Singapore To Reopen Aviation Talks
<http://afr.com/articles/2004/11/15/1100384463854.html>
Financial Review

The Australian government will consider granting Singapore Airlines unlimited access to trans-Pacific routes in the next 12 to 18 months as part of liberalising to air services agreement with Singapore, according to Deputy Minister and Transport Minister John Anderson.

*** Underground Road System Yet To Get Green Light
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/singapore/story/0,5562,284999,00.html?>
Christopher Tan, Straits Times

Long wait due to ERP's success, dip in growth of vehicle population.