[MyAppleMenu] Nov 21, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Apple's Flock Worships New Store
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4028363.stm>
Paula Dear, BBC News

Shop openings this side of the Atlantic traditionally consist of some feeble ribbon-cutting, a few pictures for the local newspaper, and maybe even a free goody bag for the first lucky customer to pass the threshold. But in the world of Apple it was always going to be so much more.

[News]

*** Apple Shop Bucks Dire High Street Sales Trend
<http://www.money.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2004/11/21/cnapple21.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2004/11/21/ixfrontcity.html>
James Hall, Telegraph

The frenzied interest in Apple's store is in sharp contrast to the fortunes of many UK retailers who are preparing for the toughest Christmas in years.

*** Apple Store London Opens, Pictures Online Now
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10218>
Macworld UK

[Opinion]

*** Made In USA
<http://paulgraham.com/usa.html>
Paul Graham

Unlike other American companies, Apple's obsessed with good design. Or more precisely, their CEO is.

*** Mac Crowd Bashes Windows
<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/columnists/sfl-ybtech22nov22,0,4502838.column?coll=sfla-business-col>
Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The reason behind the growing support for Macs has less to do with Apple than with the failure of Microsoft's Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser.

*** Mac 911 Attends The London Apple Store Opening
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2004/11/london911/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

If today's reception is any hint at how The Apple Store will be greeted in other European capitals, The Store has a very bright future abroad.

[Review]

*** Top Computer Makers: Apple
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57735-2004Nov17.html>
Anthony Zurcher, Washington Post

*** iPod Brings Music To Your Photos
<http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,118658,00.asp>
Cathy Lu, PC World

Apple's latest offers a brilliant color screen and photo capabilities, but the price is high.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Getting Your Tech Together
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57723-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_technology>
Mike Musgrove, Washington Post

More than ever, consumers need to plan and research their tech purchases beforehand, to make sure the parts of their digital dream home will actually work together.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Who Lost Ohio?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/magazine/21OHIO.html?oref=login>
Matt Bai, New York Times

Pro-Kerry "527" groups like America Coming Together revolutionized the political ground game in the swing states. But there were some things they just couldn't change. The final 24 hours of the presidential campaign, from inside ACT's Ohio operation.

[Life]

*** The Beginning Of Something: I'll Show You My Lunch Box If You Show Me Yours
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/14/CMGIJ7P0AD1.DTL>
Joshua Braff, San Franciso Chronicle

As a writing drill, Anne Larnott suggests jotting down the items you remember from your elementary school lunch box. This always made sense to me and may have led to my interest in exploring the simple yet telling textures of growing up.

*** Just Another Quick-Witted, Egg-Roll-Joke-Making, Insult-Hurling Chinese-American Rapper
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/magazine/21JIN.html>
Ta-Nehisi Coates, New York Times

Jin tries to find his place in the hip-hop nation.