[MyAppleMenu] Oct 17, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, October 17, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** Why The iPod Will Soon Be Calling The Tune At Apple
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1312642,00.html>
by Paul Durman, The Times
In the space of 18 months, Apple will have gone from being a $6 billion-a-year company to a $12 billion-a-year company.

[Opinion]

*** Brushed Metal And The HIG
<http://daringfireball.net/2004/10/brushedmetal>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
The big problem, obviously, is that Apple has simply ignored the HIG. Another problem, however, is that the HIG itself ocntributes to the conflation of the two arguments -- visual appeal vs. consistency.

[Wintel]

*** Chasing Apple's Dominant iPod
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37467-2004Oct16.html>
by Daniel Greenberg, Washington Post
If your music library -- like most -- is dominated by MP3s, there's still no beating the iPod. Except for maybe the iPod mini.




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The other things in life

[World]

*** Our Electors, Ourselves
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17WWLN.html?oref=login>
by Christopher Caldwell, New York Times
The Electroal College is so interwoven with our political system that it could not be abolished without raising more questions than even most advocates for reform would wish. But as a vote-counting system, the Electoral College has been sosufficiently robbed of its logic that is survival is not assured.

[Life]

*** Gathering Moss
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/10/10/gathering_moss/>
by John Budris, Boston Globe
There is no technical manual for moss gardeners, for that would defeat the purpose. Moss gardening is not technical. It is sculptural. Intuitive.

*** The Taste Of Right Here
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17TASTE.html>
by Matt Lee and Ted Lee, New York Times
If you stray a bit from the six-lane superhighways, you'll find another America, a place where the menu still includes regional delicacies like lobster rolls, buttermilk pie and tamales, foods that cling tenaciously to their native territories thanks to the powerful loyalties of personal taste.

*** Our National Eating Disorder
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17EATING.html>
by Michael Pollan, New York Times
Carbophobia, the most recent in the centurylong series of food fads to wash over the American table, seems to have finally crested, though not before sweeping away entire bakeries and pasta companies in its path, panicking potato breeders into redesigning the spud, crumbling whole doughnut empires and, at least to my way of thinking, ruining an untold number of meals.




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Life in the city

[News]

*** KL-Singapore Open-Skies Policy Will Take A Few Years, Says Minister
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,278594,00.html?>
by Straits Times
It is unlikely to happen immediately, Malaysian Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy said, as the two countries would take some time to enhance their air services before they decide to totally throw open the air traffic between them.




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