[MyAppleMenu] Feb 27, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Jef Raskin Dies
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?14@638.iyc5abvcVj6.0@.3c4f5c5c!discloc=.3c5a1a0f>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

Raskin is widely acknowledged as the person who created many theoretical underpinnings of modern personal computing and then pulled together many threads of his own and others to create a team at Apple that would eventually produce the first machine designed for the average human being.

[News]

*** First Toronto Apple Store To Open In May
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000130033436/>
Barb Dybwad, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Band Mates? We Don't Need No Stinkin Band Mates
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000263033464/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

The backup singers are real live girls... but the music is coming from an iPod.

[Review]

*** Creaky Operating Systems Show Their Age
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55207-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_technology>
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post

Here are how the past few consumer releases of Windows and the Mac OS compare in terms of viability.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Like Father, Like Son
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45888-2005Feb23.html>
Jennifer Frey, Washington Post

Can restoring Georgetown to the glory days of John Thompson Jr. be as easy as one, two, III?

*** And The Loser Is...
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-oscars09feb27,1,1994043.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine>
Steve Pond, Los Angeles Times

Maybe it was the worst Oscars show ever produced. But it changed the way the Oscars have been produced ever since.

*** The Way We Eat: Tex Macs
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/magazine/27FOOD.html?>
Amanda Hesser, New York Times

McDonald's is creating its own worst enemy: a healthy burrito.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Government Has Contingency Plans In Case Of Falling Water Levels: Yaacob
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/134712/1/.html>
S. Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

*** Heatwave Finally Coming To An End
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,5562,302891,00.html?>
Renee Tan, Straits Times

The end-of-the-month showers predicted by the Meteorological Services Divison are finally here.