[MyAppleMenu] Jun 19, 2005

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Literature, For PDA And iPod
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/11929264.htm>
Sandy Bauers, Philadelphia Inquirer

One of the fastest-growing segments of the publishing world is audio books, and one of the fastest-growing segments of the audio book world is digital downloads -- loading a book onto a personal listening device via the internet.

*** iPod, Therefore I Am, A Tourist
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,6903,1509656,00.html>
Lorna Martin, The Observer

The voice in my head belongs to Jim Gellately, a local DJ and tour guide on the world's first city iTour.

[Review]

*** QuickTime 7 Disappointments
<http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2005/06/12/quicktime-7-disappointments/>
Robert Accettura, Fun With Wordage

QuickTime 7 isn't the best Apple can do. The only good thing in there is H.264. That's it.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** A Wireless World, Bound To Sockets
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061801207.html?nav=rss_technology>
Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post

Here's the paradox of the portable age: The electronic devices that free people to go anywhere but never lose touch also keep them bound by cords and plugs to electric sockets.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Dad: The Periodical
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061501889.html>
David Stewart, Washington Post

Such were the experiences that set the stage for publication of the Grampaland Journal, a four-page quarterly newsletter, now in its second year. It has a circulation of 18 -- children, grandchildren and a few other relatives.

*** Cooks On Fire
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-neil25jun19,1,539600.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine>
Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times

When you walk into a busy Denny's or an IHOP -- at 1 p.m. or 4 a.m. -- it all seems so brightly lit and inevitable, so orderly and obvious. So easy. But back in the kitchen, war is raging.

*** The Measure Of A Woman
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/magazine/19LIVES.html>
Abby Ellin, New York Times

The scale was Grandma's link to the world.

*** What's Their Real Problem With Gay Marriage? (It's The Gay Part)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/magazine/19ANTIGAY.html?>
Russell Shorto, New York Times

Maryland's anti-gay-marriage crusaders share this with organizers nationwide: They say they are fighting a disease.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Neighborhood Watch Movement Among Most Active In Region
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=140260>
Bernama

Despite its young age, Singapore's neighborhood watch zone scheme can count itself among the most active grassroot movements in the region.

*** Spending Shift
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050618_323370.html>
Li Xueying, Straits Times

Instead of basics like food, Singapore households spent more on housing in 2003; health care and communications sectors saw sharpest hike in spending.

[Opinion]

*** Ecstacy Of A Parade
<http://linus.koh.name/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=312&blogId=1>
Linus' Daily Antics

If you had applied for the NDP parade or preview tickets, and  you have yet to receive a phone call by the end of today, your chances of winning the ticket is extremely remote to say the least. I should know better, I'm part of the team that was and still is fielding the phone calls to successful applicants.