[MyAppleMenu] May 19, 2005

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Now This Is What You Call An iHome!
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/05/18/now-this-is-what-you-call-an-ihome/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

"Homebuilder Lennar's new communities in Bressi Ranch will include the latest digital lifestyle technology from Apple."

*** The Man Who's Got Mainstream Radio Quaking
<http://news.com.com/The+man+whos+got+mainstream+radio+quaking/2008-1026_3-5711864.html?part=rss&tag=5711864&subj=news>
Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

Is podcasting indeed part of a radio revolution in the making, or is it just another affectation that won't live up to the frisson of momentary attention?

*** Settlement Likely In Power Adapter Lawsuit
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/05/18/power.adapter.lawsuit/>
MacNN

*** Apple Store May Be Coming To The Mall
<http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1116422117163920.xml>
Tevah Platt, Staten Island Advance

Buzz is, the Apple computer company is preparing to open a store in the Staten Island Mall later this year in time for the holiday season.

[Opinion]

*** The Most Helpful Error Message In The World
<http://danielbergey.com/weblog/archives/2005/04/28/the-most-helpful-error-message-in-the-world/>
Daniel Bergey

"AOL cannot start."

[Sidetrack]

*** A New View On Why Apple Employers Don't Blog
Heng-Cheong Leong

Doc Searls <http://doc.weblogs.com/2005/05/18#muchBetter>: A friend at Apple recently told me that he and others at the company tend not to blog because "When you're winning..."

*** Yet Another Use For The iPod Shuffle
Heng-Cheong Leong

You want some beer when you listen to your latest podcast, but you don't have a bottle-opener handy with you? Fear no more <http://www.tuaw.com/2005/05/18/please-dont-try-this-at-home/>, if you know how to use the Shuffle properly...

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** A New Spin On A Palmtop (Or Inside It)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/technology/circuits/19pogue.html?ex=1274155200&en=6c711c10e040b0a0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Pogue, New York Times

In retrospect, the idea seems obvious.

*** PalmOne Unveiling 4-GB LifeDrive
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11676260.htm>
Sam Diaz, San Jose Mercury News

PalmOne is unveiling a mobile device today that the company places into a new category: the all-in-one handheld that not only manages your calendar and address book but also stores digital photos, MP3 files, spreadsheets and other information.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[World]

*** Cold War Chess
<http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=6901&AuthKey=d5cd07ad0359a2d087b063ec1d51f9e6&issue=506>
Daniel Johnson, Prospect

The rise and fall of chess in the 20th century was intimately linked with the cold war and the Soviet Union's giant investment in the game. But deprived of the atmosphere of menace that characterised that era, chess has dissipated much of the capital it built up over more than a century.

[Life]

*** At The Chelsea Hotel, Married, With Kids
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/garden/19sally.html?8hpib>
Elaine Louie, New York Times

The Chelsea Hotel may be a good place to meet artists and eccentrics, but it is hardly viewed as a family setting. Yet Sally Singer, the fashion news editor at Vogue magazine, and her husband, Joseph O'Neill, an Irish novelist and lawyer, are raising their three sons in an eighth-floor suite that deftly mixes glamour and domesticity.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Most Affordable Tourist Destination
<http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13744522>
Sify.com

Contrary to the common perception that Singapore is among the msot expensive Asian shopping destinations, the city has emerged as the most affordable tourist shopping destinations in the Asia-Pacific region in a study conducted by Euromonitor International on retail pricing.

*** Singapore Joins Chorus Against Yasukuni
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050519a2.htm>
Japan Times

Lee Hsien Loong said Koizumi's visits to the war-linked shrine would show a lack of repentance for Japanese military atrocities during the war and possibly hurt the progress of Japan's diplomacy in Asia.

*** Singapore PM Warns Of Shrine Visit
<http://english.people.com.cn/200505/19/eng20050519_185793.html>
People's Daily

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has joined Japan's neighbors in opposing visits by his counterpart Junichiro Koizumi to a shrine to war dead, warning Tokyo it must show it admits its militarist past.

*** Singapore PM Rebuffs Las Vegas Gambling Magnate Over Casino Project Comments
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/5/19/latest/20050519124033&sec=Latest>
Associated Press

Singapore's prime minister is dismissing complaints by Las Vegas gambling magnate Steve Wynn that Singapore is micro-managing a new casino project, saying that the government wants to ensure it can be proud of the resort once it's finished, a newspaper reported Thursday.

*** Singapore Backs Japan's Bid For UN Council Seat
<http://www.asiaone.com/st/st_20050519_317665.html>
Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times

But PM Lee says it's regrettable Tokyo hasn't come to terms with its wartime past.

*** The Trump Cards Singapore IRs Would Hold
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/51387.asp>
Tor Ching Li, Today

Singapore holds a high attraction for high rollers because of the low tax rate here.

*** Nudes Dressed Up In Light
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/51397.asp>
Mervin Tay, Today

Eng Wah signs $5m deal to bring world famous Paris cabaret to Singapore.

[Technology]

*** Singapore Lags Behind In Battle Against Piracy
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/51353.asp>
Patricia Yap, Today

MyAppleMenu Shuffle
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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Doe-Eyed
<http://www.yellowstonewilderness.com/eng/composers/jetthitt/recordings/doe-eyedbigbandrecording.html>
Miles Osland and the University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble
<http://www.yellowstonewilderness.com/soundfiles/doe-eyedbb.mp3>