[MyAppleMenu] May 29, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** First Into Apple Store Gets His 15 Minutes
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1117059010795&call_pageid=1069844878621&col=1069844878656&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes>
Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star

After camping out for four days and four nights, Allan Sorensen archived his goal of being the first customer at the  new Apple store in Yorkdale Mall.

*** Switch To Macs Has Web All Riled Up
<http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/28/Business/Switch_to_Macs_has_We.shtml>
Dave Gussow, St. Petersburg Times

A Seminole technology security expert is surprised by reaction to his post of frstruation with Windows and Intel.

[Opinion]

*** The Inexplicable Pressed State Of The Round Textured Button
<http://inessential.com/?comments=1&postid=3102>
Brent Simmons, inessential.com

Now you'll wonder why you have to do it, when this button exists as a standard button type in Interface Builder.

*** Smart Things
<http://inessential.com/?comments=1&postid=3103>
Brent Simmons, inessential.com

A really cool innovation would be a consistent user inferface for smart thing creators.

[Review]

*** Synchronizing Your iPod Files
<http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-bzcol4279840may29,0,326614.column>
Lou Dlinar, Newsday

iPod seems so easy to use, few people do more than skim the manual before they start out transferring files. But there are some quirks you need to understand.

*** Programmer's Seat Open To Tiger Users
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002291300_ptmacc28.html>
Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times

Spotlight, Automator and Widgets all involve aspects of programmming, and provide a clear set of stepping stones for someone to develop more of an interest.

*** The Resurrection Of A Business Legend
<http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/05/29/the_resurrection_of_a_business_legend/>
Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe

So this is the book that Steve Jobs wanted to ban. Heaven only knows why.

*** Buying The Right Mac
<http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/7909/>
Jake Fowler, Kanasa city infoZine

So which Mac is right for you? Apple has a full line of computers developed with all levels of users in mind.

[Sidetrack]

*** Apple's Chinese Web Pages Less Than Perfect? 
Heng-Cheong Leong

You may not be able to read Chinese, but applewoods <http://applewoods.blogspot.com/2005/05/blog-post_29.html> points out that Apple had mixed up Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese on their Chinese web sites. Once you know that Traditional Chinese is used primarily in Taiwan, while Simplified Chinese is used primarily in mainland China, you'd realize that this may not be a small deal.

Applewoods also pointed out that information in Chinese is a little short of what the English-equivalent provides.

*** Don't Use Too Many Uppercase Characters
Heng-Cheong Leong

Be careful when using your shift key, as this picture <http://www.arachna.com/roller/page/spidaman/20050518#sad_mac> demonstrates.

*** Microsoft Wake Up!
Heng-Cheong Leong

Geek News Central <http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/004390.html>: Podcasting and the whole audio revolution is going to leave you in a cloud of dust, if you don't wake up... If you cannot respond in the next 30 - 45 days you are going to fall further behind.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** How Do You Cure A Broken Heart?
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401258.html>
April Witt, Washington Post

When Karen Schillings learned that her daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law had died in a freak boat accident, her strong heart threatened to stop beating. Fortunately for her, doctors from Johns Hopkins knew just what to do.

*** Baby Steps
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/05/29/baby_steps/>
Darshak Sanghavi, Boston Globe

Medical breakthroughs don't happen overnight. They come only after a few pioneering patients go first, sometimes at great risk. When Brian and Jennifer Deffaa learned their baby would be born with a damaged heart, they had a choice: accept the standard but imperfect fix or let doctors try a radical, unproven procedure. This is the story of one family's agonizing decision and the human cost of medical progress.

*** How Did House Bands Become A Filipino Export?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/magazine/29FILIPINO.html>
John Bowe, New York Times

A story of pop, minicry, globalization and one extremely ambitious manager.

*** A Mothers' War
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/magazine/29MOTHERS.html?>
Cynthia Gorney, New York Times

Mothers nationwide who have children fighting in Iraq are connected by Tracy Della vecchia, who runs a web site for them -- a clearinghouse of pride and fear and anger and grief.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Fewer Tourists Visiting Singapore's Heritage And Cultural Attractions
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/149966/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

In 2003, only 20 to 30 per cent of tourists went to attractions like the Singapore History Museum and the Malay village.

*** All Da All Night By The River
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050529_319454.html>
Sharlene Tan, Chua Kong Ho, Straits Times

Plans are under way to turn the Singapore River district into a round-the-clock entertainment and dining strip that will attract Asia's high spenders.

*** Still Greatly Dependent On Foreign Workers
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/5/29/focus/11070430&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

About 1.2 million -- more than a quarter of Singapore's population of 4.6 million -- are foreigners, a figure that could rise or fall according to the state of the economy.

*** Malay Royals Say Singapore Grabbed Ancestral Land
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8632574&type=worldNews>
Reuters

Descendants of Singapore's old Malay royal family are demanding compensation from the city state for using a plot of land they say is theirs, a move that could mar the island's bid to celebrate its Malay heritage.

*** Bukit Timah Campus To Be allocated To NUS: DPM Tan
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/149885/1/.html>
Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia

This comes after months of wrangling by the NUS and the Nanyang Technological University, both laying claims to the campus.