[MyAppleMenu] Oct 3, 2005

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MyAppleMenu
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<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Gobbles Up Cupertino Office Space
<http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/10/03/story4.html>
Sharon Simonson, San Jose Business Journal

Apple has been quietly but consistently leasing tens of thousands of additional square footage in its hometown of Cupertino, beginning at the end of 2004 and continuing into this year, according to public records and commercial real estate sources.

*** US School Swaps Books For Bytes
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4294818.stm>
BBC News

A school in Arizona, US, has thrown out its paper-based text books and is relying solely on laptops and digital material to teach its pupils.

*** Rejected iPod Engravings
<http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000783061519/>
Brad Hill, Digital Music Weblog

"Lick My Shiny metal Ass" seems innocent enough in a scatalogical way.

*** Music Managers Tackle Apple Over Royalty Payments
<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1808340,00.html>
Dan Sabbagh, The Times

Music managers will today wade into the row over online royalties with the claim that bands and solo artists are being unfairly squeezed in the digital era.

[Opinion]

*** Avoiding Copland 2010: Part 2
<http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.ars/2005/9/30/1393>
John Siracusa, Ars Technica

*** Steve Jobs Should Inspire Design Patronage
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/46427.html>
Design Week

Great design depends on clients who want to exceed expectations, surpass their competition... and have the balls to do it.

*** By Design, Apple's Competitors Playing Catch-Up
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0510010300oct02,1,3700811.column?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true>
James Coates, Chicago Tribune

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Will Google Offer Website Creation Tools?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7960>
Dan Zambonini, O'Reilly Network

I think this will happen; Google will eventually offer a free equivalent of a hosted Content Management System.

*** The Mind Of An Inventor
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558120/site/newsweek/>
Steven Levy, Newsweek

He built his first computer as a child. In his 20s, he had moved on to supercomputers. Now Danny Hillis is thinking of bigger things.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Voyage To The Great Outdoors
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/travel/02cruise.html?8hpib>
Christopher Solomon, New York Times

Cave-tubing is no National Geographic expedition. But compared with the standard ports-of-call activities of even a few years ago -- the air-conditioned bus tours, the fingering of trinkets on the dock -- it's practically high adventure.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Where Does That 10% Service Charge Go?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/75956.asp>
Channel NewsAsia

The service charge in the bill here does not necessarily pay for the service, be it good or bad.

[Opinion]

*** Why Is ICA Introducing Biometric Passport According To US Schedule?
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,343968,00.html?>
Lawrence Seow Kuan Yong, Straits Times

*** Why Get Rid Of Unique Traditional Look Of Clarke Quay?
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,344481,00.html?>
Joan Booth, Straits Times

The current reconstruction of CLarke Quay is a travesty.

The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu
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<http://www.myapplemenu.com/podcast/>
Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** God Bless The Child
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=28979>
Mr Blotto
<http://ia300841.eu.archive.org/1/items/mrblotto1998-01-17.flac16/mrblotto1998-01-17d2t06_64kb.mp3>

*** God Bless The Child
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=1627>
String Cheese Incident
<http://ia200102.eu.archive.org/3/audio/sci2001-07-18.schoeps.shnf/sci2001-07-18d1/sci2001-07-18d1t6_64kb.mp3>