[MyAppleMenu] Oct 9, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** God Really Is Omnipresent; Coming To An iPod Near You
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_3101187>
Kristin Bender, Tri-Valley Herald

*** Apple's New MP3 Player Drives Down Market Prices
<http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200510/kt2005100919181611890.htm>
Cho Jin-seo, Korea Times

Hit by the successful launching of Apple's iPod nano, the prices of local MP3 players have fallen by up to 30 percent over the last two weeks.

*** Apple Has No Comment On Store For Northwest 23rd
<http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/exclude/1128769309309790.xml&coll=7>
Laura Gunderson, The Oregonian

City planners and neighbors say Apple appears to want to build a 5,000-square-foot retail store near Pizzicato Gourmet Pizza and Kitchen Kaboodle.

[Opinion]

*** RM: Bug Me Not
<http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000686.html>
DrunkenBlog

I could rant for ages on the Save dialogs and tech support in general, but it's not really fair to single Apple out much when it comes to tech support.

*** WebKit Rox!
<http://www.therealmac.net/blog/?p=7>
The RealMac Blog

[Review]

*** Nano Size Can Be A Flaw
<http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051009/BUSINESS/110090123>
Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press

The biggest problem, which also turns out to be its biggest selling point, is size. The nano is so small that it tends to disappear quite easily on a cluttered desk. It's also conceivable that more than a few nanos will be forgotten in pockets and sent through the washing machine.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Madonna iPod Nano?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Peter Rojas <http://engadget.com/entry/1234000357062365/>, Engadget: Apple is planning to announce a special pink-clored version of the iPod nano for the Material Girl.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Non-Profit Group Has Big Plans For Small Laptop
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/rss/12858367.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_rss>
Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News

Mary Lou Jepsen has already done the Silicon Valley thing. Now she's thinking bigger: a laptop computer so inexpensive and simple it could revolutionize learning for children in the developing world.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Scientists Finding Out What Losing Sleep Does To A Body
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/08/AR2005100801405.html>
Rob Stein, Washington Post

With a good night's rest increasingly losing out to the internet, e-mail, late-night cable and other distractions of modern life, a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that too little or erratic sleep may be taking an unappreciated toll on American's health.

[Life]

*** The George Effect
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/10/09/the_george_effect/>
Richard Bradley, Boston Globe

Ten years ago, one magazine showed that politics and entertainment do mix. The rest, for better or worse, is history.

*** My Subject, Myself
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/review/09atlas.html>
James Atlas, New York Times

A great biographer needn't know his subject personally, but he must know him deeply.

*** Who Knew Math Was So Prime Time
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-neil41oct09,1,5852607.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine>
Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times

Problem: calculate the odds that a drama featuring forensic mathematics would find ratings success in prime-time network TV. Factor improbability based on casting of Judd Hirsch. Express answer in scientific notation. Show your work.

*** Their War, Their Words
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-soldierlit41oct09,1,2534387.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine>
Michael Slenske, Los Angeles Times

Bookstores are filling with instant memories by troops fresh from the front and eager to tell us what war is like. But are they helping us understand what it means?

*** The Secret Life Of A Restaurant Critic
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/10/09/the_secret_life_of_a_restaurant_critic/>
Alison Amett, Boston Globe

Sure, it's a fun job. But when an owner threatens to get a gun because of my review, that's not so fun.

*** Eat, Memory: The Sixth Sense
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/magazine/09food.html>
Gary Shteyngart, New York Times

Growing up I dreamed of garlic the way some dream of bright city lights.

*** Fads Are So Yesterday
<http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-ca-trend9oct09,0,6169870.story?coll=cl-calendar>
Gina Piccalo, Los Angeles Times

Trends are hot. Cool isn't.  As culture morphs worldwide at internet speed, forecasters fight to stay ahead of it all.

*** In A Land Of Leaves, Seeking Cheese
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/travel/escapes/07cheese.html/partner/rssnyt>
Wendy Knight, New York Times

Artisanal cheese, handmake in small batches, is a growth industry in vermont, with 35 cheesemakers sprinkled across the state and producing roughly 17 million pounds of specialty cheese -- artisanal, farmhouse, organic -- a year.

*** A Fast Track To Toilet Training For Those At The Crawling Stage
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/nyregion/09diapers.html?ex=1286510400&en=b8cf03a0dbc0191a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Tina Kelley, New York Times

For many parents in the United States, the idea of potty training before a baby is able to walk, or even before age 2, is not just horrifying but reprehensible -- a sure nightmare for parents and baby, not to mention a direct route from the crib to the psychiatrist's couch. But a growing number of parents are experimenting with infant potty training, seeing it as more sanitary, ecologically correct and likely to strengthen bonds between parent and child.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Simply Singapore
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=105014>
Chandra Shekhar, Financial Express

Work opportunities and cultural comfort lure more and more Indians to work in the city state.

*** Best Practices
<http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/10/9/lifefocus/12255728&sec=lifefocus>
The Star

Here's a look at how some national-level galleries and art museums int he region operate.

[Opinion]

*** Is Technology Your Servant Or Your Master
<http://engineer2entrepreneur.typepad.com/engineer2entrepreneur/2005/10/is_technology_y.html>
Engineer2Entrepreneuer

[Entertainment]

*** A Slice Of Malaysia And Singapore
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12858310.htm>
Sheila Himmel, San Jose Mercury News

Who or what is Baba Neo? Not a new age guru or a paint color, happily, but a friendly restaurant that satisfies the new local craving for Malaysian-Singaporean cuisine.

*** Singapore Singer Moves Into Glass House
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/12853478.htm>
Associated Press

Singaporean pop singer Stefanie Sun moved into a glass house next to the world's tallest skyscraper in Taiwan Saturday for a 24-hour stint to promote her latest CD.