[MyAppleMenu] Jan 2, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Minnesotan's Apple Dream Came True, Then It Soured
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002715910_macbook02.html>
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Knight Ridder Newspaper

Mike Evangelist worked for Apple Computer in Silicon Valley from 2000 to 2002 while his family stayed in Minnesota. The long-distance commute ultimately led him to leave his dream employer.

*** How To Fill That Video iPod -- For Free
<http://money.canoe.ca/News/Other/2006/01/01/1375379-cp.html>
Scott Edmonds, Canadian Press

*** Apple Store Needed Microsoft To Help With Holiday Sales
<http://svenrox.com/?p=6016>
SvenOnTech

[Opinion]

*** How The Apple Store Stole Christmas
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2006/01/01.html>
Ed Foster, InfoWorld

"The order promised to ship the engraved iPod in '1-3 business days.' Plenty of time for Christmas, right?"

*** Apple iPod Turns Music Addiction Into Terrible Chore
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28646>
Doug Mohney, The Inquirier

Every iPod gets a copy of iTunes installed on Windows PCs. Every copy of iTunes gives Steven Jobs the ability to sell music and TV video to users today. Without the expense or complications of buying a Windows XP Media PC.

[Review]

*** My Video iPod
<http://addiator.blogspot.com/2006/01/my-video-ipod.html>
Eclectica

[Sidetrack]

*** Dilbert Has A Network Connection Problem
Heng-Cheong Leong

It finally happened: Scott Adams was forced to draw an unfunny strip <http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20060102.html>.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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<http://www.myapplemenu.com/tomorrow/>
Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Year Of The Digital Citizen
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4566712.stm>
Jo Twist, BBC News

2005 was arguably the year citizens really started to do it for themselves. Raising mobiles aloft, they did not just talk and text, they snapped, shared and reported the world around them.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Camembert With That, Sir?
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,2763,1676523,00.html>
Josh Lacey, The Guardian

Move over, Ronald McDonald: gourmet burger joints -- selling posh meat, in posh buns, and with posh extras -- are the next big thing.

*** Twilight Of A Year And An Old Teenager
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/arts/television/02heff.html?8hpib>
Virginia Heffernan, New York Times

On "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," Mr. Clark was as much of a spectacle as the dropping of the crystal ball.

*** Food Slut
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/01/02/foodporn/>
Ann Bauer, Salon

People say great food is like great sex. But after two years of reviewing trendy restaurants, chatting with charming chefs, and indulging in fatted duck breast, I've lost my appetite.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singlish Spoken Here
<http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2006/01/01/singlish_spoken_here/>
Lloyd Frost, Boston Globe

Centuries of trade and crossing cultures make this city-state percolate.

[Opinion]

*** Let's Not Regress To A Tipping Culture
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,362463,00.html?>
Ho San Cheow, Straits Times

*** Is It Time For Another Holiday Yet?
<http://singapore.metblogs.com/archives/2006/01/is_it_time_for_another_holiday_1.phtml>
Metroblogging Singapore

*** The City At Night
<http://singapore.metblogs.com/archives/2005/12/the_city_at_night.phtml>
Metroblogging Singapore

The best time to walk Orchard Road, really, is after midnight.

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

[Tunes]

*** I Feel Like A Fading Light
<http://www.kim-taylor.net/>
Kim Taylor
<http://www.kim-taylor.net/Resources/ifeellikeafadinglight.mp3>