[MyAppleMenu] Jul 31, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Mac Users Group Has Been Meeting For Years
<http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=108370&ran=48823>
Kate Shellnutt, The Virginian-Pilot

They come to C&M Cafeteria a couple of Thursday nights a month, but not for the fish special. In a side dining room, they slide their trays up next to their laptops and desktops, all with glowing Apple symbols on back.

[Opinion]

*** Apple's Buzz Machine Getting Warmed Up
<http://dazilgroup.com/blog/?p=738>
Transparent Agenda

The way it works is Apple updates a minor piece of hardware or software for a couple weeks in a row before or after a major annoucement.

*** Apple And OSS (Re: Why Reinvent The Wheel?)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/07/apple_and_oss_re_why_reinvent_1.html>
Matthew Russell, O'Reilly Network

[Review]

*** Apple MacBook
<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=432>
Harry McCracken, PC Advisor

Niggles over Boot Camp aside, the MacBook is a terrific piece of hardware. It's not particularly expensive, and it gives you a healthy dose of everything that's great about Macs. Add the PC compatibility, and this is quite a product.

*** FileMaker 8.5 Ups The Ante
<http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=35396&src=site-marq>
Frank Ohlhorst, ITNews

*** Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse
<http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/07/30/review-apple-wireless-mighty-mouse/>
Paul Stamatiou

The wireless Mighty Mouse provides a reliable, non-jittery mousing experience.

[Sidetrack]

*** Get New Batteries, Free!
Heng-Cheong Leong

Apple has a "worldwide battery exchange program for certain rechargeable batteries that were sold for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro computer systems from February 2006 through May 2006."

Apple's web page <https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/index.html> identifies which MacBook Pro they are talking about. You'll need your batteries' model and serial numbers.

*** Still Not Having Fun With iMovie?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Here's an idea. (Yes, yes, I know. Ideas are cheap.)

Create your own "Choose Your Own Adventure <http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6100112.html?part=rss&tag=6100112&subj=news>" DVDs with iLife '07.

Children, re-make the classic "Dad, do you want me to clean my room, or do you want me to play video games so that I can earn big bucks via online games in the future" movie.

*** Bye Bye Pentiums
Heng-Cheong Leong

There's a little sadness to Intel's phasing out its Pentium line. Weird Al's It's All About The Pentiums is finally obsoleted.

:-)

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** CNN To Put Users' Video Online
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39280208,00.htm>
Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com

CNN hopes to turn YouTube-style user video into a journalistic tool.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Professionalization Of War Is Ghettoization Of War
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn30.html>
Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times

The U.S. military is the best-equipped and best-trained in the world. But it's not enough, it never has been and it never will be.

[Life]

*** Chamber Plots
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/books/review/23alford.html?ex=1154491200&en=bb2faf22e220e0c6&ei=5070>
Henry Alford, New York Times

What prompts people to place books in the loo? Are the books we keep there a reflection of our deepest selves?

*** The Last Witness
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601280.html>
David Brown, Washington Post

Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 1/2 years old when her family booked third-class passage and went aboard a ship called the RMS Titanic in Southampton, England, returning to America.

*** For Tom Hanks, Just Another Day At The Office
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/movies/30manl.html?ex=1311912000&en=e8ba7c49403cb4fb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Lorne Manly, New York Times

Tom Hanks isn't just a movie star. He has also been quietly building an extremely prolific filmmaking operation.

[Expressions]

*** It Will Be Sweet
<http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-calstory31jul30,1,7269090.story?coll=la-headlines-west>
Laura Golden Bellotti, Los Angeles Times

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Commuters Brace Themselves As Fare Hike Deadline Looms
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/222244/1/.html>
Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia

*** Sexier To Say "No" To Sex, Singapore Malay Youth Told
<http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=17376>
Antara

Singapore's ethnic Malay teenagers will be given that message in a campaign to curb a disproportionate number of teenage mothers and sexually transmitted diseases, press reports said Monday.

*** "Hungry Ghost" Month Deals Double Blow To Asian Business
<http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006-07-31T081650Z_01_NOA129795_RTRUKOC_0_FEATURE-HUNGRY-GHOST.xml>
Fayen Wong, Reuters

Businesses may be hit by a doulbe whammy this year due to an oddity in the Chinese lunar calendar that results in two "seventh" months.

*** Courts Adopting A Softer Touch
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/30/focus/14988041&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Singapore's courts, renowned for their tough laws and strict sentencing, have been showing a softer, more humane, touch when dealing with young Singaporeans who break the law.

*** Singapore Expresses Shock Over Civilian Casualties In Qana
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=211394>
Bernama

Singapore expressed shock at the death of civilians in the Lebanese town of Qana following an Israeli attack yesterday, the deadliest since the conflict started on July 12.

*** Falun Gong Pair To Face Trial For Illegal Singapore Assembly
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/30/2003321047>
AFP

*** Singapore Is Hong Kong's Mirror In Launching GST
<http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/MainNews/SocDigest/Economy/2006_7_30_17_22_29_844.html>
Dwnews.com

Singapore collects 5% GST, but still have a cost-of-living that is lower than Hong Kong's.

[Opinion]

*** Inabilities Of Singapore Drivers
<http://leonardandcelest.blogspot.com/2006/07/inabilities-of-singapore-drivers.html>
The Chongs

Our "it's only about me" mindset cuts to the very root of the problem and is the core of our failure to behave like the mature adults we think we are.

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[Tunes]

*** Prodigal Son
<http://www.elizagilkyson.com/music.htm>
Eliza Gilkyson
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