[MyAppleMenu] Jun 18, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Top 10 Strangest Mac Mods
<http://www.techeblog.com/?p=1421&cp=1>
TechEBlog

*** iPods Put Videos Of Opponents In Plam Of A Players' Hand
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/14843103.htm>
Pat Graham, Associated Press

*** FrontRow Refuses To Play MP3s?
<http://www.macuser.com/music/frontrow_refuses_to_play_mp3s.php>
Dan Moren, MacUser

[Opinion]

*** The Cult Of Steve Jobs
<http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=339279&no=299272&rel_no=2>
David Wilson, OhmyNews

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Souls Searching
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/06/18/souls_searching/>
Boston Globe

Harvard Medical students share stories that brought them joy and pain on their way to becoming doctors.

*** Strapless Begone!
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/18/CMG06IV4391.DTL>
Sylvia Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle

It's a mystery even larger than attraction. Why do brides covet strapless gowns with an intensity that defies reason, given that this is one of the more difficult silhouettes to wear well?

*** And You're So Funny? Write My Script
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/fashion/sundaystyles/18ze.html?ex=1308283200&en=75012f528a1baac1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Warren St. John, New York Times

It is a thought that has surely raced through the mind of almost every performer who has ever been heckled, booed, mocked or made to feel unappreciated by an audience: "Let's see you do better." Now a Brooklyn entertainer named Ze Frank is doing something about it.

*** Iceland's Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/travel/18ring.html>
Mark Sundeen, New York Times

Iceland's Highway 1 -- the roughly 830-mile Ring Road -- is the only route that circles the island, and it feels like someone put the American West in a blender: California's poetic central coast, the Nevada desert's barren expanses, Alaska's glaciers and Yellowstone's geysers. They're all crammed onto this island, and if you don't like one natural phenomenon you're just a few hours from the next.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Radzi To Discuss With Singapore Government On Using MyKad As Travel Document
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=203922>
Bernama

The decision to use international passport and MyKad as travel documents by 100,000 Malaysian workers who entered and exited Singapore daily will be announced after a minister-level meeting soon.

*** Singapore's Most Famous Ape Celebrates 46th Birthday
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=39079>
Associated Press

Singapore's furriest celebrity turned 46 Sunday, to raucous cheers from her fans and a delicious "cake" made of tropoical fruits.

*** A Hotel For Citizens And Foreign Talents
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/6/18/focus/14565965&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

In an increasingly "borderless" world, Singapore is finding it harder to shake off the image that it is more "a hotel" than a nation.