[MyAppleMenu] Jun 27, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[Opinion]

*** Out, Dammed Spot... And Other Defects
<http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives//005023.html>
SJ Hutcheon, Sydney Morning Herald

Apple fans sure are a forgiving lot.

*** Using MPGs With iMovie
<http://www.paulofierro.com/archives/396/>
Paulo Fierro

*** French Apple Mush
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ed-apple26jun26,1,505904.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
Los Angeles Times

Why is Europe giving copyright holders veto power over technology?

*** Fact-Checking The 'Get A Mac' Ads
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/26/getamac/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Harry McCracken, PC World

What follows is a humble attempt to audit the ads' accuracy, one by one.

[Review]

*** QuickerTek Extends Laptop Range
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08576>
Brady Johnson, TidBITS

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** As Online Ads Grow, Eyeballs Are Valuable Again On The Web
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/technology/26ecom.html?ex=1308974400&en=ffed54308758822f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>
Bob Tedeschi, New York Times

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Gauss's Day Of Reckoning
<http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/50686>
Brian Hayes, American Scientist

A famous story about the boy wonder of mathematics has taken a life of its own.

[Life]

*** We Didn't Need The Past -- Or So I Thought
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13528589/site/newsweek/>
Meredith Resnick, Newsweek

Once I gave up the fear of losing my daughters, I better understood the family who had let them go.

*** Thus Ate Zarathustra
<http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/articles/060703sh_shouts>
Woody Allen, New Yorker

Diets of the great philosophers.

*** The (Ongoing) Vitality Of Mythical Numbers
<http://www.slate.com/id/2144508/>
Jack Shafer, Slate

Does ID theft really cost $48 billion a year?

*** The Proust Pill
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/06/25/the_proust_pill/>
Pagan Kennedy, Boston Globe

Back in 1998, I decided to write a novel about a memory pill -- a drug that would work like Proust's madeleine. While I was busy writing, the science caught up with fiction.

[Expressions]

*** Carnival, Las Tablas
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/060703fi_fiction>
Cristina Henriquez, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Mayor Says Too Much Politics Hindrance To Development
<http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060627.htm&no=14>
PIA News Releases

Mayor Chih said in the Philippines, based on what he reads in the papers everyday and what he sees and hears in the broadcast media, there seems to be too much politics that most often, President Arroyo is deluged with many problems mostly political in nature. He believes that she could do more without the political noise.

*** Opposition Leaders Seek Public Airing Of Lee Defamation Lawsuit
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=48054>
South China Morning Post

Two opposition leaders have filed an application to have their defamation lawsuit heard in open court -- in a defensive move against the country's top leaders' plans to have the court rule the case in private.

[Opinion]

*** GE Issue: Accountability -- PAP's Broken Promises
<http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2006/06/ge-issue-accountability-paps-broken.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

*** Marina South Pier Let Down By Poor Public Transport System
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:c93bbc57a201c010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Lim Boon Hee, Straits Times

*** Forget Budget, Go High-End?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/127025.asp>
Liang Dingzi, Today

Let the terminal service charters or private jets, if it can't go truly low-cost.

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Less Misogynist (When I'm With You)
<http://www.continuouspeasant.com/>
Continuous Peasant
<http://www.goodforks.com/cp/mp3/Less_Misogynist.mp3>