[MyAppleMenu] May 3, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Now The MacBook Pro Batteries...
<http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com/content/view/14/1/>
Christopher Price, Sprint PCS Info

AppleCare has a silent recall going on with the MacBook Pro battery.

*** iPod Relief For Trapped Miners
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/05/03/1146335764150.html?from=top5>
Jane Holroyd and Dan Harrison, The Age

Two men trapped in a Tasmanian mine for more than a week are listening to iPods while rescuers prepare to start a new drilling operation in a bid to free them.

*** 99-Cent Downloads Shows Apple's Strength Over Music Studios
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14484334.htm>
Therese Ploetti, San Jose Mercury News

For now, Apple is still king of the hill.

*** France Backs Down On iTunes DRM Stance
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-6067585.html?part=rss&tag=6067585&subj=news>
Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com

*** Ambrosia's Apeiron X, Darwinia Go Universal
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/02/ambrosia/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

[Opinion]

*** Why Apple Will Shake The PC Market
<http://timon-royer.com/archives/5-Why-Apple-will-shake-the-PC-market.html>
Timon Royer

*** Get A Mac
<http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/>
Michael Tsai

Windows and PCs have all sorts of problems, but I don't think that, for most users, frequent restarting and trouble talking to digital cameras are among them.

*** TBWA And Apple Hit The Nail On The Head
<http://www.jackcheng.com/archives/2006/05/02/tbwa-and-apple-hit-the-nail-on-the-head/>
Jack Cheng

The key difference is that the ad recognizes the two working togething, seeing the Mac as one that's likely to be an additional machine in the home, rather than a replacement for the PC.

*** Selling The Mac
<http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.ars/2006/5/2/3816/>
John Siracusa, Ars Technica

Relief from viruses is a legitimate benefit of the Mac, but Apple shouldn't make it an explicit selling point. It's like an airline advertising that is has fewer fatal crashes than its competitors. This just isn't done -- and for good reasons.

*** Good Journalism
<http://daringfireball.net/2006/05/good_journalism>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

[Review]

*** Quark 4
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/05/reviews/quake4/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

[Wintel]

*** Gartner: Vista Won't Ship Until Q2 2007
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/02/vistaship/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Best Of The Worst
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114424637699117715-DewK5x__ylGRkZrFfY1s2a7B1yg_20070502.html?mod=rss_free>
Katherine Meyer, Wall Street Journal

The internet spawned so many weird gizmos and bad business ideas that mocking dot-com duds beame something of a sport in the post-bubble era. But some ideas still stand out for pure silliness.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Writers, Quit Whining
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/03/keillor/>
Garrison Keillor, Salon

Spare us the self-involved moaning over the agonies of your art. Writing is no harder than anything else, and the complainers should can it.

[Expressions]

*** Once In A Lifetime
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/060508fi_fiction>
Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker

*** House
<http://www.slate.com/id/2136858/>
Don Bogen, Slate

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Life in the city

[GE06]

*** SDP To File Defence Against Defamatory Suit Before May 18th Deadline
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/206346/1/.html>
Sithara Doraisamy, Channel NewsAsia

Analysts say the split int he Singapore Democratic Party is being handled gingerly till the end of the General Election.

*** FM George Yeo Says WP Can Drop Gomez After Polling Day
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/206322/1/.html>
Ng Shing Yi, Channel NewsAsia

*** PAP Aims To Win At Least 80% Of votes In Ang Mo Kio GRC: Lim Boon Heng
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/206329/1/.html>
Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia

*** WP Says It Will Not Drop Gomez From Aljunied GRC
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/206343/1/.html>
Lynlee Foo, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Booming But Some Voters Unhappy
<http://au.biz.yahoo.com/060503/33/oz89.html>
AFP

Signs of disaffection are visible as the rising cost of living hits the pockets of low-income earners and less skilled and older workers are displaced due to economic restructuring.

*** Distraction, Discreditation Are PAP's Tactics: Gomez
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,390152,00.html?>
Straits Times

The PAP had chosen not to address policy issues, but had instead flooded the Singapore media 'with non-important issues which distract the voters from addressing the real thing.'

*** End The Saga, Says WP
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/206224/1/.html>
Lee Ching Wern and Teo Xuan Wei, Today

"What we want to talk about now are real election issues, so please stop confusing the voters, sidetracking and dodging questions. Answer the questions I've raised."

*** SDP Calls For Greater Accountability On How National Reserves Are Used
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/206152/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

SDP's candidate for Sembawang GRC, Ms Chee Siok Chin, said ministers' salaries were so high, and they prevented them from understanding the concerns of ordinary Singaporeans.

*** Singapore's Farcical Election Undermines Its Achivement
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/singapores-farcical-election-undermines-its-achievements/2006/05/02/1146335732352.html>
Michael Beckman, The Age

*** Fear Is The Weapon That Stifles Dissent
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1765802,00.html>
John Aglionby, The Guardian

It's almost two decades since the last contested election. But using tactics that play on voters' uncertainties about the future the incumbent government has little to fear.

[Election Talk]

*** Liable For Defamation?
<http://ah-neh.blogspot.com/2006/05/liable-for-defamation.html>
Symposium Of Genius

*** Some Things Are Comfortingly Familiar
<http://blog.gerek.org/2006/05/some-things-are-comfortingly-familiar.php>
Zuco's Blog

Going by PAP's track record of assassinating the character of people who presents a very real threat to them, I am more inclined to disbelieve them.

*** The James Gomez Episode
<http://penguinsperfect.blogspot.com/2006/05/james-gomez-jg-episode-when-i-first.html>
Le Chiam Yeshua!

I find it unforgiveable that he should drag an innocent civil servant into the picture.

*** Election
<http://contrabandkarma.blogspot.com/2006/05/election.html>
Closeted Despondence

Is this fairness? Is this how the national union leader should act?

*** Mummy Wriggled PAP Around Her Fingers
<http://inspiredgeek.blogspot.com/2006/05/mummy-wriggled-pap-around-her-fingers.html>
Upbeat About Life

I wish election comes ever year. We will then have bonus every year and MP fixing our roof.

*** The X-Files: Mystery Behind Gomez's Missing Form
<http://disgruntledsporean.blogspot.com/2006/05/x-files-mystery-behind-gomezs-missing.html>
Useless Rantings Of A Few Disgruntled S'poreans...

Conspiracy theories aside, the PAP's insistence on pursuing a largely administrative fracas seems indicative of a real, underlying fear: The Worker's Party could jolly well win at Aljunied GRC.

*** What You Won't Read About In The Straits Times II
<http://noconceptofliberty.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-you-wont-read-about-in-straits_03.html>
No Concept Of Liberty

There is a real feeling among bloggers and blogbrowsers that the media in Singapore is utterly unreliable and filled with biased reporting and sycophantic praise for the PAP.

*** Reflections From An Election Rally
<http://bravebaldur.livejournal.com/202422.html>
bravebaldur

There is a clear marginalisation of the elderly, handicapped and uneducated from the mainstream English-speaking middle class.

*** More On Singapore
<http://uselesstree.typepad.com/useless_tree/2006/05/more_on_singapo.html>
The Useless Tree

Goh has suggested that he would like to gradually liberalize Singaporean society; he promised a "kinder and gentler" government in his inauguration address in 1990. Whatever his good intentions, however, he has not acted decisively to reduce restrictions on expression.

*** Singapore Election Updates: Where Major Issues Take A Back Seat
<http://www.myfat4.com/2006/05/02/singapore-election-updates-where-major-issues-take-a-back-seat/>
The World Of Fat4

*** Musings Of A Small Fry
<http://truelymadly.blogspot.com/2006/05/musings-of-small-fry.html>
Truely Madly Deeply

What I ask for is the PAP to treat the other non-PAP candidates as equals, not as donkeys or terrorists.

*** Who Is James Gomez?
<http://xmercenaries.com/four9er/?p=90>
four9er forays

[Ramblings]

*** Yet Another Non-Reply Reply
Heng-Cheong Leong

It is okay because I say so. <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/116107.asp>

[Opinion]

*** Why Have Shares Of Some Government-Linked Companies Fared Poorly In Past Five Years?
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,389937,00.html?>
Leong Sze Hian, Straits Times

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[Tunes]

*** 39 Stars
<http://www.peterwalkermusic.com/PeterWalkerMusic.html>
Peter Walker
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