[MyAppleMenu] May 30, 2006

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Making The iPod More Sensitive
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71011-0.html?tw=wn_technology_1>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

Apple and Nike's new iPod-sneaker combination for monitoring exercise could be just the first of several activity-aware applications for the iPod -- and maybe even a new gesture interface that uses movement to select songs or adjust the volume.

*** Audio-Only Book Puts Fiction On Menu For iPod Users
<http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=796482006>
Shan Ross, Scotsman

[Opinion]

*** Six Months Later - How Are Those iPod Nano Scratches?
<http://todd.dailey.info/archives/2006/05/29/six-months-later-how-is-my-ipod-nano-doing/>
Todd Dailey

*** Book Preview: I, Woz
<http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/05/gina_smith_the_.html>
Guy Kawasaki

"Every engineer -- and certainly every engineering student -- should read this book. It is about the thrill of invention, the process of making the world a better place, and the purity of entrepreneurship."

*** My Night Of iPod Rage
<http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives/004710.html>
Jano Gibson, Sydney Morning Herald

If my iPod has another major hiccup, I'm pretty much on my own even though the warranty is supposed to run for 12 months.

*** Apple And The Education Market: What Up Yo?
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/5/29/4140>
Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica

*** Stuck At Apple
<http://ranex.blogspot.com/2006/05/stuck-at-apple.html>
Trying Not To Offend

[Review]

*** Why The Apple In-Ear Buds Suck (And The Griffin Ear Jams Too)
<http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/1125/>
James Bain, Apple Matters

*** DEVONagent 2.0 Upgrade A Mixed Bag
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08545>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

The increased price, clumsy interface, and unhelpful manual are potentially serious obstacles.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Digital Music Finds Some Locker Room
<http://news.com.com/Digital+music+finds+some+locker+room/2100-1027_3-6077750.html>
Reuters

The digital music battle of the future may not be over where music is purchased, but where and how it is stored.

*** Software To Look For Experts Among Your Friends
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/technology/29gilmour.html?ex=1306555200&en=5b0c7f4282eb5f83&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>
John Markoff, New York Times

*** Squabble Over Name Ruffles A Web Utopia
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/technology/29web.html?ei=5088&en=e31306e21f9631ad&ex=1306555200&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1148919838-vHYXpq/4yrG4l60FWLe/Lg>
Sara Ivry, New York Times

Web 2.0, a term that has come to represent the latest incarnation of the internet, a place where web sites are more dynamic and interactive, has a certain internet utopianism at its heart. But that image took a hit last week when a dispute broke out over who was allowed to use the term.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Blighted
<http://www.newyorker.com/critics/music/articles/060605crmu_music>
Sasha Frere-Jones, New Yorker

Americans' fitful appetite for British pop.

*** Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc With Children's Diets
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/health/nutrition/30essa.html?ex=1306641600&en=066af917ac0673f5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Harriet Brown, New York Times

These food wars go beyond good senses and good science. THey're misguided and red herrings, based more in conjecture and politics than on solid research-based solutions.

[Expressions]

*** Dimension
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/060605fi_fiction>
Alice Munro, New Yorker

*** The Perfect Man
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/05/30/perfect_man/>
Lauren McLaughlin, Salon

Design-your-own boyfriends lack that certain something. Until they don't.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Las Vegas Sands Hopes To Break-Even On Singapore Casino Project In 5-8 Yrs
<http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/05/30/afx2779659.html>
AFX

*** Singapore Plans To Deploy New Security Vehicles When IMF Meet Starts
<http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=13500>
Antara

*** On The Use Of MyKad And Cancellation Of Malaysian Restricted Passports
<http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20060529980.htm>
Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority

*** In Singapore, A Censor's Cuts And Sensibilities
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/29/AR2006052900943.html>
Sara Webb, Reuters

Singapore's sensitivities extend beyond sex, violence and swear-words to political, racial and religious issues, reflecting more than four decades of one-party rule and a population mix of ethnic Chinese, Malays and Indians.

*** India And Singapore To Discuss Cooperation On Combating Terror
<http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=053017>
PTI

*** J B Jeyaretnam Says Current WP Should Confront More
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/05/j-b-jeyaretnam-says-current-wp-should.html>
Singapore Election Watch

*** Singapore Seeks Open Skies Review In FTA
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Singapore-seeks-open-skies-review-in-FTA/2006/05/30/1148754962287.html>
AAP

Singapore is seeking a wholesale review of Australia's open skies policy as part of free trade negotiations just months after the Howard government rejected a bid by its national airline for access to the Sydney-Los Angeles route.

*** Singapore Relief Teams Start Operations In Quake-Hit Java
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/210950/1/.html>
Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia

*** ICA Did Not Request Scrapping Of Malaysian Restricted Passports
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/210979/1/.html>
Nur Azira Aziz, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's Immigrationa nd Checkpoints Authority has responded on the issue of Malaysian Restricted Passports, saying it did not request that Malaysia do away with such passports.

[Opinion]

*** Who Will Build The Largest Observation Wheel?
<http://kunwei2005.blogspot.com/2006/05/who-will-build-largest-observation.html>
One Season In Singapore

*** The Great Singapore Scam
<http://sappworld.blogspot.com/2006/05/great-singapore-scam.html>
Quixotism

By coopting labour unions into the NTUC, low wages are legitimzed because there's no one to bargain with the government.

*** My NS Story
<http://alvinlinjr.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-ns-story.html>
Alvin Lin, Skanque

*** Cheng San Voluneteers Pay $260 Each For Retreat
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:eb73a98e9e08b010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
George Tan Kok Thye, Cheng San Citizens' Consultative Committee, Straits Times

The volunteers pay for the travel expenses themselves.

*** PAP's Dismal Performance In GE 2006
<http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2006/05/paps-dismal-performance-in-ge-2006.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

PAP has become prisoner of its own past success.

[Entertainment]

*** More To Singapore Than Shopping
<http://ichounslow.icnetwork.co.uk/lifestyle/tm_objectid=17149657&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=more-to-singapore-than-shopping-name_page.html>
icHounslow

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Lovers Who Uncover
<http://www.wearethelittleones.com/little_music.html>
Little Ones
<http://www.wearethelittleones.com/mp3s/lovers_who_uncover.mp3>