[MyAppleMenu] Nov 11, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Run Your iPod On A Single AA-Battery
<http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2006/11/run_your_ipod_o.html>
Rob Beschizza, Wired News

iTurbo offers an easy way to spring a comatose iPod back to life -- grab any old alkaline battery and plug it in.

*** 17-Inch MacBook Pros Delayed
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/11/10/5921>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

Customers are now beginning to receive e-mails from Apple.

*** Brian Eno: Let There Be Light
<http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/eno/>
Dustin Driver, Apple

*** Joe Cipriano: That Familiar Voice
<http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/cipriano/>
Dustin Driver, Apple

*** New And Improved
Heng-Cheong Leong

iWorkout <http://www.helmesinnovations.com/iWorkout.html>: The ultimate digital fitness trainer for your iPod.

Solitaire 3D <http://www.grassgames.com/solitaire/index.html>: Treat your eyes as well as your mind.

WiLMa <http://www.codehackers.net/wilma/>: Wireless location manager.

[Opinion]

*** Mac power Consumption
<http://alan.incrediblinc.com/articles/2006/11/11/mac-power-consumption>
Alan Bradburne

I wonder how feasible it is to runt he mini off some solar-topped-up batteries?

*** Mac Pro: Take Two
<http://www.kinnon.tv/2006/11/mac_pro_take_tw.html>
Bill Kinnon, Achievable Ends

The switch over to the Mac Pro was not as seamless as I had originally thought... or hoped.

*** Training Keynote Thinkers
<http://www.subtraction.com/archives/2006/1109_training_key.php>
Khoi Vinh, Subtraction

At first, I thought Keynote was little more than a glorified and beautified competitor to Microsoft's PowerPoint. In time, though, I've come to realize it's not just a better presentation-making tool for visual designers, but it's something of an essential thinking tool for us too.

*** Why Does Logitech Hate Apple?
<http://macnewsonline.com/wp/2006/11/10/why-does-logitech-hate-apple/>
MacNewsOnline.com

Logitech only provides the bare minimum in terms of Mac support that may have been ok in 2001, but is becoming increasingly irresponsible as Mac marketshare increases.

*** "Music Only" For Your iTunes Playlists
<http://www.43folders.com/2006/11/09/music-only-playlists/>
43 Folders

*** I'd Buy That For A Dollar
<http://daringfireball.net/2006/11/buy_that_for_a_dollar>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Apple has leverage over the music labels because they have something the labels need: popularity.

*** Debating iPod's Merits At Zune's Party
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6134307.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com

So ubiquitous is the iPod that I suspect the company could find APple enthusiasts within its own ranks. Nonetheless, plenty of those who atteneded the Zune's party see areas where the Zune could best the iPod.

*** Rumor: Apple Getting Creative On Album Pricing
<http://news.com.com/2061-11516_3-6134596.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Supposedly, iTunes customers may soon be able to buy the album and get credit for any single tracks they have bought.

*** Time For iTunes' Movies Service To Enter Act II
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/11/itms/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

The ways of Hollywood are mysterious to me, but I can't imagine studio executives enjoying the sight of Disney keeping all those sales to itself.

[Review]

*** Loving That Fan Control
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/11/loving_that_fan_control.html>
Bruce Stewart, O'Reilly Network

*** Apple Xserve: The Final Review
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/11/apple_xserve_th.html>
Tom Yager, InfoWorld

Xserve is far better than the commodity server that the Intel x86 market expects. But what really blasts Apple's competition is OS X Server.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Online Businesses Take A Page From The Old Media's Playbook
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-internet12nov12,1,4051744.column?track=rss>
James Gilden, Los Angeles Times

*** Hi, May Our Machine Take Your Order?
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-kiosk11nov11,1,5940806.story?track=rss>
Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times

Restaurant chains are installing computerized touch-screen kiosks to let drive-through and walk-in customers enter their menu choices.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The Corporate Wives' Club
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7bea8bbe-70b1-11db-8e0b-0000779e2340.html>
Vicky Ward, Financial Times

The list of rules goes on and you have to learn them if your husband is to get where he needs to get to, allowing you to get where you need to get to.

*** Modernity Or Tradition: Istanbul At A Crossroad Finds Its Own Way
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/travel/12frugal.html?ex=1320987600&en=0cb3c13cad54dc28&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Matt Gross, New York Times

That jumble of identities may be a cliche, but over the course of a late June weekend in Istanbul, it was a cliche the city never let me forget, not even for a minute.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** SE Asia Nations Pledge To Support Fund Against Haze
<http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-11-11T103736Z_01_B875249_RTRUKOC_0_US-ASEAN-ENVIRONMENT.xml>
Manny Mogato, Reuters

Southeast Asian nations pledged on Saturday to contribute to a regional fund to help fight forest fires in Indonesia that have spread smoke across the region, environment officials said.

*** IDR Not Dependent On Spill-Over Economic Effects From Singapore
<http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=229287>
Bernama

Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said Saturday that the newly-launched Iskandar Development Region (IDR) in South Johor was not dependent on spill-over economic effects from Singapore and that it could draw investors on its own.

*** On That 'Magical Number' For Singapore
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/154007.asp>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

*** HDB Shakes Up Subsidised Rental Flat Market
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/153993.asp>
Tan Hui Leng, Today

*** MAS: Keep Singapore-KL Route Closed Until 2008
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:10e07635e03de010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times

Malaysia Airlines chief Idris Jala professed to be all in favour of liberalisation, but nevertheless said that bottom-line concerns made any opening up before 2008 -- the deadline for open skies between capital cities set by Asean -- untenable for MAS.

*** A Sea Sports Centre May Be Developed In Sembawang
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/240736/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

Sembawang GRC MP Lim Wee Kiat says he is looking at the development of a sea sports centre at Sembawang beach.

*** Singapore Cannot Have Unconditional Needs-Based Social Safety Nets: Dr Balakrishnan
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/240621/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

"You will run bankrupt sooner or later, and secondly, you are not doing the people you are trying to help any favours, and thirdly, you erode the work ethic that is at heart and the success and identity of Singapore."

[Opinion]

*** PAP Not Perfect
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/11/pap-not-perfect.html>
Singapore Election Watch

Recent images from Lee Hsien Loong's Teck Ghee constituency, just less than a week after he launched YPAP's "Project Love."

*** Mr Wang Is Skeptical
<http://commentarysingapore.blogspot.com/2006/11/mr-wang-is-skeptical.html>
Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma

*** Figures On Usage Of Trains Are Misleading
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:894dbffb763de010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Kevin Lim Fung Ming, Straits Times

*** Heartened And Disheartened?
<http://waynesoon.blogspot.com/2006/11/heartened-and-disheartened.html>
The Anti-Neo-Democracy Theorist

Maybe it is time to lift the whip for MPs to be able to act upon the beliefs they expouse?

*** PAP MP Calls For Less Restrictions On Mainstream Media
<http://singaporepatriot.blogspot.com/2006/11/pap-mp-calls-for-less-restrictions-on.html>
Gerald Giam, Singapore Patriot

It is heartening to note that at least one MP is listening to issues percolating from the ground by reading blogs, rather than just believing everything the Straits Times and Zaobao put out.

*** 17 Years Old To Get Charged For Unauthorized Net Access In Singapore
<http://www.justinlee.name/2006/11/11/17yo-to-get-charged-for-unauthorized-net-access-in-singapore/>
Justin Lee

Seriously, how many people really know how to differentiate which network they are on?

*** Inspired By Mah Bow Tan
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2006/11/inspired-by-mah-bow-tan.html>
My Singapore News

This principle of paying according to income or affordability is the most ingenious part of the solution.

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Rhapsody In Blue
<http://www.nsula.edu/demonband/sounds/>
Spirit Of Northwestern
<http://www.nsula.edu/demonband/_s/1994%20marching%20band/rhapsody%20in%20blue.mp3>

*** Rhapsody In Blue
<http://www.jmu.edu/music/mrd/audio.html>
James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes
<http://www.jmu.edu/music/mrd/media/2000/02.mp3>