[MyAppleMenu] Oct 31, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Slingbox For Mac Now Available In Beta
<http://www.livedigitally.com/2006/10/30/slingbox-for-mac-now-available-in-beta/>
Jeremy Toeman

*** Apple's New iPod Nano Causes Waves Around The Web
<http://www.betty-pr.com/ipod-download/uncategorized/apples-new-ipod-nano-causes-waves-around-the-web>
Betty-Pr.com

*** Ringtones And iTunes Saving Australian Music Market
<http://www.cellular-news.com/story/20122.php>
Cellular News

IBISWorld General Manager (Australia), Mr Jason Baker, said digital music distribution holds the key to the industry's future survival and success.

*** iTunes Code Hack No Hit For Music Sellers
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/digital-music/itunes-code-hack-no-hit-for-music-sellers/2006/10/30/1162056925477.html>
Nick Miller, Sydney Morning Herald

*** FastMac Ships Higher-Capacity MacBook Pro Battery
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/10/30/5790>
Ars Technica

*** Greek Mac Users Demand Support
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16321>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** New And Improved
Heng-Cheong Leong

MondoMouse <http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/>: Gives your mouse super powers.

Speedflow Edit <http://www.onevision.com/speedflowedit.html>: PDF file modificationa nd prepress production.

[Opinion]

*** Ejecting Discs The Mac Way
<http://www.noscope.com/journal/2006/10/eject>
Noscope

The mystery of the missing Eject button.

*** Why Is It When You Go Mac, You Don't Go Back?
<http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4772703&blogID=187097141>
The Schroeder

*** Echo Chamber Tars Apple
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72037-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

It's my impression that Apple's quality control is no better or worse than before -- we're just hearing about it more.

*** Goodbye Windows Dev - Hello Apple!
<http://www.frater.com/blog/2006/10/goodbye-windows-dev-hello-apple.html>
Jamie Frater

Apple's API is as much a work of design-art as their OS and hardware.

*** Implications Of Adobe's Intel-Only Soundbooth
<http://theocacao.com/document.page/330>
Theocacao

The point of Apple's developer push was not switching to Intel, it was cleaning out assumptions about the underlying chip. That's why the key word they use is Universal.

*** Macs Now Have Plenty Of Muscle For Serious Computer Users
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/15867203.htm>
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, St. Paul Pioneer Press

*** iPod Etiquette
<http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_thoughtful_user_guide/ipod_etiquette.php>
Margaret Mason, The Morning News

Here are some basic guidelines for enjoying your music without sacrificing your manners.

[Review]

*** Delicious Library 1.6.3
<http://www.macobserver.com/review/2006/10/30.1.shtml>
Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

*** iPod Hi-Fi Review
<http://www.ipresents.co.uk/music/2006/10/ipod-hi-fi-review.html>
iPresents

Verdict: It's a boom box done by Apple. Sure, it rocks.

*** Understanding Mac OS X's Login Passwords
<http://db.tidbits.com/article/8728>
Joe Kissell, TidBITS

For many of us, the login password is the password we're asked to supply most frequently, and it's one cause of significant confusion and grief among Mac users.

*** Apple's Email Solution
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/10/apples_email_so.html>
Allison Randal, O'Rilly Radar

*** My Green Bundle Of Joy
<http://www.macuser.com/ipod/my_green_bundle_of_joy.php?lsrc=murss>
Scott Silverman, MacUser

I love this little green nano.

*** Razer ProClick V1.6: Precision Mice Aren't Just For Gaming Anymore
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/10/reviews/razerproclick/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

The Razer ProClick v1.6 is a tethered mouse that features terrific precision and software that lets you program both its sensitivity and its seven buttons.

*** Inside The Mac Pro: RAM
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/10/features/macpromem/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jonathan Seff and James Galbraith, Macworld

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Tiny Slice, Big Market
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/meganiche.html>
Clay Shirky, Wired

Now that a billion people are online, even sites aimed at a narrow slice of the web audience can attract huge crowds. Make way for the meganiche!

*** Computing, 2016: What Won't Be Possible?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/science/31essa.html?ex=1319950800&en=64e41f3ff96acb9d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Steve Lohr, New York Times

[Internet]

*** U.N. Proposes Changes To Net's Operation
<http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6130549.html?part=rss&tag=6130549&subj=news>
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com

A top United Nations official on Monday called for changes in the way the internet is operated, taking aim at "self-serving justifications" for permitting the United States to preserve its unique influence and authority online.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[World]

*** Lost In Translation
<http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2006/11/witness.html>
Brian Palmer, Mother Jones

The challenges of training GIs to avoid insulting -- and shooting -- Iraqi civilians.

*** How Globalization Is Creating A New European Underclass
<http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,442649,00.html>
Gabor Steingart, Spiegel

In the West, gradual de-industrialization has created a new underclass of the unproductive and intellectually deprayed. The spiritual cousin of the American phenomenon of "white trash," these strangers in their own land have become a serious threat to democracy.

[Tech & Science]

*** A New Dawn?
<http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1935624,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1>
Andy Beckett, The Guardian

The world is having a green moment. From the Sun to the Economist, Al Gore to Arnold Schwarzenegger, yesterday's Stern report to celebrities in electric cars, we appear to have reached a global tipping point in eco-awareness. But is the carbon-guzzling west really prepared to change its behaviour? And has our eiphany come too late?

[Life]

*** The Modern World Killed Off The Nap
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1162034471459&call_pageid=1105528093962&col=1105528093790>
Kurt Kleiner, Toronto Star

A tribute to the soft pleasures of dozing, backed up by hard science.

*** The Church Of The Non-Believers
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/atheism.html>
Gary Wolf, Wired

A band of intellectual brothers is mounting a crusade against belief in God. Are they winning converts, or merely preaching to the choir?

*** Game Master
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061106fa_fact>
John Seabrook, New Yorker

Will Wright changed the concept of video games with the Sims. Can he do it again with Spore?

*** How The Web Prevents Rape
<http://www.slate.com/id/2152487/>
Steven E. Landsburg, Slate

All that internet porn reduces sex crimes. Really.

*** Ghosts In The Machines
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/opinion/31gaiman.html?ex=1319950800&en=916cc4576511efa8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Neil Gaiman, New York Times

We are gathered here at the final end of what Bradbury called the October Country: a state of mind as much as it is a time. All the harvests are in, the frost is on the ground, there's mist in the crisp night air and it's time to tell ghost stories.

*** Trolling For Treats, Trunk To Trunk
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/nyregion/31treat.html?ex=1319950800&en=3412dcdd4896f269&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Fernanda Santos, New York Times

In suburban and exurban communities across the country, trunk-or-treating is the latest twist on the quintessentially American ritual of door-to-door candy-collecting, bringing Halloween from the uncertain streets to the safety of church and school parking lots, turning the backs of minivans and sport utility vehicles into the new front porch.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Today Editor-In-Chief Resigns - Sources
<http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20061031%5cACQDJON200610310337DOWJONESDJONLINE000133.htm&>
Kevin Lim and Stephen Wright, Dow Jones

Today newspaper chief executvie and editor-in-chief Mano Sabnani has resigned and will leave the newspaper in the next konth, people familiar with the situation said Tuesday.

*** Press Digest - Singapore Newspaper - Oct 31
<http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061031/3/2s41v.html>
Reuters

*** Employment Situation In Third Quarter 2006: Employment Growth Remains Strong
<http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20061031990.pdf>
Ministry of Manpower

Employment continues to grow strongly, amid the sustained economic expansion. (PDF document)

*** Singapore Employment Expands By 41,600 In Q3
<http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nSFB000467&imageid=&cap=&from=business>
Reuters

*** Singapore Air Will Tuck You Into Bed -- For $10,000
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-singapore30oct30,1,792281.story?coll=la-headlines-business>
Peter Pae, Los Angeles Times

After years of creating innovations to entertain its customers, Singapore Airlines aims to put them to sleep with its newest amenity: the ultimate flying bed.

*** Cost-Effective, Not Underspending On Health: Minister
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/151752.asp>
Sheralyn Tay, Today

*** Chee 'Suspicious'
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/151766.asp>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

Taking offence to an apparanet U-turn with a piece of evidence, Opposition figure Chee Soon Juan and two others accused the prosecution yesterday of being arrogant, deceptive and employing under-handed tactics.

*** Charities Miss Out As Their Money Sleeps In Banks
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/151718.asp>
Jasmine Yin, Today

A survey shows that when it comes to investment, charities here are very conservative.

[Opinion]

*** A Chronology Of Authoritarian Rule In Singapore
<http://www.aseannewsnetwork.com/2006/04/chronology-of-authoritarian-rule-in.html>
Asean News Network

*** Temasek - A Failure Of The Elite System?
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/10/temasek-failure-of-elite-system.html>
Singapore Election Watch

These scholar-elites are truly failures at human relationships.

*** LKY Apology
<http://mybitchingarea.blogspot.com/2006/10/lky-apology.html>
My Bitching Area

This is an interesting phrase that has been coined in Singapore, an LKY apology.

*** Bus Card Reader Faulty? Here's What To Do
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/151737.asp>
Kathryn Lau, Transit Link Pte Ltd, Today

If the ez-link software is not functioning, cash payment method has to be adopted. Commuters may pay ez-link card fare in cash, rounded down to the nearest 10 cents.

The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu
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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Snow Day
<http://jeremymessersmith.com/tunes.htm>
Jeremy Messersmith
<http://jeremymessersmith.com/audio/Snow%20Day.mp3>