[MyAppleMenu] Apr 23, 2007

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

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**** Rogue Amoeba Offers Major Update To Fission <http://www.macminute.com/2007/04/23/rogue-amoeba-fission/>
by MacMinute

**** SEC Closes In On Ex-Apple Lawyer <http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5730631>
by Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News
The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected this week to bring its first legal action in the Apple backdating probe, targeting the company's former top lawyer for her alleged role in rigging options, according to sources familiar with the matter.

**** Apple And Brooks's Law <http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/22/apple-and-brooks/>
by Scott Rosenberg, Wordyard

**** My Five Favorite Things About My MacBook <http://wphj.wordpress.com/2007/04/22/my-five-favorite-things-about-my-macbook/>
by The Wphj Blog
Now it may not be as practical as the other removable and replaceable keyboards of other Macs, but <the keyboard with "Chiclet" keys> is much nicer to type on and much sleeker looking.
/I wonder if the MacBook keyboard also prevents breadcrumbs (the real kind) and other stuff that accumulates inside typical laptop keyboards./

**** Six Months With Mac <http://alvinmeetsmac.wordpress.com/2007/04/22/six-months-with-mac/>
by Alvin Meets Mac
I love my iMac, and I encourage everyone, especially home users and people who don't like to deal with a lot of headaches, to consider taking the plunge with a Mac.

**** Black Is The New Black - Yay! <http://londonlanka.blogspot.com/2007/04/black-is-new-black-yay.html>
by London, Lanka And Drums
I've been amazed and delighted by the simplicity of its design and the ease in which I've been able to do things.

**** First The Power Goes, Then No More Music To My Ears <http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/heckler/first-the-power-goes-then-no-more-music-to-my-ears/2007/04/22/1177180481644.html>
by Kelly Fisk, Bisbane Times
Mini had stolen my heart and I wanted her back.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The End Of A Blogging Era May Be Near <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/guzman/312146_netnative.html>
by Monica Guzman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Even if it is the end of an era, it could be the start of a whole new world.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Why Do Straight Hate Gays? <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kramer20mar20,0,4477514.story?track=mostviewed-splashpage>
by Larry Kramer, Los Angeles Times
Dear straight people, why do you hate gay people so much?

**** The Room <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/04/30/070430po_poem_dunn>
by Stephen Dunn, New Yorker

**** Beagle Or Something <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/04/30/070430po_poem_bernard>
by April Bernard, New Yorker

**** The Way We Age Now <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/30/070430fa_fact_gawande>
by Atul Gawande, New Yorker
Medicine has increased the ranks of the elderly. Can it make old age any easier?

**** After The Movie <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/04/30/070430fi_fiction_rayner>
by Richard Rayner, New Yorker

**** Homer's Big-Scren Odyssey <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18237345/site/newsweek/>
by Sean Smith, Newsweek
'The Simpsons' is a sitcom legend. Now it's coming to a theater near you.

**** The Politics Of Prose <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/books/22kaku.html>
by Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
Most books by politicians are, at bottom, acts of salesmanship: efforts to persuade, beguile or impress the reader, efforts to rationalize past misdeeds and inoculate the author against future accusations. And yet beneath the sales pitch are clues &mdash; in the author's voice, use of language, stylistic tics and self-presentation &mdash; that provide some genuine glimpses of the personalities behind the public personas. In short, when candidates decide to publish, they can still run, but they can't hide &mdash; at least not entirely.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Enough Of Enigmatic Words, Time For Government To Act <http://www.plu.sg/society/?p=66>
by People Like Us
Nonetheless, if the government thinks that it can sell the idea of decriminalisation &mdash; if indeed that was what Lee had at the back of his mind &mdash; through reliance on the argument of pragmatism, then so be it.

**** Good News For Older Workers?
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
According to a survey <http://www.reliableplant.com/article.asp?pagetitle=Around%20the%20globe,%20companies%20overlook%20older%20workers&articleid=5950> by Manpower Inc., "employers in Japan and Singapore are far ahead of their international counterparts, with 83 and 53 percent of employers surveyd, respectively, working proactively to retain their older employees."
Maybe there's still hope?
<p class="permlink">Permanent Link to This Post <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/2007/04/23/id0040/>

**** Singapore, Malaysia To Discuss Opening Up Air Routes <http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Monday/Nation/20070423203625/Article/>
by Bernama
Senior transport ministry officials from Malaysia and Singapore are expected to meet in Singapore early next month to hold talks on the opening up of the lucrative Kuala Lumpur-Singapore air route.
They will also discuss opening up of other destinations and to break up existing domination of both countries national carriers.

**** Leaving Without A Conscience Or Leaving For A Conscience? <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/152606.html>
by Mollymeek

**** A Tale Of Two Companies <http://sgtransport.blogspot.com/2007/04/tale-of-two-companies.html>
by Daniel Chin, Singapore's Land Transport

**** Singapore Rolls Out Masterplan To Cut Dependency On Sand, Granite <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/272008/1/.html>
by Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia

**** LTA Concludes NEL Train Disruption Last July Due To Defective Tool <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/271976/1/.html>
by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia
LTA said the disruption was a one-off situation and that no action would be taken against the operator.

**** We're Not Dumb <http://ladyprototype.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/were-not-dumb/>
by Lady Prototype
How can the people of Singapore remain clam when they are the "resource" of Singapore but are not getting enough financially, while looking at their leaders living such lavish lives, when in the first place, they are supposed to be together with the people as one, working /for/ the people.

**** An "Extraordinary" Government? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/23/an-%e2%80%9cextraordinary%e2%80%9d-government/>
by Zyberzitizen, theonlinecitizen
More telling is why the government finds it necessary to blow their own trumpets. It is not very humble, if you asked me. Which is why it is time for Singaporeans to perhaps ask for an independent council to determine salaries of office holders.

**** Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew Questions Homosexuality Ban <http://news.scotsman.com/latest_international.cfm?id=622532007>
by Reuters
Singapore's powerful former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, acknowledging the view that some people are genetically destined to behomosexual, has questioned the city-state's ban on sex between men.
"If in fact it is true, and I have asked doctors this, that you are genetically born a homosexual &mdash; because that's the nature of the genetic random transmission of genes &mdash; you can't help it. So why should we criminalise it?" Monday's Straits Times, a pro-government daily, quoted Lee as saying.

**** Singapore's Banning Of Doco's Not Limiting Creativity? <http://discontents.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/singapores-banning-of-docos-not-limiting-creativity/>
by Discontents
While the developmental arm of the MDA needs to be encouraging creativity, skills, and story-telling techniques that can sell, the regulatory arm appears to be sending a clear message about the limits of how 'expressive' filmmakers are able to be.
/Just going off on a tangent here, I don't see how 'creativity' is limited. In fact, 'creativity' exists because of limitations. Not that limiting the freedom of expression is even close to a good thing, but, to me, these are two different issues./

**** Rail Service To Give Airlines A Run For Their Money <http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/23/business/17459544&sec=business>
by The Star
Should the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail project goes as planned, it is expected to challenge the market share of airlines. The question is, by how much?

**** Singapore Politics... When To Let Go? <http://gin4u.blogspot.com/2007/04/singapore-politics-when-to-let-go.html>
by Musings Of A Wo(a)ndering Soul
The main problem in Singapore politically is that people /fail/ to separate the civil service from the politicians.

**** Singapore Day 2007 @ NYC <http://taitong.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/singapore-day-2007-nyc/>
by Simple-Tong
We started off the day late, and encountered the first national past time: queueing!

**** Singapore Day 2007 @ NYC Part 2 <http://taitong.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/singapore-day-2007-nyc-part-2/>
by Simple-Tong
The songs are cheesy, but I still like them.
/My generation grew up listening to these cheesy songs every August. :-)/

**** A Bit Of Singapore In NYC <http://theendlessrambling.blogspot.com/2007/04/bit-of-singapore-in-nyc.html>
by Endless Rambling
If I have an opportunity to move to NYC, wild horses wouldn't be able to drag me back to Singapore. =P

**** UnkReads - Lost Roads <http://unkster.blogspot.com/2007/04/unkreads-lost-roads.html>
by Unkster
Her's a very poetic, literary style, preganant with romantic recollection and intimate imagery. Weaving in, at the same time, a slice of history and a touch of real-life conversation. Certainly not your everyday coffee-table book prose.

**** Customer Service <http://blurduo.blogspot.com/2007/04/customer-service.html>
by Eeps And Weexy's Journal
The next time you receive the bill with the 10% service charge, ask yourself if it's ever worth that much.

**** Healing Broken POWs <http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21600217-3102,00.html>
by Matthew Fyness-Clinton, The Courier-Mail
With her spryness and palpable capacity for caring, Margaret Hamilton, notwithstanding her 91 years, remains the archetypal wartime nurse.

**** Black Spots No More <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/184667.asp>
by Leong Wee Keat, Today
68 <accident-prone> locations were identified and made safer, cutting down drastically the number of accidents in these areas.
The <Land Transport Authority> did this by installing red light camera, changing traffic light timings and resurfacing roads to slow down vehicles.

**** Quality Content Doesn't Come Cheap <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/184649.asp>
by Mike Reynolds, StarHub, Today
Removing the ability of a content owner to offer exclusive rights in a market will reduce its ability to achieve the best return for its asset in that market.
/In general, I agree wholeheartedly. Sports is an entertainment, a luxury item. Don't waste our government resources in regulating luxury items./

**** MM: My Job To Look After Those Who Built Nation <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:6a29fba2f6a12110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times
Minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew had this message for Singaporeans who did the hard and dirty work to build the nation: I am here to look after you.
'I do not beleive 50 per cent of Singaporeans can emigrate,' he said at the Young People's Action Party dialogue at the St James Power Station nightspot. 'So as a government, and personally for me and my colleagues, my responsibility is to look after those who cannot migrate.'
/Big deal, I would say. 50 per cent &mdash; I suspect it's more &mdash; is the majority of Singaporeans. A government, at its basic requirement, must of couse look after the interest of the majority. The yardstick to differentiate between a good government and a great government is how well the minorities' interests are also looked after. Here, I suspect our current government falls short of other first-world nations./

**** Sending Wrong Message On Bring Your Own Bag <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:545d83729b912110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Gloria Seow Ai Woon, Straits Times
It was apparent <the cashier at FairPrice Toa Payoh> did not know the purpose of the BYOB campaign, and was instead trying to 'sell' plastic bags to her customers.

**** Singapore Needs A Council Of Elders <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/184646.asp>
by Dharmendra Yadav, Today
The Council of Elders will become an effective and independent second-level check for sensitive or important issues before parliament. IN this way, these senior leaders are also empowered to continue to add value to our law-making process, even after their retirement.
/The flip-side, of course, is that these "elders" will have a strong bias for maintaining the status quo. It is human tendency not to change, and they can make strong arguments along the line that 'it has worked in the past, it should work in the future.'/

**** Danish Citizen Responds To MM Lee's "Mediocre Government" Comment <http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/danish-citizen-responds-to-mm-lees-mediocre-government-comment.html>
by Gregory Glen, This Lush Garden Within
Both countries' positions as globally competitive economies and high-achieving societies have been attained against the backdrop of low corruption levels, and high levels of trust between citizens and government, and seemingly despite high taxes and comprehensive welfare states. This has not required stratospheric levels of remuneration of government leaders and officials.

**** Stop Using Computer Analogies <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/152562.html>
by Mollymeek
Dear MM Lee, perhaps you would like to consider acquiring a sense of proportion.

The Shuffe by MyAppleMenu
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**** El Diablo <http://www.brokenteeth.com/disc_botr.aspx>
by Broken Teeth
Click here to listen <http://www.brokenteeth.com/media/El%20Diablo.mp3>.