[MyAppleMenu] Dec 9, 2007

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**** 'Casting For Knowledge <http://www.theindependent.com/stories/12092007/new_podcasting09.shtml>
by Mark Coddington, Grand Island Independent
Increasingly elaborate podcasts are giving several area schools a medium for largely self-directed projects that provide a whole new realm to bring writing, reading and listening skills to life.

**** Will Jonathan Ive Replace Apple's Steve Jobs? <http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/12/08/will-jonathan-ive-replace-apples-steve-jobs/>
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
With nothing new to say and no access to Ive, why run the story at all?

**** One Step From The Top, Essex Boy Who Reached Apple's Core <http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article3019090.ece>
by Chris Ayres, The Times
The designer has come a long way &mdash; from a technophobe at a British polytechnic to being mooted as the US giant's next CEO.

**** Apple Store Opening, 14Th Street, New York <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/12/08/apple-store-opening-14th-street-new-york>
by John Timmer, Ars Technica
Apple has the amazing ability to turn the mudane&mdash;opening a new branch of a store in this case&mdash;into an event.

**** What Did The Professor Say? Check Your iPod <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/business/09novel.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin>
by Ane Eisenberg, New York Times
Students staring at their iPod screens may be taking a break with a music video &mdash; or they may be reviewing a tough chemistry lecture.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Posthumous E-Mail <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09posthumousemail.html?ref=magazine>
by Jeff Stryker, New York Times
A macabre niche in theonline economy is now being filled by web sites that allow users to send e-mail messages from beyond the grave.

**** Crowdware <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09crowdware.html?ref=magazine>
by Scott L Malcomson, New York Times

**** Pay What You Want For This Article <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/music/09pare.html?ex=1354856400&en=ec2f1431937372be&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Jon Pareles, New York Times

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Fatalist <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/Metcalf-t.html?ref=books>
by Stephen Metcalf, New York Times
Single-masterpiece authors tend to divide into two camps: the Eternals (Cervantes, Sterne, Melville), or the world-historical quacks who pack into a single, unyielding wallop; and the Eternal Adolescents (De Quincey, Kerouac, Exley), or burnout cases who pull it together to manufacture a cult clasic. It was Lowry's fate to fall right in between the two.

**** Naughty And Nice <http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/la-tm-barak.30dec9,1,4808461.story?coll=la-headlines-latmagazine&ctrack=1&cset=true>
by Elizabeth Khuri, Los Angeles Times
Melissa Barak, the newest leading dancer of the Los Angeles Ballet, sashays into town with 'The Nutcracker' and&mdash;what else&mdash;a very Hollywood burlesque act.

**** Lame Humor <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120401576.html>
by Gene Weingarten, Washington Post
My supposedly better knee &mdash; the left one &mdash; has suddenly informed me that he is taking charge from now on, and there will be a few changes around here, by cracky.

**** The New New Philosophy <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09wwln-idealab-t.html?ref=magazine>
by Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times
Now a restive contingent of our tribe is convinced that it can shed light on traditional philosophical problems by going out and gathering information about what people actually think and say about our thought experiments.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore So Far <http://njstone9.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!EC59E921DD6738F1!3345.entry>
by Lovely Nick's Space
In Singapore, though the grammar is mostly right, I can hear almost nothing!

**** Singapore Minister Roots For Democratic India <http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14573077>
by Sify.com
Democracy may obstruct India's development, but it also makes the world look at this billion-strong nation differently, with no fear of aggression vis-a-vis China, says SIngapore's minister-mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

**** Where Style Meets Quality <http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2007/12/9/education/19678133>
by Sarah Chew, The Star
NUS law faculty is gearing up to produce a generation of lawyers who are confident and possess cutting-edge knowledge to meet global challenges.

**** How Singapore Stays At The Top Of The Game <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_184968.html>
by Bryan Lee, Straits Times
With its 7.9 per cent grwoth last year, it has been called a developed country growing at developing-nation rates.

**** How Much Is This? And Please Speak In English <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_185023.html>
by Mavis Toh and Shuli Sudderuddin, Straits Times
China workers may be cheaper to hire, but their lack of English is putting off some customers.

**** A TIpping We Should Go <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2007/12/tipping-we-should-go.html>
by Singapore Life And Times
The varying quantum in tips is exactly the factor that should drive service providers to give of their best.