[MyAppleMenu] Dec 26, 2007

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**** Don't Take Your iPhone To A Hot Yoga Class? <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1131>
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com

**** Lawyers With Macs Are Everywhere <http://maclawstudents.com/blog/links/lawyers-with-macs-are-everywhere/>
by Erik Schmidt, Mac Law Students

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Laptop Project Enlivens Peruvian Hamlet <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR2007122400883.html?nav=most_emailed>
by Frank Bajak, Associated Press
Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines fromt he One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.

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**** Heirs Of China's New Elites Schooled In Ancient Values <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR2007122402141.html?nav=most_emailed>
by Maureen Fan, Washington Post
In a borrowed classroom of the provincial Communist Party School, a newly busy philosophy professor addressed 15 well-groomed adult students. His message: Try to have a soul.

**** The Box <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/opinion/25doyle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Roddy Doyle, New York Times

**** A Celebration Of The New Year Ushers In A Bit Of Japan <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/dining/26japa.html?ex=1356325200&en=e84016daa0c97c88&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Julia Moskin, New York Times
Since Mariko Hashimoto arrived from Kyushu in 1987, she has adapted to daily life in New York. She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with lots of garlic.
But at this time of year, Ms Hashimoto said, she feels very Japanese, missing her home in the city of Kumamoto, where her family has a 100-year-old business brewing soy sauce and miso.

**** A Question Of Blame When Societies Fall <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/science/25diam.html?ex=1356238800&en=bca9ab6741597147&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by George Johnson, New York Times
Who or what is to blame when a once-powerful society collapses?

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore's Services Sector Tops The List Of Job Vacancies: MOM <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/319205/1/.html>
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

**** Suntec Shuttle Buses Relocated!? <http://wp.jiinjoo.com/?p=234>
by Ong Jiin Joo

**** Teaching Qualificatio Is Not The Same As Teaching Quality <http://aaron-ng.info/blog/teaching-qualification-is-not-the-same-as-teaching-quality.html>
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
I do not think that quality teaching is necessarily positively correlated with the level of education.

**** Where Have All The (Public) Swimming Pools Gone? <http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2007/12/where-have-all-public-swimming-pools_25.html>
by Good Morning Yesterday
In recent years, many of the older public swimming pools that my generation used to go to when we were young have closed down.

**** Pigeon Feeding At Kampong Glam <http://beheardbeseen.blogspot.com/2007/12/pigeon-feeding-at-kampong-glam.html>
by Be Heard Be Seen

**** Urban Spaces In Singapore <http://www.daletan.com/blog/?p=405>
by daletan.com
They fill the entire space they're on, they're always new and trendy, and they don't interact with the surrounding buildings.

**** Singapore, Taiwan Trade Barbs Over U.N. Referendum <http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTP20930520071226>
by Reuters
Singapore and its close informal ally Taiwan traded barbs this week over a Taiwan referendum asking voters about United Nations membership, with Singapore calling the move "provocative" and "irresponsible."

**** How To Make Singapore Look More Tech-Savvy Than It Really Is <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-make-singapore-look-more-tech.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
"The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has, in fact, been including every residential phone line in its 'dial-up internet subscription' figures, The Straits Times understands."

**** Surge In Mideast Travellers To Singapore Likely Next Year <http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Tourism_and_Travel/10177389.html>
by Cleofe Maceda, Gulfnews
The number of Middle Eastern travellers to SIngapore is likely to grow more than 49 per cent in 2008 as the contry becomes increasingly known as a family-friendly destination, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said.

**** Singapore And Starbucks <http://cdnrunnergal.blogspot.com/2007/12/singapore-and-starbucks.html>
by Runner Leana
9 Starbucks in a 2 mile stretch along Orchard Road. These folks must really need their caffeine!

**** Council Needs Counselling <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2007/12/singapores-public-transport-council-ptc.html>
by Singapore Life And Times
Frankly, whether the fare is too low is no business of the PTC.
/The problem is that because of the various rules and regulations imposed on ComfortDelgro and SMRT in exchange for granting them the monopoly of operating so-called basic public transport service, there are rules and regulations preventing others from eating into their monopoly, including government-imposed price differentiation./
/To make the market more open and freer, the government will have to take bold steps to transform the public transport sector. Unfortuantely, the government doesn't seem to be willing to take them./

**** Public Sector's Benchmark Pay Includes All Bonuses <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/229130.asp>
by Goh Soon Poh, Public Service Division, Prime Minister's Office, Today
The total annual pay for ministers includes all bonuses, such as the 13th-month payment, the average performance bonus and the GDP bonus.

**** Are Singaporeans Venting Their Frustrations On The Weak? <http://www.mr-endoh.com/singapore/are-singaporeans-venting-their-frustrations-on-the-weak/>
by Endoh Pure Ranting Room
Are our roads seriously laiden with so many rogue taxi drivers?

**** Ang Mo Kio MP's Push For Little Green Buses Pays Off <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/229165.asp>
by Nazry Bahrawi, Today

**** A $2-Million Icon Or Eyesore? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/229164.asp>
by Zul Othman, Today
It is a $2-million addition to the Shenton Way skyline, but some passers-by are not sure what to make of it. It stands on an island at the busy intersection of Finlayson Green, opposite One Raffles Quay, and is a painted steel sculpture known as Momentum.

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**** Northern Line <http://www.secretlycanadian.com/artist.php?name=swearingatmotorists>
by Swearing At Motorists
Click here to listen <http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/northernline1.mp3>.