[MyAppleMenu] Apr 6, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Life In A Time Capsule <http://ssaidoor.com/2008/04/05/life-in-a-time-capsule/>
by Sameer Aidoor, Ctrl.Alt(ered).Mind

**** When iPhones Go Missing <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120736089661691849.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
by Wall Street Journal
Smuggling iPhones has become a lucrative, if legally qustionable, way for traveling students and flight attendants to earn a bit of extra cash.
Perhaps it's no coincidence that iPhones, perennially sold out at Apple's Manhattan stores, are in stock in Buffalo. Manhattan is full of tourists armed with strong euros, rubles and Brazilian reasis. Few of them visit cities in upstate New York.

**** WSJ's Mossberg Says 3G iPhone Due In 60 Days <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/05/wsjs_mossberg_says_3g_iphone_due_in_60_days.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Kindle Helps Tiny Ebook Market <http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2270886,00.html>
by Associated Press

**** In Web World Of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/technology/06sweat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Matt Richtel, New York Times
This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Frisky Business <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2008/04/06/frisky_business/>
by Shawn Peters, Boston Globe
Many people will tell you that a hotel room is just a place to sleep while on a trip, but I beg to differ. That's because I'm a big believer in the virtues of "hotel sex," and while I can't put my finger on exactly why, I know it's a phenomenon that exists for many, if not most, couples.

**** No Appetite For Noise <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102210.html>
by Tom Sietsema, Washington Post
As measured by the sound-level meter I'm carrying, the noise in the restaurant averages about 86 decibels &mdash; the equivalent of truck traffic on a busy street, or a lawn mower.
BON APPETIT!

**** Aging Gracefully <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303322.html>
by Judith Viorst, Washington Post
Lindbergh has lived long enough to understand that "terrible things can happen to anyone." She also lived long enough to have learned that "dailiness outlasts despair."

**** Taking Women Off The Shelf <http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,2271290,00.html>
by Rachel Cooke, Guardian
The work that Virago began, then, goes on, and so do the classics - though if, in writing that last sentence, I have made the books sound too earnest for their own good, I am sorry. Whatever else they are fo, they are there for our delectation.

**** The Need To Share A Dark Secret <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7328708.stm>
by Julian Joyce, BBC News
Experts say it is not unusual for genuine criminals to make apparently unforced confessions, for a variety of motives.

**** 'I'm On The Plane... The PLANE' <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7330850.stm>
by Clive James, BBC News
Plane journeys are to be endured rather than enjoyed at the best of times. Now imagine your fellow passengers yapping away into their mobile phones.

SingaporeSurf
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**** FM Yeo Tells China, Singapore Opposes Attempts To Politicise Olympics <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/339719/1/.html>
by Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia
Foreign minister George Yeo has told China that Singapore is opposed to any attempts to politicse the Olympic Games.
/Just a reminder: Singapore did boycotted the 1980 summer games./

**** Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, The Greatest And Most Patrotic PM We'll Ever Get <http://bytemuncher.blogspot.com/2008/04/abdullah-ahmad-badawi-greatest-and-most_06.html>
by ShadowFOx's Hideout
Let's face it. Singapore cannot and will not be able to continue its independence in its current state for decades to come. It is too small, and it still has problems retaining and attracting talents. It is too rooted in elitist chauvinistic Confucian mindsets. In short, Singapore is a land of Chinese pariahs. Elitist Chinese pariahs who could never progress beyond the little box that their minds are locked in. It will have trouble competing with its neighbors sooner or later, either due to labor costs or talent wise.

**** The Mathematics Of Elections 2 <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-861.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
The data from the last 4 general elections support my thesis that GRCs have a homogenising effect on election results. The scheme therefore reduces diversity in political representation and effectively disenfranchises a significant number of voters who cast their votes for opposition candidates.

**** Playing The Complacency Game <http://www.insanepoly.com/blog/?p=510>
by Insane Polygons
So next election, when the MIWs will tell you how they have all the solutions to our problems and how they will take care of you, don't be complacent.

**** Very Poor Service By The Straits Times <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/04/very-poor-service-by-straits-times.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
The article is just doing a very bad job of subliminal persuasion, that is all. MM Lee will be very disappointed with the Straits Times.

**** It's Monday Morning Blues With 5 New ERP Gantries <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_224338.html>
by Tan Dawn Wei, Straits Times

**** Football Fans Bear Brunt Of Pay-TV Battle <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_224347.html>
by Wang Meng Meng, Straits Times
The Media Development Authority (MDA) has said it wil not intervene even though fans have to dig deeper into their pockets for pay-TV subscriptions to matches such as the English Premier League and Champions League.
This comes as pay-TV powerhouse StarHub and SingTel's fledgling mio TV battle it out for football telecast rights.

**** Lee Weng Chat <http://theorynow.blogspot.com/2008/04/lee-weng-chat.html>
by Mark Cameron Boyd: Theory Now

**** Let's Start Playing 'Pass The Parcel' And Banning Films! <http://rachelabsinthe.multiply.com/journal/item/250/Lets_start_playing_Pass_the_Parcel_and_banning_films_>
by Princess From The Planet Of Venupitarius

**** When In Doubt - Blame The Guards <http://tigertang.multiply.com/journal/item/482/When_in_Doubt_-_Blame_the_Guards_>
by Li's Site
I'm finally learning that it's utterly helpless to try and discuss one of the least pleasent quirks of our national culture - namely the taking of personal responsbility.

**** Trees In T3 Dying? <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,161322,00.html?>
by Tay Shi'an, New Paper
Barely three months after the terminal's grand opening, the hundred Chiense fan palm trees are looking a little under the weather. Dozens of them have drooping and brown leaves.

**** Prosperity First, Life Second <http://miyagi.sg/2008/04/prosperity-first-life-second/>
by My Very Own Glob

**** Why The Film Act Should Be Trashed <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-860.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
The Film Act should be abolished. It has been overtaken by technology, but more importantly, it serves no legitimate govermental purpose.