[MyAppleMenu] Jul 27, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** The Apple Retail Experience <http://geeknirvana.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/the-apple-retail-expereince/>
by Geek Nirvana

**** Stephen Fry, Apple And The BBC <http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/07/stephen_fry_apple_and_the_bbc.html>
by Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC
Oh dear, have we been failing to give enough coverage to Apple? Those of you who are frequent visitors to this blog will be aware that every time we do write about Mr Jobs' company, war breaks out between the Macaholics and the rest. The Apple fans accuse us of being insufficiently respectful of the wondrous gifts emanating from the shrine at Cupertino, the non-believers stifle a yawn and complaint hat we give this minor business far more attention than it deserves.
See Also: Dork Talk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/26/iphone.apple>, by Stephen Fry, The Guardian. The BBC's technology site is so afraid of looking as though it "favours" Apple in some way that it has been failing to file legitimate stories for fear of the anti-Apple community, because, believe it or not, there are people out there who think the launch of yet another Nokia or WinMob Apple-a-like should be given equal prominence.

**** Apple Stores Now Open At 8 A.M. To Handle iPhone 3G Demand <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/26/apple_stores_now_open_at_8_a_m_to_handle_iphone_3g_demand.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
All of Apple's US retail outlets are now in a permanent launch mode and will open as much as two hours earlier each day to accomodate the unprecendented demand for the new iPhone. Also, at least some locations are now giving customers rainchecks for the day's iPhone 3G stock.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Blogging's Glass Ceiling <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/fashion/27blogher.html>
by Kara Jesella, New York Times

**** We Never Usd To Have A Telly, SO We'll Live Without A Laptop <http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article4406464.ece>
by Hunter Davies, The Times
Computers have not really changed the world, not the way railways did or penicillin. At their best, they're a tool. Mostly they're a game.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Dark Prophet <http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/07/27/dark_prophet/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Book+reviews>
by Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Paranoia came naturally to Philip K. Dick. Bedeviled by drug abuse, mental illness, and the bill collector, he had good reason to think people might be out to get him.

**** What We're Seeing Is The Creation Of A New Art Form <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/27/ebooks3?gusrc=rss&feed=books>
by Naomi Alderman, The Guardian
There's one simple case for the importance of the ebook reader. It's made by the teetering piles of books around my flat, by the bookshelves two or three deep, adn by the harrowing sifting sessions, sending a few precious volumes to the charity shop to make room for more.

**** Ice Free <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/magazine/27wwln-phenom-t.html>
by Stephan Faris, New York Times
While most of the world sees only peril in the island's meltwater, Greenland's independence movement has explicitly tied its fortunes to the warming of the globe.

**** Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading? <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Motoko Rich, New York Times
Just what it means to read in the digital age.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Of Airports, Nudity And An Insult To Men <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-908.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
It's just typical of Singapore that unexamined biases corrupt policy decision.

**** PAP's Eric Low Says Hougang Remains Under-Served <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/363112/1/.html>
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

**** Speakers Cornered Screens In Public <http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2008/07/speakers-cornered-screens-in-public.html>
by Martyn See, No Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans
/Speakers Cornered/, passed clean by the Board of Film Censors in April, finally received its first public screning yesterday at the Substation Arts Centre.

**** Armed For A Fresh Battle <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/27/focus/20080727081041&sec=focus>
by Nelson Benjamin, The Star
J.B. Jeyaretnam: The executive makes decisions and policies without any consultation with the people. And what is worrying is that there's no check on the executive, partly because Parliament is int he control of the PAP. And even now, with just two opposition members in parliament, Parliament passes laws and abrogates the powers of the court... The courts are not protecting the rights of the citizens. There is this question of freedom of speech in assembly. The constituion grants it, but government says no. Elections in Singapore are not free and clear, as there is no election commission in Singapore. Parliament is no longer a body that is separate, independent and able to control the executive.

**** CNG Car Drivers Run Out Of Patience <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_261774.html>
by Alvin Lim, Straits Times
Their long-suffering gripes: long queues, too few stations too far away, 10 minutes to fill up, up to a two-minute wait between cars, shut down of pumps during thunderstorms, and now, rising CNG prices.

**** The iPhone 3G Has Landed Here <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_261775.html>
by Grace Chng, Straits Times
Loyal iPhone fans have either gone to Hong Kong or asked friends going there to buy the phone for them.
/Turns out the iPhones in Hong Kong are not locked to a particular telco. The price of a no-contract iPhone: S$1,600, or about US$1,200./

**** Who Dare To Cancel National Day Parade? <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl080727_503.shtml>
by Cai Shenjiang, Lianhe Zaobao