[MyAppleMenu] Apr 10, 2009

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Tidy Up 2.0 Adds Almost 50 New Features <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=43d178a3fecfd3d4ed4e4eb16d02f14a>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Tidy Up has been update with a new user interface and the ability to exclude any supported applications from a search, among other changes.

**** Pocket God Weekly Update Hindered By Apple's Review Process <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/J35sRgWITKA/pocket-god-weekly-update-hindered-by-apples-review-process.ars>
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica

Apple's opaque review process has long been an issue for iPhone developers. With unclear guidelines and fortune-cookie-like rejection notices, developers often have to guess as to what they did wrong in order to remedy their submissions. Bolt Creative, the maker of the wildly successful Pocket God recently found itself at the receiving end of a cryptic rejection. 

**** Apple To Disable .Mac Website Tools In July <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/09/apple_to_disable__mac_website_tools_in_july.html>
by AppleInsider

MobileMe subscribers using legacy .Mac website tools have been warned by Apple that the .Mac Groups and HomePage features will be discontinued in July, leaving existing pages live but taking away the ability to edit or update them.

**** Tip: You Can Turn On An iPhone's WiFi While In Airplane Mode <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/zjXXsLC54HM/tip-you-can-turn-on-an-iphones-wifi-while-in-airplane-mode.ars>
by David Chartier, Ars Technica

ouT can easily turn on an iPhone's Airplane Mode, then turn WiFi back on. 

**** Ambrosia Updates WireTap Studio, Snapz Pro, WireTap Anywhere <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ef36ec271a8834f8f0e5414e7c66892e>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Ambrosia Software released updates to three of its applications to add compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5.7.

**** Review: iStat For iPhone <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=26bc93ce47eb85c5fdb5d66065819043>
by James Savage, Macworld

iStat displays data about your iPhone. But its true value comes when you pair it with the free iStat Server for the Mac to get remote access to your Mac's statistics.

**** When iPhone Pushes, Text Message Fees Fall <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tidbits_main/~3/P9v6lPnLMhg/10203>
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS:

**** The Microsoft Discount <http://www.macworld.com/article/139945/2009/04/microsoft_discount.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Miller, Macworld

Forget the “Apple tax”—maybe PCs cost less because Windows is worth less.

**** The Good Blogs Explorer For iPhone <http://www.macworld.com/article/139870/2009/04/thegoodblogs.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Ben Boychuk, Macworld

**** Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/139892/2009/04/cc_red_alert3.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Chris Holt, Macworld

When many developers are foregoing storytelling, originality, and creativity in designing their games, the well-cast cut scenes, bizarre unit types, and the weird storyline of the Red Alert series offers the strategy world a refreshing change.

**** Apple Begins Countdown To 1 Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded <http://www.macworld.com/article/139949/2009/04/onebillion.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

First, you have to be amazed that people have downloaded one billion applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Second, you can win some cool stuff if you download an app between now and the time that Apple reaches the one billion mark.

**** iTunes Price Changes Hurt Some Rankings <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i7917210cb575a9b91b4543e3d671922a>
by Glenn Peoples, Billboard

Two days after the Apple iTunes Music Store raised prices on some individual tracks, there was evidence the price increases have hurt the sales rankings of songs given the higher $1.29 price.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Finding Pages From Browser History <http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22417/>
by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review

A new tool aims to make a web browser's history more useful.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Pairing Wine With Chinese Food <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/arts/11iht-chinwine.html?_r=1>
by Jen Linliu, New York Times

On a recent Tuesday evening, I gathered a group of eight wine and Chinese cuisine experts in my courtyard kitchen in central Beijing to taste a broad range of 10 Chinese dishes with eight wines. The goal was to test the common perception that it’s challenging — or downright impossible — to pair wines with Chinese cuisine.

**** Pianist Gould Foresaw Tech Role In Music <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik6-2009apr06,0,1861405.column>
by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

This week marks 45 years since Glenn Gould made his last public performance. He preferred to offer recordings that someday, he wrote, could be altered by the listener in different ways.



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**** Who Should Take The Rap For Geylang Serai Food Poisoning? <http://wayangparty.com/?p=7582>
by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party

**** Speak For Those Who Do Not Have A Voice <http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2009/04/speak-for-those-who-do-not-have-voice.html>
by Tan Kin Lian

**** Swinging Reform Party To The Center - Kenneth Jeyaratnam Enters The Political Fray <http://antineodem.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/swinging-reform-party-to-the-center-kenneth-jeyaratnam-enters-the-political-fray/>
by The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist

The surprised entrance of Kenneth Jeyaratnam into Singapore’s rather bleak opposition scene presents a fresh air into Singapore’s political scene.

**** Family Seeks Clarifications On NTU Student's Death <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/421437/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

The family of David Widjaja, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student who fell to his death on campus last month after allegedly stabbing his lecturer, is in Singapore to seek clarification from the authorities on several matters.

**** Are You Aware Of AWARE? <http://thinkingbetterthinkingmeta.blogspot.com/2009/04/are-you-aware-of-aware.html>
by Sam's Thoughts

The Straits Times is interesting. They do their snoops but leave the "reading" to their readers. They mentioned Jenica Chua, Angela Thiang, Claire Nazar and Alan Chin in the article. For those who have followed the news, these individuals have contributed their (conservative) views in the S377A debate in 2007.

I have no idea how AWARE works, but it is definitely interesting to know what plans they have in store for Singapore - women, children and men, of different backgrounds and identities.

**** Son Of Singapore's Late Opposition Icon Enters Politics <http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/545714/International/2/20/2>
by AFP

British-trained economist Kenneth Jeyaretnam, 50, told AFP he had been approached to join other parties but decided going with the Reform Party was the right thing to do.

**** Gays Now Facing A Backlash From Their Own Doing? <http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2009/04/gays-now-facing-backlash-of-its-own.html>
by Where Bears Roam Free

For now, it appears that some women (maybe some men behind the scene too) have taken over an institution to counter the gay movement. Only time will tell what this development will lead us to.

**** The Borg Take Over AWARE At AGM <http://ovidiayu.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-borg-have-taken-over-aware/>
by Writing-Yoga-Living

Now I understand why these new committee members (& the NMPs they support) were writing paranoid letters & scaremongering about people’s hidden agendas & plans to force the majority to live by rules of a vocal minority…

**** Not Secular Feminists But Sectarian Fundamentlists: And They'll Come For You Too <http://www.glass-castle.org/issue20editorial.html>
by Glass Castle

It is sad that it should come to this, but Constance Singam and the rest of the AWARE ‘old guard’ should take heart: there is a way forward. Disassociate publicly from the new AWARE. Set up a new organisation. State clearly, without hedging, and without obfuscation, what you stand for: secular feminism, including abortion rights, equality for LGBTQ people, and freedom from oppressive gender roles. Put it in your constitution this time, and make it a habit to stand up for what you believe in, in the loudest, clearest, most principled possible terms, whenever the opportunity arises. Be transparent about your values, and accountable – including, yes, to queer women (more on this below). Learn from this mistake and it won’t happen again. It might even be better this time.

**** Fruit Machines A Hit With Kids <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_362072.html>
by Amelia Tan, Straits Times

Principals and the Health Promotion Board (HPB) say the appeal of machine-dispensed fruit lies in the attractive packaging it comes in.

Doesn't sound like this is environmental friendly.