[MyAppleMenu] Feb 20, 2009

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MyAppleMenu
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**** 'There's An App For That' <http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/app_store/theres_an_app_for_that.html>
by Joe Wilcox, eWeek

Apple executives understand exactly what they've got in the platform. Have you noticed the subtle but clear changes in iPhone marketing? The focus has shifted from the device to the applications. The newest ads, with the line, "There's an app for that," are brilliant in their simplicity.

**** FusionFall <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=1023>
by Ted Bade, Inside Mac Games

While the game is easy enough for younger players to understand, it isn’t so watered down that a more mature player won’t find it fun.

**** Flux Brightens Up Your Day By Darkening Your Screen <http://cultofmac.com/flux-brightens-up-your-day-by-darkening-your-screen/8575>
by Giles Turnbull, Cult Of Mac

It automatically adjusts your computer’s monitor brightness according to the time of day and likely lighting conditions.

**** Apple Discontinues 20-Inch Cinema Display, Rumors Ensue <http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/19/apple-discontinues-20-inch-cinema-display-rumors-ensue/>
by Peter Ha, CrunchGear

Just like Apple doesn't sell a 15-inch monitor anymore, does it still make sense to sell a 20-inch model?

**** Confessions Of An iPod Touch Artist <http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2009/02/gallery_brushes>
by Keith Axline, Wired

Last month, French artist and videographer David Lasnier began composing paintings with the Brushes app on his iPod Touch and uploading the artwork to Flickr. The paintings quickly garnered praise and links from commenters and bloggers.

**** App Stores: Will They Kill Developers' Freedom? <http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2009/02/app_stores_a_sl.html>
by Neil McAllister, InfoWorld

If Apple's iTunes App Store becomes the model for software distribution, it could mean bad news for software developers.

**** Has Apple Gone From Brash Upstart To Mainstream Middle Age? <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9128248&source=rss_topic123>
by Dan Turner, Computerworld

Once 'beleaguered' Apple is now blue-chip; beleaguered was more fun.

**** Adobe Acrobat, Reader Vulnerability Affects Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/138943/2009/02/adobe_vulnerability.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Moren, Macworld

Adobe announced on Thursday that they’d found a wee bug in Acrobat and Reader versions 7 through 9. Just a tiny little critical buffer overflow hole that could let a malicious attacker take control of your computer.

**** Fliq Sharing Apps Sends Tasks, Files <http://www.macworld.com/article/138949/2009/02/fliq.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

Fliq lets you exchange contacts, photos and notes with other Fliq users over a network. An iPhone app extends Fliq's usability to the iPhone as well.

**** Untitled Document Syndrome <http://daringfireball.net/2009/02/untitled_document_syndrome>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Everything on your computer is ultimately saved somewhere in the file system. But that doesn’t mean that you want to handle the actual filing by hand for everything.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Universal Power For Mobiles - Now What About Laptops <http://www.whatpc.co.uk/vnunet/comment/2236858/universal-power-mobiles-laptops>
by Iain Thomson, venunet.com

**** How social Media Changes The Way Citizens Talk To Government <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/how_social_medi.html>
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek

**** 7 Technologies That Changed The World <http://www.pcworld.com/article/159892/7_technologies_that_changed_the_world.html>
by Diann Dianiel, CIO.com



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Roe Vs. Wade Vs. My Boyfriend <http://www.nerve.com/PersonalEssays/Bans/Roe-VS-Wade-VS-My-Boyfriend-My-Abortion-Was-No-Big-Deal-Except-To-The-Men-In-My-Life/index.asp?page=1>
by Lauren Bans, Nerve

My abortion was no big deal &mdash; except to the men in my life.

**** What Made The Greeks Laugh? <http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article5759723.ece>
by Mary Beard, The Times

Ancient writers disagree about the exact cause of the mirth, but they agree that Greek laughter was the final straw in driving the Romans to war.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Taxi Drivers More Willing To Flout Rules During Tough Times <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/410261/1/.html>
by Sufian Suderman, Today

As demand for taxi rides falls amid the economic downturn, some cabbies appear to be more willing to flout traffic rules, including the requirement that they pick up and drop off passengers only at taxi stands in the Central Business District (CBD).

**** Parliamentary Elections Possible From May To Nov 2009 <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=2291>
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

Historical experience reveals that there is a time lag of as much as 6 months between the publication of the polling district changes and the release of the committee’s Electoral Boundaries Report which details the number and size of single-member and group representation constituencies.

**** Dearer TV Licences In Japan, But No Fees In Australia <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_340551.html>
by Tham Kwok Keong, Straits Times

I find the selectio of countries by Ms Dorothy Lai of the Media Development Authority (MDA) a weak case to justify what the MDA is charging.

**** Slipperly Slope Arguments Slipperly <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/2009/02/20/WM003701/>
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu

This argument by Miss Rhea Tan in Straits Times is yet another example that demonstrates why one really shouldn't use the slipperly slope argument. Do you really think if SGH waive the fees for one person today, we will see a flood of 'heros' asking for waiver tomorrow?

**** Singapore PM Says Reviewing Financial Regulations <http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUKSIN43696220090219>
by Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters

Singapore is reviewing financial sector regulators to reduce shocks to the system, its prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday.

**** Sense Of Place: Singapore <http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,1880513,00.html>
by Neel Chowdhury, Time

No writer has swallowed all of Singapore, from its stately colonial bungalows to its once opium-infested slums, with the verve and wit of the late J.G. Farrell, whose 1978 saga The Singaproe Grip remains the great Singapore novel.

**** Schools Are The Front Line In The Economic War <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4700128/Schools-are-the-front-line-in-the-economic-war.html>
by Michael Gove, Telegraph

The success of Singapore, and other nations that top the education league tables such as South Korea and Finland, has been driven by reforms that have got the most talented people possible into teaching.

**** 不妨借鉴新加坡 <http://www.ftchinese.com/story.php?storyid=001024777>
by 宋广磊, FT中文网

如果经济恢复政策失败，美国的奥巴马政府和新加坡的行动党政府都会黯然下台，但美国将会依照宪法程序，和平稳定的举行总统选举，在法制框架下实现权力交接；而新加坡则可能出现民众反抗，动摇国家的政治体制。

这个现象正验证经济学上投资收益与风险成同方向变化的规则，追求的收益越大，承担的风险也就越大。所谓一党开明专制本来就是一个过渡性质的形式，它要么走向民主，要么走向专制。一党开明专制就意味着执政党希望长久掌握权力，并通过其理想信念、经济社会发展成绩与不可替代性约束来寻求其合法性，通过向人民“赎买”而不是由人民授予的方式获得政权，这显然缺失人民的主动性和主体性，根据社会发展的趋势，这显然是需要进行改进的一种体制。

**** When Will &quot;Spin&quot;ster Dr. Chua Spin Another Story For Us Again? <http://wayangparty.com/?p=5359>
by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party Club

Unless Singaporeans start to make themselves heard in the public arena such as a protest at Hong Lim Park drawing the attention of the international media, the PAP will never take us seriously and all our online grouses will remain forever, in the words of one Rear-Admiral, “unhelpful comments”.

**** Spice Peranakan: Mesmerized By The Little Nonya <http://ieatishootipost.sg/2009/02/blog-post.html>
by iEat.iShoot.iPost

This little stall in the most unlikely of places is run by a Peranakan family and if you didn't know about them, you would most likely just pass by without trying the food. But then you'd be missing out on some really nice Peranakan food.

**** We Invested $14 Billion In UBS For This? <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/1952-we-invested-14-billion-in-ubs-for-this>
by Singapore Democrats

Either Dr Tan knew about the developments and problems that UBS was facing and chose to ignore them, or he had no clue that trouble was brewing in and around the bank. Which is worse?

**** 车资是否可以“更下一层楼”？ <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp090220_508.shtml>
by 杜艳嫦, 联合早报

一趟车只减两分钱确实太少了……

**** No Change To Casino Rules <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_340811.html>
by Straits Times

Singapore will not consider relaxing rules imposed to curb problem gambling, including a S$100 a day levy on citizens and permanent residents entering the casinos, even as the global slowdown reduces visitor numbers to the country, Singapore Tourism Board's CEO Aw Kah Peng told Bloomberg news in an interview on Thursday.

The PAP still need to gain some votes from the 'conservative' voters after all.

**** On The Right To Vote <http://yawshinleong.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-right-to-vote.html>
by Yaw Shin Leong

**** Fares Lowered For Non-Basic Bus Services <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/410319/1/.html>
by 938 Live

A day after announcements that bus and train fares will go down by 2 cents, SBS Transit and SMRT said they woudl also be cutting fares for their non-basic bus services by up to 20 cents.

**** What A Wonderful World <http://lopsidedsmiley.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-wonderful-world.html>
by Translating Singlish

It's called "Crunchy Time."

**** Singapore Port No Safe Haven In Economic Storm <http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-fri-greising-feb20,0,6955296.column>
by David Greising, Chicago Tribune

On a typical day, more than 500 ships sail in or out of the harbor here, an armada of mercantilism that makes Singapore one of the busiest ports in the world.

These days, though, Singapore stands at the terminus of a commerce parking lot.

**** Singapore A Prisoner Of Its Own Success <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2009/02/singapore-a-prisoner-of-its-own-success.html>
by Blowin' In The Wind

Singapore has to continue to depend on export markets for continued prosperity. In a global downturn, it is helpless.

**** SingTel Brings Google Phone To Asia <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/410364/1/.html>
by Rachel Kelly, Channel NewsAsia

**** Mixed Views On Whether Taxi Fares Should Come Down <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/410420/1/.html>
by Asha Popatlal and Hetty Musfirah, Channel NewsAsia




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