[MyAppleMenu] Jul 17, 2009

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

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**** Simplenote <http://daringfireball.net/2009/07/simplenote>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball

It’s hard for me to imagine how you could get more for $2 than you will by buying Simplenote.

**** iPhone Coverage At 11,000 Feet <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10287759-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Kent German, CNET News.com

**** Autofill And Keeping Podcasts <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=df5220a78b1e65d8c584aef1acd616f9>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** SyncMate 2.0 Capable Of Syncing With Other Macs <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=a37cdadf1c7d44308ecf9fdf3e8dec56>
by MacNN

Eltima has released SyncMate 2.0, used to synchronize data between Macs, Windows Mobile devices and other smartphones.

**** iMovie 8.0.4 Update Fixes Problem With iPhone 3GS Video <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=b8465cd11c90187de9fb606a0b476353>
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld

Besides the all-too-common "this update improves overall stability and fixes a number of other minor issues" note, Apple mentions three specific areas of improvement in the latest update.

**** Nik Software Sharpener Pro Lets You Sharpen Images Creatively <http://www.it-enquirer.com/main/ite/more/sharpener_pro3/>
by Erik Vlietinck, IT.Enquirer

**** App Store Lessons: No Promo Codes For Apps Rated 17+ <http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/16/app-store-lessons-no-promo-codes-for-apps-rated-17/>
by Michael Jones, TUAW

Developers whose apps meet the criteria for a 17+ rating in the App Store are now running into yet another roadblock, but this time it's not about getting their apps approved, it's about distributing them. Or, more specifically, distributing promo codes for them.

**** Mac News Briefs: Salling Media Sync Add Support For Palm Pre <http://www.macworld.com/article/141751/2009/07/salling_media_sync.html>
by Macworld

Also announced: updates to KeyBag and Workamajig.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Rethinking Code Optimization For Mobile And Multicore <http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/rethinking-code-optimization-mobile-and-multicore-505>
by Neil Mcallister, InfoWorld

Artificial intelligence could be the key to building more efficient software for mobile platforms and multicore chips. MilePost is giving it a shot.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Beat America <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/article.html?id=237260>
by Aram Saroyan, Poetry Foundation

What did we learn from Ted Berrigan, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg?

**** Autism As Academic Paradigm <http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i41/41cowenautism.htm>
by Tyler Cowen, The Chronicle Of Higher Education

It turns out that the American university is an environment especially conducive to autistics.

**** I Was A Baby Bulimic <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9d8ee9d9d8fbf8e87e486e5a3a0d9c53>
by Frank Bruni, New York Times

Maybe not baby — toddler bulimic is more like it, though I didn’t so much toddle as wobble, given the roundness of my expanding form. I was a plump infant and was on my way to becoming an even plumper child, a ravenous machine determined to devour anything in its sights. My parents would later tell me, my friends and anyone else willing to listen that they’d never seen a kid eat the way I ate or react the way I reacted whenever I was denied more food. What I did in those circumstances was throw up.

**** Hands or Paws or Anything They Got <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slate/~3/TakFZZa-uN4/>
by Daniel Engber, Slate

Masturbation in the animal kingdom.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Ming Yi Admits Cover-up <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_404287.html>
by Carolyn Quek, Straits Times

Former Ren Ci Hospital chief Ming Yi admitted for the first time in court on Thursday that he helped his former personal aide Raymond Yeung to cover up taking a $50,000 loan. The 47-year-old Buddhist monk said he knew it was wrong but, among other things, he wanted to protect the charity from bad publicity.

**** Singapore Cabbies Dream Of Upturn <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8152279.stm?FORM=ZZNR2>
by Mariko Oi, BBC

It will take much longer for ordinary Singaporeans to feel the miracle recovery.

**** Hougang And Potong Pasir Gets Lift Upgrading <http://xxxhappybellxxx.blogspot.com/2009/07/hougang-and-potong-pasir-gets-lift.html>
by The Box Of Nice Things

**** Typical Movie Experience in Singapore <http://talesovercoffee.blogspot.com/2009/07/typical-movie-experience-in-singapore.html>
by Tales Over Coffee

The first thing you should know about going to the movies in Singapore is that you have to book your seats in advance.

**** NUS People Happy To Pay $4 For Lunch <http://zitseng.com/archives/2200>
by Zit Seng’s Superwall

I think the owners of the Indonesian Panggang stall at the NUS Engineering Canteen have put to practice some good business tips. How can one maximize profits? You may be charging your customers $3 now. But if your customers are happy to pay $4, why not ask them for $4?

**** Flip-Flop On Government’s Position? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/07/flip-flop-on-governments-position/>
by The Online Citizen

**** How Keong Saik Road Developed Into A Red-Light District <http://ivyidaong4.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-keong-saik-road-developed-into-red.html>
by ygblog4

**** Singapore Exhibits Treasure Trove Of Peranakan History <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE56G13O20090717&usg=AFQjCNFgWnj-U0WfD9xAY73h9Het45uiMQ>
by Sugita Katyal, Reuters

This is one exhibition literally studded with glittering nuggets of history.

"Baba Bling: The Peranakans & Their Jewellery," at one level, showcases the unique hybrid culture of the Peranakans, little known outside Southeast Asia, through more than 300 pieces of gold, diamond and even simple metal jewelry. But the exhibition at Singapore's Peranakan Museum also chronicles the fortunes of these descendants of Chinese migrants, from the highs of the Industrial Revolution to the lows of World War Two.

**** June Exports Fall 5.2% <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_404403.html>
by Straits Times

Singapore's exports fell the least in nine months in June, as it emerges from its deepest recession.

**** Censors Refuse To Classify One Nation Under Lee <http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2009/07/censors-refuse-to-classify-one-nation.html>
by Martyn See, Only "Objective" And "Factual" Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans

In a hand-delivered letter, the BFC noted that ONUL contains excerpts from my video Zahari's 17 Years, which has been gazetted as a banned film under Section 35 of the Films Act. As such, the BFC will not classify ONUL.

**** Layoffs Down In Q2, But... <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_404452.html>
by Sue Ann-Chia, Straits Times

Layoffs among unionised companies and the number of workers put on shorter work week have declined drastically in the second quarter of this year.

But it is too soon celebrate as the employment outlook remains uncertain for the second half of the year, labour chief Lim Swee Say said on Friday.

**** Singapore Exports Drop, Show Little Improvement <http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/17/ap6666978.html?FORM=ZZNR5>
by Associated Press