[MyAppleMenu] Mar 2, 2009

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Why I Switched From A BlackBerry Pearl To An iPhone <http://blogs.computerworld.com/why_i_switched_from_a_blackberry_pearl_to_an_iphone>
by Mike Elgan, Computerworld

Sure, the iPhone's battery life is still horrible. And many of the original flaws still exist. But the quality of apps, the user experience, from browsing the App Store to installing to using applications on the iPhone is so good that I was compelled to give up my Pearl.

Microsoft may have put a computer on every desk, but it is the iPhone that had put a computer in every pocket.

**** Local University Goes Green With Apple <http://www.gottabemobile.com/2009/03/01/local-university-goes-green-with-apple/>
by GottaBeMobile.com

**** iPhone's Misplaced Decline Button? <http://shawnblanc.net/2009/03/iphone-misplaced-decline-button/>
by Shawn Blanc

iPhone offers two different locations to touch in order to answer an incoming call. If answering from a locked-screen state, you touch the bottom-left corner and slide to the right; if answering from a non-locked-screen state you touch the bottom-right corner.

**** Apple: Eight iPhone Annonyances <http://seekingalpha.com/article/123410-apple-eight-iphone-annoyances>
by Gerg Kumparak, Seeking Alpha

We’ve been using the iPhone for just a few months shy of two years now, and a few things that once seemed trivial have come to drive us up the wall. You’ll find no mention of the glaring faults (The lack of MMS, Copy and Paste, etc) in this list - we’re talking about the stuff that we just can’t believe made it through Apple’s user experience team.

**** Apple Is Definitely &quot;Thinking Ahead&quot; <http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2009/03/01/apple-is-thinking-ahead/>
by Kim Cofino, Always Learning

If I wasn’t already convinced that Apple is the best choice for education, I certainly would be now.

**** Ars Reviews iLife '09: Making The Cut With iMovie And iPhoto <http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/03/ilife-09-review-imovie-iphoto.ars>
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

More demanding users will not likely be satisfied with the all the improvements. The new or casual user, however, will most likely be pretty impressed with the results they can achieve with a minimum of fuss, all with an interface that stresses results but allows for play and experimentation.

**** Does Japan Really Hate The iPhone? <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/mar/02/apple-iphone>
by Bobbie Johson, The Guardian

All that's clear is that while the iPhone might not be a strong player in Japan's mobile culture – and with no support for emoticons, no built-in TV, no multimedia messaging it's not a surprise - it seems that plenty of Japanese people like it well enough.

Not as exciting, but probably a bit more realistic.

**** Review: Painter 11 <http://www.macworld.com/article/139094/2009/03/painter11.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Lesa Snider King, Macworld

Corel delivers 40 new brushes, tool enhancements, and a tidier interface.

**** Cover Flow In Safari Is A Winner <http://www.macworld.com/article/139095/2009/03/safaricoverflow.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Having a visual way of seeing the sites I visit is a huge time saver, especially when you add in the ability to search your history.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Sleuthing Software Can Reassemble Deleted Photos <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/business/01novel.html?_r=1&ref=technology>
by Anne Eisenberg, New York Times

One day, this software may be useful not only in its consumer applications, restoring snapshots that have accidentally been erased, but also in recovering deliberately deleted images that might provide evidence in cases of corporate spying or child pornography.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** One-Way Ticket To Mars <http://www.searchmagazine.org/Archives/Back%20Issues/2009%20January-February/full-mars.html>
by James C. McLane III, Search

Our best hope to reach the red planet might be to send just one person there ... forever.

**** Don't Worry, Bedtime's Safe With The Lads <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/arts/television/01stan.html?ref=arts>
by Alessandra Stanley, New York Times

Everything changes on television, except late night.

**** Contemplating The New Physicality Of Cinema <http://www.believermag.com/issues/200903/?read=article_leigh>
by C.S. Leigh, The Believer

Mourning the death of the fetid, human way we used to interact with movies.

**** Hawkins Stable <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/03/09/090309po_poem_valentine>
by Jean Valentine, The New Yorker

**** Contemplation <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/03/09/090309po_poem_rootbernstein>
by Meredith Root-Bernstein, The New Yorker

**** The Background Hum <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/02/23/090223fa_fact_zalewski?currentPage=all>
by Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker

Ian McEwan's art of unease.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Dismayed At A Straits Times' Reader's Deprecating Attitude Towards Singaporeans And The Rule Of Law <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=2372>
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

This is blatant insensitivity towards Singaporeans who are struggling to make a living and who find themselves competing against a horde of unskilled foreign labour due to an inability of the authorities to properly enforce existing regulation.

**** The Illusion Of Chasing Internet Credibility <http://wayangparty.com/?p=5716>
by The Wayang Party Club

**** Asean, Armed With New Charter, Remains Far From EU Dream <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aHgEFYFhvQfg&refer=asia>
by Daniel Ten Kate and SHamim Adam, Bloomberg

"Asean's biggest problem is that the individual members haven't been willing to sacrifice for the common good," said Michael Montesano, a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.

**** Reservist Is A Drag <http://pandapo.vox.com/library/post/reservist-is-a-drag.html?_c=feed-atom>
by Ponderings Of A Pandarific Po

I understand and support the theory behind reservist training, but the kind of training we do and the mentality behind it?

**** Asian Summit Edns Without Specific Economic Solutions <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR2009030101275.html?hpid=sec-world>
by Tim Johnston, Washington Post

Southeast Asian leaders concluded a two-day meeting Sunday that was dominated by the search for a coordinated response to the economic crisis but fell short of coming up with specific remedies.

**** Sabah Popular With Singaporeans <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2493134/Article/index_html>
by New Straits Times

Sabah has become a choice destination for those living in Singapore thanks to the global economic downturn which has seen short-haul and regional flights becoming more popular.

**** Orchard Road's Flooded Walkway A Horror <http://yuxiang.sg/2009/03/02/orchard-roads-flooded-walkway-a-horror/>
by Yuxiang's Corner

**** Is Singapore Not Worth Defending? <http://amortal.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/is-singapore-not-worth-defending/>
by A Lesser Mortal

When leaders consider “Welfare as a dirty word” and seriously go about effecting this concept, they cannot and will not be able to attract followers who will be willing to die for them.

Our so-called ‘leaders’ are not natural leaders. They cannot easily command the respect of the people in times of crisis. They can be considered as good administrators and, may be, good technocrats and managers too. But definitely not leaders in the truest sense of the word.

**** ASEAN Rights Push Backfires Over Myanmar: Analysts, Activists <http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/world/03/01/09/asean-rights-push-backfires-over-myanmar-analysts-activists>
by AFP

An attempt by Southeast Asian leaders to prove their commitment to human rights backfired at their weekend summit, mainly due to Myanmar's military junta, analysts and activists said.

**** 旅游展落幕 访客人数和营业额双双下跌 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp090302_504.shtml>
by 陈能端, 联合早报

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**** Unemployment Insurance - The Economic Stabiliser <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/03/unemployment-insurance-the-economic-stabilser/>
by Ravi Philemon, The Online Citizen

**** Seven Months' Jail For A Kiss And A Lick <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2009/yax-996.htm>
by Au Yaipang, Yawning Bread

**** Confess Or We'll Throw 377A At You <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2009/yax-997.htm>
by Au Yaipang, Yawning Bread

377A is being used as a bargaining chip to get a guilty plea.

**** Singapore Student Kills Self After Stabbing Professor <http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-38282820090302>
by Reuters

**** PM Lee Ran Out Of Words To Defend Temasek And GIC <http://wayangparty.com/?p=5794>
by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party Club

Does Mr Lee seriously think he can convince Singaporeans by using the same “long term perspective” argument again and again in a circular manner?

**** Citi Rescue Gives Prince, Singapore Sweeter Terms <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_reilly&sid=aYF1tDEt12Ww>
by David Reilly, Bloomberg

The issue is the conversion terms. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd. and a few other big holders of convertible preferred stock such as former Citigroup Chief Executive Sanford Weill and his family trust could get a better deal than many run-of-the-mill investors who hold regular preferred stock.

**** Exhibition Of Registers Of Electors And Registration Of Overseas Electors <http://www.news.gov.sg/public/sgpc/en/media_releases/agencies/pmo-eld/press_release/P-20090302-1/AttachmentPar/0/file/Press%20release%20for%20RE2009.pdf>
by Elections Department, Singapore Government

The revised Registers of Electors for all 23 Constituencies (14 Group Representation Constituencies and 9 Single Member Constituencies) have been completed and will be exhibited for public inspection from 3 March 2009 to 16 March 2009 at the Elections Department, the Inspection Centres for the respective Constituencies and at nine Overseas Registration Centres. During this period, online checking of the Registers of Electors may also be made via the Elections Department's eServices provided at its website (www.elections.gov.sg).

(Note: Link goes to a PDF document.)