[MyAppleMenu] Oct 24, 2009

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**** Zed’s Dead, Baby. Zed’s Dead. <http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/23/zfs>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Apple’s official project to port ZFS to Mac OS X has been canned.

**** Herd Mentality <http://daringfireball.net/2009/10/herd_mentality>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

It’s the same herd mentality that led to the rash of Apple needs to get in the “netbook” game punditry that I claim-checked earlier this week. I could have linked to a dozen others. The argument, though, is the same: everyone else is making netbooks, so Apple should, too. Why? Because everyone else is.

**** IPhoto '09 Faces Bug Awaits Apple Update <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tidbits_main/~3/f4PE3LSeGEM/10677>
Doug McLean, TidBITS

Users find that, upon attempting to find other matches for a particular face, spinning progress arrows appears next to the text, "X may also be in the photos below." For most affected users, no matches are ever made, and the arrows continue to spin. In some cases, after an inordinate amount of time, iPhoto returns a random group of off-the-wall suggested matches.

**** UBS Speculates On Hidden Agenda In Nokia Patent Dispute <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=f24b18d27e0e17808a06dc879f74836f>
MacNN

Following news of Nokia's patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, UBS analyst Maynard Um suggests the possibility of a hidden agenda. The case -- involving Nokia patents on technology ranging from 3G to Wi-Fi and GSM -- could be a preemptive strike in order to avoid possible infringement issues with soon-to-be-released Nokia phones, many of which contain multi-touch capabilities similar to Apple's own.

**** OmniDiskSweeper Helps You Track Down Where All Your Disk Space Went <http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/23/friday-favorite-omnidisksweeper-helps-you-track-down-where-all/>
TJ Luoma, TUAW

**** Apple Gets To Fly Banner, Despite Rules <http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/10/23/apple_gets_to_fly_banner_despite_rules/>
Stephanie Ebbert, Boston Globe

The mayor’s campaign treasurer acknowledged this week that he called the Boston Redevelopment Authority two years ago about the permitting process for a massive iPod banner ad along the Southeast Expressway, an outsize display that Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s administration ultimately endorsed, despite its usual discouragement of new billboards.

**** How An Original iPod Ended Up In London’s Science Museum <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/uMRmeob4jn4/19504>
Nicole Martinelli, Cult of Mac

Today is the 8th birthday of the iPod and yes, though it hasn’t reached even a decade of life, it’s already the object of several museum exhibits.

**** SheepShaver Brings Classic Mac OS To Snow Leopard <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tidbits_main/~3/yJ5YoiF8KkE/10679>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

**** Bugs & Fixes: Font Duplicate Misadventures <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=0ef238b3d5e5e667c0bb54ae284f0a0b>
Ted Landau, Macworld

**** The iPod Turns Eight Years Old <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=06d09e888dce492f246090c5fb689321>
Scott McNulty, Macworld

**** New 27-inch iMac <http://computershopper.com/desktops/reviews/apple-imac-27-inch>
Computer Shopper

While some all-in-one desktops have come close to besting the iMac in certain areas, none has been able to beat Apple’s flagship desktop on both levels. Factor in the new Magic Mouse, and a beautiful LCD with more real estate than anything this side of a $1,000 monitor, and Apple has cemented the iMac’s reputation as the all-in-one to beat.

**** NASA Releases App <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AppAdvice/~3/MVbTyyHw7_I/>
Eric Norwood, App Advice

This is the first app from the United States space program for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It gives users direct access to up-to-date space mission content, NASA mission updates, images, and video links.

**** Inside the App Economy <http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_44/b4153044881892.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech>
Douglas MacMillan, Peter Burrows and Spencer E. Ante, BusinessWeek

It's easy to shrug off the kooky world of apps. The bite-size software programs people load onto their mobile phones or tap into on the Web seem mostly to be silly games and pointless novelties. But look past the beer-drinking apps and flatulence programs and you'll see something significant taking shape: a bustling app economy that's creating new fortunes for entrepreneurs and changing the way business gets done.

**** Apple's 'Free Ride' On Nokia May Cost $1b <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/24/2723042.htm?section=justin>
Reuters

Apple faces the possibility of having to pay the world's top cellphone maker Nokia up to $US1 billion ($1.08 billion) for the technologies used in iPhones sold so far if it loses a lawsuit brought by Nokia, analysts said.

**** Finger Painting <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102303848.html?wprss=rss_print/style>
Dan Zak, Washington Post

Finger painting used to be the province of the preschooler. Now adults do it. Doodlers do it. Serious artists do it, like pop art master David Hockney. They do it -- as we do nearly everything these days -- with an iPhone application. "Brushes," which allows users to paint on the white digital canvas of an iPhone screen or iPod Touch using their fingertips, hit the app store in August 2008. Sales soared earlier this year after artist Jorge Colombo designed the New Yorker's June 1 cover art using the application.



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**** The Poetic Gaze <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/24/tony-harrison-speech-pen-pinter>
Tony Harrison, Guardian

Statues are one of the ways I try to test the traditions of European culture against the most modern destructive forces. I often make a point of seeking them out and have used them as mouthpieces in my film poetry, as with Heinrich Heine in The Gaze of the Gorgon.

**** 'Dracula: The Un-Dead' By Dacre Stoker And Ian Holt <http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/features/books/~3/yVSPDvGZRKM/la-ca-dacre-stoker25-2009oct25,0,1886829.story>
Leslie S. Klinger, Los Angeles Times

Although billed as a sequel, it's not really. But what it is is a tale that pushes the story in unexpected directions while remaining true to the dark heart of the Transylvanian vampire-king.

**** Slaughterhouse Live <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b0bc3386d90de5e31e2dbc35ab136bf6>
Alex WIlliams, New York Times

For some diners, belonging to a farm co-op or buying groceries from a greenmarket is no longer enough. Taking concepts like nose-to-tail eating a step further, a new generation of carnivores is learning to butcher, and in some cases, slaughter their own animals — think of it as do-it-yourself meat.



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**** I Am Singaporean Vol. 3, I – On Apathy <http://sturmdesjahrhunderts.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/i-am-singaporean-vol-3-i-on-apathy/>
Die Neue Welle

The reason why self-centredness finds its expression in political engagement is that people believe that they can make a difference. As long as we never have this impression that we can make a difference, then apathy is here to stay.

**** MFA Says Singapore's CSO Rep To ASEAN Dialogue "No Substitute" <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1013340/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has responded to media queries on the statement from the organisers of the ASEAN Peoples' Forum/ASEAN Civil Society Conference that it was "shocked" to learn that Singapore had selected "substitutes from government-sponsored agencies" to the Informal Dialogue with ASEAN Leaders.

The ministry referred to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phuket in July, where it was agreed that each ASEAN member would choose its own civil society organisation (CSO) representative for the Informal Dialogue with ASEAN Leaders at the 15th ASEAN Summit.

**** Buyers Feeling The Squeeze <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2009/10/24/columnists/insightdownsouth/4966742&sec=insightdownsouth>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

As foreigners with PR status compete with young Singaporeans for public housing, impacting also on private development projects, prices rise and the government limits the entry of foreign arrivals.

**** The Not-So-Great Perks Of Singaporean Citizenship <http://givemesometruth.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/the-not-so-great-perks-of-singaporean-citizenship/>
Alastair Su, Gimme Some Truth!

**** Singapore Group Learns From Md. Students <http://www.wbaltv.com/education/21405732/detail.html>
WBALTV.com

A delegation of educators from Singapore is looking to Maryland schools for help in developing a character education program.

Maryland has gotten high marks for its school-based character education programs that encourage academic and cultural understanding.

**** 花样蟹馔 本地开创超过30道！ <http://www.zaobao.com/fk/fk091024_005.shtml>
张曦娜, 联合早报

可戏法人人会变，巧妙各有不同，不论是辣椒螃蟹或黑胡椒螃蟹，其实各家餐馆这些年来已变化出各种不同的风味。目前新加坡每一家海鲜餐馆做这两道螃蟹料理时，都说有自制酱料或秘方烹调，味道非比一般，至于哪家水准高还真考老饕的味蕾。

**** Singapore's Lee Says China, India To Rival US In This Century <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=ar_qG0k1oALI>
Peter S. Green, Bloomberg

The U.S. may have less than a half- century left as the dominant global economic power before it will share top billing with China and India, former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said in an interview.

**** Obama To Meet Singapore' Lee Kuan Yew <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h1XDKfQ93PEPQkc8XSkey1kGkblQ&usg=AFQjCNEIG1AUtF4DSHggynqn1xQgkSxu6w>
AFP

President Barack Obama will meet Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew next week, the White House said Friday, as the US leader gears up for his first official visit to Asia.

**** Singapore Bets On Casino Gambling <http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2009/gb20091023_733471.htm>
Frederik Balfour, BusinessWeek

The government hopes to boost tourism with two new casinos but will try to keep local gambling in check by charging Singaporeans a steep admission.

**** Asean Inaugurates Human Rights Commission <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F10%2F24%2Fworld%2Fasia%2F24asean.html&usg=AFQjCNHbUWqifaUPajfz_yJevw-IBPbejQ>
Thomas Fuller, New York Times

Southeast Asian governments inaugurated their first human rights commission on Friday in what they hailed as a milestone for a region ruled by governments as diverse as the thriving democracy in Indonesia, the hermetic communist regime in Laos and the repressive military dictatorship in Myanmar.

But human rights activists called the body toothless and walked out of a meeting here Friday when “civil society” representatives from five countries were rejected by their governments.

**** Employers Urged To Adopt Fair Wage System For Older Workers <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1013477/1/.html>
Saifulbahri Ismail/Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia

Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong has urged companies to adopt a fair and equitable stance in dealing with workers' wages when they turn 60. Mr Gan said employers should not simply reduce salaries by the maximum 10 per cent permitted by the law.




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