[MyAppleMenu] Dec 23, 2010

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** MobileRSS Backs Down, Will Remove Similarities To Reeder <http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/23/mobilerss-reeder-update/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

**** Cherokee, Apple Partner To Put Language On iPhones <http://www.twincities.com/technology/ci_16927162?nclick_check=1>
Murray Evans, Associated Press

Nearly two centuries after a blacksmith named Sequoyah converted Cherokee into its own unique written form, the tribe has worked with Apple to develop Cherokee language software for the iPhone, iPod and—soon—the iPad. Computers used by students—including Lauren—at the tribe's language immersion school already allow them to type using Cherokee characters.

**** DevonNote 2.0 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/746150/review/devonnote_20.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Stuart Gripman, Macworld

**** Unclutter Your Dropbox (Or Any Folder) With Cloak <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/23/unclutter-your-dropbox-or-any-folder-with-cloak/>
TJ Luoma, TUAW

Select the folder or file that you want to show/hide, and check the box next to "Invisible Finder Attribute." Voilà , the file will be hidden in Finder, although you can still access it using the Go » Go to Folder... command.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Really Big Screen <http://www.slate.com/id/2278799/>
Witold Rybczynski, Slate

Video as an architectural element.

**** Blackawton Bees <http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/12/18/rsbl.2010.1056.full>
P. S. Blackawton, S. Airzee, A. Allen, S. Baker, A. Berrow, C. Blair, M. Churchill, J. Coles, R. F.-J. Cumming, L. Fraquelli, C. Hackford, A. Hinton Mellor, M. Hutchcroft, B. Ireland, D. Jewsbury, A. Littlejohns, G. M. Littlejohns, M. Lotto, J. McKeown, A. O'Toole, H. Richards, L. Robbins-Davey, S. Roblyn, H. Rodwell-Lynn, D. Schenck, J. Springer, A. Wishy, T. Rodwell-Lynn, D. Strudwick And R. B. Lotto, Biology Letters

We discovered that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. We also discovered that science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before.

**** A Merry Dickens Christmas <http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/arts/daniel-arizona/a-merry-dickens-christmas>
Daniel Arizona, More Intelligent Life

Everyone loves Charles Dickens during the holidays, yet no one seems to read him. 



SingaporeSurf
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**** 9 Bus Services To Be Improved <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1100783/1/.html>
Mustafa Shafawi, Channel NewsAsia

Nine public bus services will run more frequently or have their capacity increased during peak periods. This follows a quarterly review involving the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the public transport operators, SBS Transit and SMRT.

**** 不应让脚踏车在人行道上行驶 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl101223_008.shtml>
唐燕, 联合早报

政府不应为了照顾小部分脚踏车骑士的安全，而让所有的行人的安全受到威胁。

**** LTA Stands Firm, COE Prices Jump <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC101223-0000236/LTA-stands-firm,-COE-prices-jump>
Wayne Chan, Today

Even as premiums for three categories of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) surged further in the last open bidding exercise for the year, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it is standing firm despite appeals for its intervention to adjust the COE supply.

**** CPF Minimum Medisave Amount To Be Raised <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC101223-0000167/CPF-Minimum-Medisave-Amount-to-be-raised>
Today

**** Jibes? Cowboy Town? <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4443-jibes-cowboy-town->
Singapore Democrat Party

That's the problem with Singapore, isn't it? Correction: That's the problem with a controlled press, isn't it? Passion and life in a public forum is immediately labelled with negative imagery. How do you expect the participants to feel given that the PAP continues to detain citizens without trial or sue opposition leaders into silence even as it brings in foreigners to dsiplace locals while refusing to tell the people how their reserves are being used?

Real cowboys, to borrow Mr Ng's analogy, would have run the mayor out of town for all his abuses. As it is, the participants at the forum had shown remarkable restraint given the dire political situation Singapore finds itself in. To show emotion and anger in Singapore must, it seems, be quickly slapped down by the town-crier.

**** S'pore's Inflation Hits Highest Level Since Jan 2009 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1100806/1/.html>
Millet Enriquez, Channel NewsAsia

Data from the Department of Statistics (DOS) showed that November's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8 per cent compared to a year ago.

**** KL-S'pore Rail Talks On Track "To Be Finalised By Dec 31" <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1100862/1/.html>
Melissa Goh, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's top foreign affairs official is confident that Singapore and Malaysia can meet the December 31 deadline to finalise the agreement on the implementation of the Points of Agreement agreed by the leaders of both countries in May.

**** Singapore Official Responds To ‘Leaks’ Issue <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/23/nation/7675161&sec=nation>
Lester Kong, The Star

Pressed by reporters to describe the atmosphere of the Malaysia-Singapore Joint Implementation Team on the implementation details of the Points of Agreement, Kausikan said his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Mohad Radzi Rahman was an old friend.

“Radzi and I are old friends. We are both very professional,” he added.

**** Singapore Inflation Quickens To 22-Month High, Putting Pressure On Policy <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-23/singapore-inflation-quickens-to-22-month-high-putting-pressure-on-policy.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore’s inflation rate rose to the highest level since January 2009, an acceleration that may put pressure on the central bank to allow further currency appreciation to curb price increases.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore uses the exchange rate instead of interest rates to manage inflation, which it forecasts may quicken to about 4 percent by the end of 2010 and “stay high” in the first half of 2011.

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**** Decades After Being Jailed, Fernandez Is Suing <http://kentridgecommon.com/?p=9212>
Christopher Ong, Kent Ridge Common

Fernandez and other political detainees have in them an integral part of Singapore’s history which has hitherto been thoroughly neglected by official documentations and records of our past. If his case against the Government of Singapore has piqued inquisitive questions of our past from you, then he could be said to have succeeded in his quest well before the verdict is read.

**** Temasek Legally Justified To Wait For Notification <http://www.todayonline.com/Business/EDC101223-0000227/Temasek-legally-justified-to-wait-for-notification>
Chris Howells, Today

Temasek is legally justified to wait for an official notification from a competent authority before paying any fine, said lawyers speaking to MediaCorp a day after Indonesia's anti-monopoly agency warned it could seize assets of the Singapore investor in the country against an outstanding fine.

**** New Service Rules Unlikely To Shake Up Telco Market: Analysts <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1100901/1/.html>
Rachel Kelly, Channel NewsAsia

In the long-term, experts say, the revision is unlikely to have any impact on telco revenues. In fact, the change may provide a positive reduction in customer disputes, and the amended code could even offer opportunities.