[MyAppleMenu] Jul 18, 2010

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**** iChatr – iPhone 4 Chatroulette App Gets Pulled <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/07/ichatr-iphone-4-chatroulette-app-pulled/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice

**** Why Apple Doesn’t Deserve Your Trust <http://qblog.aaronsw.com/post/823738532/why-apple-doesnt-deserve-your-trust>
Raw Meat

In many ways, I think the issue here is not the crime but the coverup. In the grand scheme, the antenna issue is not such a big deal. It hasn’t affected many users, it can apparently be resolved with a simple piece of plastic. But from the beginning, Apple’s response has been denial, misdirection, and outright deception.

**** My iPhone 4 Antenna-gap Fix <http://www.marco.org/825489690>
Marco Arment

It’s the tape trick, but with an excellent substitute for the tape: invisibleSHIELD film.

**** Mac Gems: GuestReel Turns Your Mac Into A Fun Video Kiosk <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/569810/review/guestreel_11.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
John Brandon, Macworld

GuestReel runs in kiosk mode where anyone at the party or event can walk up to the Mac, type in their name, city, and a text message. Then, they can record a video greeting using either your Mac’s built-in iSight camera or a video camera connected over FireWire.

**** RIM, Nokia Respond To Apple's "Antennagate" Press Conference <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/17/rim_nokia_respond_to_apples_antennagate_press_conference.html>
AppleInsider

Research in Motion and Nokia issued official statements Friday decrying Apple's use of their handsets to demonstrate signal loss in their press conference addressing the iPhone 4 antenna problem.

**** Thoughts On The iPhone 4 Press Conference <http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/07/17/townhall/>
Matt Drance, Apple Outsider

I found that the presentation’s tone overshadowed its content.

**** Here's Your Free Case, Jerk <http://www.slate.com/id/2260619/?from=rss>
Farhad Manjoo, Slate Magazine

Still, if you want to be a total jerk about it and keep insisting there's a problem with your magical iPhone, Jobs has an offer for you. "OK, great, let's give everybody a case," he said. Happy now, whiners?

**** Jobs Rekindles Rumors After Verizon iPhone Comment <http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/07/17/jobs_rekindles_rumors_after_verizon_iphone_comment?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afterdawn+%28AfterDawn.com%29>
AfterDawn

**** Inside Apple’s Actual Distortion Field: Giant Chambers, Fake Heads, And Black Cloaks <http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/17/insider-apples-antenna-testing-facility/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

If Apple really wanted to silence critics, they have a place to do so. I’ve now seen it with my own eyes.



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**** Psychiatric Tales By Darryl Cunningham <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/18/psychiatric-tales-darryl-cunningham-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Rachel Cooke, The Guardian

As the psychotherapist Philippa Perry has shown, graphic novels can educate as well as entertain: her recent book Couch Fiction is funny and irreverent, but it also answers many of the questions people have about what therapy is, and how it works. Darryl Cunningham's Psychiatric Tales is a darker beast than Perry's book: its author was formerly a healthcare worker in an acute psychiatric ward, and his experiences with patients, albeit heavily disguised, form the spine of this volume. But it is equally instructive.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Businesses At Newton, Orchard Road Area Affected Due To Flash Floods <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1069948/1/.html>
Dylan Loh, Channel NewsAsia

It looks like money down the drain again for retailers at Lucky Plaza. About a month after the massive Orchard Road flood, the watery mess returns.

**** Where Are The MPs? <http://www.raviphilemon.net/2010/07/where-are-mps.html>
Ravi Philemon

We don't need bureaucratic MPs, who sit behind their desks oblivious to the troubles faced by their constituents.  Or MPs who come to meet their constituents once a week for 2 - 3 hours, to write petitions for them.  Or even MPs who send their grassroots leaders and civil servants to fix a problem when it arises.  We need an MP, who will walk his grounds. An MP of the people for the people.

**** Police Must Apolgise If They Wrongly Arrested Photographer <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3928-police-must-apolgise-if-they-wrongly-arrested-photographer>
Singapore Democrat Party

It has been reported that a newspaper photographer has been handcuffed and briefly detained because he was taking photographs of the flood this morning. Obviously the repeated and widespread flooding is making the Government anxious and it is irrationally trying to prevent pictures from being taken.

What law did the photographer break? Was he interfering with police work? Was there a security issue that caused him to be arrested? 

These are questions that the police must answer. If they cannot provide a satisfactory explanation, then they must apologise unreservedly and assure the public that police officers will not abuse their powers and threaten journalists and members of the public willy-nilly.

**** Hong Kong Passed Its Minimum Wage Law Yesterday.... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/07/hong-passed-minimum-wage-law-yesterday.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

If Hong Kong can pass a minimum wage law, where does that leave Singapore? Think hard about what kind of political system we have here. How the PAP has become intertwined with a network of businesses to which it is linked and how the establishment has other interests and priorities other than that of ordinary Singaporeans.

**** Aljunied GRC Up For Contest? <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_554917.html>
Straits Times

This time round, Mr Yeo hinted that he will be better prepared for the upcoming election, where he is expected to stand again at Aljunied GRC. The Straits Times reported on July 15 that he had told party activists to be ready for an election either at the end of this year, or in the second quarter of next year after the national Budget.

**** Photographer Handcuffed By Police For Taking Flood Pictures <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/07/photographer-handcuffed-by-police-for-taking-flood-pictures/>
The Online Citizen

**** Govt Owes Us A Commission Of Inquiry <http://civicadvocator.net/govt-owes-us-a-commission-of-inquiry>
Civic Advocator

**** Of Handcuffs, Singaporeans And Foreigners <http://lostinsingapore.com/2010/07/of-handcuffs-singaporeans-and-foreigners/>
Lost In Singapore

Maybe the police constable was under instructions from top-level to prevent anyone from taking pictures of the flood. Maybe the politicians are trying to cover up their incompetence at solving choked culverts that caused previous flooding after a month.

**** Submerging Singapore <http://www.freakthoughts.net/?p=534>
Freak Thoughts

So did the contingency plans kick in this morning? Looks to me that they just waited it out.

**** Small City, Big Dreams, Great Food! <http://docgelo.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/small-city-big-dreams-great-food/>
Beyond Toxicity

Of course, Singapore’s multicultural society is so apparent not only on its people and places but moreso on its food.

**** Singapore Flooded <http://singaporeshortstories.blogspot.com/2010/07/singapore-flooded.html>
Singapore Short Stories

Yesterday's incident demonstrated the fact that the (in)famous Orchard road flooding incident was not an isolated case and the reason of that flooding being attributed to the choking of drains by some twigs was now known to be intenable.

**** British Author Alan Shadrake Arrested For Alleged Criminal Defamation <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1070069/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

British author Alan Shadrake was arrested by Singapore police at a hotel at 8am on Sunday. It is believed the arrest is linked to his latest book, "Once a Jolly Hangman - Singapore Justice in the Dock" launched on Saturday night.

**** Does Political Censorship Work In Singapore? <http://uk.asiancorrespondent.com/the-asia-file/does-censorship-work-in-singapore>
Ben Bland, Asian Correspondent

The government did not try to stop Lim making his speech, which he did openly at a book launch in Singapore last year, but feel that a straight-up recording of his comments is "against the public interest" because it  "gives a distorted and misleading portrayal of Dr Lim’s arrests and detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in 1963".

Why not let the Singapore public decide?

**** Illegal Hawker? My Story <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2010/07/illegal-hawker-my-story.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

**** PUB Asked To Explain Floods <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_555014.html>
Tessa Wong, Straits Times

**** Flash Floods Stain Singapore's Urban Paradise Reputation <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/18/2957114.htm?section=justin>
AFP

Singaporeans were salvaging cars, soaked belongings and damaged goods on Sunday after a third flash flood in two months submerged low-lying areas of the city-state.

The flooding issue has become so serious that the Singapore parliament is scheduled to address the problem when it convenes on Monday amid forecasts of more rain.