[MyAppleMenu] Aug 6, 2011

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**** Apple Continues To Marginalize The Mac Pro <http://www.technightowl.com/2011/08/apple-continues-to-marginalize-the-mac-pro-2/>
Gene Steinberg, Tech Night Owl



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**** Ragnarök: The Doom Of The Gods <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/05/as-byatt-ragnarok-myth?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
AS Byatt, The Guardian

As it is, the world ends because neither the all-too-human gods, with their armies and quarrels, nor the fiery thinker know how to save it.

**** The Mathematics Of Changing Your Mind <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/review/the-theory-that-would-not-die-by-sharon-bertsch-mcgrayne-book-review.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
John Allen Paulos, New York Times

Statistics is an imperialist discipline that can be applied to almost any area of science or life, and this litany of applications is intended to be the unifying thread that sews the book into a coherent whole. It does so, but at the cost of giving it a list-like, formulaic feel. More successful are McGrayne’s vivifying sketches of the statisticians who devoted themselves to Bayesian polemics and counterpolemics. 

**** Everyone's A Critic <http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/lifestyle/tom-harrow/everyones-a-critic?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MoreintelligentlifeTotal+%28moreintelligentlife.com+-+total%29>
Tom Harrow, More Intelligent Life

I'm nostalgic for the days when criticism was an art. Most blogs about food and wine offer ceaseless narrative with little insight. A good critic, however, does not merely catalogue dishes but assesses them in a way that's illuminative.



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**** Recession Looms ... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2011/08/recession-looms.html>
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