[MyAppleMenu] Dec 5, 2011

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**** Five Unexpected Uses For The Spacebar <http://www.macworld.com/article/142512/2011/11/spacebar.html>
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld

**** How The iPad 2 Became My Favorite Computer <http://technologizer.com/2011/12/05/how-the-ipad-2-became-my-favorite-computer/>
Harry McCracken, Technologizer

And it was one specific thing about the iPad that made it so useful on the trip: I could use it for ten hours at a pop without worrying about plugging it in.

**** The 27th Annual Editors’ Choice Awards <http://www.macworld.com/article/163951/2011/12/the_27th_annual_editors_choice_awards.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Macworld

The best Mac hardware and software of the year.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** From The Other Coast <http://lareviewofbooks.org/post/13633594006/from-the-other-coast>
Lytton Smith, Los Angeles Review Of Books

On British poetry and riot.

**** On The Impracticality Of A Cheeseburger. <http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2011/12/impractical-cheeseburger/>
Waldo Jaquith

Further reflection revealed that it’s quite impractical—nearly impossible—to make a cheeseburger from scratch. Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in the fall. Mammals are slaughtered in early winter. The process of making such a burger would take nearly a year, and would inherently involve omitting some core cheeseburger ingredients. It would be wildly expensive—requiring a trio of cows—and demand many acres of land. There’s just no sense in it.



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**** Unprofessional Not To Show Information For All Buses <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC111205-0000047/Unprofessional-not-to-show-information-for-all-buses>
Peter Hartmann, Today

See Also: MRT Operators Can Do Better To Complement Each Other [http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_741225.html], by Ronnie Tan, Straits Times.

**** Will AirAsia X Fly Into Sydney Before Singapore's Scoot? <http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/12/5/business/10023344&sec=business>
B.k. Sidhu, The Star

Scoot is seen by many as a serious rival to AAX and it should shake up the low-cost travel market in this region. It is also using bigger planes that can carry more passengers and has a parent, Singapore Airlines, that has deep pockets.

**** Singapore's Casinos 'Expected To Make Close To S$9 Billion Next Year' <http://www.todayonline.com/Business/EDC111205-0000030/Singapores-casinos-expected-to-make-close-to-S$9-billion-next-year>
Today

The Republic's gaming sector is expected to rake in close to US$7 billion (S$9 billion) next year in revenue, as it cements its position as the world's second most lucrative gaming market.

**** Where To Find A Parking Lot In CBD? <http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A1Story20111205-314326.html>
Michelle Tan, Business Times

A thriving trade in season parking space in the heart of the central business district (CBD) has sprung up - highlighting the unquenched demand for lots in the area.

Here's how it works: office-goers who have obtained lots in another building or shifted out of the CBD don't surrender their parking spaces. Instead, they lease them out to others at a slight premium to market rates.

**** Xenophobia & Racism <http://sgpublicpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/xenophobia-racism/>
Scrutinizing The Singapore Government

The way I see it, I do not wish for the time of heightened xenophobia and racism among Singaporeans to come. And the authorities can, and should do something that can significantly lessen the social distortion that the sharp jump in foreigners bring to Singapore.

**** Careful, Teacher: What You Do Might Get Posted On The Web <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_741328.html>
Leonard Lim, Straits Times

Teachers are finding themselves easy targets of their students who are savvy with information technology and who will not think twice about whipping out their mobile phones to take photos and videos to upload on the Internet.

**** Singapore's URA: Too Much Planning? <http://www.architectmagazine.com/blogs/postdetails.aspx?PostId=106923&BlogId=beyondbuildingsblog>
Aaron Betsky, Architect

What is missing is a mess. It was my big and obviously ineffective argument when I was on the URA panel: everything was being planned with such efficiency and with such an eye to latest theories of what makes good urban environment that there was no opportunity for chance, ad hoc activities, or the joy of contrasts.

**** SlutWalk Singapore 2011 - What It Was And Was Not <http://msdemeanoursingapore.blogspot.com/2011/12/slutwalk-singapore-2011-what-it-was-and.html>
Ms Demeanour Singapore

**** Singapore’s ‘Men In White’ Seek Fresh Look <http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2011/12/05/singapores-men-in-white-seek-fresh-look/>
Chun Han Wong, Wall Street Journal

Once indomitable but twice bitten at the ballot box this year, Singapore’s longtime political masters are getting new clothes. The question is whether the island state’s increasingly demanding voters will be convinced serious change is in the air.

**** ComfortDelGro Revises Taxi Fare Structure From Monday <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC111205-0000128/ComfortDelGro-revises-taxi-fare-structure-from-Monday>
Today

Flag down fares will also go up by 20 cents across its ComfortDelGro's fleet of 15,600 cabs here, while distance fares will be increased by 2 cents. Advance booking fees will also be increased by $8 to encourage more drivers to accept such bookings. The S$3 city area surcharge, which is currently in effect between 5pm and midnight from Monday to Saturday, will be extended to included Sundays and Public Holidays as well.

**** New Alignment For Road Cutting Through Bukit Brown? <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1169543/1/.html>
Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

It is likely that the proposed new road that cuts through Bukit Brown cemetery will get a new alignment. Channel NewsAsia understands that the road could bypass a cluster of graves belonging to key historical figures.