[MyAppleMenu] Dec 6, 2011

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**** Product Review: Autodesk Mudbox 2012 <http://architosh.com/2011/12/product-review-autodesk-mudbox-2012/>
Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, Architosh

**** OmniOutliner For iPad Review <http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=904293&expand=true#lsrc.rss_main>
Jeff Carlson, Macworld


>From its emphasis on speedy outline creation to its ability to work deeply within outlines without having to pass it off to the Mac, OmniOutliner is a well thought out implementation of how to build and work with outlines, not just hierarchical lists.


**** Apple Recently Broke Ctrl-Y <http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/12/apple-recently-broke-ctrl-y/>
Jamie Zawinski

Ever since MacOS 10.0 was released, text fields have supported Emacs bindings for the single-character Control commands, showing that there were people inside Apple (and, presumably, NeXT) who were right-thinking and sensible.

But some time late in the 10.6 release cycle, and continuing into 10.7.1, the binding for Ctrl-K ("kill to end of line") became broken.

**** The Dope On iTunes Match, Genius Playlists, And iOS Devices <http://www.macworld.com/article/164062/2011/12/match_genius_dope.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** The iPad’s Helpful Ears <http://tidbits.com/article/12663?rss>
Jeff Carlson, TidBITS

I often listen to music on my iPad, but I forget that the iPad can listen as well. I discovered this recently when my brother-in-law recommended a TV show called “From the Edge with Peter Lik.”

**** Apple’s Secret Plan To Steal Your Doctor’s Heart <http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/12/apple-ipad-doctors/>
Robert McMillan, Wired

Apple is a company that builds stuff for consumers. Macs. iPods. iPhones. iPads. Though these devices may show up inside businesses, the company rarely promotes them for corporate use, and it has slowly pulled away from the few products it does sell to businesses. Its XServe servers died a premature death this past January. But for some reason, Apple is pushing the iPad into hospitals, playing against its well-polished image as the world’s most successful consumer gadget company.

Afshad Mistri is Apple’s secret weapon in a stealth campaign to get the iPad into the hands of doctors. And it’s a campaign that seems to be paying off.

**** Are You Using iTerm2? <http://www.horsesaysinternet.com/command-line/are-you-using-iterm2/>
Horse Says Internet

**** On UI Inconsistency In iOS 5 <http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/06/on-ui-inconsistency-in-ios-5/>
Chris Rawson, TUAW



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**** The Pump You Pump The Water From <http://lareviewofbooks.org/post/13778802292/the-pump-you-pump-the-water-from>
Sven Birkerts, Los Angeles Review Of Books

On writer’s block.

**** Dream (After Lermontov) <http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2011/12/_dream_after_lermontov_by_daniel_bosch_.html>
Daniel Bosch, Slate



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**** Price Up, Up, Up <http://sgpublicpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/price-up-up-up/>
Scrutinizing The Singapore Government

**** Social Escorts Losing Business <http://news.insing.com/tabloid/social-escorts-losing-business/id-351e3f00>
Shin Min Daily News

Social escort agencies are complaining that they are losing business to the local casinos. The agencies tell reporters that business had dropped 10% initially when the casinos opened.

**** Overnight Train Service <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_741537.html>
Gurmit Singh Kullar, Straits Times

Why the same is not done on weekends or on the eve of public holidays.

**** ComfortDelgro – Altruism, Really? <http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/comfortdelgro-altruism-really/>
Andrew Loh

That these same companies would claim the altruistic reason for wanting fares to be increased while at the same time dismiss giving concessions to the very people whom their altruism would help most – the handicapped and the disabled and the students.

**** CASE Says Taxi Fare Increase "Quite Hefty" <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1169761/1/.html>
Wayne Chan & Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's consumer watchdog Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) has asked ComfortDelGro to justify its taxi fare revision.

Singapore's competition watchdog also reminded trade associations not to become a vehicle to facilitate price collusion or price-fixing. This came a day after the National Taxi Association urged other taxi companies to adjust their fares in line with Comfort DelGro's revision.

**** Singapore Is 6th Most Expensive City In Asia <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_741765.html>
Anita Gabriel, Straits Times

Singapore rose two notches to sixth spot as the most expensive city in Asia after four Japanese cities and Seoul, owing to the strong Singapore dollar and a 5.7 per cent rise in the average price of goods and services.

Also, for the first time in at least 10 years, Singapore is deemed more expensive than Hong Kong, which turned up at ninth spot in terms of most costly locations in Asia, according to the latest Cost of Living Survey conducted by ECA International.