[MyAppleMenu] Jul 13, 2011

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**** Troubleshooting RAM In OS X <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20078957-263/troubleshooting-ram-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

Tackling RAM problems in computers is not the easiest of tasks. While RAM is a relatively easy concept and simple to replace in the system, identifying problems with it can sometimes be daunting.

**** Yes To Lion, No To Cruft: Get A Clean Start With Manual Mac Migration <http://arstechnica.com/apple/guides/2011/07/making-a-clean-start-with-lion-migrating-without-assistance.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Iljitsch Van Beijnum, Ars Technica

But after almost a decade, I'm ready to make a clean break and start from scratch, only migrating my data—no applications, libraries, or the cruft that has built up in nooks and crannies of the system.

**** Usher 1.1.3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160573/2011/07/usher1.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Dan Moren, Macworld

You’ve got iTunes to organize your music and iPhoto to organize your pictures. But what about your videos? Do you just let them sprawl, willy-nilly, all over your hard drive? ManyTricks’s Usher attempts to bring your movies, TV shows, home videos, and more under one roof, undivided, with browsing and metadata for all.

**** Record Your Conversations With IMCapture For Skype <http://www.macworld.com/article/161106/2011/07/imcapture_skype.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Aayush Arya, Macworld

IMCapture released version 2.4.1 of its audio- and video-call-recording app for Skype on Tuesday. IMCapture for Skype lets you record any of your Skype conversations and save them for later perusal.

**** The Rise And Fall Of The Independent Developer <http://furbo.org/2011/07/13/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-independent-developer/>
Craig Hockenberry, Furbo.org

But this expanded distribution is also putting our business at risk: there are people in this new market who claim a right to a part our hard work. Either by patent or copyright infringement, developers are finding this new cost of litigation to be onerous.

The scary part is that these infringements can happen with any part of our products or websites: things that you’d never imagine being a violation of someone else’s intellectual property. It feels like coding in a mine field.

**** Apple Releases Aperture 3.1.3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/161120/2011/07/aperture_313.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Included in the update are general compatibility fixes and, as always, improvements in stability and performance; as such, the new version is recommended for all Aperture 3 users.



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**** Green Eggs And Hamburgers <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/dining/the-cult-of-the-big-green-egg-united-tastes.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
John T. Edge, New York Times

“We were selling something called a kamado from a place named after a pachinko,” recalled Mr. Fisher, who first saw the charcoal-fueled cookers in the 1950s as a Navy lieutenant in Japan. “That didn’t sound American, and that wasn’t easy. But once I got people to try one, once they tasted the chicken we cooked on them, they were hooked.”



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**** Temasek: Confused <http://atans1.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/temasek-confused/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor

**** Tan Kin Lian Shares His Thoughts <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1140560/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Difficulty in booking a venue for his supporters to gather was among one of the difficulties that presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian claims that he is facing.

**** Loan Sharks And Youth Distributors: Putting The Debacle Into Perspective <http://guanyinmiao.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/loan-sharks-and-youth-distributors-putting-the-debacle-into-perspective/>
Guanyinmiao's Musings

It takes two hands to clap; as the parents and youth take responsibility for the lack of awareness and careful decision-making, it is imperative for the police to significantly step up its efforts in investigation to decisively halt the actions of these loan sharks.

**** Malaysia Cup – Singapore Is Back! <http://www.voxsports.net/malaysia-cup-–-singapore-is-back?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malaysia-cup-%25e2%2580%2593-singapore-is-back>
André Ahchak, Voxsports

It was a historic moment for Singapore then and for me personally. Nobody would have thought that within a few months the Republic would announce its departure from the Malaysian tournament. Well we have four years to think about what and where Singapore Football should be going.

**** A Million Millionaires <http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=9507&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Themoneyillusion+%28TheMoneyIllusion%29>
The Money Illusion

 In the recent election the opposition won about 40% of the vote, a new high.  By the time they are able to take power, there will be such a large and politically influential block of millionaires than no government will be able to enact big government policies that hurt stock values and reduced capital formation.  Nor will there be as much need for social insurance programs as in the West; most people will be able to take care of themselves.  There will be a virtuous circle of rising wealth leading to more pro-market policies, which leads to further increases in wealth. 

**** Extra Egg In Their Kway Teow <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/07/extra-egg-in-their-kway-teow.html>
Singapore Notes

Lee was in government for 52 years, including 31 years drawing prime minister pay. Hasn't he accumulated enough to pay for his own expenses?

**** 车资方程式该如何改？ <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110713_006.shtml>
李静仪, 联合早报

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**** Is There Anything Wrong With HK's Economic Structure? <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2011-07/12/content_12880554.htm>
Ho Lok-Sang, China Daily

Singapore does not have a legal minimum wage. But as of May this year Hong Kong's legal minimum wage took effect. The institution of a legal minimum wage that is higher than that of most manufacturing locations will make the dream of reviving manufacturing activities in Hong Kong even more remote.

Singapore does not impose any "off-limit" restrictions for development, as Hong Kong does with its country parks. We cannot say whether keeping "country parks" off-limit to development is right or wrong. The different policies represent different values. For example, Singapore is more tolerant of prostitution than Hong Kong and prefers to control it rather than outlaw the activity. Singapore also opened its first casino recently. Hong Kong has so far not seriously considered introducing the gaming industry.

**** Singapore Growth Stalls As Asia Recovery Slows <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-12/singapore-growth-probably-stalled-in-sign-asian-recovery-slowing.html>
Shamim Adam And Sarina Yoo, Bloomberg

Singapore’s expansion probably stalled last quarter as manufacturing declined, presaging easing growth across Asia as rising U.S. joblessness and a widening European debt crisis undermine the global recovery.

The city state, home to the world’s second-busiest container port, has remained vulnerable to fluctuations in overseas demand for manufactured goods even after the government boosted financial services and tourism.

**** Heng Swee Kiat Responds To Janelle's Open Letter <http://blogging4myself.blogspot.com/2011/07/heng-swee-kiat-responds-to-janelles.html>
Blogging For Myself

Have you caught the rat yet? It is so "Yes, Minister" style and strategy. They will gather a group and discuss these ideas and then nothing will come out of it. They have used this strategy for more than a decade.

**** 车资可能上调 公交服务应否国营化再引争议 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110713_005.shtml>
李静仪, 联合早报

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**** Are We Rich Or Are We Bankrupt? Part 2 <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/special-feature/4896-are-we-rich-or-are-we-bankrupt-part-2>
Singapore Democratic Party

It is of course superfluous to say that taxes are necessary for a government to run the country. In Singapore, however, the PAP does not collect taxes from the people just to perform its duties as Government. It doesn't need that much money to run the country efficiently. Rather it collects revenue to further amass financial, and therefore political, power for itself.

And it is doing this because it can. The PAP has ensured that the opposition has been domesticated, civil society neutered, and the media house-broken. With all institutions that can keep it in check destroyed, the PAP does as it pleases.

**** Public Transport Costs <http://mathialee.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/public-transport-costs/>
Mathia Lee, Plans and Preoccupations

I’m sure if regulators hold firm against any price increase, companies will start finding more creative and fairer ways to address their rising costs. Commercial entities always have — or else they don’t deserve to be in the game.

**** Comments On Fairprice Closure <http://yawshinleong.blogspot.com/2011/07/comments-on-fairprice-closure.html>
Yaw Shin Leong

Whether or not it is due to political reasons, this you should ask NTUC Fairprice & The People’s Association. More importantly, residents’ convenience is paramount. As such we should not politicize on the issues. After all regardless of which political parities we support, we are first-&-foremost Singaporeans.

**** Is The Current Singapore The Singapore We Really Want? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/07/is-the-current-singapore-the-singapore-we-really-want/>
Vivian Chueh, The Online Citizen

But if the outcry and unhappiness of young people like me is not going to get through (as the state-controlled media keeps rejecting my letters), I, too, see no point in engagement. Perhaps, nothing will change.

**** Will Minister Lui Teck Yew Be Joining MP Raymond Lim In The Back? <http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/2011/07/will-minister-lui-teck-yew-be-joining.html>
Thoughts Of A Singapore Statistician

**** Listening To Lunatics <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/07/listening-to-lunatics/>
Benjamin Cheah, The Online Citizen

The government via Mr Chan wants to encourage active citizenry amongst youths. To do this, the government must deign to listen to lunatics, to drop the label of ‘lunatic fringe’ and deal fairly and honestly with the people who truly want to make Singapore a better place to live in.

More than that, the government needs to cease the mechanisms of control, to give up its dominance of politics and allow the people to take their place in the sun. The organs of state may be grown by parties and governments, but nations are built by the people.

**** No To Wrongful Confinement Of Foreign Workers: Minister <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_690207.html>
Melissa Kok, Straits Times

**** Construction To Resume At Bukit Timah MRT Site <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110714-0000076/Construction-to-resume-at-Bukit-Timah-MRT-site>
Ong Dai Lin, Today

Dr Balakrishnan, who is the anchor minister for the GRC, spoke towards the end of the meeting, which saw heated exchanges between the residents and the LTA representatives. 

But Dr Balakrishnan - who revealed that he had consulted his Cabinet colleagues on the matter - reiterated that construction has to be done and it is better for it to resume, in order for the project to be completed earlier. Maplewoods management council member Tan Teng Muan told the media that the outcome was "disappointing" and that the council will discuss its next course of action.

**** 'Serious Downsides' To WP Suggestion <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110714-0000063/Serious-downsides-to-WP-suggestion>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

The Workers' Party's (WP) suggestion to nationalise public transport "might seem like a very attractive idea" but it has "serious downsides" in reality, transport minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday. 

Chief among these "downsides" is that "commuters and taxpayers - yes, even those who don't take public transport - are likely to end up paying more, and possibly, for a poorer level of service over time", Mr Lui added.

**** How Is Fare Hike Justified When ... <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC110714-0000058/How-is-fare-hike-justified-when-,,,>
Wee Jun Jie Aaron, Today

Operators have to ensure the system is better run before they think to raise prices. For example, despite the SMRT declaring that trains arrive at 1-minute to 2.5-minute intervals during peak periods, often I see trains arriving at 5-minute intervals. 

This is especially so on the North-South line, where alternate trains leaving from Marina Bay terminate at Yishun instead of Jurong East, leaving many passengers having to alight and board the next train to continue their journey. It means trains leaving Yishun are so packed that commuters at subsequent stops like Admiralty cannot board. 

Buses do not fare much better, with certain services perpetually overcrowded or prone to delays during peak hours. SMRT may have invested in new buses, but have these resulted in better frequencies? If not, I believe most commuters would rather take an older model bus but reach their destination quicker.

**** Co-incidence Or Super-fast Reaction? <http://singaporegirl.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/co-incidence-or-super-fast-reaction/>
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