[MyAppleMenu] Jul 15, 2011

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**** My iOS Love Affair <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218418/My_iOS_love_affair?source=rss_latest_content&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fnews%2Ffeed+%28Latest+from+Computerworld%29>
Mark Gibbs, Computerworld

I keep finding new iOS-related products that are really useful and many that are both useful and cool.

**** Time Sink 1.2 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160398/2011/06/timesink1.html#lsrc.rss_weblogs_macgems>
Dan Miller, Macworld

Many Tricks' Time Sink isn’t the only app that can keep track of what you do on your Mac, but it’s certainly one of the easiest to use.

**** Managing A Prohibitory Sign At OS X Bootup <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20079593-263/managing-a-prohibitory-sign-at-os-x-bootup/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt>
Topher Kessler, CNET

**** Apple Bumps Up App Prices In UK <http://www.macworld.com/article/161147/2011/07/app_prices.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Michael Burns, Macworld UK

The pricing hike (and relative fall in other locations such as Australia) was taken by Apple to bring prices in line with current exchange rates.

**** Bugs & Fixes: (Not So) Mysterious iPad Mute <http://www.macworld.com/article/161151/2011/07/mute_ipad.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Ted Landau, Macworld

The fix turns out to be easy (and a bit embarrassing). I had indeed inadvertently set the Side Switch to mute the iPad prior to the last time I had enabled Lock Rotation mode. This left the iPad in Mute mode without a physical switch or button that could undo the setting.

**** Batch Docx Converter 1.31 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160591/2011/07/batchdocx.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld



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**** Outlaws Make Better Lunches <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/opinion/15zachbrooks.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Zach Brooks, New York Times

So instead of fighting to change the laws, vendors who are passionately committed to their food trucks should do what street hawkers in New York have always done after big crackdowns like this one: wait for it to end and then return to Midtown bit by bit, in a way that is respectful to the rent-paying businesses. Or ditch the truck and open a brick-and-mortar business. It’s the way New York street food has endured for the past 150 years, and the only way it will be here for 150 more.

**** Food Writing, Glorious Food Writing <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/jul/15/food-writing-glorious-food-writing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Sarah Crown, The Guardian

All books, in my opinion, benefit from a bit of food – and I've been a connoisseur since childhood.

**** The Man Behind The Window <http://www.themorningnews.org/article/the-man-behind-the-window>
John Warner, The Morning News

Allan Seager was a student at Oxford when he contracted tuberculosis. What happened next made him one of America’s greatest writers—declared the heir to Anderson and Hemingway—ever to be forgotten. Yet one of Seager’s short stories endures in ways that none of Hemingway’s can match.



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**** Lotteries Not The Way To Promote Off-peak Travel <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_690766.html>
Tham Chen Khong, Straits Times

Differential pricing, such as what is done in the Electronic Road Pricing scheme, or a scheme with deterministic rewards, for example, exchanging credits earned for free or discounted rides, rather than a game of chance, should be the way to flatten peak demand.

**** Let's Go Back To Health-care Basics <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_690612.html>
Liew Kai Khiun, Straits Times

If Britain can still uphold the ideals of universal health care even in the midst of the financial crisis sweeping across Europe, I find it difficult to understand why, given the extraordinary national growth rates, deep reserves and revenues, ordinary Singaporeans have to put up with exorbitant costs, long waiting times at outpatient polyclinics, chronic shortage of public hospital beds and poor standards of care in nursing homes.

Can we have a health-care system where cost is the last rather than first consideration, and where the sick will not feel like they are imposing an additional financial burden on those caring for them?

**** Irresistible Defense: Out Of Tekong Into The Tragicomedy Of Singapore <http://mollymeek.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/irresistible-defense-out-of-tekong-into-the-tragicomedy-of-singapore/>
Molitics

Are Singaporeans not disturbed by the possibility that a forcibly conscripted soldier (I find the tautology here necessary in order to emphasize the point to a Singaporean readership) who takes the rather drastic measure of swimming out of Tekong because he is unable to cope? Are Singaporeans, instead, disturbed by how military discipline and control could possibly be compromised? Have we gotten our priorities totally wrong or is the state-controlled media deliberately portraying and shaping our focus in a way that would facilitate the forgetting of the fact that we are dealing with a human being, only eighteen years old, who has no choice but to be enlisted?

**** Public Transport System Structurally Flawed <http://thinkhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/07/public-transport-system-structurally.html>
Think Happiness

In such a duopolistic environment, I doubt there is a huge incentive for either SBS or SMRT to compete, which makes our public transport sector less competitive. Worse, such environment may stifle any need to be innovative or responsive to customers.

**** Public Outcry Over Lui Tuck Yew’s Support For Impending Fare Hike <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/14/public-outcry-over-lui-tuck-yews-support-for-impending-fare-hike/>
The Temasek Review

**** Ministers Say The Darndest Things <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/07/ministers-say-darndest-things.html>
Singapore Notes

**** Limit Transport Providers Instead <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC110715-0000053/Limit-transport-providers-instead>
Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng, Today

Unless significant cost-savings can be reaped by the joint production of all three transport services, it would be a better idea to constrain the range of services any one transport provider can offer, so as to allow for greater competition among the various transport operators and alternatives.

**** Speakers' Corner Event 'Required Permit' <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_690918.html>
Teh Joo Lin, Straits Times

The two-hour 'picnic' involved some 120 Malaysians here showing solidarity with the Bersih rally in Kuala Lumpur by meeting at the Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park, where they sat on the grass and discussed events. Police say the gathering 'was not social, but political in nature', and therefore required a police permit.

**** Wages And Jobs: More Or Less? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/07/wages-and-jobs-more-or-less/>
Yvonne Ho And Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** Tan Jee Say To Throw Hat Into Presidential Race <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4901-tan-jee-say-to-throw-hat-into-presidential-race>
Singapore Democratic Party

Mr Tan Jee Say has decided to enter the presidential race. Mr Tan has picked up his form for eligibility at the Elections Department. He was a candidate at the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC in the last general elections together with Dr Vincent Wijeysingha, Dr And Yong Guan and Ms Michelle Lee.

**** All 6 Hospital Police Posts Closed Down <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_690928.html>
Mavis Toh, Straits Times

The move means one can no longer lodge a police report at the Singapore General Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, National University Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital or Changi General Hospital.

**** An Unhealthy Preoccupation With Race <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/07/an-unhealthy-preoccupation-with-race/>
Ghui, The Online Citizen

As fellow Singaporeans who love Singapore, let’s forget this inconsequential issue of race. It is only in recognising our commonality as Singaporeans can we truly progress.

**** Temasek Holdings Pays To Stay ‘On Top’ Of Temasek Review Emeritus <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/14/temasek-holdings-pays-to-stay-on-top-of-temasek-review-emeritus/>
The Temasek Review

Temasek Holdings (TH), the state’s investment machine will be spending tens of thousands of dollars per week (per country), to “artificially inflate its presence” in major search engines so that it can stay “on top” of Temasek Review Emeritus (TRE) whenever someone goes online and type ‘temasek review’.

**** $137K For 3-room Flat <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/07/137k-for-3-room-flat.html>
Singapore Notes

While grateful for small mercies, we suspect that 3-room flats can be priced lower, say $80,000, without bankrupting the HDB. SLA may have fewer officers splurging on exotic cars, but that we can live with.

**** 对涉案学生上手铐　警方重申是安全考量 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110715_007.shtml>
联合早报

警方公共事务局局长黄月珍助理警察总监表示，给学生上手铐是基于安全考量，且只有被安排在等候区时才上铐。她进一步解释说，上手铐是逮捕程序的一部分，以防犯人从拘留所逃跑。至于当晚的情况，由于人数多，加上青少年的行为无法预测，为了嫌犯和警员的安全，所以都上手铐。

**** Tan Jee Say To Contest Presidential Election <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1141044/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

In a statement, Mr Tan said he is doing so because many Singaporeans want a non-PAP President whose independence of the PAP is clear, obvious and cannot be in doubt.

He said only such a person can have the moral authority to fulfil the mission of Elected President which is to provide checks and balances on the PAP government.

**** New PG13 Rating Comes Into Effect Friday <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1141066/1/.html>
Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

A new PG 13 rating takes effect on Friday, covering films, television programmes and videos.

Amy Chua, MDA's director of content and standards, said: "I think consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and with this small, simplified film ratings, they would be able to make comparisons and to make an informed choice, both for themselves and their children." "With a more defined set of film ratings, it'll be easier for us to classify any film," she added.

**** A Retiree’s Experience With His CPF Monies <http://yawshinleong.blogspot.com/2011/07/retirees-experience-with-his-cpf-monies.html>
Yaw Shin Leong

**** Should Ex-prime Ministers Receive Staff Support? <http://thesatayclub.net/2011/07/should-ex-prime-ministers-receive-staff-support/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-ex-prime-ministers-receive-staff-support>
Nigel Tan, The Satay Club

Seeing as both Mr Lee and Mr Goh are just backbench MPs, why do they need to be provided with five staff each by the government? If they need some administrative help, shouldn’t they have to recruit their own assistants? Many other MPs have assistants, most of whom are volunteers. Surely, there would be no shortage of volunteers willing to step forward to assist these two elder statesmen, considering their impressive stature both at home and abroad?

**** Singapore’s Retail Sales Rise In May On Luxury Goods, Computer Purchases <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-15/singapore-s-retail-sales-rise-in-may-on-luxury-goods-computer-purchases.html>
Shamim Adam And Sarina Yoo, Bloomberg

Singapore’s retail sales growth accelerated in May as rising wages encouraged consumer spending at department stores and spurred purchases of luxury goods, telephones and computers.

**** A Spanner In The Works <http://thesatayclub.net/2011/07/a-spanner-in-the-works/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-spanner-in-the-works>
Philip Chew, The Satay Club

If the committee decides to disqualify him, however, there could be a significant backlash, with votes swinging away from the establishment’s choice of candidate – Dr Tony Tan. As such, Mr Tan Jee Say’s entry into the Presidential Election race is more than the PAP establishment bargained for, and they will now have their hands full trying to figure out how best they can manage the delicate situation.

**** Educating In The 21st Century <http://yeejj.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/educating-in-the-21st-century/>
Yee Jenn Jong

**** Public Transport Fare Increase <http://blogging4myself.blogspot.com/2011/07/public-transport-fare-increase.html>
Blogging For Myself

**** Jetstar Expands Singapore Base <http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8273421>
AAP

**** New Essential Services Provider For Aljunied-Hougang Town Council <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1141113/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

**** 45 Corruptors Flee Indonesia <http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/233507-45-corruptors-flee-indonesia>
Elin Yunita Kristanti, Vivanews

Out of 45 corruptors who ran away overseas, 20 chose Singapore as the hideout.

**** Renewed Hope As Tan Jee Say Collects Forms For Presidency <http://singaporeactually.com/2011/07/15/renewed-hope-as-tan-jee-say-collects-forms-for-presidency/>
Singapore Actually

**** A Perfect Example Of Why Singaporean Are Being Penalised <http://unbiasedelectorate.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/a-perfect-example-of-why-singaporean-are-being-penalised/>
Unbiasedelectorate




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