[MyAppleMenu] May 24, 2011

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**** Rosetta And Lion: Get Over It? <http://tidbits.com/article/12191?rss>
Michael E. Cohen, TidBITS

Yes, change happens, but no, I won’t just get over it.

**** Measure Twice, Cut Once <http://daringfireball.net/2011/05/measure_twice>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Apple’s policy is to respond to a crisis with certainty, or at least as much certainty as can be mustered. Certainty takes time. No drip, drip, drip of vapid PR statements. Just silence, then an answer. Seems to be working out pretty well for them.

**** Why Two Engineers Left Apple To Build A Flash Alternative: The Hype (YC W11) Story <http://thestartupfoundry.com/2011/05/23/why-two-engineers-left-apple-to-build-a-flash-alternative-the-hype-yc-w11-story/>
Paul Hontz, The Startup Foundry

Hype is an HTML5 Animation Builder for Mac OS X. It allows you to build interactive sites in HTML5 that rivals Flash. Hype launched last Friday and they are already the top grossing app on the mac app store.

**** Full Text: Apple Legal's Letter To Lodsys <http://www.macworld.com/article/160031/2011/05/apple_legal_lodsys_letter_text.html>
Macworld

**** Halo Effect For iOS Coders Moving To Mac OS? <http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20065310-264.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Stephen Shankland, CNET

If MacPhun is willing to take the leap, perhaps others are?

**** An Ode To Software <http://shawnblanc.net/2011/05/a-ode-to-software/>
Shawn Blanc

**** Review: Painter 12, Faster, Better-looking, More Efficient <http://it-enquirer.com/2011/05/23/review-painter-12-faster-better-looking-more-efficient/>
Erik Vlietinck, IT.Enquirer

**** How To Install iTunes 10 On An ‘Obsolete’ Mac <http://www.macuser.co.uk/5024-how-to-install-itunes-10-on-an-obselete-mac>
Kenny Hemphill, MacUser

If you’re one of those who have just bought a new iPhone, iPod or iPad and can’t run iTunes 10 on your current set-up, here’s a guide to getting up and running.

**** How To Disable The Drop-shadow In Mac OS X Window Screenshots <http://www.macgasm.net/2011/05/23/disable-dropshadow-mac-os-window-screenshots/>
Justin Lowery, Macgasm

**** iMac Users, Be Careful Where You Insert That SD Card <http://tidbits.com/article/12196?rss>
William Porter, TidBITS

And then, about a week ago, I blindly reached around to the side of the iMac and accidentally inserted an SD card into the optical drive bay. 

**** How To Re-sort Photos On Your iPhone <http://www.macworld.com/article/160034/2011/05/iphone_photos_sort_order.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

**** Developers Pleased With Apple's Lodsys Response <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20065467-248.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Josh Lowensohn, CNET

While Lodsys has not yet issued its own response, many developers are now breathing a sigh of relief based on Apple's stance, which states that developers are fully protected against any extra fees by the company's patent licensing terms.

**** Personal Setup Program Caps Apple's Retail Overhaul <http://www.macworld.com/article/160057/2011/05/apple_store_personal_setup_expands.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

Customers at the Apple Store can now take the purchasing process one step further and have an employee help them set up their new Mac, iPod, iPad, iPhone, or Apple TV, thanks to the company’s expanded Personal Setup program.

**** Open Two Instances Of One PDF In Preview <http://www.macworld.com/article/160032/2011/05/two_windows_preview.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

The trick takes advantage of the PDF drop-down in any OS X Print dialog box.

**** Four Ways To Make Your Battery Last Longer <http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/four-ways-to-make-your-battery-last-longer/>
David Pogue, New York Times

**** Regarding Objective-C & Copland 2010 <http://kickingbear.com/blog/archives/168>
Guy English, Kickingbear

So, in the end, while I appreciate the thinking behind Copland 2010 I don’t believe it’s quite the issue Siracusa believes it is. Objective-C continues to evolve, and in directions I believe will be increasingly important in the future. I don’t believe we’re anywhere near the level of crisis that Apple hit with Classic Mac OS and I don’t believe that a total second-system re-write without a clear goal is the best prescription for the platform.

**** How To Edit Spreadsheets On An iPad <http://www.macworld.com/article/159958/2011/05/ipadspreadsheet.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Joe Kissell, Macworld

**** Free: The Mac App That Organizes Your Life Visually <http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/free-the-mac-app-that-organizes-your-life-visually>
Alexis Kayhill, Mac360

**** LEGO Indiana Jones 2 <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=1132>
Franklin Pride, Inside Mac Games

LEGO Indy 2 just seems like a stronger showing overall than the previous games in the series. The puzzles are stronger, the world is more interesting, the fourth movie makes a great addition to the LEGO versions of the trilogy, and the collectibles keep you coming back for more. Whether that's good enough to get you to play a LEGO game for the first time or not, it's definitely a great addition to your collection if you're even a minor fan of the series.

**** MacBook Air SSD Upgrades Provide Big Storage, Mixed Speed Results <http://www.macworld.com/article/160001/2011/05/mercuryauraproexpress.html#lsrc.rss_main>
James Galbraith, Macworld

If you're a MacBook Air user who needs a serious boost to the laptop’s storage capacity, the Mercury Aura Pro Express SSDs are worth a look. But if what you’re looking for is an overall speed boost, our tests suggest that these drives won't have much impact in everyday use.

**** Sapiens 1.2.1 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160058/2011/05/sapiens.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

Sapiens is an application launcher from developer Giovanni Donelli that offers plenty of keyboard control, but focuses on the mousing side of things.



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**** The Best Street Photographer You've Never Heard Of <http://motherjones.com/media/2011/04/vivian-maier-john-maloof>
Alex Kotlowitz, Mother Jones

It's impossible to take measure of Vivian Maier's photos without taking stock of her story. She was by all accounts remarkably private, someone who didn't always enjoy the company of other adults. And yet her photographs feel like a celebration of people—a celebration of what Studs Terkel, the late grand oral historian, liked to call "the etceteras" of the world.

**** Can You See Me Now? <http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article05231101.aspx>
Stefany Anne Golberg, The Smart Set

Yet for most Deaf Americans, Helen Keller's struggle wasn’t about overcoming a disability; she simply needed to learn the language of being Deaf. You see, for most Deaf Americans, being Deaf is not a handicap at all. It is not the inability to hear but rather, the ability to perceive life in a different way from hearing people. For many, it’s a blessing.

**** And I Should Know <http://nymag.com/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/roseanne-barr-2011-5/>
Roseanne Barr, New York Magazine

During the recent and overly publicized breakdown of Charlie Sheen, I was repeatedly contacted by the media and asked to comment, as it was assumed that I know a thing or two about starring on a sitcom, fighting with producers, nasty divorces, public meltdowns, and bombing through a live comedytour. I have, however, never smoked crack or taken too many drugs, unless you count alcohol as a drug (I don’t). But I do know what it’s like to be seized by bipolar thoughts that make one spout wise about Tiger Blood and brag about winning when one is actually losing.

**** Book Review: 'Familyhood' <http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book-20110524,0,1072579.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+features%2Fbooks+%28Los+Angeles+Times+-+Books%29>
Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times

Point of view is everything with Reiser, not to mention an eye for the little things in a father's life. Reiser doesn't so much pick the right word as accentuate the right emotion.

**** There But For The By Ali Smith: Review <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8523762/There-but-for-the-by-Ali-Smith-review.html>
Lucy Daniel, Telegraph

There is something deeply democratic about its interest in the little words, conjunctions and prepositions, and how they change the way we construe the world: “but the thing I particularly like about the word ‘but’, now that I think about it, is that it always takes you off to the side, and where it takes you is always interesting”.

**** The Irises <http://www.slate.com/id/2295346/?from=rss>
Charles Wright, Slate



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**** Kaya Toast Lowers Singapore’s Productivity, Part 1 <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/kaya-toast-lowers-singapores-productivity-part-1/>
Au Waipang, Yawning Bread

**** Going Through REACH Alone Might Not Work <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110524-0000331/Going-through-REACH-alone-might-not-work>
Esther Ng, Today

**** False Identities And Disloyalties <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/05/false-identities-and-disloyalties/>
Elaine Ong, The Online Citizen

The political maturity of the electorate is still in its infancy with a large majority of the population still left unclear and uncertain that the ruling party and the state are by right separate identities.

**** Some Bedok Food Centre Stalls Opting Out Of RPWG Initiative <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1130719/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Now, some stall holders who agreed to hold prices said they may have to follow suit once the pledge ends in six months. They said despite holding prices since March, business has not improved and operating cost has gone up about 10 per cent.

**** Singapore Inc. <http://singaporeactually.com/2011/05/24/singapore-inc/>
Singapore Actually

I also don’t like words being put into my mouth. I don’t agree with what the ministers claim the majority of Singaporeans would agree to.

**** Town Councils - Conflict Of Interest? <http://article14.blogspot.com/2011/05/town-councils-conflict-of-interest.html>
Article 14

So, we now have a situation where the GM position in two Town Councils has been occupied by individuals in a directorial capacity in the companies that have been awarded the contract to be managing agents. 

**** Ministers' Salaries - What's Up For Review Is The Mechanism - Not The Fundamentals <http://www.raviphilemon.net/2011/05/ministers-salaries-whats-up-for.html>
Ravi Philemon

Because the fundamentals are not being re-looked the peg is still to the private sector and will not be to the public sector anywhere else in the world. Hence, the "substantial discount" Gerard Ee spoke about becomes very, very subjective. 

**** Potong Pasir Petition Campaign Called Off After Police Intervened <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/05/potong-pasir-petition-campaign-called-off-after-police-intervened/>
Elliot Aruldoss, Jewel Philemon, The Online Citizen

Mr Rykel Lim, Mrs Chiam’s election agent, was also summoned to the police station, even though he is not involved with the petition. “The police wanted me to tell the people that it is ok to have the petition but to just have it indoors,” Mr Lim says. “When I asked him why should I do the job of the police, he said that if he (the police officer) was to move in, he would have to make arrests. And that if he made arrests, he would have to press charges. He told me that if he were to press charges, the first person he would gun for would be me.”

Mr Rykel said that the situation was resolved before he could take further action.

**** Review Of The Salary Review <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-of-salary-review.html>
Singapore Notes

**** 工人党乐于见到 政府检讨部长薪金 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110524_011.shtml>
郑景祥　李蕙心　魏瑜嶙, 联合早报

对于政府打算检讨部长的薪金，工人党议员昨天受访时表示乐观其成，但还是要等到正式的报告出炉后才下结论。

**** 出任薪金检讨委员会主席 革新党质疑余福金是否称职 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110524_012.shtml>
联合早报

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**** SBS: Trying To Sabo Govmin’s Initiatives On Innovation? <http://atans1.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/sbs-trying-to-sabo-govmins-initiatives-on-innovation/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor

**** They Don’t Understand Political Donations <http://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/they-dont-understand-political-donations/>
Politics

**** An Easy Recommendation <http://hardhitting-nobs.blogspot.com/2011/05/easy-recommendation.html>
Musings From The Lion City

Get rid of the pension system for ministers and the government can silence the naysayer and doubters in Singapore. Like I said; easy decision!

**** How To Pay Ministers? Just Ask Them! <http://blogging4myself.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-pay-ministers-just-ask-them.html>
Blogging for Myself

here is an easy solution actually, and a surprising simple one. Ask each minister to name his pay! A wise potential minister would have grasped the concept of 'enough' as per Charles Handy definition alluded to by Denise Phua. If he or she doesn't even possess such wisdom, I don't think he ought to make ministerial rank and responsibility. Now if he ask for the sky, we know that is politically untenable and he is better off staying in his current jobs.

**** Media Biased, Says One In Two <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_672048.html>
Rachel Chang, Straits Times

About half of Singaporeans polled last year by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) were of the view that 'there is too much government control of newspapers and television'.

**** PAP MPs Suddenly Found Their ‘Voices’ To ‘Welcome’ Review Of Ministerial Salaries <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/05/24/pap-mps-suddenly-found-their-voices-to-welcome-review-of-ministerial-salaries/>
The Temasek Review

**** PAP MP Irked By Coverage On Opposition MPS <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/05/pap-mp-irked-by-coverage-on-opposition-mps/>
The Online Citizen

**** Govt Finally Heeds SDP's Calls For Salary Reduction <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4843-govt-finally-heeds-sdps-calls-for-salary-reduction>
Singapore Democratic Party

The SDP calls on PM Lee to stop dithering over the matter and do away with the appointment of a salary review committee. Intead he should lead by example and decisively and boldly announce a significant reduction of his own salary to $60,000 a month. His ministers should be paid accordingly. 

**** New Ministerial Pay Package "Should Also Look At Average Man's Pay" <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1130859/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

**** Commuters Livid Over Cut-off In Bus Arrival Info <http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/what-is-buzzing/commuters-livid-over-cut-off-bus-arrival-110406609.html>
Yahoo!

**** Old Wine, Old Bottle In Singapore <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/ME25Ae01.html>
Clifford McCoy, Asia Times

While the new PAP government may allow for more dissent and venues for political expression, it's not clear yet that repackaged policies and the senior Lee's retirement will be enough to satisfy the expectations of a new generation of voters in Singapore. 

**** Will Singapore's Opposition Be Too Polite In Parliament? <http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201105/s3225961.htm>
ABC

"On one hand, of course, there might, there's this desire to make things more vigorous and to make debates more vibrant. Also, at the same time, I see from a nation-building point of view, political parties represented in parliament must have this in mind, because, why are political parties voted into parliament in the first place?"

**** Singapore Out To Beckon Indian Talent? <http://unbiasedelectorate.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/singapore-out-to-beckon-indian-talent/>
Unbiasedelectorate

**** The Practicalities Of Ministerial Pay <http://blogging4myself.blogspot.com/2011/05/practicalities-of-ministerial-pay.html>
Blogging For Myself

Don't be afraid that if you pay too little you can't attract the right people. I am afraid stratospheric pay may be attracting the people that we do not want. These are the guys who would run the country like a corporation than for the people.