[MyAppleMenu] Nov 21, 2011

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**** How OS X Lion Helps Keep Your Files Safe <http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/how-os-x-lion-helps-keep-your-files-safe-1041230?>
Laurence Cable, TechRadar

Why Lion's Autosave and Versions features are a real boon.

**** Techno-toddlers: A Is For Apple <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/18/techno-toddlers-a-for-apple?CMP=twt_gu>
Thomas Jones, The Guardian

More pre-schoolers know how to use a smartphone than tie their shoelaces. Is this the future of child learning, or a potent image of 21st-century alienation?

**** Can The iPhone 4S Replace A "Real" Digital Camera? Ars Investigates <http://arstechnica.com/apple/guides/2011/11/can-the-iphone-4s-replace-a-real-digital-camera-for-many-yes.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

**** Five Unexpected Uses For The Tab Key <http://www.macworld.com/article/160792/2011/11/tab_tricks.html>
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld

Zoom around the Finder and your favorite apps with these Tab-key tricks.

**** Enable iTunes Track Notifications In The Dock <http://www.macworld.com/article/163739/2011/11/enable_itunes_track_notifications_in_the_dock.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

Hints reader Keir-thomas discovered a secret preference setting built into OS X Lion that allows song notifications to pop up over the iTunes Dock icon. 

**** Textastic – Text Editor With Syntax Highlighting Review <http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=717746&expand=true>
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld

**** How To Share One Mac With Your Family <http://www.macworld.com/article/163342/2011/11/how_to_share_one_mac_with_your_family.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Although you can configure this Mac so that it has just a single account, you can make it more enjoyable for each member of your family to use (and easier for you to control) by creating a separate user account for each family member. Do this and everyone has a place to put their stuff, plus you have the power to control exactly what each user can do with the Mac.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** For Their Children, Many E-Book Fans Insist On Paper <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/business/for-their-children-many-e-book-readers-insist-on-paper.html?_r=1&hp>
Matt Richtel And Julie Bosman, New York Times

Print books may be under siege from the rise of e-books, but they have a tenacious hold on a particular group: children and toddlers. Their parents are insisting this next generation of readers spend their early years with old-fashioned books.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Cool Twists Of Language <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/21/cool-language-guardian-letter-writers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
David Bellos, The Guardian

The Oxford philosopher JL Austin once observed in a lecture that in English a double negative implied a positive meaning, whereas no language had been found in which a double positive implied a negative meaning. Another philosopher who was in the audience that day made a very simple counterclaim just by saying "yeah, yeah".



SingaporeSurf
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**** Funny? The LTA Not Amused By Pedestrian Crossing Prank <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_736275.html>
Cheryl Faith Wee, Straits Times

At the pedestrian crossing in front of Rendezvous Hotel Singapore in Bras Basah Road, a button on the pedestrian crossing has been covered by a sticker which admonishes: 'Press Once Can Already' - a Singlish phrase reminding people that repeated pushing of the button in the hope that the Green Man will come on faster is futile.

**** WP Confident Of Avoiding Young PAP Embarrassment <http://sg.news.yahoo.com/workers--party-confident-of-avoiding-young-pap-embarrassment.html>
Ewen Boey, Yahoo!

Speaking to Yahoo! Singapore on Saturday, WP Youth Wing president Lee Lilian stressed that she has faith that her Youth Wing executive committee members are aware of the code of conduct required, but admitted that these cases are hard to predict and can happen to anyone.

**** Scoot – A Trojan Horse For Tiger Airways? <http://www.traveltrends.biz/ttn555-scoot-a-trojan-horse-for-tiger-airways/>
Martin Kelly, Travel Trends

Is SQ launching Scoot as insurance for the damaged Tiger?

**** The Politics Of Race <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/11/the-politics-of-race/>
Ghui, The Online Citizen

What I am taking issue with is the inappropriate fixation with it that seems to seep into our everyday existence.

**** Bukit Brown And Rochor: Development For Who? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/11/44459/>
Tim Mou Hui, The Online Citizen

The authorities must seriously consider less disruptive alternatives to solve a stated problem. All this must start from us thinking beyond simple economic cost-benefit analyses when considering the impact of development.

**** Doritaenopsis Sir Elton John <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/doritaenopsis-sir-elton-john/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread

Thus, all we can read from this media decision is that, yes, the Straits Times too has come to believe that it’s largely a non-issue. Singaporeans, by and large, are not going to reel in shock that there is homosexuality in the world, there is same-sex marriage and that there are gay-coupled families. Now with children.

**** No "Fat Tax" For Now: Dr Amy Khor <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1166740/1/.html>
Sharon See, Channel NewsAsia

She said: "It is early days yet. First, there isn't yet any international consensus on the effectiveness of taxation as an obesity control measure. There isn't much clear evidence to show that such taxes decrease the rate of obesity.

"Second, there may be unintended consequences. Such taxes will raise food prices which disproportionately affects Singaporeans with lower income, who spend a greater proportion of their income on food."

**** LTA Studying Commuters' Travel Patterns To Ease Jam <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1166742/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The Land Transport Authority is studying how to manage train travel patterns and will make their ideas known soon. Minister of state for transport and finance, Josephine Teo, gave this update in Parliament on Monday.

**** Why S'pore Abstained From Voting On Palestine's UNESCO Bid <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1166796/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

In a written parliamentary reply to Aljunied GRC MP Pritam Singh, Mr Shanmugam said Singapore's stand is that a Palestinian state must come as part of a negotiated two-state solution, which will see Israel and Palestine living peacefully side by side.