[MyAppleMenu] Sep 6, 2011

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MyAppleMenu
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**** First Official Apple Store In Hong Kong Will Open Sept. 24 <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/05/first_official_apple_store_in_hong_kong_will_open_sept_24.html>
AppleInsider

**** Apple To Open First Hong Kong Store This Quarter <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904537404576553542366470176.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Yun-hee Kim, Wall Street Journal

Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu in Beijing confirmed the details on Tuesday, but didn't give a more specific timeframe.

Ms. Wu also said that Apple is planning a new store in Shanghai later this quarter.

**** Apple Designer Jonathan Ive Enters A New Era <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-ive-20110906,0,7852640.story?track=rss&dlvrit=104530>
Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times

The synergy between Apple's co-founder and its top designer set into motion a decade of hits from the iPod to the iPad.

Now Apple will be counting on Ive to continue to deliver breakthrough designs without much oversight or support from Jobs, who last month stepped down as chief executive.

**** Cure For A Forgetful Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/162164/2011/09/cure_forgetful_mac.html>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** The Towson Hack: The Mystery Of Vanishing iTunes Credit <http://www.macworld.com/article/161794/2011/09/the_towson_hack_the_mystery_of_disappearing_itunes_credit.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

Since November 2010, hundreds of customers have seen their iTunes gift card balances zeroed out by mysterious unwanted purchases.

**** Daily Mac App: Adium <http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/06/daily-mac-app-adium/>
Samuel Gibbs, TUAW

Adium is a great long-standing piece of open-source Mac software. The reason it's so good is that it connects to almost every IM protocol under the sun. Gtalk, Facebook IM, Live Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, IRC, you name it, Adium will let you chat using it.

**** Converting Email From Eudora: Why I No Longer Live At The P.O. <http://tidbits.com/article/12382?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

There are two aspects to converting mail from Eudora: how you’ll convert it, and where you want it to end up.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Programming Can Be Fun Again <http://blog.polyglotprogramming.com/2011/9/5/programming-can-be-fun-again>
Dean Wampler

**** A Simpler Approach To Online Identity <http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38511/?ref=rss>
Ian E. Muller, Technology Review

A new service, backed by Google, lets you log into any site using one Web account.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Quantum Minds: Why We Think Like Quarks <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128285.900-quantum-minds-why-we-think-like-quarks.html?full=true>
Mark Buchanan, New Scientist

The fuzziness and weird logic of the way particles behave applies surprisingly well to how humans think.

**** Xenia <http://www.slate.com/id/2303124/?from=rss>
Robin Becker, Slate



SingaporeSurf
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**** ST's Subscription Plan Means Paying More For Less <http://www.imerlion.com/2011/09/sts-subscription-plan-means-paying-more.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSingaporeIphoneGuide+%28The+Singapore+iPhone+Guide%29>
iMerlion

Based on its recently announced subscription plan, it is now cheaper to subscribe to the newspaper and the digital editions together than it is to subscribe to the digital editions alone.

**** From Sarcasm To Absurdum <http://erpz.net/2011/09/05/from-sarcasm-to-absurdum/>
ERPZ

To a large extent, Today editors probably did a good thing. It's just up to readers' intelligence to read between the lines and take in the message.

**** Subsidy Dearth For End-of-life Home Care <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_709910.html>
Melissa Pang, Straits Times

The dying would like to spend their last days at home, but the current health-care system makes it difficult for those without the financial means to do so.

This was one of the findings that emerged in a study based on interviews with 78 doctors entitled What Doctors Say About Care Of The Dying.

**** All Quiet At Wheelock Place After Borders Closure <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_709906.html>
Ng Kai Ling, Straits Times

Things were all going to plan for Ms Kathleen Loi. Her stationery shop, Ri Stationers, had just opened in Wheelock Place and it seemed to go hand in hand with the paper-loving crowd that bookstore Borders was attracting.

The situation is less certain now for her four-month-old shop on the second floor, after the bookstore closed for good last month.

I wonder if any of these "empty" malls are courting Apple.

**** People’s Association Should Not Serve Political Party As It’s Taxpayer Funded <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/09/peoples-association-should-not-serve-political-party-as-its-taxpayer-funded/>
Shanta Arul, The Online Citizen

The role of the MP is to be the bridge between the community and the Government by hearing the concerns of their constituents and representing them in Parliament. Overall, Ms Ooi seems to suggest that MPs cannot conduct their duties if they come from a party outside of the PAP. If this is the case, it is the electorate who should be the judge, not the PA.

**** The Need To Label The SDP As Confrontational <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4949-the-need-to-label-the-sdp-as-confrontational>
Singapore Democratic Party

Just because we seek to change the system - a system designed by the PAP for its own benefit rather than for the benefit of the people - does not make the SDP radical or confrontational. Rather, it makes us effective and responsible.

**** Michael Palmer Nominated For Speaker Of Parliament <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1151398/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

**** Why Words When Deed Is There For The Doing? <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/why-words-when-deed-is-there-for-the-doing/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread

As you can see, Article 5A tightens up the requirements, so that the government of the day cannot circumvent or curtail the president’s “second key” powers by amending the constitution against his will. At last resort, the matter is referred to the people by way of a referendum.

Why is this provision inoperative? I don’t know. What does it take to make it operative? I don’t know either; though I suspect it will require a 2/3 majority of elected members of parliament.

But my point is this: If Lee means what he says, don’t just say it. Do it.

**** Singapore cultivates India as counter-weight to China in South-East Asia <http://rtn.asia/987_singapore-sees-india-counter-weight-china-south-east-asia-wikileaks>
RTN

**** Wikileaks : PAP Recruits From Lower Tiers... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2011/09/wikileaks-pap-recruit-from-lower-tiers.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind

In recent years, the PAP has lost its attraction for people who truly want to serve the community. Its right leaning ideology limits MPs that want to do more for those in need to the current policy framework.

**** LKY Says KL Reprisal Over Land Could Have Led To War <http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/lky-says-kl-reprisal-over-land-could-have-led-to-war>
Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider

Singapore’s influential founding father Lee Kuan Yew has praised Malaysia for honouring agreements that resulted in the return of the Tanjong Pagar railway land to the republic, saying any attempt to retaliate could have led to “war”.