[MyAppleMenu] Dec 2, 2012

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**** 5 Things To Know About The Apple Fusion Drive ****
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412726,00.asp>
Joel Santo Domingo, PC Magazine


> You never have to manage it. The Fusion Drive is set up at the factory; you never have to fiddle with any settings. The drive automatically moves often-used programs and files from the hard drive to the Flash storage and back, depending on how often you use an item.



**** iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2544 Teardown ****
<http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+Intel+21.5-Inch+EMC+2544+Teardown/11936/1>
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**** First Look: Apple's Pretty iTunes 11's A Speed Demon ****
<http://blogs.computerworld.com/desktop-apps/21414/first-look-apples-pretty-itunes-11s-speed-demon>
Jonny Evans, Computerworld


> Improvements in visual navigation and a more logical arrangement of tools are good, but for me the biggest positive within iTunes 11 remains its vastly improved performance on all three Macs I've tested it on, including a relatively ancient five-year-old MacBook.



**** Who Do Online Advertisers Think You Are? ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/who-do-online-advertisers-think-you-are.html?ref=technology&_r=0&pagewanted=all>
Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times



**** iTunes Is An Outliner ****
<http://threads2.scripting.com/2012/december/itunesIsAnOutliner>
Dave Winer, Scripting News


> The only way software really flows is if you focus relentlessly on a very small set of features, and write down what the rules are, and never break them, and take lots and lots of time to Get It Right.



**** How To Use Up Next In iTunes 11 ****
<http://www.imore.com/how-use-next-feature-itunes-11>
Allyson Kazmucha, IMore


> Up Next is a great new feature in iTunes 11 that lets you quickly and easily stage songs you want to listen to shortly, without killing the song or playlist that's already playing.






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**** Toques From Underground ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/03/121203fa_fact_goodyear?currentPage=all>
Dana Goodyear, New Yorker


> For the past two years, in a loft apartment in downtown Los Angeles, Craig Thornton has been conducting an experiment in the conventions of high-end American dining. Several nights a week, a group of sixteen strangers gather around his dining-room table to eat delicacies he has handpicked and prepared for them, from a meticulously considered menu over which they have no say. It is the toughest reservation in the city: when he announces a dinner, hundreds of people typically respond. The group is selected with an eye toward occupational balance—all lawyers, a party foul that was recently avoided thanks to Google, would have been too monochrome—and, when possible, democracy.



**** The Culture In Kitchens ****
<http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/126103/sec_id/126103>
G. Murphy Donovan, New English Review


> Culture begins and ends on a plate. A proper wake is followed by good food and drink for good reason; a testament to life even without the guest of honor.



**** Prague Rocks ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/11/city_of_dark_magic_by_magnus_flyte_reviewed.html>
Glen Weldon, Slate


> But then, one day, you finally arrive in the longed-for city, only to realize that you have brought with you the flat gray fussiness of everyday life. You can’t help it; we all exude mundanity from our pores like so much sebum. In its presence, the eagerly anticipated riot of new ideas and experiences that enticed you to the place dissolves into a prosaic succession of ghastly toilets and transportation strikes and sore feet. For this is the grim secret of travel: We ache for Wallace Stevens, but we find only, always, Rick Steves.



**** The End Of Pens ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/11/typing_replaces_handwriting_philip_hensher_s_the_missing_ink_reviewed.html>
Julia Turner, Slate


> The Missing Ink, from British novelist Philip Hensher, makes the case that it has probably been too long. Subtitled “The Lost Art of Handwriting,” the book is an ode to a dying form: part lament, part obituary, part sentimental rallying cry.



**** The Ups And Downs Of Making Elevators Go ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324469304578143200385871618.html>
Kate Linebaugh, Wall Street Journal


> As a mathematician steeped in the theories of vertical transportation at Otis Elevator Co., Ms. Christy, 55, has spent a quarter-century developing systems that make elevators run as perfectly as possible—which means getting most riders into a car in less than 20 seconds. "Traditionally, the wait time is the most important factor," she says. "The thing people hate the most is waiting."