[MyAppleMenu] Jan 4, 2012

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Deadlines Nearing For Claims Over Frayed Apple MacBook MagSafe Power Connectors ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/deadlines-nearing-for-claims-over-frayed-apple-macbook-magsafe-power-connectors/11960>
David Morgenstern, ZDNet



**** Daily Mac App: Tab Launcher ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/03/daily-mac-app-tab-launcher/>
Megan Lavey-Heaton, TUAW


> For many people, it's kind of pointless to go searching for a Dock replacement. The Dock itself is one of the most attractive features of OS X and is actually one of the things that lured me into adopting Macs at home seven years ago. But when you have a smaller screen to work with, especially on a MacBook Air, space is a premium. This is where programs such as Tab Launcher come in.



**** CloseTheDoor On Unwanted Network Connections ****
<http://betanews.com/2012/01/03/closethedoor-on-unwanted-network-connections/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bn+%28Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN%29>
Mike Williams, Betanews



**** Show The Dock In Full Screen Apps In Mac OS X Lion ****
<http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/03/show-dock-full-screen-apps-mac-os-x/>
OS X Daily


> To show the Dock in a full screen app, swipe twice at the bottom of the screen.

To repeat, <i>twice</i>. Why? I have no idea.


**** Former Apple Employee Writes An Email To Tim Cook Addressing A Sensitive Topic ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2012/01/03/apple-employee-writes-email-tim-cook-addressing-sensitive-topic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Jared Erondu, Macgasm



**** Apple's January Event ****
<http://claytonmorris.com/blog/2012/1/3/apples-january-event.html>
Clayton Morris


> Here is what I know from sources involved:<br/>

> <ul>

> <li>This event will focus on iTunes University and Apple in education</li>

> <li>The event will be in New York rather than in the Silicon Valley because New York is more centrally located for textbook and publishing. </li>

> </ul>



**** Site Sends SMS Message When WWDC Tickets Go On Sale ****
<http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/03/site-sends-sms-message-when-wwdc-tickets-go-on-sale/>
Jordan Golson, MacRumors


> In 2011, less than 12 hours after passes went on sale, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference had already sold out. To help would-be attendees get a chance to purchase tickets, developers Anthony Herron and Aaron Wardle created WWDC Alerts, a website that lets users sign up to be sent a text message when WWDC tickets for 2012 finally go on sale.



**** Clean Out Launchpad Completely ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/164600/2012/01/clean_out_launchpad_completely.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld


> The crux of this trick is wiping out the contents of the database Lion uses to know what goes where in Launchpad.



**** Resetting A Forgotten Administrator's Password In Lion ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/164599/2012/01/reset_password_lion.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Ring In The Chinese New Year With Apple ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2012/01/03/ring-chinese-year-apple/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Grant Brünner, Macgasm


> To celebrate the upcoming year of the dragon, Apple is holding a one-day sale on January 6th in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Encrypting Pictures Using Chaotic Cellular Automata ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27460/?ref=rss>
Technology Review



**** Microphone Turns Any Surface Into Touch Interface ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27458/?ref=rss>
Christopher Mims, Technology Review


> Bruno Zamborlin collaborated with Norbert Schnell to use a contact microphone connected to a system that processes sound in real time to turn any rigid surface into a touch interface.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** How Crossword Puzzles Mess With Your Mind ****
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228441.500-how-crossword-puzzles-mess-with-your-mind.html?full=true>
Stephen Battersby, New Scientist


> The processes leading to that flash of insight can illuminate many of the human mind's curious characteristics. Crosswords can reflect the nature of intuition, hint at the way we retrieve words from our memory, and reveal a surprising connection between puzzle solving and our ability to recognise a human face.



**** How To Avoid Potholes On The Road To Politeness ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/books/would-it-kill-you-to-stop-doing-that-by-henry-alford-review.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Charles Isherwood, New York Times


> His slim but lively meditation on manners is far more witty-anecdote-driven and personal than pedagogical, a mean game of tiddlywinks played on the minefield of manners rather than a series of law-giving tablets etched in stone.



**** Story Time, Debunked ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/scientific-answers-to-the-mysteries-of-childrens-literature.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Alexandra Horowitz And Ammon Shea, New York Times


> Sometime after the 10th reading of a particular book in a day we find ourselves examining the deeper and unspoken questions brought up by the text: Why is George so curious? Are Frog and Toad really friends? And most perplexing of all, what does Brown Bear actually see?



**** Song Of The Unseen Bird ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2012/01/_song_of_the_unseen_bird_by_h_l_spelman_.html>
H.L. Spelman, Slate



**** The Q Factor ****
<http://chronicle.com/article/The-Q-Factor/130157/>
William Germano, The Chronicle Of Higher Education


> The closing of Series Q feels like a quiet end to a vivid chapter in academic publishing. It's difficult to remember what gay studies meant a decade ago, much less 30 years back.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Backlash Against Political Pay Rates Despite Cut ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/singapore/8991540/Singapore-backlash-against-political-pay-rates-despite-cut.html>
The Telegraph


> Critics immediately swamped online forums to slam the new salary scheme, which was recommended by an independent committee whose proposals Lee has agreed to implement.

> "Ordinary minister's salary still higher than US President! Still too high! Pure Nonsense!" wrote a reader who signed off as Lim Lao Pe on the Yahoo! Singapore portal.

> Popular local satirist Mr Brown wrote on Twitter: "Why must ministerial salaries be pegged to the Top 1000 earners of Singapore? Why not the lowest 1000? You help the poorest, you make more."



**** Left Unspoken, Singapore Last Year Grew Less Than Inflation ****
<http://chantc.blogspot.com/2012/01/left-unspoken-singapore-last-year-grew.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZbxP+%28My+Little+Corner%29>
My Little Corner


> The fact that Singapore is dependent on the global economy growth is no secret. However, what puzzles me is that since Singapore is keen to promote innovation, why is Singapore not trying to excite our own domestic economy and promoting more spending within, than to keep relying on external economies to determine our economic growth?



**** The Way We Once Were (Bloggers) ****
<http://www.cowboy-caleb.com/2012/01/04/the-way-we-once-were-bloggers/>
Cowboy Caleb


> Before there was Twitter or Facebook, all we had were our blogs. And there we were, linking to each other every day. I recall checking Technorati for my ranking and to see if anybody new had linked to me.



**** Ministers Pay Suggest What We Are ****
<http://blogging4myself.blogspot.com/2012/01/ministers-pay-suggest-what-we-are.html>
Blogging For Myself


> Actually I don't care how political leaders are paid as much as what it says about their values and the people's values. I just can't helped thinking that we are have been and continue to be commercial in the way we select and keep them. We are reducing everything to a commercial transaction but pretending that it isn't. This hypocrisy will return to haunt us.



**** Ministerial Salary Review Committee’s Report Is Disappointing – NSP ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/01/ministerial-salary-review-committees-report-is-disappointing-nsp/>
Hazel Poa, National Solidarity Party, The Online Citizen


> It is disappointing that our Ministers’ salaries are still pegged to the top earners instead of the general wage levels.  It sends the message that our Ministers are in the same boat as the top earners and not with average person.  It rewards the Ministers more as income inequality increases and top earners get a larger and larger share of the economic pie.

> This policy has been in place for 17 years now, and we have not been more successful in attracting private sector talents into politics.  On the other hand, corruption is illegal just like robbery or theft.  Just as we do not pay people not to rob or steal, it is ridiculous to pay people not to be corrupt. In any case, as the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius once observed, “a man should be upright, not be kept upright.”



**** Salaries Of Prime Minister, Ministers And Political Office Holders ****
<http://singaporeshortstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/salaries-of-prime-minister-ministers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SingaporeShortStories+%28SINGAPORE+SHORT+STORIES%29>
Singapore Short Stories


> I was thinking that a more reasonable salary accorded to a political appointment holder should be in the salary bracket of $700,000 to $900,000 per year. The benchmarking of the revised political salaries to the salaries of top earners was still carried out in this latest revision of political salaries though less closely pegged. I believe this benchmarking is not too fair.



**** Commission's Ministerial Pay Review Does Not Address Root Of Problem	 ****
<http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/114-general/5097-commissions-ministerial-pay-review-does-not-address-root-of-problem>
James Gomez, Singaore Democratic Party


> The proposed revisions by the Ee commission still our junior ministers paid higher than US President Barack Obama. This is because the reductions merely brings the amounts back to pre-2007 levels, which was already unacceptably high. (In the 2006/2007 fiscal year ministerial salaries increased 27 percent. The following year saw another 15 percent jump.)

> Although, the SDP has suggested in our report in doing away with bonuses, we note that there continues to an opportunity for up to 6 months of additional bonuses which many working Singaporeans do not personally enjoy at their workplace.

> The removal of pensions is welcomed, but we note that those be eligible for pensions in the old scheme will continue getting both their pensions and current political salaries.



**** Analysis On The Pay Cuts Of Political Appointment Holders ****
<http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7285>
Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net


> Ultimately, the problem lies with the PAP itself, and not merely with the astronomical political pay scale. If the PAP does not change its policies or alter its basic approach to politics, its image will continue to suffer and its credibility will still be under increasing attack. Changing the pay structure alone will not win the PAP sufficient respectability and credibility. In order to be able to attract good talent into government and into political office, the PAP must change at a fundamental level. Unless this happens, the political salary revisions can at most be a stop-gap measure that will not lead to any substantial change.

> The current recommendation however, does not go sufficiently far in my opinion. For example, why is there even a need to include GDP growth in the computation? Our political elite already have all the incentive in the world to stimulate high GDP growth. Their entire families benefit when economic growth is strong, and the privileged segments of society will reward them fully if their policies cater to their advantage. There is no need to give any incentive for any politician to stimulate GDP growth, because such a motivation is already intrinsically part of his or her political DNA.



**** President, MPs React To Pay Cut ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1174761/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> Meanwhile, Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) David Ong said: "Personally, for me, with the reduction of the MP allowance and removal of the GDP Bonus, it won't affect my performance at all, as an MP. 

> Mr Ong told <i>MediaCorp</i> it is important that the financial sacrifice, however, not be too steep as this will affect the government's ability to attract top-calibre leaders. 



**** SingTel Customers Experiencing Problems With 3G Services ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1174743/1/.html>
Vimita Mohandas, Channel NewsAsia


> Customers of SingTel 3G mobile services have been experiencing problems with the network in parts of Singapore. Those affected since Tuesday night are mainly in the northern and western parts of Singapore.



**** How Many In Singapore Get 8 Months Bonus? ****
<http://www.raviphilemon.net/2012/01/how-many-in-singapore-get-8-months.html>
Ravi Philemon


> When you take away the 8 months bonus assumption (13 month + 1 month annual variable component + 3 months performance bonus + 3 months National Bonus), the Ministerial salary review actually looks more acceptable.

> It is the 8 months bonus which makes these (otherwise well thought out) Ministerial Salary Review recommendations out of whack.



**** S'poreans Give Proposed Pay Cuts The Thumbs Up ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/-proposed-ministerial-pay-cuts-a-good-start-.html>
Xavier Lur, Yahoo!


> Proposed ministerial salary cuts have garnered a wave of positive public feedback, although some Singaporeans remained dissatisfied with them and said that more should be done.



**** The End For The Opposition ****
<http://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/the-end-for-the-opposition/>
Political Writings


> The PAP has just called the Opposition’s bluff. It has upped the ante, it is now calling for the Opposition to show hand. And what have they got to show for it?

> Many in the Opposition think this is their victory. Wait till they realize that they now have one less thing to fight the PAP on, one less reason for the electorate to vote for them in 2016.



**** Tin Pei Ling: MPs Have Duty To Help ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/community/item/359-tin-pei-ling-mps-have-duty-to-help>
Publichouse.sg



**** Salaries Premised On What Definition Of GDP? ****
<http://short-comment.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html>
Just My Short Comment


> Once upon a time in Singapore, it used to be GDP at all costs, though hopefully, as Singapore and the world matures, there can be less corruption (quantitative easing causing dilution in currency values), lower inflation and GDP arising from a happy population, not one with a high GDP like Japan but whose GDP is a measure of the amount of work being done to clean up the Fukushima nuclear disaster damage area and the subsequent cancers that arise from the consequential radiation leak exposure.



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**** Upstart Singapore Outstrips Las Vegas ****
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/NA05Ae02.html>
Muhammad Cohen, Asia Times


> As the statistics suggest, Singapore didn't just steal a page from Las Vegas; the Lion City has rewritten the book on casino resort development and has done it so well that people now speak about a "Singapore model" for gaming development. 

> Even though free markets are presumed to be best for business, it's the heavy-handed Singapore model that other Asian destinations and international gaming companies are starting to envy. "Everyone's saying, 'We don't want to be left behind'," former Marina Bay Sands chief executive officer Thomas Arasi observes. 

> Even so, Chee Soon Juan, chairman of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party counters, "There are many economic activities that contribute to societal health and sustainable progress: the gaming industry is not one of them. Being a model for the gaming industry is not something we should aspire to."



**** Singapore Cuts Ministers’ Pay After Wealth Gap Irked Voters ****
<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-04/singapore-cuts-ministers-pay-after-wealth-gap-irked-voters.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg


> “An entry-level minister will still make more than President Obama but you can’t please everyone,” said Eugene Tan, a political commentator and assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University. “Income inequalities are inevitable but the government is now increasingly moving towards how they measure quality of life and development, rather than just GDP growth.”



**** Pay Cuts For PM And Ministers: Only Token Cuts ****
<http://rogerpoh.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/pay-cuts-for-pm-and-ministers-only-token-cuts/>
SpotlightOnSingapore


> The thinking that just because they occupy high government office they are therefore entitled to what top professionals earn is reflective of greed. 

> When greed gets in the way, public service falls by the wayside. 



**** Singapore PM Faces 36 Pct Pay Cut, Still World's Best Paid ****
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/singapore-politics-pay-idINDEE80303X20120104>
Kevin Lim, Reuters


> Despite the pay cut, Lee's salary will still be three times that of Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the world's next highest-paid political leader who takes home about $550,000 a year.

> Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will get about A$480,000 a year under proposals unveiled recently while U.S. President Barack Obama earns about $400,000.



**** Singapore To Cut Ministerial Salaries On Review ****
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-04/singapore-to-cut-ministers-pay-on-panel-recommendations-after-2011-polls.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg


> Lee, who said today he would accept the proposed cuts, created the panel seven months ago after his ruling People’s Action Party won the May 2011 general election with the smallest margin of popular votes since the island’s independence in 1965. Singapore’s ministers are among the world’s highest paid as the government previously benchmarked their wages against salaries of chief executive officers and other top earners in the country.



**** Committee Releases Report ****
<http://reviewcommittee2011.sg/2012/01/04/press-release/>
Committee To Review Ministerial Salaries


> The Committee to Review Ministerial Salaries recommends cutting the salaries of the President, Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, and political appointment holders; as well as the allowance of Members of Parliament (MP).

> The Committee also recommends removing the pension scheme.

> The President’s annual salary should be cut by 51% to $1,540,000. The Prime Minister’s annual salary should be cut by 36% to $2,200,000.

> The Committee also made recommendations on a new benchmark. A new salary framework and National Bonus linked to the socio-economic progress of average and lower income Singaporeans is also proposed.

> The new salaries are based on our recommendation to benchmark the MR4 Minister’s salary to the median income of the top 1,000 earners who are Singapore citizens and with a 40% discount to signify the ethos and sacrifice that comes with political service. This benchmark is based on a larger pool that does not specify occupations and covers only Singapore Citizens, the pool of talent that our political leaders will be drawn from.

> For the national bonus, four indicators with equal weightage (as indicated in brackets below) have been chosen:

> • Real median income growth rate of Singapore Citizens (25%);

> • Real growth rate of the lowest 20th percentile income of Singapore Citizens (25%);

> • Unemployment rate of Singapore Citizens (25%); and

> • Real GDP growth rate (25%).

> This means the National Bonus has a strong link to the socio-economic progress of average and lower income Singapore Citizens.



**** Govt Intends To Accept Recommended Wage Cuts : PM Lee ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1174696/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia


> Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government intends to accept the recommendations of the Committee set up to review the salaries of political appointment holders.



**** That Zaobao Interview ****
<http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=320077134681273>
Pritam Singh, Facebook



**** ‘All Hands On Deck For S’pore To Weather Storm’ ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/hands-deck-pore-weather-economic-storm-033229587.html>
Andrew Loh, Yahoo!


> Tharman will once again need to try and foresee the fall-out from the current global situation and install the necessary measures to see Singaporeans through. It is by no means an easy or simple task but one which, if done right, will keep the impact to a minimum.



**** No Silver Lining For Singapore Economy In 2012 ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/economy/news/no-silver-lining-singapore-economy-in-2012>
Singapore Business Review


> 2012 growth is predicted to hover in the measly 2% as it gets battered on all fronts -- from a worldwide demand slump to increased belt-tightening among Singaporeans bracing for a recession.

Bad news all around.


**** No "Party Politics" When Appointing Advisers: PA ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1174686/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> PA said in appointing advisers, it selects the candidate best able to lead the GROs in serving the residents and it looks at three criteria - his ability to do the job, his passion for serving the community, and whether he has the support of grassroots leaders at large.

> Most importantly, he must also have the willingness to serve.

And how do we determine the ability to do the job and the willingness to serve? Must the guy wear white?


**** SingTel Customers Hit By Service Disruption In Northern, Western S'pore ****
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/singtel-customers-hit-by-service-disruption-in-northern--western-s-pore.html>
Fann Sim, Yahoo!


> SingTel customers in the northern and western part of Singapore experienced erratic 3G mobile service on Tuesday evening. 

> Shortly before midnight, SingTel posted an update which said "all 3G services in affected areas have been normalised since 9:40pm".



**** Alcohol Ban ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_751519.html>
Ong Khin Oon, Straits Times


> Though Kampong Glam is a heritage area, it is also a commercial district. To make the place vibrant, shops and restaurants should be given a free hand to do business as long as there is demand.

As our society matures, we should aim to have less rules and regulations.


**** Stop The Raid On Your CPF ****
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2012/01/stop-raid-on-your-cpf.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News


> I have read in many blogs and feel very embarrassed and shameful that Singaporeans are resigned to the fate that their CPF money is as good as gone, forever. Some meekly took the position that it is another form of tax. Please, do not allow that kind of mindset to let your money slip away.



**** Malaysia Implements Free Outpatient Care For Seniors.... ****
<http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2012/01/malaysia-implements-free-outpatient.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind


> In Singapore, most seniors above 60 are expected to work - following the  Retirement Age Amendment Bill passed earlier last year, they can only have access to the bulk of their own CPF after they reach age 65. There are however one group of people with pensions and free medical care - our ministers and top civil servants. These people are also the ones who earn so much money they don't really need these schemes.



**** Dear Dr Bala, What About The Barrage? ****
<http://thetwophilo.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/dear-dr-bala-what-about-the-barrage/>
Thetwophilo's Blog


> The minister is spot on when he admitted recently that the Stamford Canal has already reached its maximum capacity. Perhaps, he may want to consider looking into the possibility that the  Barrage might just be responsible for ‘prematurely’ hastening this. Should he also prematurely rule out the possibility that  modifying the operation of the Barrage might just have a role in the overall solution to the Orchard Road flooding?

If I were PUB, I wouldn't rule out the Marina Barrage as a cause of recent floods without good solid evidence.
On the other hand, I also will not accuse the Marina Barrage without solid evidence indicating so.
And that is a long-winded way of saying, somebody better re-think and start researching into this matter.