[MyAppleMenu] Jul 5, 2012

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Mac App Notes: QuickCursor; How Did I Live Without This Before? ****
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/07/05/mac-app-notes-quickcursor-how-did-i-live-without-this-before/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville


> I select all the text, then press a keyboard shortcut. BBEdit opens a new document with the selected text. When I’m finished, I press Command-S to save my changes, then Command-W to close the window. At this point, QuickCursor pastes the text back into the WordPress editing pane, and I’m ready to go.



**** First Impressions: MacBook Pro With Retina Display ****
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/07/05/first-impressions-macbook-pro-with-retina-display/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville



**** iTunes Tips: Save iTunes Store Bookmarks, And Prevent Safari From Redirecting To The iTunes Store ****
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/07/05/itunes-tips-save-itunes-store-bookmarks-and-prevent-safari-from-redirecting-to-the-itunes-store/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville



**** The Developer News Window ****
<http://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2012/06/30/the-developer-news-window/>
Quentin Carnicelli, Rogue Amoeba


> If you’re a developer, we definitely recommend you consider a similar setup for your own applications. The ability to get in touch with active users and provide them with critical information has the potential to benefit both you and your users, and it’s even more important given the disconnection from our customers the App Store can cause. Be conservative in how you use it, and sooner or later, both you and your customers will be pleased you were able to get in touch.



**** Corrupt App Store Binaries Crashing On Launch ****
<http://www.marco.org/2012/07/04/app-store-corrupt-binaries>
Marco Arment


> I haven’t yet received a response from App Review, so I don’t know whether the fix was because I made noise, or because a cache expired somewhere that forced the problematic CDN nodes to redownload the binary correctly.

> Apple: This is a serious problem. It’s not isolated. Please fix this.



**** Adobe Illustrator CS6 Review ****
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/adobe_illustrator_cs6_review>
Rob Carney, Mac Life


> The new pattern creation features are a joy to use, and the speed of this version alone will impress any daily user of the app.



**** Keep Track Of Your Digital Media With Stock Keeper ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1167551/keep_track_of_your_digital_media_with_stock_keeper.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Luring Online Shoppers Offline ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/business/retailers-lure-online-shoppers-offline.html?pagewanted=all>
Stephanie Clifford, New York Times


> Now some big retailers are taking a new approach to the dreaded showrooming by transforming their stores into extensions of their own online operations. Walmart, Macy’s, Best Buy, Sears, the Container Store and other retailers are stepping up efforts to add Web return centers, pickup locations, free shipping outlets, payment booths and even drive-through customer service centers for online sales to their brick-and-mortar buildings.



**** Music: The Internet’s Original Sin ****
<http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/07/cory-doctorow-music-the-internets-original-sin/>
Cory Doctorow, Locus






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Writers Gathering Round New York’s Village Green ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/books/central-park-an-anthology-edited-by-andrew-blauner.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times


> In a sprightly new collection, “Central Park: An Anthology,” edited by Andrew Blauner, the park is celebrated by a bevy of talented writers.



**** The Woman Reader By Belinda Jack – Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/05/woman-reader-belinda-jack-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Hermione Lee, The Guardian


> A history of women's reading, and those who opposed it.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Fund Temasek Says Investment Growth Slows As Global Slump Buffets Asian Companies ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/singapore-state-fund-temasek-says-investment-slows-as-global-slump-buffets-asian-companies/2012/07/05/gJQApxvoOW_story.html>
Associated Press



**** Singapore Failing At Sex Education?	 ****
<http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4662&Itemid=189>
Asia Sentinel


> Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, in the final debate over the issue, told Singapore’s parliament that "Singapore is basically a conservative society...The family is the basic building block of this society. And by family in Singapore we mean one man, one woman, marrying, having children and bringing up children within that framework of a stable family unit."

> That may leave Singapore’s well-vetted sexuality education teachers with a quandary. Although homosexual congress between consenting adult males remains outlawed, the story in the streets is considerably different. A gay rights organization called Pink Dot drew more than 15,000 people to a local park a week ago to celebrate different sexual orientations. It is hard to believe, given near universal access to the Internet and a vast sexual cornucopia, that the country’s young aren’t going to notice.



**** Open Court Hearing On Hougang By-election Case ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1211745/1/.html>
Claire Huang, Channel NewsAsia


> The case initiated by a part-time cleaner on the by-election in Hougang will be heard in open court on 16 and 17 July.

> [High Court Judge Philip Pillai] also struck out an application by the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) to block the bid by part-time cleaner, Madam Vellama Marie Muthu.



**** SAF Will Continue To Review Uniforms' Design ****
<http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120705-357213.html>
Ethan Lou, My Paper


> Yesterday, Brigadier-General Chia Choon Hoong, chief infantry officer of the SAF, said in a statement that the shape, pattern and colours of the SAF’s pixelised uniforms “were designed for our specific operating environment”.



**** A Smarting SMRT ****
<http://berthahenson.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/a-smarting-smrt/>
Bertha Harian


> In fact, the regulator should have even higher standards and accountability.  It is the body the public places its faith in.



**** MOE 'Won't Be Prying Into Teachers' Personal Lives' ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120705-0000065/MOE-wont-be-prying-into-teachers-personal-lives>
Today


> The Ministry of Education, in response to queries from netizens on the role of educators in its revamped sex education programme, last night clarified that it would not be "prying into teachers' personal lives".



**** Court To Hear Case On PM's By-election Powers ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/666-court-to-hear-case-on-pms-by-election-powers>
Publichouse.sg



**** Singapore's Temasek May Shed Light On Bank Holdings, Europe Plans ****
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/temasek-review-idINL3E8I412L20120704>
Saeed Azhar, Reuters


> Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings is expected to shed more light in its annual review on how it plans to reshuffle its portfolio as Asian bank shares slump, and where its European strategy stands as the euro zone debt crisis heads towards its fourth year.



**** 不合理的电梯翻新调查 ****
<http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/jl120705_003.shtml>
何信其, 联合早报


> 我呼吁当局终止调查，依照当初公布的设计蓝图来完成工程。一诺千金，有诚信，才是政府当局应有的态度；普通市井小民也能明白，何况是政府！



**** Many Answers, But A Few Questions Remain ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120705-0000053/Many-answers,-but-a-few-questions-remain>
Neo Chai Chin, Today


> Despite the fact that witnesses cited confusion over the roles of SMRT and the LTA, particularly during an emergency, the committee stopped short of prescribing a solution.

> Speaking to TODAY, National University of Singapore (NUS) transport expert Lee Der Horng felt that the COI could have gone further in examining the LTA's role.



**** Polys 'Will Not Become Pre-universities' ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120705-0000058/Polys-will-not-become-pre-universities>
Ng Jing Yng, Today


> Even as the Republic embarks on a new applied degree pathway in its university landscape - one that could mean the admission of more poly graduates into university - the polytechnics here must retain their "primary mission" of preparing students for the workplace.

> This was a point made by an International Academic Advisory Panel (IAAP), which had convened here over the past two days to discuss trends in the higher education sector.