[MyAppleMenu] Jul 18, 2012

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**** Move iTunes Media Files To Other Locations With TuneSpan ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1167721/move_itunes_media_files_to_other_locations_with_tunespan.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld


> If you’ve suffered from trying to parcel out your media files to different disks in the past, TuneSpan will simplify this process, allowing you to store everything in your iTunes Library, but not in your iTunes Media folder.



**** Flash Professional CS6 Gets Retooled For Game, Mobile App Development ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1167597/flash_professional_cs6_gets_retooled_for_game_mobile_app_development.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Michael Baumgardt, Macworld


> This upgrade is also a must-have for game developers. It provides them with an easy way to create sprite sheets, and facilitates export and optimization for a variety of platforms.



**** Hands-on: Launch Center Pro Is (Almost) The Quicksilver Of iOS ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/hands-on-launch-center-pro-is-almost-the-quicksilver-of-ios/>
Patrick Austin, Ars Technica


> While it functions just as well for calling and texting people, its differentiating feature is integration with almost all of your iOS apps and their features, allowing you to access them without digging down into the app itself.



**** Get This App: Pillboxie ****
<http://www.techhive.com/article/2000213/get-this-app-pillboxie.html>
Serenity Caldwell, TechHive


> Of course, while the aesthetics of Pillboxie make it a fun app to use, it was the reminders functions that sold me. You can configure notifications to work much like they do in any other app—appear once, then hide in notification center—or, if you need to be pestered, you can turn on Nagging Reminders, which will bleep at you every minute until you check off your dosage.



**** Silencer Mutes And Unmutes Your Mac On A Schedule Every Day ****
<http://lifehacker.com/5926577/silencer-mutes-and-unmutes-your-mac-on-a-schedule-every-day?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_twitter&utm_source=lifehacker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow>
Alan Henry, Lifehacker


> Silencer is a tiny menubar utility that can mute and unmute your Mac's speakers at a specific time every day, whether you mute it before bed and have it automatically restore the volume in the morning, or mute it before you leave for work and unmute it when you get home.



**** MAS: There And Back Again ****
<http://www.manton.org/2012/07/mas_there_and_back.html>
Manton Reece



**** Checkmark Review ****
<http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=1230286&expand=true>
Dan Moren, Macworld


> Checkmark, a new app from developer Snowman, has upped the ante with a superior implementation of one of Reminders’s key features, location-based reminders.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Why The Internet Is Awesome For Hypochondriacs ****
<http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/07/why-the-internet-is-awesome-for-hypochondriacs/>
John Timmer, Ars Technica


> The Internet makes it easy to focus on your symptoms.



**** Designing The Windows 8 Touch Keyboard ****
<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/07/17/designing-the-windows-8-touch-keyboard.aspx>
Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Raw Panic ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/dining/coping-with-summers-bounty-of-vegetables.html?_r=1&ref=dining>
Julia Moskin, New York Times


> What should be a beautiful and inspiring sight — your kitchen, overflowing with seasonal produce — is sometimes an intimidating tableau of anxiety. The knobbly piles and dirt-caked bunches are overwhelming. Already the peak-ripe multicolored peppers are developing soft spots; the chard is wilting and the race is on.



**** Once Upon A Time ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/07/23/120723crbo_books_acocella?currentPage=all>
Joan Acocella, New Yorker


> Whatever happened there, we all deserve it. A. S. Byatt has written that this is the real terror of the story: “It doesn’t feel like a warning to naughty infants. It feels like a glimpse of the dreadful side of the nature of things.” That is true of very many of the Grimms’ tales, even those with happy endings.






SingaporeSurf
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**** To Die For ****
<http://fivestarsandamoon.blogspot.sg/2012/07/to-die-for.html>
Five Stars And A Moon


> In deciding what we determine as something people should die for, perhaps we show what we really live for.



**** Yale Steps Into The Authoritarian Abyss ****
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/yale-into-the-abyss_b_1678428.html>
Jim Sleeper, The Huffington Post


> Such regimes have learned how to use overt repression against a few, in sparing but exemplary ways, to frighten others into thinking that it could happen to them: "Fear leaves no fingerprints," Dobson, Slate's politics and foreign-affairs editor, told NPR a few weeks ago while discussing his book. Some authoritarian corporate states asphyxiate dissent without administering too many beatings and imprisonments that might spark uprisings and worldwide condemnation.

> A "friendly" tip to a dissenter that the regime has recorded but refrained from punishing some small infraction he or she committed years earlier can prompt dread of surveillance, of knocks in the night, and of prosecutions for "defaming" the state that Singapore's ruling party uses to send its vocal critics into bankruptcy and worse. For example: Singapore still has draconian laws against homosexuality. Although it has backed off from enforcing them, they remain in its arsenal.

Also:
ª <a href="http://studentactivism.net/2012/07/17/protest-politics-will-be-banned-at-yales-new-singapore-campus/">Protest, Politics Will Be Banned at Yale’s New Singapore Campus</a> (Student Activism)


**** Singapore Leads By Example ****
<http://capitalism.hk/2012/07/18/singapore-leads-by-example/>
Capitalism.HK



**** Is The Public Transport System A Right Or A Privilege? ****
<http://www.theurbn.com/2012/07/is-the-public-transport-system-a-right-or-a-privilege/>
Nur Atiqa Asri, Urban Times


> Singaporeans are hardly suffering from an inadequate transport system. Far from it, they must realize that they are enjoying the benefits of an exemplary transport system that other cities ought to model after.



**** Riding Out Tough Times, The Singapore Way ****
<http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/17/riding-out-tough-times-the-singapore-way/>
CNN



**** Singapore's Four-billion Dollar Loan To IMF Challenged In Court ****
<http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/asia-pacific/singapores-fourbillion-dollar-loan-to-imf-challenged-in-court/982490>
Girish Sawlani, Radio Australia


> The application to the High Court was filed by the leader of the opposition reform party, who argues the move is unconstitutional because it wasn't approved by the parliament and the president.

> But the authorities in Singapore argue the IMF loan does not violate the constitution because it doesn't apply to government lending.



**** 13 Year Old Singapore Girl Arrested For Burning Singapore Flag ****
<http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/13-year-old-singapore-girl-arrested-for-burning-singapore-flag/>
The Temasek Times



**** Utterly Shocking Behaviour From The Law Society ****
<http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/utterly-shocking-behaviour-from-the-law-society/>
Andrew Loh


> Yes, Law Society, you have egg on your face – and again it is through your own doing, no one else’s.

> What is appallingly absent in the Law Society’s two statements thus far is the complete lack or even a hint of remorse, or of an apology – to the public (for the “wrong” statement on 16 July), and to the courts (for allowing one of its own to, in effect, run wild in the courts – not once but 3 times!).



**** Indonesian Maid Falls To Her Death From 14Th-floor Flat ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_823550.html>
Lua Jia Min, Straits Times



**** Singapore Must Pause And Reflect ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_823419.html>
Kenneth Ling, Straits Times


> To me, the Government has chosen the path of monetary and materialistic emphasis, plus enhancing its global image, over its citizens' quality of life.

> When you add poor planning, and one-dimensional solutions focused mainly on financial outcomes, things may worsen in the coming years.



**** New iPad Rental Service Targets Tourists To Singapore ****
<http://asia.cnet.com/new-ipad-rental-service-targets-tourists-to-singapore-62217989.htm>
Vincent Chang, CNET Asia


> It costs S$30 a day to rent an iPad and there will be a refundable amount of S$800 charged to the customer's credit card to cover any potential loss or damage. 

It seems to me that if you are the kind of person who want to have an iPad around in a foreign land, you would want to have your own iPad, with your own apps and media and data.


**** LTA Media Statement: DTL Bugis Worksite Incident ****
<http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=kmbp023g1j7v1r5e0l9hi60zruaju7snhg5ay2lo2a2z06mc90>
Land Transport Authority, Singapore Government


> The DTL Bugis station structure is substantially complete and structurally sound. The incident which is localised in nature poses no risk to surrounding developments and the public. Similar scaffolding structures at other DTL worksites have been checked and confirmed to be safe.

> LTA is deeply saddened by the loss of the two workers as well as the injuries suffered by the other eight workers. We will cooperate with the Ministry of Manpower in their investigation into the cause of the accident. We will also exercise extra vigilance to prevent a similar occurrence.

Also:
• <a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1214206/1/.html">Two dead, eight injured at MRT construction site</a> (Dylan Loh / Sabrina Chan / Olivia Siong, Channel NewsAsia)


**** Scandalized ****
<http://berthahenson.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/scandalized/>
Bertha Harian


> I think Alex Au went overboard calling the judiciary biased by using the Woffles Wu case as a jumping off point. As for him misleading readers with his analysis of the charges against Wu etc, frankly, I find  the whole  thing pretty complicated too.

I am not smart enough to differentiate between what is and isn't scandalizing the Courts. And this, I think, is a problem.


**** 8 Injured, 2 Missing After Scaffolding Collapses At MRT Construction Site ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1214176/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia



**** 4 Big Questions Marks On The Law Society And Mr Wong ****
<http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7760>
Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

Also:
• <a href="http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/community/item/694-mr-wong-had-acted-very-much-on-his-own-law-society">"Mr Wong had acted very much on his own": Law Society</a> (Wong Meng Meng, Law Society of Singapore, Publichouse.sg)
• <a href="http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/693-law-society-made-3-attempts-to-stop-lawyer-m-ravi">Law Society made 3 attempts to stop lawyer M Ravi</a> (Andrew Loh | Richard Wan, Publichouse.sg)


**** Minimum Wage Reduces Reliance On Foreign Labour ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120718-0000012/Minimum-wage-reduces-reliance-on-foreign-labour>
Wong Weng Fai, Today


> Fundamentally, minimum wage is about fair employment: In return for one's time and toil, one should be fairly compensated.

We really shouldn't treasure businesses that cannot even give a fair day's wage to a fair day's work.


**** Let Govt Run The System ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_823423.html>
Harry Ng, Straits Times


> More importantly, the respective governments will also have the controlling power and voting rights to ensure that the operators are run in an efficient manner.



**** $2M Fine Against SMRT: What About LTA? ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_823428.html>
Siow Lead Keong, Straits Times


> Fixing the problems should not exclude sparing errant officers from the proverbial rod.

Also:
• <a href="http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120718-0000018/Who-regulates-the-regulators?">Who regulates the regulators?</a> (Daniel Koh Kah Soon, Today)


**** Employee Loyalty Falls To Five-year Low ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120718-0000055/Employee-loyalty-falls-to-five-year-low>
Amir Hussain, Today


> As employee loyalty to their company fell to a five-year low in every major region, about 52 per cent of employees in Singapore intend to leave their current employers within the next five years and about one in three plan to do so within two years, research has found.

I wonder how to measure companies' loyalty, or commitment to better their employee's life. I suspect there is a downward trend there too.


**** Law Society Sheds Light On Controversy ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120718-0000056/Law-Society-sheds-light-on-controversy>
Today


> Signed by Law Society President Wong Meng Meng, the statement clarified that the representative had acted on his own volition and the Law Society council members were only made aware of the matter after they received enquiries from the press.



**** Dr Chee Has A V.V. Gd Point ****
<http://atans1.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/dr-chee-has-a-v-v-gd-point/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor