[MyAppleMenu] Mar 4, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Frequent, Intense Mature And Suggestive Themes ****
<http://www.marco.org/2012/03/03/frequent-intense-mature-suggestive-themes>
Marco Arment


> Teenagers who can’t look at porn in Safari or Atomic Web Browser can just get there from Google Search or Twitter instead.

> I suggested a much better solution almost three years ago: Add another rating category. Call it something like “Can access unfiltered web content.” Require all apps with such abilities to select that classification in iTunes Connect.



**** Apple Reveals New “All-Time Top Apps” Following 25 Billion Downloads ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/apple-reveals-new-all-time-top-apps-following-25-billion-downloads/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Raspberry Pi Can Help Schools Get With The Program ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/04/raspberry-pi-schools-computer-science>
John Naughton, The Guardian


> The Raspberry Pi project – a philanthropic effort to create the contemporary equivalent of the BBC Micro of yesteryear – has graduated from idealistic vapourware dreamed up in Cambridge to a finished, deliverable product manufactured in China.



**** The Second Screen, Trying To Complement The First ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/business/apps-let-you-supplement-the-tv-show-youre-watching.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Randall Stross, New York Times


> The Nielsen Company has some survey data confirming what we can see around us: Many TV viewers are using a computing device of some kind while they watch. 






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Best Fish-and-Chips In The World	 ****
<http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4290&Itemid=635>
Curtis Marsh, Asia Sentinel


> I’m wondering if this craving, for fish-and-chips, is hereditary; do all New Zealanders, like me, have this craving? Did we inherit this from our English forefathers?



**** “History Of A Pleasure Seeker” By Richard Mason ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/2012/02/21/gIQAdjVYnR_story.html>
Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post


> The only thing wrong with this otherwise terrific novel is its title, which is (a) clumsy, (b) overlong and (c) only marginally accurate, for the protagonist to whom it refers is as much a giver of pleasure as a seeker of it. Never mind. 



**** How To Be An Architecture Critic ****
<http://places.designobserver.com/feature/how-to-be-an-architecture-critic/32278/>
Alexandra Lange, Design Observer


> Design is not the icing on the cake but what makes architecture out of buildings, what turns them into places we want to live and eat and shop rather than avoid. Architecture critics can praise and pick on new designs, but their readership has lately been too limited. We need more critics — citizen critics — equipped with the desire and the vocabulary to remake the city.



**** Capital By John Lanchester – Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/04/capital-john-lanchester-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Claire Tomalin, The Guardian


> According to Walter Bagehot, Dickens described London "like a special correspondent for posterity". Dickens was a reporter before he became a novelist, and his reporter's instincts remained strong, especially in his "condition of England" novels, from Bleak House to Our Mutual Friend. John Lanchester also has a reputation as a reporter and as a novelist, and with this "big, fat London novel" he is writing a report on London in 2008, peopling it with fictional but precisely observed Londoners – a touch of Mayhew as well as Dickens. His documentation is sharp and vivid as he follows their adventures: now we know what it feels like not to get your expected bonus at the bank, and what it's like to be arrested before dawn, manhandled, handcuffed and carried off to a police cell without explanation or any mention of your rights as a citizen.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Adjusting Budget Allocation To Meet Changing Needs... ****
<http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2012/03/adjusting-budget-allocation-to-meet.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind


> The ratio of our healthcare spending to our defense spending show the gap between the needs of the people and ideological leanings of a govt that has lost its way after 40 years of semi-authoritarian leadership.



**** Nonya Cuisine: The Chicken Rice Shop ****
<http://taiwanxifu.com/2012/03/04/nonya-cuisine-the-chicken-rice-shop/>
Taiwanxifu


> And surprisingly given the strong commonalities between Singaporean/Malaysian and Taiwanese cuisines, it is next to impossible to find good nonya food in Taiwan.  Up until now, the only time I had sampled anything authentic was at the Singaporean National Day where I sampled succullent chicken rice prepared at the hands of chefs from Singapore (one of my colleagues enjoys the food at the event so much that he is always the last to leave).  That was until I discovered The Chicken Rice Shop (齊客來).



**** Singapore University Says It Welcomes Discussion With Yale ****
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-03/singapore-university-says-it-welcomes-discussion-with-yale.html>
Dan Hart, Bloomberg


> “It is understandable that for a pioneering initiative like the Yale-NUS College, there may be a diversity of views on different issues,” said Lily Kong, vice president of university and global relations for the National University of Singapore, in an e-mailed statement. “We believe that this discussion should lead to an even higher level of mutual understanding and respect, ultimately making the college even more robust.”

> Singapore’s government censors the media and uses the courts to silence criticism of the regime, according to Human Rights Watch, a New York-based group. Last year,[Yale university president Richard Levin] said he was confident that Yale’s faculty in Singapore could teach and publish without restrictions.



**** Income Tax Filing Season Returns ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120304-0000076/Income-tax-filing-season-returns>
Today


> The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) reminds all taxpayers, including sole proprietors and partners, to e-File their returns by April 18 2012, or send in their paper returns by April 15 2012.



**** Committee Of Supply Head J - The Upcoming Debate On Budget Estimates For The Ministry Of Defence ****
<http://kementah.blogspot.com/2012/03/committee-of-supply-head-j-upcoming.html>
David Boey, Senang Diri


> The longevity of Singapore's NS system is both a strength and a weakness. It bonds generations of Singaporeans with a shared experience (i.e. NS) that families of various races, languages and religions can readily identify with. This feeling of togetherness is a plus point that National Education officers have sought time and again to exploit promote.

> The weakness comes from the perception that some foreign talent (FT) are taking Singaporeans for a ride by sniffing out every and any opportunity to skirt, elude or cheat the NS system. This is a flashpoint that needs little to ignite because the pace of immigration in recent years has taxed the patience of Singaporeans who have borne the defence burden for the past 45 years.



**** Joker Here, Joker There, Jokers Everywhere! ****
<http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com/2012/03/joker-here-joker-there-jokers.html>
Feed Me To The Fish



**** The Authoritarianism Of The Internet? ****
<http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/the-authoritarianism-of-the-internet/>
Andrew Loh


> It would be most ironic if today we fear speaking up because we will be flamed by some on the Internet – by the very proponents of free expression, those who accuse the PAP Government of strangling the voices of the people. We would have replaced one form of authoritarianism with another, one which judges that a different view is a crime in thought.



**** 3 Predictions On Hougang ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/03/3-predictions-on-hougang/>
Gordon Lee, The Online Citizen


> In a country where elections are considered a troublesome event for the ruling party, the likelihood of Hougang residents to get an optional by-election looks very slim indeed.

> Now that Hougang is at last a “neutral” constituency with no elected representative, the PAP has the opportunity of a lifetime to merge it with neighbouring Ang Mo Kio GRC to dilute the WP votes and thus reverse the “freak election results” that have happened in Hougang since 1991.



**** Vikram Nair: Show Me The Money, Chen Show Mao ****
<http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/vikram-nair-show-me-the-money-chen-show-mao/>
Yours Truly Singapore


> You shouldn’t add your own subjective interpretation to what Mr Chen said but should take Mr Chen’s words of wisdom as they are. Mr Chen’s suggestion is not unreasonable considering our leader’s stance towards welfare all these years.



**** Views On Singapore Campus Voiced At Yale Faculty Meeting ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120304-0000020/Views-on-Singapore-campus-voiced-at-Yale-faculty-meeting>
Sumita Sreedharan, Today


> On the heels of the latest comments by certain Yale University faculty members critical of its Singapore branch campus, the inaugural dean of faculty Charles Bailyn has affirmed that he remains "very optimistic about the future prospects of Yale-NUS College".