[MyAppleMenu] Nov 18, 2012

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**** We’re Getting Very Close To The Perfect MacBook ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/17/13-inch-macbook-pro-review/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch


> I’m sure we’re going to continue to hear the calls for a retina MacBook Air. I hear you. But you should really check out this new 13-inch MacBook Pro. It’s pretty damn close to what you’re asking for. It’s nearly the perfect MacBook.

Up next: 11-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display?


**** As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making A Living ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/business/as-boom-lures-app-creators-tough-part-is-making-a-living.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>
David Streitfeld, New York Times


> Even as unemployment remained stubbornly high and the economy struggled to emerge from the recession’s shadow, the ranks of computer software engineers, including app writers, increased nearly 8 percent in 2010 to more than a million, according to the latest available government data for that category. These software engineers now outnumber farmers and have almost caught up with lawyers.

> Yet with the American economy yielding few good opportunities in recent years, there is debate about how real, and lasting, the rise in app employment might be.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** When The Nerds Go Marching In ****
<http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/>
Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic


> How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama's reelection.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The 2-D Thanksgiving ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/magazine/the-2-d-thanksgiving.html?ref=magazine>
Mark Bittman, New York Times


> Believe it or not, there is more than one way to roast a turkey. First, you must ask yourself what you really want.



**** Rocket And Lightship ****
<http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/article/244760>
Adam Kirsch, Poetry Foundation


> Meditations on life and letters.






SingaporeSurf
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**** The Presumptions That Can – And Do – Kill You ****
<http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/the-presumptions-that-can-and-do-kill-you/>
Andrew Loh


> Count the number of times the word “presume” or “presumption” (highlighted in bold) appear in the Act.

> This clause makes the prosecution’s job a breeze and the accused has almost no way of defending himself.

> And with judges not allowed to take mitigating circumstances of the accused into consideration, the accused’s fate is sealed – right from the moment he is arrested.



**** Singapore Sports Hub The Lion City's Pride And Joy ****
<http://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1084844/singapore-sports-hub-lion-citys-pride-and-joy>
Alvin Sallay, South China Morning Post


> Singapore's state-of-the-art facilities will be completed by 2014, leaving Hongkongers to watch with envy from the sidelines.

Sports is big business.


**** A Plague On Both PAPpies & Some Facebookers ****
<http://atans1.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/a-plague-on-both-pappies-some-facebookers/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor



**** Prepare For The Great Singaporean Brain Drain? ****
<http://dotseng.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/prepare-for-the-great-singaporean-brain-drain/>
Dotseng



**** Blame The Latest Israel-Arab War On .....Singapore? ****
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/blame-the-latest-israelar_b_2147509.html>
Jim Sleeper, The Huffington Post

Also:
• <a href="http://piaroh.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/why-yale-should-censure-jim-sleeper-for-illiteracy/">Why Yale Should Censure Jim Sleeper For Illiteracy</a> (Words Of The Cze)


**** Death Penalty For The Government Then? ****
<http://www.voiddecker.com/2012/11/death-penalty-for-drugs-singapore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=death-penalty-for-drugs-singapore>
The Void Decker


> It is best the government steers clear of using dire social consequences to justify the death penalty on drugs, considering it has already lost all moral capital the moment it decided to go ahead with the casinos.