[MyAppleMenu] Oct 22, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Me Books App Is 'The Digital Equivalent Of An Independent Picture-book Shop' ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2012/oct/22/me-books-made-in-me?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Stuart Dredge, The Guardian


> British startup Made in Me wants to get parents and children drawing and recording with Peppa Pig, Peter Rabbit and other characters.



**** Stay On Top Of The Web With Read-later Services ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2012651/stay-on-top-of-the-web-with-read-later-services.html>
David Chartier, Macworld



**** Snapheal For OS X Improves Content Aware Heal For The Photoshop Phobic ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/22/snapheal-for-os-x-improves-content-aware-heal-for-the-photoshop/>
Mel Martin, TUAW


> This little digital trick allows you to remove unwanted objects or people from an image. Using a series of algorithms to determine what should be filled in where the object you removed was, it smartly and quickly repairs the photo with intelligent guesses about what to fill in.



**** How The iPad Took Over Our Lives ****
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/how-the-ipad-took-over-our-lives/article4624181/>
Ian Bullock, The Globe And Mail


> I pay obeisance to the iPad not because it recasts me as a superstar, but because it reflects back to me my new adult life.



**** Single Podcast Episodes, Huffduffer, And Podcast Apps ****
<http://www.macstories.net/tutorials/single-podcast-episodes-huffduffer-and-podcast-apps/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Microsoft's Plan To Bring About The Era Of Gesture Control ****
<http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429660/microsofts-plan-to-bring-about-the-era-of-gesture/?ref=rss>
Tom Simonite, Technology Review


> Apple might have made the touch screen ubiquitous, but Microsoft thinks hands-free interfaces will be just as big.



**** Stop Building Dumb Stuff ****
<http://www.obviouslywrong.org/2012/10/21/stop-building-dumb-stuff/>
Obviously Wrong


> "Make meaning, not money."






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Bad Pharma By Ben Goldacre: Review ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9617550/Bad-Pharma-by-Ben-Goldacre-review.html>
Max Pemberton, Telegraph


> The raw materials for a book like Goldacre’s are deathly dull. They are tiny streams of numbers and calculations; they are complex, obtuse statistical terminology; data and tables and graphs. But Goldacre has managed to achieve something marvellous here, turning them into a story everyone can get excited about. He has humanised the numbers so they become relevant. More than that, this is a book to make you enraged – properly, bone-shakingly furious – because it’s about how big business puts profits over patient welfare, allows people to die because they don’t want to disclose damning research evidence, and the tricks they play to make sure doctors do not have all the evidence when it comes to appraising whether a drug really works or not.



**** Looking In The Fridge And Finding Some Poetry ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/books/the-hungry-ear-poems-of-food-drink-kevin-young-editor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Dwight Garner, New York Times


> “Take away this pudding,” Winston Churchill reportedly said. “It has no theme.”

> I can understand Churchill’s hilarious pique. It’s how I often feel about poetry and about food writing. Both can be thin and flavorless. Both can be puddings without themes. Combine dining and verse, as has been done in a new anthology called “The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food & Drink,” and you have the potential for a perfect storm of muckiness.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Fiery Debates? I'd Rather Have Boring Politicians ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/views/fiery-debates-id-rather-have-boring-politicians>
Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times


> The question is whether we want to give as much prominence to style elements.



**** High Court Dismisses S'pore S$4b IMF Loan Case ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1232829/1/.html>
Kimberly Spykerman, Channel NewsAsia


> The court maintained that the consent of the President is not required - as Article 144 only operates when the Government takes a loan or gives a guarantee.



**** Not So Golden, Sumiko ****
<http://www.lianainfilms.com/2012/10/not-so-golden-sumiko/>
Lynn Lee, Lianain Films


> But surely there’s more to progress than parties and scenery and buildings?

Also: <a href="http://www.lianainfilms.com/2012/10/sumiko-tan-replies/">Sumiko Tan Replies</a>.


**** Pet Shops, Farms Still Not Up To Standard: SPCA ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1232805/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia



**** No Right To Impose My Personal Beliefs On Others ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/news/no-right-impose-my-personal-beliefs-others>
Robin Chan, Straits Times


> Hri Kumar Nair: "Religion and religious groups have been the force of much good in society. There is no reason why they cannot continue to contribute positively without getting involved in politics."



**** Office-holders Should Take Care When Expressing Views ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/news/office-holders-should-take-care-when-expressing-views>
Robin Chan, Straits Times


> Ho Peng Kee: "It is best that if such an office-holder finds it necessary to express his personal views, he makes it clear that he is doing so as such. And even then, it is best to do so in such a way where he will not be misrepresented or misunderstood, for example, sharing only with his own members or a group of friends. I think the setting and context are important."



**** Room To Evolve The Way Religion Intersects With Life ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/news/room-evolve-way-religion-intersects-life>
Robin Chan, Straits Times


> Laurence Lien: "Understandably we are quite cautious because of our history, and we are not advocating a major, sudden shift in the way that we do things. But there is room to experiment and evolve the way that religion is intersecting, not just with politics, but with life."



**** Time To Consider A New Leader For S'pore? ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/795-time-to-consider-a-new-leader-for-spore>
Andrew Loh, Publichouse.sg


> In Singapore, we have seen major failings in several areas. Singaporeans are familiar with these – immigration, housing, birth rate, income inequality.

> Perhaps it is time for us Singaporeans to ask the one question few have dared to ask: Is it time we considered a new leader for our country?



**** Population — Why Stop At 6.5 Million? ****
<http://refocusing.blogspot.sg/2012/10/population-why-stop-at-65-million.html>
Reflections On Change


> Somewhere, sometime, somehow, the country must demonstrate the courage and the will to face the reality and say that enough is enough.



**** Fearless Forecast: Inflation Will Rocket To 4.4% ****
<http://sbr.com.sg/economy/news/fearless-forecast-inflation-will-rocket-44>
Singapore Business Review


> Blame it on HDB rental rebates.



**** Super Wimps, Elitism, Double Standards & Other Mean Tots ****
<http://atans1.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/super-wimps-elitism-double-standards-other-mean-tots/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor


> Worse, for the PAP, the ST piece confirmed what sceptics had always said abt the “younger” ministers: only committed when the going is gd.



**** Having A Free Media Doesn’t Mean Better Quality ****
<http://atans1.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/having-a-free-media-doesnt-mean-better-quality/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor


> LKY has always defended the PAP’s stance on the media by pointing out that the Rupert Murdoch’s of this world use their media interests for their personal agendas.



**** Cheap As China And Closer: Malaysia Zone Woos Singapore Firms ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/21/us-singapore-malaysia-iskandar-idUSBRE89K0GK20121021>
Kevin Lim and Eveline Danubrata, Reuters


> Singapore companies dominate the firms setting up factories in Iskandar, accounting for around 15 percent of the 32.7 billion ringgit ($10.7 billion) committed as of June, according to the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA).



**** æ–°åŠ å¡çš„å¥½ä¸Žç½š 秩序是‘罚’出来的 ****
<http://finance.ifeng.com/news/hqcj/20121022/7178733.shtml>
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**** Will ‘National Conversation' Work In Singapore? ****
<http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/10/21/will-national-conversation-work-in-singapore/>
Kristen Han, GlobalVoices



**** Malaysia, Singapore Should Join Forces To Preserve Materials - Rais ****
<http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsgeneral.php?id=703742>
Bernama


> Malaysia and Singapore should join forces to preserve materials and records for future generation, said information, communications and culture minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.



**** Admit Students, Regardless Of Age ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC121022-0000022/Admit-students,-regardless-of-age>
Sandra Leonardi, Today


> This does not do justice to those who want to learn new skills, and does not align with the government's push to get people to upgrade themselves. 



**** Four-room Flat Has Remained At 90 Sq M Since The Mid-90s? ****
<http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/four-room-flat-has-remained-at-90-sq-m-since-the-mid-90s/>
Yours Truly Singapore



**** More Choices With Cross-carriage Policy ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC121022-0000019/More-choices-with-cross-carriage-policy>
Ho Hwei Ling, Media Development Authority, Today


> Back then, only seven out of 179 channels were common to both pay-TV operators. Today, 42 channels are offered in common, and it has not resulted in subscribers of either platform having to pay significantly more for these "duplicated content".



**** Singapore Has Changed, Will The PAP Change Too? ****
<http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/singapore-has-changed-will-the-pap-change-too/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread


> For decades, governing, in the PAP’s handbook, was about delivering economic growth. Everything else — infrastructure development, school curricula, population policy, investment incentives — had to be aligned as efficiently as possible. Now they may be realising that people don’t want the guiding star to be economic growth.

> It’s going to be very hard to change, for there is a reason why economic growth became the guiding star — survivalist paranoia. The notion that Singapore is perpetually under siege by numerous strategic disadvantages is going to be hard to shake off. And yet, they could also have seen how turned off Singaporeans have been by siege language — except they didn’t.