[MyAppleMenu] Sep 16, 2012

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MyAppleMenu
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**** WhatsApp Is Broken, Really Broken ****
<http://fileperms.org/whatsapp-is-broken-really-broken/>
Fileperms


> WhatsApp, the extremely popular instant messaging service for smartphones that delivers more than ~1billion messages per day has some serious security problems. I will try to give a detailed analysis on some of the issues.



**** So Long, Retina ****
<http://blog.rinik.net/so-long-retina>
Vojtech Rinik


> It's not something that disturbs your normal workflow, but once you see it, you just know your perfect machine is not perfect at all.



**** The iPhone 5'S A6 SoC: Not A15 Or A9, A Custom Apple Core Instead ****
<http://www.anandtech.com/show/6292/iphone-5-a6-not-a15-custom-core>
Anand Lal Shimpi, AnandTech


> The A6 is the first Apple SoC to use its own ARMv7 based processor design. The CPU core(s) aren't based on a vanilla A9 or A15 design from ARM IP, but instead are something of Apple's own creation.



**** Turn Your Mac Or PC Into An AirPlay Device With AirServer ****
<http://www.imore.com/turn-your-mac-or-pc-airplay-device-airserver>
Leanna Lofte, IMore



**** Hands On: Apple's New EarPods Headphones ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2009928/hands-on-apples-new-earpods-headphones.html>
Matthew Ward, Macworld






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Google's Java Translator Eases Path To iPad, iPhone Apps ****
<http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/googles-java-translator-eases-path-ipad-iphone-apps-202377>
Paul Krill, InfoWorld


> Google on Thursday made accommodations for Java and Python developers by offering a Java-to-Objective-C translator and advancing its Python client library for Google APIs.






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** In Copenhagen, Noma Restaurant Offers Food For Thought ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/food-for-thought/2012/09/10/66300e1e-ed3a-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_story.html>
Jason Wilson, Washington Post


> Few consider the faith of the food writer. And this is probably a good thing. I won’t say that to worship food and drink is to pray to a false god. But even with all the high-minded talk of farm-to-table or Slow Food movements, of molecular gastronomy or urban gardening, of locavorism or fruitarianism or whatever-the-latest-ism, in my experience it rarely leads one down the shining path of enlightenment.

> Or at least that’s what I believed until this past spring, when I spent one of the most glorious weeks of my life eating my way through Copenhagen, capped off by a 25-course, five-hour lunch at Noma, considered by many to be the best — and most thought-provoking — restaurant in the world.



**** Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/magazine/stephen-burt-poetrys-cross-dressing-kingmaker.html?_r=1&ref=magazine>
Mark Oppenheimer, New York Times


> Burt is 41, a professor of English at Harvard, heir to the intellectual mantle long held by giants like Harold Bloom and Helen Vendler. He is also an avid science-fiction fan, the founder of a short-lived indie-pop zine, an authority on women’s basketball, the husband of Jessie Bennett, with whom he has two sons, and an unabashed cross-dresser.



**** The Hilbert Hotel ****
<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/the-hilbert-hotel/>
Steven Strogatz, New York Times


> Infinity can be mind-boggling.



**** Let’s Swim To Work! ****
<http://www.salon.com/2012/09/15/lets_swim_to_work/>
Will Doig, Salon


> Waterways surrounding cities were once filled with toxic industrial sludge. Now they're the new recreation frontier.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Casino Builders Eye Asia's Wealthy ****
<http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120916/BUSINESS/309160031/Casino-builders-eye-Asia-s-wealthy>
CourierPostOnline.com


> The casino boom highlights how the gambling industry is being propelled by the region’s rapid economic growth, with millions entering the middle class thanks to rising incomes that allow them to spend more on travel and leisure pursuits. But it has also intensified debate over the social ills and perceived economic benefits of the gambling industry.



**** More Than 100 Students Travel From S'pore To JB Daily ****
<http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Edvantage/Story/A1Story20120916-371841.html>
AsiaOne


> The education centre is situated in the Nusajaya township, just across the Second Link in Tuas. It comprises of a cluster of schools of various levels, from pre-school to university.



**** åœ¨æ–°åŠ å¡è´­ç‰© ****
<http://news.163.com/12/0916/14/8BHGP83V00014AED.html>
姚淑芳, 羊城晚报


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**** S’poreans Invited To Play ‘Spot-The-PAP-Supporter’ Game ****
<http://newnation.sg/2012/09/sporeans-invited-to-play-spot-the-pap-supporter-game/>
New Nation


> So far, out of the 50 people supposedly from all walks of life who were invited to share their thoughts (except dirty ones) with Our Supreme Leader, it has been discovered that more than a handful have applied for membership with the ruling party.



**** Massive Wayang: Singapore National CON-versation ****
<http://rogerpoh.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/massive-wayang-singapore-national-con-versation/>
SpotlightOnSingapore



**** â€œç½šæ¬¾ä¹‹å›½â€æ–°åŠ å¡ ****
<http://e.jmrb.com/m/2012/09/16/10/m_322189.shtml>
江门日报


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**** Of Conversations And Inclusiveness ****
<http://ernestwyatt.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/of-conversations-and-inclusiveness/>
Ernest Wyatt, Protagonist


> So far our definition of a inclusive society is that the poor, disabled and the elderly do not get left behind when the country continues to prosper economically. Not that there is anything wrong what that, rather I feel that this definition is lacking rather than wrong. What I consider to be an inclusive society should also include the acceptance of  certain groups of people who are frowned upon such as single parents (especially mothers who have children out of wedlock) and the members of the LGBT community.



**** The Battle Of The Wanton Mee Noodles At The Lion City ****
<http://hungryhungrygator.blogspot.sg/2012/09/the-battle-of-wanton-mee-noodles-in.html>
Hungry Gator's Food Blog!



**** Singapore Music Dialogue ****
<http://fernandogros.com/2012/09/singapore-music-dialogue/>
Fernando Gros



**** Phrases For The National Conversation ****
<http://berthahenson.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/phrases-for-the-national-conversation/>
Bertha Harian



**** Avoiding The Fundamentals And Going Nowhere ****
<http://www.publichouse.sg/categories/topstory/item/772-avoiding-the-fundamentals-and-going-nowhere>
Andrew Loh, Publichouse.sg


> But I am not naive. No political power will divest control willingly or do so magnanimously.

> This is not to say that a national conversation is useless. Instead of criticising it, those of us who care should seize the agenda, put the issues we are concerned about on the table by blogging about it, emailing it to the government ministries and make them public on our blogs, speak to MPs (both opposition and ruling party), organise forums, create a movement.



**** What Not To Expect From The National Conversation ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/views/what-not-expect-national-conversation>
Terence Chong, Straits Times


> More interesting perhaps would be how issues are defined and framed for discussion and the manner in which the government converses with its citizens.



**** The View From The Backseat Of A National Conversation ****
<http://www.singapolitics.sg/views/view-backseat-national-conversation>
Rachel Chang, Straits Times


> Singaporeans, it dawned on me, really have a lot to get off their chest. This should cheer PM Lee, Mr Heng and their team - this is precisely why they had launched the exercise to begin with.

> But it also struck me that if this is the SG Conversation, then we are in for a long, unwieldy journey of navel-gazing, narcissism and nit-picking.

The gap is not in talking.