From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Apr  1 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 1 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 1, 2013
Message-ID: <20130401225900.13620.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Preparing Audiobooks For The Road ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032536/preparing-audiobooks-for-the-road.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Do iOS Users Really Want Mobile Web Applications? ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/do-ios-users-really-want-mobile-web-applications-7000013326/>
David Morgenstern, ZDNet



**** Understanding App Store Pricing ??? Part 1 ****
<http://jury.me/blog/2013/3/31/understanding-app-store-pricing-part-1>
M9chael Jurewitz

> My theory going into this analysis is that the phenomenon of falling prices, as much as we would like to attribute this to the market around us, has largely been a self-inflicted wound. With that in mind, I set out to discover what the data had to say.
Also: <a href="http://jury.me/blog/2013/3/31/understanding-app-store-pricing-part-2">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://jury.me/blog/2013/3/31/understanding-app-store-pricing-part-3">Part 3</a>, <a href="http://jury.me/blog/2013/3/31/understanding-app-store-pricing-part-4">Part 4</a>, <a href="http://jury.me/blog/2013/4/1/understanding-app-store-pricing-part-5-pricing-kaleidoscope">Part 5</a>


**** Protect Your Mac's Data With A Backup Drive ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032385/protect-your-macs-data-with-a-backup-drive.html#tk.rss_all>
James Galbraith, Macworld






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**** ???Life After Life???: A World War II Do-over ****
<http://www.salon.com/2013/04/01/life_after_life_a_world_war_ii_do_over/>
Laura Miller, Salon

> ???Life After Life??? is far more than a game or a stunt; it???s rich in the gravity and texture of reality.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Apr  2 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 2 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 2, 2013
Message-ID: <20130402225900.18512.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Chinese State Media Warms To Apple After Tim Cook's Apology ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/2/4173558/chinese-state-media-warms-to-apple-after-tim-cooks-apology>
Aaron Souppouris, The Verge



**** OS X 10.8.3 Forces Discrete GPU Use In 2010 MacBook Pros ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57577329-263/os-x-10.8.3-forces-discrete-gpu-use-in-2010-macbook-pros/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> A number of owners of Apple's mid-2010 MacBook Pro who have upgraded to OS X 10.8.3 are noticing that systems with dual graphics cards will automatically switch to using the more powerful discrete graphics chip regularly, even when using non-graphics intensive applications like Google Chrome, Dropbox, and Growl. This does not result in crashes or other interruptions in workflow, but it does increase the drain on the systems' battery and result in a shorter working time when not connected to AC power.


**** How To Replace The Mac???s Display Menu With Something That Does More, Does It Better, And Does It Faster ****
<http://mcsolo.com/2013/04/how-to-replace-the-macs-display-menu-with-something-that-does-more-and-does-it-better-does-it-faster/>
Ron Mcelfresh, McSolo



**** Macworld/iWorld 2014 Rescheduled For March 27 Through March 29 ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032765/macworld-iworld-2014-rescheduled-for-march-27-through-march-29.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



**** ???????????? - ?????? ****
<http://www.apple.com.cn/support/warranties/>
Tim Cook, Apple

> ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? Apple ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Apple ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Apple ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Also:
??? <a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/04/01/china-extracts-personal-apology-from-apple-ceo-over-iphone-warranty-policies/">China extracts personal apology from Apple CEO over iPhone warranty policies</a> (Erica Ogg, GigaOM)





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**** History ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2013/04/_history_by_angie_estes.html>
Angie Estes, Slate



**** The 5 Simple Machines By Todd McEwen ??? Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/02/5-simple-machines-mcewen-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian

> Six narratives about sex that, due to the writer's verbal deftness, manage to be unflaggingly funny yet never wearisome.


**** The Meme Hustler ****
<http://thebaffler.com/past/the_meme_hustler>
Evgeny Morozov, The Baffler

> Tim O???Reilly???s crazy talk.


**** Why Do We Hate Certain Words? ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2013/04/word_aversion_hate_moist_slacks_crevice_why_do_people_hate_words.html>
Matthew J.X. Malady, Slate

> The curious phenomenon of word aversion.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Apr  3 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 3 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 3, 2013
Message-ID: <20130403225900.20671.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Converting Audio Tapes To Digital Files ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032882/converting-audio-tapes-to-digital-files.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Amazon Introduces Cloud Drive File Sync For OS X ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/03/amazon-introduces-cloud-drive-file-sync-for-os-x/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW

> Amazon has introduced file syncing to its Cloud Drive app for OS X, which essentially makes Cloud Drive Amazon's version of Dropbox.


**** Firefox Hits Version 20, Adds Download Manager, More ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/03/firefox-hits-version-20-adds-download-manager-more/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW



**** Who Wrote The Flashback OS X Worm? ****
<http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/who-wrote-the-flashback-os-x-worm/>
Krebs On Security



**** The Patent Protection Racket ****
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2013/04/02.html>
Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software

> In the face of organized crime, civilized people don???t pay up. When you pay up, you???re funding the criminals, which makes you complicit in their next attacks. I know, you???re just trying to write a little app for the iPhone with in-app purchases, and you didn???t ask for this fight to be yours, but if you pay the trolls, giving them money and comfort to go after the next round of indie developers, you???re not just being ???pragmatic,??? you have actually gone over to the dark side.


**** Editing PowerPoint Documents On An iPad ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032858/editing-powerpoint-documents-on-an-ipad.html#tk.rss_all>
Joe Kissell, Macworld



**** Review: Updated Client Software Makes Dropbox Easier To Use ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032795/review-updated-client-software-makes-dropbox-easier-to-use.html#tk.rss_all>
Tom Negrino, Macworld

> The updated client???s improved access to your local and Web Dropboxes makes things quicker, and the addition of the Share buttons to the menu items increases the likelihood that you???ll use this excellent but somewhat obscure feature.


**** Spotify For iOS Now Equipped With Ford Sync AppLink Integration ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/04/spotify-for-ios-now-equipped-with-ford-sync-applink-integration>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



**** New Thunderbolt Dock Includes Optical Drive ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57577599-263/new-thunderbolt-dock-includes-optical-drive/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Yes, Google Says It???s Having Problems Listing iTunes Preview Pages ****
<http://searchengineland.com/has-itunes-preview-become-less-visible-in-google-154290>
Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land

> Yes, it is harder to find pages to iTunes apps in Google. But no, the company says, it???s not part of some nefarious plot. Rather, Google???s having technical problems gathering iTunes Preview pages, an issue it???s working to solve.


**** What Every Mac Desktop Needs: A Digital Pocket That Stores All The Clutter. It???s Called Unclutter ****
<http://noodlemac.com/2013/04/what-every-mac-desktop-needs-a-digital-pocket-that-stores-all-the-clutter-its-called-unclutter/>
Ron McElfresh, Noodlemac



**** What Should You Do When Two-step Authentication Is Not Available For Your Apple ID? ****
<http://betanews.com/2013/04/02/what-should-you-do-when-two-step-authentication-is-not-available-for-your-apple-id/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed+-+bn+-+Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN>
Mihaita Bamburic, Beta News

> So what can you do while waiting for Apple to support your region and mobile operator? You can still take some precautions that will secure your Apple ID account.


**** Timebar, From Whimsicalifornia ****
<http://minimalmac.com/post/46986666471/timebar-from-whimsicalifornia>
Patrick Rhone, Minimal Mac

> Timebar turns your Mac???s menubar itself into a visual timer. It overlays a translucent bar that gradually reduces as the time passes. All you need to get a sense of how much time is left is to glance up at your menubar.


**** Does iMessage Have An Issue Verifying Your Account? Here Are Some Troubleshooting Tips! ****
<http://www.imore.com/does-imessage-have-issue-verifying-your-account-here-are-some-troubleshooting-tips>
Allyson Kazmucha, IMore



**** Capitol Wins Digital Records Lawsuit Vs ReDigi Start-up ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/01/us-capitolrecords-redigi-lawsuit-idUSBRE9300GB20130401>
Jonathan Stempel And Alistair Barr, Reuters

> U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan said ReDigi was not authorized to allow listeners to use its platform to buy and sell "used" digital music tracks originally bought from Apple Inc's iTunes website.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Apr  4 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 4 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 4, 2013
Message-ID: <20130404225900.18101.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Apple Pulls Bookstore App In China Over Illegal Content, FT Says ****
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-04/apple-pulls-bookstore-app-in-china-over-illegal-content-ft-says.html>
Bloomberg

> Apple Inc. removed at least one mobile application from its China iTunes store for containing books banned by the government, the Financial Times reported, citing the app???s developer.


**** Apple's iMessage Encryption Trips Up Feds' Surveillance ****
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57577887-38/apples-imessage-encryption-trips-up-feds-surveillance/>
Declan McCullagh And Jennifer Van Grove, CNET

> An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET discusses a February 2013 criminal investigation and warns that because of the use of encryption, "it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices" even with a court order approved by a federal judge.


**** StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm Review: Released Three Years After StarCraft II, This Is The Next Chapter In The Starcraft Saga ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3438521&olo=rss>
Cliff Joseph, Macworld UK

> As you???d expect from Blizzard , everything about Heart Of The Swarm is immensely polished and enjoyable. It???s a complex strategy game that will require plenty of time and patience ??? and a permanent Internet connection even for the single player game ??? but if you enjoyed StarCraft II then you won???t want to miss Heart Of The Swarm.


**** Whatever Happened To Siri Eyes Free? ****
<http://www.imore.com/whatever-happened-siri-eyes-free>
Derek Kessler, IMore



**** iPad City... How The Apple Tablet Is Powering London ****
<http://www.standard.co.uk/news/techandgadgets/ipad-city-how-the-apple-tablet-is-powering-london-8557940.html>
Andrew Liddle And Susannah Butter, London Evening Standard

> It could be how you order a drink in the pub or shop for clothes or even how doctors look up medical notes ??? all that???s needed is an iPad. There???s an iRevolution going on and London is leading the way. Here???s how the city has been iPadded out.


**** Mac App Review: Ulysses III ****
<http://brettterpstra.com/2013/04/03/mac-app-review-ulysses-iii/>
Brett Terpstra



**** iBook Lessons: Why The Kindle App Is Still The Best Reader On iOS ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/03/ibook-lessons-why-the-kindle-app-is-still-the-best-reader-on-io/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

> First, I can read my Kindle content on nearly any platform you can think of. Second, Kindle books are cheap.


**** Lodsys Targets Disney's 'Where's My Water?' And Others In New Round Of Lawsuits Over In-App Purchasing ****
<http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/03/lodsys-targets-disneys-wheres-my-water-and-others-in-new-round-of-lawsuits-over-in-app-purchasing/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors



**** Google Going Its Own Way, Forking WebKit Rendering Engine ****
<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-going-its-own-way-forking-webkit-rendering-engine/>
Peter Bright, Ars Technica

> Google announced today that it is forking the WebKit rendering engine on which its Chrome browser is based. The company is naming its new engine "Blink."
> Linus Upson, vice president of Engineering at Google, and Alex Komoroske, product manager on the Open Web Platform team, told us that the costs of sharing code now outweighed the advantages. There is considerable complexity in WebCore that is there to support WebKit2 features that Google does not want or use.


**** Audiobooks Are Not Backed Up By iCloud, Can Only Be Downloaded Once ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/03/audiobooks-are-not-backed-up-by-icloud-can-only-be-downloaded-o/>
Victor Agreda, Jr., TUAW



**** Microsoft SkyDrive 3.0 Update Finally Makes It Into The App Store ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/03/microsoft-skydrive-3-0-update-finally-makes-it-into-the-app-stor/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



**** Twitter Updated, Allows Users To Install And Open Apps From Tweets ****
<http://www.imore.com/twitter-updated-allows-users-install-and-open-apps-tweets>
Joseph Keller, IMore






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**** Does Spelling Matter? By Simon Horobin ??? Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/04/does-spelling-matter-horobin-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Henry Hitchings, The Guardian

> The title of Simon Horobin's book poses what, at first blush, seems a banal question. I imagine most readers would answer "Yes, spelling matters", perhaps adding "though not as much as some believe". Yet if the question of how words should be written is not uppermost in many people's minds, its nagging everyday presence is nonetheless evident in the existence of spell-checkers and school spelling tests, as well as in mnemonics designed to help us with spellings, such as the venerable "i before e except after c".


**** Why I Study Duck Genitalia ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/04/duck_penis_controversy_nsf_is_right_to_fund_basic_research_that_conservatives.html>
Patricia Brennan, Slate

> Generating new knowledge of what factors affect genital morphology in ducks, one of the few vertebrate species other than humans that form pair bonds and exhibit violent sexual coercion, may have significant applied uses in the future, but we must conduct the basic research first.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Fri Apr  5 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 5 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 5, 2013
Message-ID: <20130405225900.23218.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Find Missing Podcast Playlists, Replace Converted Songs In Playlists, And More ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032928/find-missing-podcast-playlists-replace-converted-songs-in-playlists-and-more.html#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld



**** Mac Gems: Disk Doctor 2.1 Frees Up Storage Space On Your Mac ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032876/mac-gems-disk-doctor-2-1-frees-up-storage-space-on-your-mac.html#tk.rss_all>
Chris Barylick, Macworld



**** T-Mobile Preorders For iPhone 5 Kick Off Today ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/05/t-mobile-preorders-for-iphone-5-kick-off-today/>
Michael Rose, TUAW



**** Quickly Manage Documents From The Path Menu In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57578011-263/quickly-manage-documents-from-the-path-menu-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If you right-click or hold the Command or Control buttons while clicking the document's title, you will see a menu that shows the path to the document. Using this menu, you can not only reveal the document in the Finder, but also quickly access it for loading in other programs.


**** A Comparison Of Clipboard Managers ****
<http://www.macinchem.org/blog/files/7efb53375a11ee88627316f038ec95c0-1207.php>
Macs In Chemistry



**** Microsoft Ending Support For Office For Mac 2008 ****
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57577973-75/microsoft-ending-support-for-office-for-mac-2008/?>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Meetings For iPhone And Mac Review ****
<http://www.imore.com/meetings-iphone-mac-review>
Leanna Lofte, IMore

> Meetings is an app for iPhone and Mac by Command Guru that helps you plan, organize, and keep track of your meetings. It features a gorgeous interface and sections for participants, preparation, agenda, discussions, decisions, and tasks.


**** Use What Works ****
<http://verynicewebsite.net/2013/04/use-what-works/>
John Moltz's Very Nice Web Site

> I???m surprised that users would ask for a particularly underlying technology for syncing.
Except that iCloud is heavily promoted by Apple, and users can pay for storage so that all the data are on all the computers.
What doesn't concern users is the differentiation between iCloud's Core Data Sync, which, according to many developers, doesn't seem to work, and all the other iCloud's syncing, which does work very well.


**** Review: Easily Track Your Family Tree With Reunion 10 ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032860/review-easily-track-your-family-tree-with-reunion-10.html#tk.rss_all>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld



**** Mac Gems: Transloader Downloads iOS-encountered Files To Your Mac ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032960/mac-gems-transloader-downloads-ios-encountered-files-to-your-mac.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Frakes, Macworld






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**** Orient Express ****
<http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/Orient-Express-Egg-Foo-Yung>
Mei Chin, Saveur

> At 21 years old, I had never tried egg foo yung. A first-generation American-born Chinese, I was banned from certain things as a child. Television. Dating. Action movies. Then there was Chinese-American food, of which egg foo yung is an icon. 


**** Artisanal Won't Die ****
<http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/artisanal-wont-die/63840/>
Jen Doll, The Atlantic

> A long, long, long time ago (like, last year) I wrote an obituary for the word Artisanal. It seemed high time to declare the word dead and get on with our lives. And yet, it has become clear in the months that have followed that even if Artisanal did die, Artisanal has a radioactive half-life so powerful that it could for years sustain full-fledged underground communities of humans making bread from hand-picked cornhusks and locally sifted flour. Artisanal is not dead, it's undead, a whole food zombie running around feasting on artisanal brains. Artisanal, regardless of an organic beefsteak tomato through the heart or a hand-hewn bamboo stick to the brain, is eternal. Eternally damned, maybe, but sticking around and torturing us nonetheless.


**** Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible? ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/magazine/yes-healthful-fast-food-is-possible-but-edible.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>
Mark Bittman, New York Times

> Twelve years after the publication of ???Fast Food Nation??? and nearly as long since Morgan Spurlock almost ate himself to death, our relationship with fast food has changed.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Apr  6 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 6 Apr 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 6, 2013
Message-ID: <20130406225901.95211.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** How To Protect Macs In The Enterprise ****
<http://www.esecurityplanet.com/mac-os-security/how-to-protect-macs-in-the-enterprise.html>
Aaron Weiss, eSecurity Planet



**** How To Copy A File Path In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57578129-263/how-to-copy-a-file-path-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** DevJuice: WebCode Premieres, Generates JavaScript+Canvas ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/04/devjuice-webcode-premieres-generates-javascript-canvas/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW



**** Apple To Change Behavior Of VPN On Demand For iOS ****
<http://www.imore.com/apple-change-behavior-vpn-demand-ios>
Joseph Keller, IMore

> Apple will be changing how VPN On Demand for iOS works due to a lawsuit by VirnetX. iOS devices running 6.1 or later that have VPN On Demand set to ???Always??? will now behave as though they were set to ???Establish if needed???. The device will only use a VPN On Demand connection when it is necessary. This change will be made with an update at some point this month.


**** Living Through The Evolution Of Etextbooks ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13685?rss>
David Rabinowitz, TidBITS



**** A $5 App Isn't Expensive: Customers Need To Help Fix The App Store Economy ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032847/a-5-app-isnt-expensive-customers-need-to-help-fix-the-app-store-economy.html?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> I???m neither an economist nor a psychologist, but it strikes me that too many iOS device owners fail to act in their own best interests???both in the immediate near term and in the long term???when they scoff at the thought of spending money in the App Store.


**** Master The Camera App On iOS ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032108/master-the-camera-app-on-ios.html?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld






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**** Was Stephen King Right To Hate Stanley Kubrick's Shining? ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/apr/06/king-kubrick-shining-adaptation?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Joe Dunthorne, The Guardian

> Changing key plot points in a well-loved book can be risky. Hell hath no fury like a hardcore fan scorned. Often, the most hardcore fans of all are the authors.


**** Food And You, From One End To The Other: ???Gulp: Adventures On The Alimentary Canal,??? By Mary Roach ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/books/gulp-adventures-on-the-alimentary-canal-by-mary-roach.html?ref=books&_r=0>
Janet Maslin, New York Times

> ???Gulp??? is far and away her funniest and most sparkling book, bringing Ms. Roach???s love of weird science to material that could not have more everyday relevance. Having graduated from corpses (???Stiff???), the afterlife (???Spook???) and sex (???Bonk,??? full of stunts featuring Ms. Roach as guinea pig), she takes on a subject wholly mainstream. She explores it with unalloyed merriment. And she is fearless about the embarrassment that usually accompanies it.


**** I Read Everything Jane Austen Wrote, Several Times ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/04/jane_austen_books_ranked_and_reconsidered_from_emma_to_persuasion.html>
Adelle Waldman, Slate

> Delivered economically, her judgments are not only clever but perspicacious, humane, and, for the most part, convincing. Her real subject is not the love lives of barely post-adolescent girls, but human nature and society. Austen wrote stories that show us how we think.


**** Prize-Writing ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/books/review/prize-writing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Amanda Foreman, New York Times

> Whom or what does the prize serve?


**** Talking To Myself ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/05/talking-to-myself-dannie-abse?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Dannie Abse, The Guardian








From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Apr  7 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 7 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 7, 2013
Message-ID: <20130407225900.59061.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** How To Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite With Cheaper Mac App Alternatives ****
<http://gigaom.com/2013/04/06/how-to-build-your-own-adobe-creative-suite-with-cheaper-mac-app-alternatives/>
Geoffrey Goetz, GigaOM

> Here are the best alternatives I???ve found that offer similar functionality to what is available in each of Adobe???s products.





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**** <i>Matilda</i> At 25 ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/04/roald_dahl_s_matilda_celebrates_its_25th_anniversary.html>
Chelsey Philpot, Slate

> Roald Dahl???s bookish heroine is still an inspiration to the quiet girls.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Apr  8 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 8 Apr 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 8, 2013
Message-ID: <20130408225901.60993.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Fliple Snags Windows Phone???s Style, Brings It To iOS As A Contacts Manager ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/07/fliple-snags-windows-phones-style-brings-it-to-ios-as-a-contacts-manager/>
Greg Kumparak, TechCrunch



**** Gorgeous New App Helps You Memorize Poetry ****
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/gorgeous-new-app-helps-yo_b_3023670.html?ir=Books&utm_hp_ref=books>
John Lundberg, The Huffington Post

> Just in time for National Poetry Month, Penguin has teamed up with app developer inkle to bring you a high-tech, enjoyable way to memorize classic poetry. <i>Poems By Heart from Penguin Classics</i>, released this past week, features impressive artwork, smart design and solid voice recordings.


**** Repairing Your iPad's Network Connection ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033385/repairing-your-ipads-network-connection.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** The Seven Best OS X Tricks You're Not Using ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033168/the-seven-best-os-x-tricks-youre-not-using.html#tk.rss_all>
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld



**** How I Like My Finder ****
<http://stelian.firez.be/post/how-i-like-my-finder>
Stelian Firez

> One good thing that came from testing these apps is realizing that two Finder windows next to each other seemed to be exactly what I was looking for all along.
One of my favourite MS-DOS program was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander">Norton Commander</a>.


**** What???s Really Great About Fantastical ****
<http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/04/whats-really-great-about-fantastical/>
And Now It's All This

> Fantastical???s teaching isn???t punitive. It???s instant positive reinforcement that helps you learn how to use it when you???re just starting out and doesn???t get in your way when you???re an expert.


**** How A Banner Ad For H&R Block Appeared On Apple.com???without Apple???s OK ****
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/how-a-banner-ad-for-hs-ok/>
Nate Anderson, Ars Technica

> Someone, somewhere is injecting banner ads into webpages on the sly.





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**** Poem Of The Week: Autobiography Without Pronouns By Tiffany Atkinson ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2013/apr/08/poem-of-the-week-tiffany-atkinson?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Carol Rumens, The Guardian



**** The Most Ridiculous Scene In <i>Jurassic Park</i> ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/04/jurassic_park_re_release_scientists_snort_at_the_dinosaur_excavation_scene.html>
Brian Switek, Slate

> In a real field camp, whoever had the bright idea to jam his paws into a dinosaur skull and start rooting around would be stopped with a scream of four-letter invective.


**** Passing Gas: A Modern Scientific History ****
<http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/passing_gas_a_modern_scientific_history/>
Mary Roach, Salon

> Levitt published thirty-four papers on flatus. He identified the three sulfur gases responsible for flatus odor. He showed that it is mainly trapped methane gas, not dietary fiber or fat, that makes the floater float. Most memorably, to this mind anyway, he invented the flatus-trapping Mylar ???pantaloon.???


**** Searching For Bill Watterson ****
<http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/searching_for_bill_watterson_partner/>
Liv Combe, Salon

> Some say that the ???recluse??? is an endangered species, but to my knowledge, there???s still one artist who is keeping the idea of the private public figure alive: Bill Watterson, writer and illustrator of the beloved comic strip ???Calvin and Hobbes.???







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Apr  9 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 9 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 9, 2013
Message-ID: <20130409225900.69585.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Wrangling Email: How I Keep My Inbox Under Control ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033297/wrangling-email-how-i-keep-my-inbox-under-control.html#tk.rss_all>
Brett Terpstra, Macworld

> Though specialists have devised myriad systems that purport to achieve Inbox Zero. I???m not that ambitious. I just want a system that keeps the number of unread messages in my inbox as small as possible, doesn???t treat my inbox as a to-do list, and doesn???t require me to spend hours sorting and archiving my mail.


**** Review: Sleipnir 4 Has A Different Take On Web Browsers ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033178/review-sleipnir-4-has-a-different-take-on-web-browsers.html#tk.rss_all>
Nathan Alderman, Macworld



**** Sorenson Embraces Web Video With Squeeze 9 ****
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57578371-92/sorenson-embraces-web-video-with-squeeze-9/>
Stephen Shankland, CNET

> A new version of the video compression software is designed to ease use of Web video, producing HTML code for both H.264 and VP8.


**** ???Ridiculous Fishing??? Review: Catch Fish, Then Blow Them To pieces ****
<http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ridiculous-fishing-ios-game-review/>
AJ Dellinger , Digital Trends

> <i>Ridiculous Fishing</i> is a fine title for this ridiculous game. But it???s also incredibly addictive, surprisingly charmingly, beautifully crafted, and insanely fun.


**** Apple Censors 1500 French Comics From App Store ****
<http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/08/apple-censors-1500-french-comics-from-app-store/>
Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool



**** Apple TV Review: Pros And Cons Of Third Generation Apple TV ****
<http://www.techhunter.co.uk/technology/apple-tv-review/04063/>
Grant Teil, Tech Hunter



**** OS X Not Accepting Your Screensaver Password? Try This ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57578498-263/os-x-not-accepting-your-screensaver-password-try-this/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Sketch 2 Review: Vector Drawing Package That's Designed To Export To Bitmap ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3440763&olo=rss>
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK

> Sketch is an extraordinarily handy tool for drawing, interface design, logos, buttons and other web furniture.


**** Does WebKit Face A Troubled Future Now That Google Is Gone? ****
<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/does-webkit-face-a-troubled-future-now-that-google-is-gone/>
Peter Bright, Ars Technica



**** Apple App Store Bug Incorrectly Claims Facebook, Instagram, Other Apps Offer In-app-purchases ****
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/08/apple-app-store-bug-incorrectly-claims-facebook-instagram-other-apps-offer-in-app-purchases/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac



**** HBO Go Update Brings AirPlay Multitasking Support ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/04/hbo-go-update-brings-airplay-multitasking-support>
Brent Dirks, AppAdvice



**** DevJuice: Three Useful Xcode Tricks ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/08/devjuice-three-useful-xcode-tricks/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

> Some Xcode challenges seem to crop up repeatedly. Today, I thought I'd share a few solutions that you might find helpful to integrate into your workflow.


**** Review: LastPass Takes Your Passwords To The Cloud ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2032046/review-lastpass-takes-your-passwords-to-the-cloud.html#tk.rss_all>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

> Considering its ease of use and wide range of features, LastPass is a great password management solution for beginners and experienced operators alike; hopefully, the attractive pricing will be enough to convince even the most hesistant user to give this great way of managing your online persona a go.


**** Confirmed: Apple Kicks AppGratis Out Of The Store For Being Too Pushy ****
<http://allthingsd.com/20130408/confirmed-apple-kicks-appgratis-out-of-the-store-for-being-too-pushy/>
John Paczkowski, All Things D

> Apple declined further comment on AppGratis???s ouster, framing the move as a standard response to guideline violations. But sources close to the company say it was more than a little troubled that AppGratis was pushing a business model that appeared to favor developers with the financial means to pay for exposure. ???The App Store is intended as a meritocracy,??? a source familiar with Apple???s thinking told AllThingsD.
> In other words, app-discovery platforms are fine as long as they???re not built on paid recommendations.





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**** Inky Tears ****
<http://nymag.com/news/frank-rich/news-media-2013-4/>
Frank Rich, New York Magazine

> <i>Time</i> is on the block. The New York <i>Times</i> is teetering. It can get an alumnus down, but the last thing the news business needs is a case of nostalgia.


**** Be Fruitful And Simplify! ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/books/simpler-and-simple.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

> Now come two new books that are part manifestoes, part templates for achieving simplicity in business and government. Both display a lot of common sense, arguing for the elimination of bureaucracy and redundancy and insisting that consumers (of health care, insurance, credit and products large and small) deserve more transparency. But both also sidestep some of the difficulties involved in reducing or containing complexity in today???s lawyered-up and interconnected society.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Apr 10 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 10 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 10, 2013
Message-ID: <20130410225900.86398.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Mac Gems: iPhoto Library Manager Lives Up To Its Name ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033400/mac-gems-iphoto-library-manager-lives-up-to-its-name.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Six Ways To Master The Mac App Store And The iTunes Store ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033444/six-ways-to-master-the-mac-app-store-and-the-itunes-store.html#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

> Here are six tips for using a Web browser to access the stores more quickly and efficiently.


**** Put More Spring Into Your Mac ****
<http://www.bradenton.com/2013/04/10/4475646/put-more-spring-into-your-mac.html>
Spencer Blunden, Bradenton Herald

> If your Mac (or any computer) is starting to feel a little slow there are a several things you can do to put some spring back into its step. Here are three to get you started.


**** T-Mobile USA Sweetens iPhone 5 Deal With Trade-In Program ****
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/t-mobile-iphone-5-trade-in/>
Brian X. Chen, New York Times



**** Panic Status Board Review ****
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/panic-status-board-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Panic???s latest app, Status Board, takes the concept of using the iPad as a desk accessory one step further by turning it into a dashboard for a variety of data that you???d normally check in dedicated apps or websites.


**** My Recipe Book 3.0 Review: Keep Your Cooking Recipes Synced Between iPhone And iPad ****
<http://www.imore.com/my-recipe-book-30-review-keep-your-cooking-recipes-synced-between-iphone-and-ipad>
Leanna Lofte, IMore



**** AppGratis CEO Complains Of 'Confusing' Guidelines After Apple Pulls His App ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/9/4205386/appgratis-ceo-complains-of-confusing-apple-guidelines-after-app-pulled>
Adi Robertson, The Verge

> Apple is free to set its own guidelines, but this isn't the first case we've seen where minor updates led to an app being pulled after years of operation.


**** Setting Up Sublime Text 2 ****
<http://blog.alexmaccaw.com/sublime-text>
Alex Maccaw



**** Apple Bans 'Y: The Last Man' Creator's New Comic From Comixology Over Sexual Content ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/9/4206342/apple-bans-brian-k-vaughan-saga-from-comixology-over-sexual-content>
Adi Robertson, The Verge

> It's that fact that points to what the <i>Saga</i> controversy is really about: the collapsing distinction between publishing something and distributing it, and between apps and art.


**** Chrome For iOS Now Includes Google Cloud Print, AirPrint, And Fullscreen Browsing ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/09/chrome-for-ios-now-includes-google-cloud-print-airprint-and-fu/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



**** Bungie's Pathways Into Darkness Comes Back To Mac For Free ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/09/bungies-pathways-into-darkness-comes-back-to-mac-for-free/>
Mike Schramm, TUAW






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**** When Words That Shouldn???t Last Last ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/04/when-words-that-shouldnt-last-last.html>
Brad Leithauser, New Yorker

> Novelists naturally hope that their scenes and phrases will lodge in the memory, but it???s chiefly poets who strategically seek, balancing syllable against syllable, to embed specific cadences, individual verbatim phrases. Most of their work is for naught, of course, and there???s something especially moving about those poets who, in the mind of the individual reader, have effectively created only one poem, or one phrase. Their souls hang so tenuously in our heads!


**** This Time, Chicken Little Is Striking It Rich: 'Odds Against Tomorrow,' By Nathaniel Rich ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/books/odds-against-tomorrow-by-nathaniel-rich.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Ron Currie Jr., New York Times

> These visions haunt his sleep and devour his days. They also make him, in order of succession: an object of curiosity and amusement, a wealthy corporate consultant and, finally, a reluctant prophet.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Apr 11 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 11 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 11, 2013
Message-ID: <20130411225900.11076.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Review: StockTouch Is A Colorful, Creative Alternative To Apple's Stocks App ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033751/review-stocktouch-is-a-colorful-creative-alternative-to-apples-stocks-app.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



**** Mail Pilot For iPhone And iPad Review: Turn Your Inbox Into A Productivity Powerhouse ****
<http://www.imore.com/mail-pilot-iphone-and-ipad-review-turn-your-inbox-productivity-powerhouse>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore



**** Mini Display Review: Use Your iPhone Or iPad As A 2Nd Display For Your Mac. ****
<http://www.imore.com/mini-display-review-use-your-iphone-or-ipad-2nd-display-your-mac>
Leanna Lofte, IMore



**** Dealing With Junk Mail ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033767/dealing-with-junk-mail.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Review: With PDFpenPro 6, Smile Makes A Great PDF Utility Even Better ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033458/review-with-pdfpenpro-6-smile-makes-a-great-pdf-utility-even-better.html#tk.rss_all>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

> PDFpenPro is the cr??me de la cr??me of PDF editing and annotating applications. While the app???s new editing bar makes the program easier to use, it???s features such PDFpenPro???s form-recognition tool and excellent PDF-to-Word conversion tool that continue to make PDFpenPro a constant companion in my daily workflow.


**** First Open Source Version Of LiveCode Arrives ****
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/First-open-source-version-of-LiveCode-arrives-1838541.html>
The H

> LiveCode is a graphical IDE based around the concepts of Apple's HyperCard, which was introduced in 1987. The IDE allows users to create desktop and mobile applications by dragging and dropping control elements and allocating code to them. LiveCode uses a natural English-based development language that is also inspired by HyperCard.


**** Fix Permissions Errors For Sandboxed Applications In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57578706-263/fix-permissions-errors-for-sandboxed-applications-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Quicksilver 1.0: Out Of Beta After Ten Years ??? The ???Book Mystique Review ****
<http://www.macprices.net/2013/04/10/quicksilver-1-0-out-of-beta-after-ten-years-the-book-mystique-review/>
Charles Moore, MacPrices.net



**** Pixa 1.0.4 Review: Could This Be The Photo Organiser To Rival Apple's iPhoto? ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/?reviewid=3441210&olo=rss>
Cliff Joseph, Macworld UK

> If you want a little more freedom in the way that you organize your photo collection then you could take a look at Pixa from Shiny Frog. Pixa???s interface is very similar to that of iPhoto, and allows you to import photos simply by dragging and dropping them into the program???s main workspace window. You can also create your own ???projects??? ??? which are Pixa???s equivalent of iPhoto albums.


**** Ambrosia Software Employees Report Layoffs, But Company Says It's Still In Business ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/10/ambrosia-software-lays-off-its-developing-team-has-reportedly-f/>
Megan Lavey-Heaton, TUAW



**** Comixology Takes Responsibility For Not Allowing Explicit Comic In iOS App ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033704/apple-blocks-explicit-comic-in-app-store-but-not-ibookstore.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld

> Apple confirmed to <i>Macworld</i> later on Wednesday that it did not block Saga #12, and Comixology CEO David Steinberger subsequently took responsibility in a post on the company???s blog.
> Steinberger went on to apologize to Vaughan and his publisher, Image Comics, and to say that ???our interpretation of [Apple's] policies was mistaken??? and that Saga #12 would be available via the Comixology app soon; less than an hour later, it was indeed available for purchase.
Also:
??? <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/10/4210228/brian-k-vaughan-apologizes-for-blaming-apple-in-saga-controversy">Brian K. Vaughan apologizes for saying Apple banned 'Saga' after Comixology confusion</a> (Adi Robertson, The Verge)


**** Foursquare 6.0 For iPhone Improves Explore Recommendations ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/10/foursquare-6-0-for-iphone-improves-explore-recommendations/>
Steven Sande, TUAW






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**** My So-Called 'Post-Feminist' Life In Arts And Letters ****
<http://www.thenation.com/article/173743/my-so-called-post-feminist-life-arts-and-letters?page=full#>
Deborah Copaken Kogan, The Nation

> I'm told I have no say in the matter. The cover that the publisher designs has a naked cartoon torso against a pink background with a camera covering the genitalia. I tell them it's usually my eye behind the camera, not my vagina. I fight???hard???to change the cover. Thankfully, I win this one, agreeing to shoot the cover photo myself, gratis. When my publicist tries to pitch the book to NPR's Terry Gross, a producer tells him that Terry likes the "Shutter" part of the title but not the "babe" part.


**** Do Writers Really Retire? ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/04/do-writers-really-retire.html>
Ian Crouch, New Yorker

> Can a novelist retire? Do retired novelists exist, like retired accountants? It does seem unusual, as odd for a writer to be in retirement from words as for a man to be, as William H. Gass once wrote, ???in retirement from love.??? 







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Fri Apr 12 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 12 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 12, 2013
Message-ID: <20130412225900.23858.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Which Apple Devices To Pack For Your Trip ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033632/which-apple-devices-to-pack-for-your-trip.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



**** Lightning Fast Xcode Documentation Searches ****
<http://iosdevelopertips.com/xcode/lightning-fast-xcode-documentation-searches.html>
John Muchow, iOS Developer Tips



**** Apple Agrees To Pay $53M To Settle iPhone Warranty Lawsuit ****
<http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/04/iphone-warranty-flap/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed>
David Kravets, Wired

> Apple is agreeing to pay $53 million to settle a class action accusing the company of failing to honor warranties on iPhones and iPod Touches, according to an agreement obtained today by Wired.


**** OFT To Look Into Smartphone Games With Costly In-app Add-ons ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/12/smartphone-games>
Hilary Osborne, The Guardian

> Free iPad and smartphone games which can result in children running up hefty bills for their parents through expensive in-game features are to come under scrutiny from the Office of Fair Trading.


**** What Journalists Need To Know About The Difference Between Web Apps And Native Apps ****
<http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/209768/what-journalists-need-to-know-about-the-difference-between-web-apps-and-native-apps/>
Casey Frechette, Poynter

> In the end, publishers need to be clear about what they want to accomplish with their app before deciding on Web tools or going native. If an app???s features don???t demand the extra capabilities or speed of a native app, a Web app may be the best bet. It will work on almost every mobile device, use development skills that may already exist in the newsroom, and offer a wider range of distribution options.


**** Apple Mac Mini (Early 2013) Review ****
<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/desktop-pc/3441585/apple-mac-mini-early-2013-review/>
Paul Monckton, PC Advisor



**** Address Missing Plug-in Notices In OS X Mail ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579133-263/address-missing-plug-in-notices-in-os-x-mail/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Tips For Managing Windows In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57578683-263/tips-for-managing-windows-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> Apple has a number of hidden features that can be used to help manage window clutter in OS X.


**** Find Practically Any File In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579195-263/find-practically-any-file-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> Spotlight's default search is limited to user files, but if needed you can expand it to include most system files.


**** Apple-AppGratis Flap Triggers Threat From French Minister ****
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57579187-37/apple-appgratis-flap-triggers-threat-from-french-minister/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title>
Charles Cooper, CNET

> Fleur Pellerin, France's digital industry minister, is taking Apple to the public woodshed for pulling the AppGratis service from the App Store, saying the tech giant's "brutal" treatment had put the French startup in danger. She now plans to ask European regulators to more closely regulate digital platforms including search engines and social media.


**** Paragon CampTune X Instantly Resizes Boot Camp Windows Partitions ****
<http://www.macwindows.com/Paragon-Camptune-X-instantly-resizes-Boot-Camp-Windows-partitions-.html>
MacWindows



**** Five Uses For Panic's Status Board ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/11/five-new-uses-for-panics-status-board/>
John-Michael Bond, TUAW

> Status Board comes ready to use, but its highly customizable nature is proving to be one of the app's greatest strengths.
Also:
??? <a href="http://www.macstories.net/linked/status-board-links/">Status Board Links</a> (MacStories)





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**** Howard Goldblatt's Life In Translation  ****
<http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/howard-goldblatts-life-in-translation/Content?oid=9260454>
Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader

> If Howard Goldblatt is doing his job well, no one realizes that he's doing it at all. This is because his job is translation, which, if done correctly, is invisible???with all the characters, plot points, descriptions, and, most challengingly, the jokes reading as seamlessly as though they'd been originally created in English.
> Yet readers who pick up an English translation of a book by Mo Yan, Wang Shuo, Su Tong, or any other contemporary Chinese novelist are, more likely than not, reading Goldblatt. "It's all my words," he says. "If they're reading a translated novel, they're reading the translation and hope that the translator got the story, style, and characters right."







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Apr 13 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 13 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 13, 2013
Message-ID: <20130413225900.99133.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Horus News Reader 1.0 Released For Mac OS X ****
<http://www.mactech.com/2013/04/12/horus-news-reader-10-released-mac-os-x>
MacTech



**** How I Got An iPod Shuffle ??? And Liked It! ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13693?rss>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

> Some aspects of the shuffle that might be thought weaknesses turn out to be strengths, or at least not significantly different from my old iPod nano; in one or two areas it definitely disappoints, but in ways I can live with. And some features of the shuffle turn out to be <i>better</i> than the nano!


**** Review: Badland For iOS Is Nonstop Side-scrolling Fun ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033865/review-badland-for-ios-is-nonstop-side-scrolling-fun.html>
Cassandra Khaw, Macworld



**** TextScrub Removes Unwanted Formatting From Your Clipboard ****
<http://lifehacker.com/5994413/textscrub-removes-unwanted-formatting-from-your-clipboard>
Adam Dachis, Lifehacker

> If you want to scrub formatted text easily, TextScrub provides a user-definable hot key that'll get rid of any styles you don't want. It'll even remove bullet points from lists and empty lines if you'd prefer to have one big block of text.


**** Kensington Brings USB Docking Stations To OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579318-263/kensington-brings-usb-docking-stations-to-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Apple Asks Developers To Localize Apps, Opens Chinese Support Forum In International Push ****
<http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/04/12/apple-asks-devs-to-localize-apps-opens-chinese-support-communities-in-international-push>
Mikey Campbell, AppleInsider

> In the letter to iTunes Connect members, Apple noted that the App Store and Mac App Store are available in 155 countries with support for 40 languages, saying that "it has never been more important to localize your app and marketing material." 


**** Try A PDF Reader On Your Mac That Annotates, Takes Notes, And Speaks To You ****
<http://teratalks.com/2013/04/try-a-pdf-reader-on-your-mac-that-annotates-takes-notes-and-speaks-to-you/>
Tera Thomas O'Brien, Tera Talks



**** NanoStudio Review: Popular Digital Audio Workstation Solution Comes To OS X ****
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac-creative/reviews/?reviewid=3441783&olo=rss>
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK

> It???s cleanly and neatly designed, has a clear workflow and doesn???t compromise on features for the sake of usability.


**** View & Delete iCloud Documents From The iPhone & iPad ****
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/12/view-delete-icloud-documents-ios/>
OS X Daily

> Practically all apps that store documents in iCloud let you delete them from the app itself, which simultaneously removes them from iCloud and thus all other synced iOS & OS X devices. But if you???re looking to manage and remove specific iCloud documents and data, there is a better way to do it through a centralized control panel within iOS that will let you view all documents stored in iCloud, much like the same feature that is on the Mac which is accessible through OS X System Preferences.





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**** News Is Bad For You ??? And Giving Up Reading It Will Make You Happier ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli>
Rolf Dobelli, The Guardian

> News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. The solution? Stop consuming it altogether.


**** ???Paris Reborn: Napol??on III, Baron Haussmann, And The Quest To Build A Modern City??? By Stephane Kirkland ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/paris-reborn-napoleon-iii-baron-haussmann-and-the-quest-to-build-a-modern-city-by-stephane-kirkland/2013/04/12/3b95328c-9ad3-11e2-9bda-edd1a7fb557d_story.html>
Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

> Haussmann is deeply entrenched in the mythology of Paris, and mythology as often as not has little to do with facts or historical truths.


**** What The Brain Can Tell Us About Art ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/opinion/sunday/what-the-brain-can-tell-us-about-art.html?_r=0>
Eric R. Kandel, New York Times

> This new approach to the science of mind not only promises to offer a deeper understanding of what makes us who we are, but also opens dialogues with other areas of study ??? conversations that may help make science part of our common cultural experience.


**** Refugees Of The Modern World ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/04/green_bank_w_v_where_the_electrosensitive_can_escape_the_modern_world.html>
Joseph Stromberg, Slate

> The ???electrosensitive??? are moving to a cellphone-free town. But is their disease real?







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Apr 14 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 14 Apr 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 14, 2013
Message-ID: <20130414225901.71074.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Widow Of Apple???s Steve Jobs Finally Speaks Out About Late Husband???s legacy ****
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/widow-steve-jobs-finally-speaks-article-1.1315705>
Michael Walsh, New York Daily News

> "What he wanted to do with his life was create tools that allowed people to work at the highest levels, and I think he did that. So that legacy is beautiful for me to live with," she said.
> "Having the body of work surrounding us is actually a really beautiful reminder," she said, "and I find it touching and inspiring for me to make sure that I continue to do what I'm most passionate about, and I hope my kids feel the same way."


**** Fotor Photo Editor For Mac Is Capable And Free If You Act Quickly ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/13/fotor-photo-editor-for-mac-is-capable-and-free-if-you-act-quickl/>
Mel Martin, TUAW






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**** The Giving Trees ****
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melina-bellows/post_4627_b_3064289.html>
Melina Bellows, The Huffington Post

> Still, I had to witness the pink clouds for myself. I think of them as pink fairies, ephemeral ambassadors of resilience.
> I also witnessed nature bring the best out in everyone. I saw incredible patience, even the from the runners who had to weave and dodge. I encountered endless goodwill, people offering to take pictures or ducking out of someone else's frame.


**** Getting Stuffed: A Tale Of Love And Taxidermy ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/13/getting-stuffed-love-taxidermy-owls>
David Sedaris, The Observer

> The taxidermist nodded. Then he reached to an even higher shelf and brought down another plastic grocery bag, this one from Tesco, which is decidedly less upscale. "Now, a smell is going to hit you when I open this up, but don't worry," he said. "It's just the smoke they used to preserve the head."


**** What The Devil Are You Saying? ****
<http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1212228/what-devil-are-you-saying>
Cecilie Gamst Berg, South China Morning Post

> I must admit, nevertheless, that when you undertake learning Cantonese, you take on quite a challenge; but it's not the language itself - that's dead easy - it is the logistics. Everything is stacked against you.


**** A Point Of View: Science, Magic, And Madness ****
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22105898>
Adam Gopnik, BBC

> Truth no longer depended on the prestige, or the intelligence or even the integrity of any one person. That's why Galileo had the last laugh on the inquisitors.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Apr 15 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 15 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 15, 2013
Message-ID: <20130415225900.75428.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Improve Email Productivity By Using A ???Brevity Signature??? In Mail App For Mac OS X ****
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/14/improve-email-productivity-brevity-signature-mac-os-x-mail-app/>
OS X Daily

> Anything to boost productivity and reduce time spent emailing is a big win in my book. Accordingly, the ???Sent from my iPhone??? signature attached to an email has become associated in everyones minds with brevity, since naturally nobody expects a lengthy email reply sent while on the go from a smartphone, right? As a result, short replies from smartphones and iPhones are not considered rude or overly brief, and you can use that expectation of a brief and concise message to your advantage when sending emails from the Mail app of OS X. This is a great way to improve your email productivity when writing and replying from the desktop, and while some people call it a brand vanity signature, I like to call it the ???brevity signature???.


**** Remind Me Adds A Global Hotkey To Apple???s Reminders App ****
<http://lifehacker.com/5994472/remind-me-adds-a-global-hotkey-to-apples-reminders-app>
Shep McAllister, Lifehacker



**** When And Why I Automate ****
<http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/04/when-and-why-i-automate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
And Now It's All This

> A script that takes an hour to write but only saves me 15 minutes may seem like a waste, but if it saves three other people 15 minutes, too, the overall accounts are in balance. I???ll get my ???lost??? 45 minutes back when others share the scripts they???ve written.





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**** Hitler's Words Into Stone ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323296504578398542977265774.html>
Michael Z. Wise, Wall Street Journal

> Can architecture itself be fascist?


**** The Book Of My Lives By Aleksandar Hemon ??? Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/14/aleksandar-hemon-book-lives-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Andrew Anthony, The Observer

> The Bosnian has said that he writes "sad books for humorous people" and "humorous books for sad people". <i>The Book of My Lives</i> is a thoughtfully humorous and profoundly sad memoir-cum-collection of essays that explores Hemon's first life, growing up in the lively cultural atmosphere of Sarajevo before the onset of the war in Bosnia, and his second life as a sort of accidental exile in America, where he was effectively trapped in 1992 when the war broke out.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Apr 16 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 16 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 16, 2013
Message-ID: <20130416225900.95984.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Drobo 5D Review ****
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/external-hdds/381154/drobo-5d>
PC Pro



**** Output Stereo As Mono In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579682-263/output-stereo-as-mono-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> When using only one earbud, you may miss parts of songs and other audio, but mono output will prevent this.


**** Review: Pagico ??? A Project And Task Manager For Mac ****
<http://www.mactrast.com/2013/04/review-pagico-a-project-and-task-manager-for-mac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-pagico-a-project-and-task-manager-for-mac>
MacTrast



**** YouTube For iPhone And iPad Updated With Support For Live Events ****
<http://www.imore.com/youtube-ios-update-support-live-events>
Joseph Keller, iMore



**** Apple Replacing Apple TVs With Wi-Fi Issues ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/04/15/apple-replacing-apple-tvs-with-wi-fi-issues/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Andrew Kunesh, Macgasm

> The affected third-generation Apple TVs have been experiencing issues that make them unable to connect to or join a Wi-Fi network or they may experience intermittent or dropped connections.


**** How To Disable Access To Certain Areas Of The Screen With Guided Access For iPhone And iPad ****
<http://www.imore.com/how-disable-access-certain-areas-screen-guided-access-iphone-and-ipad>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

> If you've got an iPhone or iPad running iOS 6 or higher, you've got Guided Access. This feature is especially great to use with small children that you don't want to have access to certain apps. Once you've launched them into the app they are allowed to be in, you can take it one step further by disabling touch for certain areas of the screen you may not want them having access to.


**** Mailplane 3 Now Available ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/15/mailplane-3-now-available/>
Victor Agreda, Jr., TUAW



**** Dealing With Data Caps ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2034600/dealing-with-data-caps.html#tk.rss_all>
Macworld



**** Control Time Machine From The Command Line ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033804/control-time-machine-from-the-command-line.html#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld






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**** The Bibulous Garden ****
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324020504578396373850554406.html>
Wayne Curtis, Wall Street Journal

> Every liquor store is a fantastical greenhouse, its contents the products of hundreds of plant species.


**** Upon Hearing Of Another Marriage Breaking Up ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2013/04/_upon_hearing_of_another_marriage_breaking_up_by_dean_young.html>
Dean Young, Slate








From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Apr 17 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 17 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 17, 2013
Message-ID: <20130417225900.12514.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Apple Adds Site-by-site Java Support To Safari For OS X 10.6 ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579973-263/apple-adds-site-by-site-java-support-to-safari-for-os-x-10.6/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** How To Use Optional List-sorting Methods In The OS X Finder ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57579688-263/how-to-use-optional-list-sorting-methods-in-the-os-x-finder/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> When you view a Finder folder in both standard lists and the Cover Flow view in OS X, you have the option to sort the list by any of the view's columns.
> By default, these are the item's Name, Date Modified, Size, and Kind (for example folder, picture, PDF) which you can click to sort in either an ascending or descending list. However, there are some additional ways to locate the files you need.


**** Aperture, iPhoto Lead Parade Of Apple Software Updates ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2035084/aperture-iphoto-lead-parade-of-apple-software-updates.html>
Joel Mathis, Macworld



**** SugarSync Gets A Fresh, New UI And Improved Search In Version 4 ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/16/sugarsync-gets-a-fresh-new-ui-and-improved-search-in-version-4/>
Mike Schramm, TUAW

> Cloud search is a system-wide search that allows you to find files sync'd by SugarSync, no matter which computer or device they happen to be on. And the new "Open In" feature allows you to take photos, videos and other documents from other apps on your mobile device, and open them up inside SugarSync's folders, where you can share them off to anywhere else.


**** Repeat After Me: I Will Back Up My Mac Today ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/repeat-after-me-i-will-back-up-my-mac-today-7000014112/>
Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet



**** Gracenote Co-founder On ???iPod Day??? And Better Music Through Data ****
<http://gigaom.com/2013/04/15/gracenote-co-founder-on-ipod-day-and-better-music-through-data/>
Derrick Harris, GigaOM



**** Your First iOS App: 100% Programmatically ****
<http://blog.austinlouden.com/post/47644085183/your-first-ios-app-100-programmatically>
Austin Louden

> I created this tutorial for developers transitioning to iOS that don???t want to deal with Storyboarding or Interface Builder. It implements the ???Hello World??? app from Apple???s documentation entirely in code. 


**** WhatsApp CEO Says It Has More Users Than Twitter And More Messages Than Facebook ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/16/4231376/whatsapp-more-users-than-twitter-more-messages-than-facebook>
Casey Newton, The Verge



**** Facebook For iOS Updated With News Feed Redesign, Brings Chat Heads To Limited Number Of Users ****
<http://www.imore.com/facebook-ios-updated-news-feed-redesign-brings-chat-heads-limited-number-users>
Joseph Keller, iMore

> Chat heads, one of the major features shown off in Facebook Home, has also come to iOS, allowing users to chat anywhere within the app.


**** Mailbox Ditches Reservation System, Opens To Everyone With A Gmail Account ****
<http://www.imore.com/mailbox-ditches-reservation-system-and-opens-all-users-gmail-account>
Joseph Keller, iMore



**** LiveCode 6.0 Released In Free And Commercial Editions ****
<http://tidbits.com/article/13695?rss>
Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS






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**** When Dinner Has A Gleam In Its Eye ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/dining/rabbit-duck-and-fish-heads-reappear-on-the-menu-in-china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Craig S. Smith, New York Times

> China???s economic boom is driving a culinary revival, as chefs rediscover dishes that haven???t been seen for decades.


**** Stupid Writer Tricks ****
<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/stupid-writer-tricks/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Ben Dolnick, New York Times

> One day a couple of years ago, when I found my desk drawer so full of microphone headsets that it would no longer close, I realized it was time for an intervention. I could no longer deny it: I needed to stop reading interviews with authors.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Apr 18 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 18 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 18, 2013
Message-ID: <20130418225900.25585.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** LinkedIn Ovehauls Its iPhone App In Version 6.0 ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/linkedin-ovehauls-its-iphone-app-in-version-6-0/>
Matt TInsley, TUAW



**** Skitch 2.5 Adds PDF Annotations ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/skitch-2-5-adds-pdf-annotations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Skitch, the image annotation and sharing tool that Evernote acquired in the summer of 2011, has today been updated on iOS to include support for PDF annotations. I have been testing the new feature for the past few months, and, while not as full-featured as a dedicated PDF annotation app, I believe it is a solid addition to Skitch.


**** Make A Note Of It: Speech Recognition Apps Are Getting Better ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/technology/personaltech/dragon-dictation-and-other-speech-recognition-apps-review.html?_r=0>
Kit Eaton, New York Times



**** Review: Sublime Text 2 Is A Refined Text Editor That's A Pleasure To Use ****
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033072/review-sublime-text-2-is-a-refined-text-editor-thats-a-pleasure-to-use.html>
Erez Zukerman, PCWorld

> For those who prize a simple approach with plenty of power under the hood, it might be worth it.


**** Addressing Mailbox Access Errors In OS X Mail ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57580057-263/addressing-mailbox-access-errors-in-os-x-mail/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Things For Mac Gets Improved Date Handling, Performance Enhancements ****
<http://www.iclarified.com/29222/things-for-mac-gets-improved-date-handling-performance-enhancements>
IClarified

> Things for Mac, a popular to-do application, has been updated with more robust date handling, performance improvements, and bug fixes.
> Things is a delightful and easy to use task manager. It's the perfect companion for everything you want to achieve in life, offering a great balance between ease of use and powerful features.


**** Make Mail And Gmail Play Nice ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033842/make-mail-and-gmail-play-nice.html#tk.rss_all>
David Chartier, Macworld



**** Mac Gems: Alfred 2 Ups The Launcher-app Ante ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2035221/mac-gems-alfred-2-ups-the-launcher-app-ante.html#tk.rss_macgems>
Dan Miller, Macworld

> You can still use Alfred to reliably find and launch files, apps, and Web searches without any complex configuration. But if you're willing to dig deeper, you might be pleasantly surprised by just how powerful this easy-to-use launcher can be.


**** iBank For iPad Updated With More Than 50 Enhancements ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/17/ibank-for-ipad-updated-with-more-than-50-enhancements/>
Victor Agreda, Jr., TUAW



**** Pocket Updates With New Sharing Feature Send To Friend ****
<http://www.imore.com/pocket-updates-new-sharing-feature-send-friend>
Leanna Lofte, iMore



**** Parenting Tip: Refill Your iTunes Balance Using Your Spare Change ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/17/parenting-tip-refill-your-itunes-balance-using-your-spare-chang/>
Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW

> You are probably familiar with the coin-counting service Coinstar, which offers cash in exchange for your loose coins. Instead of receiving a cash voucher next time you turn in change, select an iTunes gift certificate and you will receive a receipt with an iTunes redemption code.


**** Rdio Brings New Sharing Interface To iOS App ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/rdio-brings-new-sharing-interface-to-ios-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



**** MacHeist nanoBundle 3: 8 Top Mac Apps For $9.99 ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/macheist-nanobundle-3-8-top-mac-apps-for-9-99/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Chris Herbert, MacStories



**** Could Apple Use Its Cash To Go Private? ****
<http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/04/17/taking_apple_private_makes_sense_but_nobody_has_the_money.html>
Matthew Yglesias, Slate

> It's just way too much money. They say some banks are too big to fail, but Apple is too big to buy.





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**** Your Life In Pi ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/04/pi_meme_on_reddit_and_george_takei_your_life_really_is_encoded_in_its_digits.html>
Evelyn Lamb, Slate

> Everything in your past???and future???is encoded in the digits of pi.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Fri Apr 19 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 19 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 19, 2013
Message-ID: <20130419225900.47117.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Mac Gems: Pupil Is A Quick-change Artist For The Retina MacBook Pro ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2034457/mac-gems-pupil-is-a-quick-change-artist-for-the-retina-macbook-pro.html>
Roman Loyola, Macworld



**** How To Track A Lost Computer With Find My Mac ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2034795/how-to-track-a-lost-computer-with-find-my-mac.html>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld



**** Renaming Files, Wireless Syncing, And Matching Music Ripped From Vinyl ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2034741/renaming-files-wireless-syncing-and-matching-music-ripped-from-vinyl.html>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

> In this week???s installment, the iTunes Guy looks at renaming files, syncing iOS devices wirelessly, matching music ripped from vinyl, and a couple of questions about tags and file names.


**** MacBook Pro With Retina Display: 45 Days In ****
<http://www.zdnet.com/macbook-pro-with-retina-display-45-days-in-7000014245/>
James Kendrick, ZDNet



**** Keep Track Of Your Micro-Expenses With Cents ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/04/keep-track-of-your-micro-expenses-with-cents>
Joe White, AppAdvice

> The application includes customizable buttons for common purchases, such as one???s daily newspaper, train tickets, or lunch, and provides an elegant analysis of the user???s spending that can be viewed by week or month.


**** Cut The Rope: Time Travel (iOS/Android) Review ****
<http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2013/04/18/cut-the-rope-time-travel-iosandroid-review/>
Pete Davison, Inside Social Games

> Cut the Rope: Time Travel is very much playing it safe, then, but in doing so it???s likely to enjoy some strong success among a large number of mobile gamers.


**** Play+: A YouTube Viewing And Discovery App For Mac OS X ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/play-a-youtube-viewing-and-discovery-app-for-mac-os-x/>
Steven Sande, TUAW

> It's fast; it makes great use of your screen real estate; and video quality is phenomenal.


**** Review: LyX Is An Advanced But Easy-to-use Document Processor Based On LaTeX Typesetting ****
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2034830/review-lyx-is-an-advanced-but-easy-to-use-document-processor-based-on-latex-typesetting.html>
Saikat Basu, PCWorld



**** Apple Revises One To One Program For New Customers ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/apple-revises-one-to-one-program-for-new-customers/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



**** How Large Will the Paid Feed Reader Market Be? ****
<http://www.rumproarious.com/2013/04/18/how-large-will-the-payed-feed-reader-market-be/>
Alex Kessinger, Rumproarious

> This isn???t going to be a huge world changing ecosystem, but there is room for one little monster to take it all.


**** Hands-on: Twitter #Music Is All About Discovery, Not Listening ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/04/hands-on-twitter-music-is-all-about-discovery-not-listening/>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica



**** Apple Kills AppGratis' Push Notifications ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/apple-kills-appgratis-push-notifications/>
Steven Sande, TUAW






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**** Rereading Sex And The City By Candace Bushnell ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/19/sex-city-bushnell-hadley-freeman?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Hadley Freeman, The Guardian

> Compared with the hugely popular television series, the book is tough, unapologetic and jittery with anxiety. This makes it a far more accurate representation of Manhattan than the fairytale version presented on HBO.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Apr 20 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 20 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 20, 2013
Message-ID: <20130420225900.27764.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Clear Browser Updated With Multi-Tab Support Plus Back And Forward Gestures ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/04/clear-browser-updated-with-multi-tab-support-plus-back-and-forward-gestures>
Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice



**** Twitter #Music Review ****
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/10005889/Twitter-music-review.html>
Matt Warman, Telegraph

> It???s only really Twitter users with mainstream music tastes that will find #music useful.


**** Parallels Desktop 8 Vs VMware Fusion 5 Comparison Review: Best Way To Run Windows On Mac ****
<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/software/3443104/parallels-desktop-8-vs-vmware-fusion-5-comparison-review/>
Andrew Harrison, PC Advisor

> Both VMware and Parallels offer solid performance and useful features when running Windows on a Mac. If you need the fastest performance, Parallels still edges out VMware Fusion, although the latter is available for half the price.


**** How To Add Line Breaks Between List Items In OS X Mail ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57580513-263/how-to-add-line-breaks-between-list-items-in-os-x-mail/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Use OS X Finder Shortcuts In Open And Save Dialog Boxes ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57580351-263/use-os-x-finder-shortcuts-in-open-and-save-dialog-boxes/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** The Market For Paid iOS Apps Isn???t Dead ****
<http://www.marco.org/2013/04/19/paid-app-market>
Marco Arment

> The bar is higher, but the market is fine.
Also
??? <a href="http://www.macstories.net/linked/the-market-for-paid-ios-apps/">The Market for Paid iOS Apps</a> (Federico Viticci, MacStories): The 2013 app market is fine if you have the right idea, executed well at the right time. In four years of writing this site ??? it was launched 9 months after the App Store ??? I???ve learnt this: people like new apps, but they expect a certain degree of quality and functionality from modern iOS apps.


**** Apple Finally Reveals How Long Siri Keeps Your Data ****
<http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/siri-two-years/>
Robert McMillan, Wired

> Here???s what happens. Whenever you speak into Apple???s voice activated personal digital assistant, it ships it off to Apple???s data farm for analysis. Apple generates a random numbers to represent the user and it associates the voice files with that number. This number ??? not your Apple user ID or email address ??? represents you as far as Siri???s back-end voice analysis system is concerned.
> Once the voice recording is six months old, Apple ???disassociates??? your user number from the clip, deleting the number from the voice file. But it keeps these disassociated files for up to 18 more months for testing and product improvement purposes.


**** You Are Not Steve Jobs ****
<http://www.myapplemenu.comhttps://medium.com/editors-picks/9ae1727d2479>
Erin Caton, Medium

> He was an abusive husband to an entire company. But at least he had a track record of success.
Also:
??? <a href="http://www.imore.com/apples-botched-mobileme-launch-and-failure-fear-based-management">Apple's botched MobileMe launch and the failure of fear-based management</a> (Rene Ritchie, iMore): Troubled launches with Siri and with iOS 6 Maps show that not all lessons may have been launched from MobileMe, and if Caton is right, might also show at least part of the reason why.





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**** Book Review: ???Cooked: A Natural History Of Transformation??? By Michael Pollan ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cooked-a-natural-history-of-transformation-by-michael-pollan/2013/04/18/ec87c17e-a396-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html>
Joe Yonan, Washington Post

> Why bother cooking? The reasons to skip it are stacked as high as the microwavable meals in a Costco freezer case. You don???t have time, of course (or you think you don???t); that???s the big one. But you also don???t do it as well as the professionals, so it???s tempting to let them handle it for you. Or at least let them give you a head start in the form of meal-assembly shops, cake mixes, and canned, frozen and pre-chopped ingredients.
> Michael Pollan thinks you should bother, and not just as a fashionable exercise in hipsterdom. His latest book, ???Cooked,??? is a powerful argument for a return to home cooking of the sort that doesn???t begin with an attempt to find the perforated opening.


**** Rolf Dobelli's Ideas About Not Needing News Are Dangerous ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/18/rolf-dobelli-ideas-news-dangerous?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+(Books)>
Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian

> It's thought-provoking stuff, but Dobelli's argument doesn't stack up. He has chosen the wrong target: it's not news per se that is the problem, but the formats in which we now consume news and the habits of constant interruption and brief attention they generate.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Apr 21 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 21 Apr 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 21, 2013
Message-ID: <20130421225901.97771.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** TweetDeck Air And TweetDeck For iPhone Will Be Discontinued On May 7 ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/20/tweetdeck-air-and-tweetdeck-for-iphone-will-be-discontinued-on-m/>
Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW



**** Telling Time With Clock For Mac ****
<http://www.technologytell.com/apple/115765/telling-time-with-clock-for-mac/>
Charles Moore, TechnologyTell

> It also updates its Dock icon with the current time, and ticks very gently when the clock window is open. You can hide the clock window from the Clock menu to silence the clock.


**** Roccat 3.1 Web Browser For OS X Review ****
<http://www.technologytell.com/apple/115703/roccat-web-browser-review/>
Charles Moore, TechnologyTell

> Roccat is an excellent browser choice if you???re a fan of thumbnail page tabs, offering two tab options: garden variety default tabs plus VisiTabs. Both modes let you reorder tabs as you prefer and quickly switch between them.


**** MacHeist Nano ****
<http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/04/macheist-nano/>
And Now It's All This



**** Master Alfred 2.0 On Your Mac With These Five Tips And Tricks ****
<http://www.cultofmac.com/224283/master-alfred-2-0-on-your-mac-with-these-five-tips-and-tricks-feature/>
Rob LeFebvre, Cult Of Mac

> If you haven???t been using Alfred, the amazing app launcher (and much more) on your Mac, you???ve been missing out. It started out as an app launcher, a la Quicksilver, but continued to get improvements and additions over time until now, version 2.0 can do a ton of things on your Mac, all with a quick hotkey press on the keyboard, including launching apps, issuing system commands, and more.


**** Cognitive Overhead, Or Why Your Product Isn???t As Simple As You Think ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/20/cognitive-overhead/>
David Lieb, TechCrunch

> But the most important, and often most overlooked, is Cognitive Simplicity. This is an idea that slowly emerged as my company, Bump, tried to understand exactly why Bump is so popular, especially in the non-tech crowd. We believe product builders should first and foremost minimize the Cognitive Overhead of their products, even though it often comes at the cost of simplicity in other areas.





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**** Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of A Ratings War ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/magazine/who-can-save-the-today-show.html?ref=magazine&_r=0>
Brian Stelter, New York Times

> One Wednesday last month, Ann Curry, camouflaged in a hat and trench coat, trudged into the art-deco lobby of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. It had been nine months since she was pushed out as co-host of the ???Today??? show. Curry was now NBC???s ???national and international correspondent??? and the anchor at large for ???Today,??? but these titles seemed honorary. Curry had appeared on ???Today??? only a handful of times since her ouster. She had no role in NBC???s coverage of election night or Inauguration Day. She taped a few stories for ???Rock Center,??? the prime-time newsmagazine show, but as she explained on Twitter, her bosses kept rescheduling them. Curry had moved to an office on the 27th floor of 30 Rock, far from her NBC News bosses on the third floor. On this morning, she was at work on a short ???NBC Nightly News??? segment about the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.???s death. It would be only her sixth appearance on the network all year.


**** Eating A Pomegranate In English ****
<http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1381/390/>
Ishita Basu Mallik, Cha



**** A Theory Of Love ****
<http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/04/19/a-theory-of-love/>
Katie Ryder, The Paris Review

> I remember sitting in red tights and buckled shoes in my childhood room as my word processor booted up. My father had taught himself DOS programming, and boxy yellow letters blinked on the gray green screen. ???THIS IS KATIE RYDER???S WORD PROCESSOR. HELLO KATE.??? A system-check flashed through my existing files??????/a_bad_day??? (child minimalist), ???/last_unicorn??? (child plagiarist)???before bringing me to the composition page. My dad???s words changed slightly from week to week by mysterious means; this time, they declared: ???YOU???RE READY TO WRITE KATE.???


**** The Pain When Children Fly The Nest ****
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22207482>
Adam Gopnik, BBC

> What I wonder about is why we love our children so asymmetrically, so entirely, knowing that the very best we can hope for is that they will feel about us as we feel about our own parents: that slightly aggrieved mixture of affection, pity, tolerance and forgiveness, with a final soupcon - if we live long enough - of sorrow for our falling away, stumbling and shattered, from the vigour that once was ours.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Apr 22 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 22 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 22, 2013
Message-ID: <20130422225900.6832.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Monotony Adds RSS Feeds To Your Mac's Notification Center ****
<http://lifehacker.com/monotony-adds-rss-feeds-to-your-macs-notification-cent-476549066>
Shep Mcallister, Lifehacker

> If you want to be notified as soon as our favorite web sites are updated, Monotony is a simple, free solution for your Mac.


**** GoComics App Released For iOS, Android And Windows Phone, Digitizes The Sunday Funnies ****
<http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/21/gocomics-app-released-for-ios-android-and-windows-phone-puts-cal/>
Joe Pollicino, Engadget






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**** Chicago Manuals ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/books/review/the-third-coast-by-thomas-dyja-and-more.html>
Rachel Shteir, New York Times

> ???Poor Chicago,??? a friend of mine recently said. Given the number of urban apocalypses here, I couldn???t tell which problem she was referring to.


**** ???Cooked???: Michael Pollan Takes Kitchen Duty ****
<http://www.salon.com/2013/04/21/cooked_michael_pollan_takes_kitchen_duty/>
Laura Miller, Salon

> Maybe it???s not the most efficient use of our time, he concedes. But it???s good for the soul to be a producer some of the time, rather than just the consumers our corporate overlords want us to be.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Apr 23 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 23 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 23, 2013
Message-ID: <20130423225900.31425.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Typography For All: Demystifying Text For High-impact Messages ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033779/typography-for-all-demystifying-text-for-high-impact-messages.html#tk.rss_all>
Lesa Snider, Macworld

> Text is incredibly powerful???whether you???re making a business card or a garage-sale sign, you???re sending a message. The look of that message influences the way the receiver reacts: If the message is visually pleasing, the reaction is generally positive, but if the text is hard to read, that feeling of difficulty transfers back to you, the messenger. Here we???ll cover the basics of everyday typography, font pairings that are pleasing to the eye, practical formatting tips that work with a variety of software, and common mistakes to avoid.


**** Apple Opening Two New Australian Stores, In Melbourne And Adelaide ****
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/23/apple-opening-two-new-australian-stores-in-melbourne-and-adelaide/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac



**** Apple Reportedly Restricting Use Of Special Characters In App Descriptions ****
<http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/04/22/apple-reportedly-restricting-special-characters-in-app-descriptions>
Mikey Campbell, AppleInsider

> In a reported change to its iTunes Connect developer portal, Apple recently deprecated the use of special emoji-type characters for app descriptions, limiting app makers to standard text for submitted updates.


**** Yahoo! Unveils Brand New iOS App, Including Built-In Summly Summaries ****
<http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/22/yahoo-unveils-brand-new-ios-app-including-built-in-summ-ly-summaries/>
Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch



**** How To Check Bluetooth Connection Strength In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57580295-263/how-to-check-bluetooth-connection-strength-in-os-x/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If your Bluetooth devices are not maintaining proper connections, then poor signal strength may be to blame.


**** Timebar: Turn Your Menu Bar Into A Countdown Timer ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/22/timebar-turn-your-menu-bar-into-a-countdown-timer/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

> You pull down the menu, set a stop time and an optional audio alert. Click "Start" and boom, the menu bar at the top of your screen transforms into a progress bar. A blue line moves from right to left, providing a visual indicator of the time remaining.


**** Twitterrific 5.2.1 Released, Adds Favstar Support, Twitter Trends ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/04/22/twitterrific-5-2-1-released-adds-favstar-support-twitter-trends/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Andrew Kunesh, Macgasm



**** iPhone 4 Owners Begin Receiving Their $15 ???Antennagate??? Settlement Checks From Apple ****
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/22/iphone-4-owners-begin-receiving-their-15-antennagate-settlement-checks-from-apple/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Dan Desilva, 9 To 5 Mac



**** Review: PaintCode Excels At Transforming Vector Images Into Code ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2034142/review-paintcode-excels-at-transforming-vector-images-into-code.html>
Marco Tabini, Macworld



**** Fact Or Fiction: Eight Mac Energy-saving Techniques Tested ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2035493/fact-or-fiction-eight-mac-energy-saving-techniques-tested.html>
James Galbraith, Macworld



**** Move Notes And Highlights From iBooks To Evernote Or PDF With Digested For Mac ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/04/22/move-notes-and-highlights-from-ibooks-to-evernote-or-pdf-with-digested-for-mac/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Kaylie Moise, Macgasm



**** New iTunes Option Allows Users To Download Large Content Later ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/04/new-itunes-option-allows-users-to-download-large-content-later>
Brent Dirks, AppAdvice

> A new option in both the iOS and Mac/PC version of iTunes will allow a user to purchase some types of large content and then download it at a later time.
> According to Apple, the option is available for TV seasons, season passes, movie bundles, music box sets, individual movies, and TV episodes.





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**** Creatures Of Coherence: Why We???re So Obsessed With Causation ****
<http://www.psmag.com/science/creatures-of-coherence-why-were-so-obsessed-with-causation-55801/>
Ross Pomeroy, Pacific Standard

> We default to cause-and-effect thinking because we want to maintain control over our lives, but some things just don???t have clear answers.


**** Seeing Stars ****
<http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/05/seeing-stars?src=longreads>
John S. Rosenberg, Harvard Magazine

> The big science of building a giant telescope.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Wed Apr 24 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 24 Apr 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 24, 2013
Message-ID: <20130424225901.47409.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Drafts 3 Review: Better iOS Automation And Workflows ****
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/drafts-3-review-better-ios-automation-and-workflows/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



**** Mac Gems: Stay Keeps Your Windows Exactly Where You Want Them ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036191/mac-gems-stay-keeps-your-windows-exactly-where-you-want-them.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld

> Stay is an invaluable tool for anybody who goes back and forth between display configurations, helping you avoid that hair-tearing, bewildered cry of ???What the heck is that window doing there????


**** Apple Announces WWDC 2013 For June 10-14th To Talk Future OS X And iOS, Tickets On Sale April 25Th 10Am ****
<http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/04/24/apple-announces-wwdc-2013-for/?utm_medium=Twitter%20Publisher&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=social%20media&utm_content=Apple%20announces%20WWDC%202013%20for%20June%2010-14th,%20tickets%20on%20sale&awesm=tnw.to_b0XMy>
Matthew Panzarino, The Next Web

> Apple has today announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place in June 10-14th, 2013 at San Francisco???s Moscone West this year. Tickets will be on sale tomorrow, April 25th at 10am.


**** Voice-to-text Just As Dangerous To Drivers As Texting: Study ****
<http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51628518#.UXfN-KWE5lK>
Jim Forsyth, Reuters

> Using voice to send text messages while driving is just as dangerous as texting with fingers, with driver response times significantly delayed no matter which method was used, a study released on Tuesday showed.


**** BitTorrent Sync Keeps Your Files In Sync, Skips The Insecure Cloud ****
<http://lifehacker.com/bittorrent-sync-keeps-your-files-in-sync-skips-the-ins-478810621>
Adam Dachis, Lifehacker



**** Supercharge Your Command Line's History Search With Four Lines Of Code ****
<http://lifehacker.com/supercharge-your-command-lines-history-search-with-fou-478683529>
Adam Dachis, Lifehacker



**** Import Like A Pro In Aperture ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2033806/import-like-a-pro-in-aperture.html#tk.rss_all>
Derrick Story, Macworld

> I dig deeper to cover Raw+JPEG management, effect presets, and the use of AppleScripts upon import to supercharge your Aperture workflow.


**** Mailbox iOS App Is A Security Fail ****
<http://subhb.org/2013/04/24/mailbox-ios-app-is-a-security-fail/>
Being A Dream Walker

> I would love to try my hands on a better Mailbox iOS app, that is more secure. Until then I have deleted my accounts from Mailbox.


**** Google Fiber App For iPad Lands In App Store, No iPhone Version Yet ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/23/4257524/google-fiber-app-for-ipad-in-app-store-no-iphone-version-yet>
Carl Franzen, The Verge



**** Manga Studio 5 Review ****
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/manga_studio_5_review>
Henry Winchester, Mac Life

> Designed for the more specific needs of sequential artists, it includes multiple panels, speech balloons, and pens and pencils that behave just as they would in the real world. 


**** Apple To Dole Out $100B To Shareholders ****
<http://news.yahoo.com/apple-dole-100b-shareholders-204956582--finance.html>
Peter Svensson, Associated Press



**** How To Delete Podcast Episodes In The Podcasts App For iPhone And iPad ****
<http://www.imore.com/how-delete-podcast-episodes-podcasts-app-iphone-and-ipad>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore



**** Productivity Tip: Take A Break ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/23/productivity-tip-take-a-break/>
Victor Agreda, Jr., TUAW



**** Apple Store App For iPhone Now Notifies You When You're Ready For Upgrade Pricing On A New iPhone ****
<http://www.imore.com/apple-store-app-iphone-now-notifies-you-when-youre-ready-upgrade-pricing-new-iphone>
Leanna Lofte, iMore

> The Apple Store app for iPhone has been updated with a handy little feature that will notify you when you're eligible for upgrade pricing on a new iPhone. You can even buy your new iPhone directly with the app after receiving the notification since all you need is your Apple ID credentials to do so.


**** Tweetbot Update Brings New Media Timeline And Image Viewer ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/23/tweetbot-update-brings-new-media-timeline-and-image-viewer/>
John-Michael Bond, TUAW



**** iPad Sales Up, Macs Flat, As Apple Reports On Q2 Earnings ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036232/ipad-sales-up-macs-flat-as-apple-reports-on-q2-earnings.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> Cook has an optimistic outlook for the future, telling analysts that the company has ???some really great stuff coming in the fall and of course in all of 2014.??? Cook expressed frustration and disappointment with Apple???s stock performance, but added that the ???most important thing is creating innovative products, which is still in our control.???
Also:
??? <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2036250/apples-cook-talks-quarterly-earnings-new-products.html#tk.rss_all">Apple's Cook talks quarterly earnings, new products</a> (Macworld): Here???s an edited transcript of what Cook had to say on Tuesday about Apple???s most recent quarter.





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**** Game Theory: Jane Austen Had It First ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/books/michael-chwe-author-sees-jane-austen-as-game-theorist.html?_r=0>
Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times

> It???s not every day that someone stumbles upon a major new strategic thinker during family movie night. But that???s what happened to Michael Chwe, an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, when he sat down with his children some eight years ago to watch ???Clueless,??? the 1995 romantic comedy based on Jane Austen???s ???Emma.???


**** Book Review: ???The Mothers,??? By Jennifer Gilmore ****
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-the-mothers-by-jennifer-gilmore/2013/04/22/7fae6470-a5eb-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_books>
Ann Bauer, Washington Post

> Years ago, I had a writing teacher in college who responded to every paper the same way. ???Enjoyed this essay about your cocker spaniel,??? she would write at the top, ???but I???d like to see the story told from his point of view.??? Or, ???Excellent screenplay! Now I???m wondering if you could try it as a poem.??? Her aim was to open up new territory and truth by reconstructing our writing. Typically, step No. 3 would be to bring the piece back to its original form, incorporating the things we???d learned.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Thu Apr 25 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 25 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 25, 2013
Message-ID: <20130425225900.71244.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Type Special Characters In OS X ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036310/type-special-characters-in-os-x.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Frakes, Macworld



**** All About Calendar Sharing ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036317/all-about-calendar-sharing.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



**** Apple's Berlin Retail Store Set To Open Its Doors May 3 ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/04/apples-berlin-retail-store-set-to-open-its-doors-may-3>
Joe White, AppAdvice



**** How To Quickly Set Accessibility Options In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57581306-263/how-to-quickly-set-accessibility-options-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If you use Apple's Accessibility settings for those with impairments, you can toggle some of their options with a quick hot-key-invoked panel.


**** Apple Submits Revised Campus 2 Plans, Delays Tantau Development To Cut Costs ****
<http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/24/apple-submits-revised-campus-2-plans-delays-tantau-development-to-cut-costs/>
Juli Clover, MacRumors



**** Delicious Library 3 Is Here, And It???s A Beast ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/04/delicious-library-3-is-here-and-its-a-beast/>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica



**** Scapple For OS X Is The Note Jotter Tool Many Writers Are Looking For ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/24/scapple-for-os-x-is-the-note-jotter-tool-many-writers-are-lookin/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW



**** Apple To Hand Out 150 Free WWDC Tickets To Budding Young Developers ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/04/apple-to-hand-out-150-free-wwdc-tickets-to-budding-young-developers/>
Florence Ion, Ars Technica



**** Circles For iPhone Delivers Old-school Memory Challenge ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/24/circles-for-iphone-delivers-old-school-memory-challenge/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW

> It's a fun memory game of the pick-up-and-play ilk, and it's kept me busy for the last week or so.


**** Tim Cook Auctions Off A Coffee Date At Apple HQ, Proceeds Go To Charity ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/24/4261700/apple-ceo-tim-cook-50-000-coffee-for-charity>
Sean Hollister, The Verge

> Apple CEO Tim Cook is offering one wealthy bidder a chance to have a cup of coffee with him at Apple headquarters, with an estimated value of $50,000. Proceeds will benefit the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, and bidding will end May 14th.


**** Hands On With Drafts 3.0 And Its Impressive New Organization Tools ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036192/hands-on-with-drafts-3-0-and-its-impressive-new-organization-tools.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> Drafts, the hugely popular iOS app for making quick text bits and notes, and then repurposing them in all kinds of ways, hit version 3.0 on Wednesday. The new version adds better organization options for drafts and actions, new action options, Reminders integration, and more.





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**** Oprah Winfrey, Book Critic ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/04/oprahs-book-club-mccarthy-franzen-television.html>
Jennifer Szalai, New Yorker

> It was the quintessential Oprah moment, the kind that made the Book Club thrive and her critics cringe. She was taking a novel about the end of the world, one that includes an image of a baby roasted on a spit, and making it palatable for talk-show television.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Fri Apr 26 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 26 Apr 2013 22:59:01 -0000
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**** Bugs & Fixes: Fixing Apple TV Lost Network Connections ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036389/bugs-and-fixes-fixing-apple-tv-lost-network-connections.html#tk.rss_all>
Ted Landau, Macworld



**** Apple Reverses Decision To Change VPN On Demand In VirnetX Lawsuit, But Only For Devices That Already Shipped ****
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/26/apple-reverses-decision-to-change-vpn-on-demand-in-virnetx-lawsuit-but-only-for-devices-that-already-shipped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac



**** Why Apple Is Purposely Going Into Debt ****
<http://theweek.com/article/index/243325/why-apple-is-purposely-going-into-debt>
Sergio Hernandez, The Week

> Borrowing money to pay its shareholders actually costs Apple less than paying taxes on its massive cash piles.


**** How To Wipe A Mac: Erase Your Mac's Hard drive ****
<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/apple/3444129/how-wipe-mac/>
Matt Egan, PC Advisor

> Before you sell or give away your Mac, iMac or Macbook, you need to securely erase its contents and reinstall the OS. Passing on a cleanly installed Mac isn't just good manners, it's critical to your personal security. You need to ensure that you pass on only hardware and software, and not your personal data. Here's how to wipe a Mac - you'll need the install discs that came with it.


**** How To Make Quick Work Of Text Navigation In OS X ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57581242-263/how-to-make-quick-work-of-text-navigation-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If you are tired of holding the arrow keys and waiting for your cursor to move, there are alternatives to greatly speed this up.


**** Attorney General Calls T-Mobile???s No-contract Plans ???Deceptive???, Carrier Agrees To Offer Refunds And Change Advertising ****
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/25/attorney-general-calls-t-mobiles-no-contract-plans-deceptive-carrier-agrees-to-offer-refunds-and-change-advertising/>
Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac



**** Triage: Email First Aid Review ****
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/triage_email_first_aid_review>
Michael Simon, Mac Life

> Triage is not looking to replace your email client of choice. It doesn't support push notifications. You can't search or sort, and you can't batch delete. Heck, you can't even compose a new message. The only thing you can do is reply, archive, or delete each message, one at a time. It seems crazy, but the method is fairly ingenious: Your electronic mail is no different than your physical mail, so why should you treat it any differently?


**** The Easiest Way To Lock Your Mac When You Leave, Unlock It When You Return ****
<http://bohemianboomer.com/2013/04/the-easiest-way-to-lock-your-mac-when-you-leave-unlock-it-when-you-return/>
Jeff Mincey, Bohemian Boomer

> Pair up Bluetooth on your iPhone or iPad to the Mac. Keycard resides in the background and locks up your Mac when you step away, and unlocks it when you return.


**** Sequence Review ****
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/sequence_review>
Rod Lawton, Mac Life

> Sequence 1.1 does this incredibly quickly???you simply drop your folder of stills onto a big import window, wait a few moments while the software renders a preview of your movie, and then watch as your time-lapse movie plays back.


**** Customizing The OS X Menu Bar ****
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/customization/customizing-the-os-x-menu-bar/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactuts+%28Mactuts%2B%29>
Paula DuPont, Mactuts+



**** New iPhone Commercial Focuses On Photos Every Day ****
<http://www.imore.com/new-iphone-commercial-focuses-photos-every-day>
Rene Ritchie, iMore



**** Instapaper: Under New Managment ****
<http://macsparky.com/blog/2013/4/instapaper-under-new-managment>
David Sparks, MacSparky

> Marco Arment's sold Instapaper (at least most of his interest in it). It appears, however, he didn't pull this off by finding the biggest company willing to write a check with the largest number of zeros but instead sought out a company, in this case betaworks, willing to shower love on Instapaper as he did.
Also:
??? <a href="http://www.marco.org/2013/04/25/instapaper-next-generation">The Next Generation Of instapaper</a> (Marco Arment): Instapaper is much bigger today than I could have predicted in 2008, and it has simply grown far beyond what one person can do.
??? <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/25/betaworks-instapaper/">Digg Owner Betaworks Buys Instapaper To Go Big On Social Reading And Discovery</a> (Ryan Lawler, TechCrunch)


**** AltWWDC Offers Free Alternative To Apple's Developer Conference ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036385/altwwdc-offers-free-alternative-to-apples-developer-conference.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



**** Twitter Revives, Updates Native OS X Client ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036387/twitter-revives-updates-native-os-x-client.html#tk.rss_all>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

> The new release comes with a number of new features, including a slightly tweaked user interface, support for Macs with Retina displays, and the ability for users to upload and share photos along with their tweets. The app now also supports fourteen new languages, including Italian, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and more.


**** WWDC 2013 Sells Out In Three Minutes ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036377/wwdc-2013-sells-out-in-three-minutes.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld



**** StatsBar For Mac Provides Quick System Statistics ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/25/statsbar-for-mac-provides-quick-system-statistics/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW






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**** David Sedaris Has A Pleasingly Strange Voice ****
<http://www.salon.com/2013/04/25/david_sedaris_has_a_pleasingly_strange_voice/>
Kyle Minor, Salon

> The brilliant essayist already writes for the listener, which makes his new audiobook yet another triumph.


**** The Rise Of Big Data ****
<http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139104/kenneth-neil-cukier-and-viktor-mayer-schoenberger/the-rise-of-big-data?page=show>
Kenneth Neil Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Foreign Affairs

> Everyone knows that the Internet has changed how businesses operate, governments function, and people live. But a new, less visible technological trend is just as transformative: ???big data.??? Big data starts with the fact that there is a lot more information floating around these days than ever before, and it is being put to extraordinary new uses. Big data is distinct from the Internet, although the Web makes it much easier to collect and share data. Big data is about more than just communication: the idea is that we can learn from a large body of information things that we could not comprehend when we used only smaller amounts.


**** Our Chocolate, Ourselves ****
<http://www.myapplemenu.comhttps://medium.com/the-ingredients-2/7d83511a4d60>
Jordana Rothman, Medium

> Still, there???s an ancient kinship between chocolate and sex, sired by centuries of misinformation and spread by everyone from Aztec emperors to lip-biting ladies in Peppermint Pattie commercials. I came by it honestly. For me, the affinity between these two pleasures crystallized the first time I loosed an edible penis from a candy mold.


**** What If We Never Run Out Of Oil? ****
<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/05/what-if-we-never-run-out-of-oil/309294/?single_page=true>
Charles C. Mann, The Atlantic

> New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle???and a nightmare.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sat Apr 27 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 27 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 27, 2013
Message-ID: <20130427225900.4821.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** Reeder For iPhone Gets Feedbin Sync, Local RSS Support ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/reeder-for-iphone-gets-feedbin-sync-local-rss-support/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Reeder 3.1 also adds support for local RSS subscriptions, which won???t sync with any web service or other device running Reeder. Supporting local RSS feeds is anachronistic, but probably the right thing to do to ensure Reeder can keep working in case more RSS services will announce a shutdown in the future.


**** Apogee Duet For iPad & Mac ****
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417989,00.asp>
Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine



**** Cdto Opens Any Folder In The OS X Terminal With One Click ****
<http://lifehacker.com/cdto-opens-any-folder-in-the-os-x-terminal-with-one-cli-481539331>
Adam Dachis, Lifehacker



**** Review: Xamarin 2.0 Works Mobile Development Magic ****
<http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=BAECAD0B-94DF-D64B-0BC298DA61AF5AA0>
Tom Thompson, InfoWorld

> Impressive Xamarin SDK brings native iPhone and Android development to C# programmers, Visual Studio.


**** Focusrite Forte ****
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417991,00.asp>
Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine



**** Pay Per Play: Exploring The Pros And Cons Of Freemium Gaming On iOS ****
<http://reverttosaved.com/2013/04/26/pay-per-play-exploring-the-pros-and-cons-of-freemium-gaming-on-ios/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Craig Garnell, Revert To Saved

> Freemium, free-to-play and IAP are now entrenched in gaming for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. But is that a bad thing, or has the system just been too often abused? I ask developers whether micro- (and not-so-micro-) transactions are the future of the industry, and how that will affect the games that are made.


**** Bizarre iMessage Bug Deletes Last Word Of Certain Texts ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/26/4270608/imessage-bug-deletes-last-word-certain-texts>
Chris Welch, The Verge

> The bug appears to render the final word of certain messages sent from an iPhone or Mac invisible to both sender and recipient. Two phrases have been confirmed as affected by the issue, with one oddly including President Barack Obama.


**** Apple Says New Tech Talks Are Coming This Fall ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/apple-says-new-tech-talks-are-coming-this-fall/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories

> Following an ???unprecedented interest??? in WWDC that saw tickets selling out in less than two minutes, Apple has officially announced on its ???News and Announcements??? developer portal that ???they???ll be hitting the road??? with Tech Talks this Fall.


**** Mac Gems: Spotdox Makes All Your Files Accessible Via Dropbox ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036432/mac-gems-spotdox-makes-all-your-files-accessible-via-dropbox.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

> If you rely on Dropbox to keep your files and folders accessible from all your devices, I feel confident in saying that Spotdox will eventually get you out of a self-inflicted jam.





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**** How To Write A "Vinyl Is Back!" Story ****
<http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/04/vinyl_is_back.php>
Nick Greene, Village Voice

> Last Saturday marked Record Store Day, a global celebration that encourages folks to head down to their local record store and buy some vinyl. Pleasantly, the initiative has done wonders for local businesses. Besides boosting sales, Record Store Day also offers an invaluable service to writers: It presents us with a peg to hang our "Vinyl is Back!" stories.


**** Questions Of Travel By Michelle De Kretser ??? Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/27/questions-travel-michelle-de-kretser-review>
AS Byatt, The Guardian

> <i>Questions of Travel</i> is about uprootedness and travel, about tourism and flight from terror, about the trivial and the terrible.


**** Subject To Revision ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/books/review/life-after-life-by-kate-atkinson.html?ref=review>
Francine Prose, New York Times

> ???After the first death, there is no other,??? Dylan Thomas wrote. How obvious, one might think. But the one-time-only nature of death is anything but self-evident in Kate Atkinson???s new novel, ???Life After Life.???


**** Many Selves: 'Tiger Writing,' By Gish Jen ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/books/review/tiger-writing-by-gish-jen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Wesley Yang, New York Times

> A group of students at Cornell, born in Asia but raised in the United States by immigrant parents, were instructed to keep a diary. They struggled to recall the events of their own daily lives when they were later quizzed about them, remembering fewer details about their experiences than their Euro-American counterparts. Qi Wang, the Cornell scholar of ???cross-cultural??? cognition who conducted the experiment, speculated that Asians were not more forgetful but that they had, perhaps, filtered out the contents of their own stories, deeming them unworthy of being encoded as memories in the first place.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Sun Apr 28 18:59:01 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 28 Apr 2013 22:59:01 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 28, 2013
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**** How Apple Accidentally Revolutionized Health Care ****
<http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/04/27/how-apple-accidentally-revolutionized-health-care.aspx>
Keith Speights, The Motley Fool

> Health care has changed dramatically since Steve Jobs first stood in front of an audience to introduce first the iPhone then later the iPad. Much of that change can be directly attributed to Apple.


**** Give Your 30-Pin Speaker New Life With The Auris Bluetooth Receiver ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/04/27/give-your-30-pin-speaker-new-life-with-the-auris-bluetooth-receiver/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Andrew Kunesh, Macgasm



**** Compiler Warnings For Objective-C Developers ****
<http://oleb.net/blog/2013/04/compiler-warnings-for-objective-c-developers/>
Ole Begemann






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**** My Mom ****
<http://www.aeonmagazine.com/being-human/mary-hk-choi-my-foreign-mom/>
Mary H K Choi, Aeon

> I love her and it???s a secret. I love her so much it kills me, and you bet I???d sooner die than tell her.


**** Amanda Knox And Bad Maths In Court ****
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22310186>
Coralie Colmez, BBC

> As an Italian court prepares to try Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for a second time on charges of killing Meredith Kercher, an expert says a judge failed to grasp the maths of probability involved in the case - and that courts often struggle when it comes to statistics.


**** Paris: The Thrill Of The Modern ****
<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/may/09/paris-thrill-impressionism/>
Anka Muhlstein, The New York Review Of Books

> To walk into the first few rooms of the exhibition ???Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity,??? now at the Metropolitan Museum, is to allow oneself to be immersed in the sweetness of life in the Belle ??poque.


**** How Muriel Spark Rescued Mary Shelley ****
<http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1249782.ece>
Kathryn Hughes, The Times Literary Supplement

> In 1950 the thirty-two-year-old tyro poet Muriel Spark drew up a proposal for a ???Critical Biography??? of Mary Shelley. The project was never going to be easy to sell to publishers. Spark was virtually unknown outside the London poetry scene and, in any case, there was little interest in female novelists of the nineteenth century. 


**** I Packed My Knives & Went: Aboard The Top Chef Cruise ****
<http://eater.com/archives/2013/04/23/max-silvestri-top-chef-the-cruise.php?src=longreads>
Max Silvestri, Eater

> Was a <i>Top Chef</i> cruise worth the possibility of having to pee in the shower and "go number 2 in bags," as I heard a CNBC anchor refer to it? Yes.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Mon Apr 29 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 29 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 29, 2013
Message-ID: <20130429225900.99911.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** How To Connect A Mac To A TV ****
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/28/connect-mac-to-tv/>
OS X Daily



**** Classic Note Brings The Mac System 6 Aesthetic To iOS ****
<http://www.technologytell.com/apple/116091/classic-note-brings-the-mac-system-6-aesthetic-to-ios/>
Charles Moore, TechnologyTell

> David Green???s Classic Note brings back the System 6 and earlier Macintosh OS user interface aesthetic to the iOS, putting the days of one-button mice and 3.5??? floppy disks in your pocket, without breaking your back.


**** Apple Declines To Fix Vulnerability In Safari's Web Archive Files, Likely Because It Requires User Action To Exploit ****
<http://www.imore.com/apple-declines-fix-vulnerability-safaris-webarchive-files-likely-because-it-requires-user-action>
Nick Arnott, iMore

> In the case of Safari???s web archives, it???s possible for a malicious web archive to not only access content stored by another site, but potentially any file on the victim???s computer.


**** Nebulous Notes 6.1 Gets MultiMarkdown Previews, Full Folder Sync ****
<http://www.macstories.net/news/nebulous-notes-6-1-gets-multimarkdown-previews-full-folder-sync/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories






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**** ???Didn???t You Get Tested???? ****
<http://www.salon.com/2013/04/28/all_the_ways_you_judge_my_son/>
Rachel Adams, Salon

> No mother feels good about getting mad at her kids in public. Losing your temper only makes things worse, and besides, it???s embarrassing to have strangers witness your worst moments of parenting. But in our case, the shame is compounded by the fact that my son is already a visible target, the very sight of his body a red flag for some of the most conflicted bioethical debates of our time.
> This is to say that Henry has Down syndrome. I can think of no other bodily condition that triggers such immediate and visceral assumptions about a family???s beliefs, values and quality of life. Seeing a child with Down syndrome invites other people to question the choices that led to his being in the world.







From applesurf at myapplemenu.com  Tue Apr 30 18:59:00 2013
From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com)
Date: 30 Apr 2013 22:59:00 -0000
Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 30, 2013
Message-ID: <20130430225900.29207.qmail@voot.pair.com>

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**** What To Do (If Anything) About A Cluttered OS X Desktop ****
<http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/04/desktop-cluttered-help/>
Christina Bonnington, Wired



**** Should You Worry About A Damaged Files Folder? ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57581963-263/should-you-worry-about-a-damaged-files-folder/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If you find a folder called Damaged Files at the root of your hard drive in OS X, it may mean nothing -- or it could be a sign that your drive is failing.


**** Hands-on With Latest Orange Amp Models For OS X ****
<http://gigaom.com/2013/04/29/hands-on-with-latest-orange-amp-models-for-os-x/>
Mark Crump, GigaOM

> The latest $99 software amplifiers from Orange are not not a complete substitute for real amps, but they???re a decent choice for home recording.


**** Prevent Automatic Scrolling In The OS X Finder ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57581948-263/prevent-automatic-scrolling-in-the-os-x-finder/>
Topher Kessler, CNET

> If views in the OS X Finder shift around, you may be able to control this by a quick settings change.


**** Apple Lays Groundwork For First Debt Sale Ever ****
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/29/net-us-apple-bond-idUSBRE93S0JM20130429>
Josie Cox, Reuters



**** Wikimedia Commons??? New iOS And Android Apps Make It Easier To Donate Photos To Wikipedia ****
<http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/04/29/wikimedia-commons-new-ios-and-android-apps-make-it-easier-to-donate-your-photos-to-wikipedia/>
Paul Sawers, The Next Web



**** The Mailbox Security Failure That Wasn???t ****
<http://www.imore.com/mailbox-security-fail-wasn-t>
Nick Arnott, iMore

> If you were to lose your phone on the street, then somebody else picked it up, took it home, plugged it into their computer and fired up iExplorer, they would just see a screen telling them to plug in a device. iExplorer has no way to talk to that device until the device has been unlocked, plugged into the computer, and the keys have been exchanged.


**** Hands On: Google Now Is Less Of A Concierge, More Of A Valet ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036707/hands-on-google-now-is-less-of-a-concierge-more-of-a-valet.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Moren, Macworld



**** Review: Triage For iPhone Makes Quick Work Of Clearing Out Your Inbox ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2036227/review-triage-for-iphone-makes-quick-work-of-clearing-out-your-inbox.html#tk.rss_all>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

> Triage???s focus is on helping you to pare down the untamed mass of your inbox as quickly and efficiently as possible. When you have a few minutes, you can fire up Triage, and quickly deal with a few messages.


**** How To Create Your Own Stations In The Podcasts App For iPhone And iPad ****
<http://www.imore.com/how-create-your-own-stations-podcasts-app-iphone-and-ipad>
Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

> If you use the Podcasts app to listen and watch podcasts, you can also create custom stations that'll filter in podcasts based on which subscriptions you add to that section. You can think of stations as nothing more than creating playlists just like you do in the Music app.





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**** Star Wars ****
<http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article.cfm?AID=2292>
Tom Vanderbilt, The Wilson Quarterly

> The rise of online reviewing may be toppling the singular critical voice from its pedestal, and with its fall, taste has shattered into a thousand fragments. We are every day sifting through those shards, trying to make meaning of everyone else???s attempt to say what something meant to them.