[MyAppleMenu] Apr 8, 2013

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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.”