[MyAppleMenu] Aug 24, 2013

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*** Apimac Introduces Free Version Of Strip HTML For Mac ***
<http://appledailyreport.com/2013/08/24/apimac-introduces-free-version-of-strip-html-for-mac/>
Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report


> Strip HTML makes it possible to get text from any webpage cleaned up from any code tags.




*** Rdio For iOS Gets Station Tuning, New Collection Options ***
<http://www.macstories.net/news/rdio-for-ios-gets-station-tuning-new-collection-options/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



*** I'm Afraid To Tell You About Shrook, But RSS Users Deserve To Know ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/23/im-afraid-to-tell-you-about-shrook-but-rss-users-deserve-to-kn/>
Mike Wehner, TUAW


> It's fast, it has a fantastic search function, and it auto-refreshes constantly but uses only a small fraction of the system resources of every other standalone reader I've tried. Oh, and it's free.




*** 'Blackbar' Is An iOS Puzzler And A Commentary On The NSA's Love Of Redacted Text ***
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/23/4651450/blackbar-an-ios-puzzler-and-commentary-on-nsa-redacted-text>
Chris Welch, The Verge


> Neven Mrgan and James Moore have built a game that doesn't hold your hand, but that's likely to be a plus for some players. We won't spoil anything; just know that paying attention to a letter's context and events in the overall story arch are critical to keep moving forward.




*** Review: When Speed Is All You Care About In A Browser, Turn To Chrome For Mac ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2047153/review-when-speed-is-all-you-care-about-in-a-browser-turn-to-chrome-for-mac.html#tk.rss_all>
Nathan Alderman, Macworld


> The latest version is once again a lightning-fast, efficiently functional browser, at or near the top of the pack in every benchmark I ran. But the things that have changed about Chrome since this time last year don’t seem quite as significant as those that have remained stubbornly the same.




MyAppleMenu Reader
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
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*** Oppenheimer: The Shape Of Genius ***
<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/aug/15/oppenheimer-shape-genius/>
Freeman Dyson, The New York Review Of Books


> Ray Monk says he wrote his book because the others gave too much weight to Oppenheimer’s politics and too little weight to his science. Monk restores the balance by describing in detail the activities that occupied most of Oppenheimer’s life: learning and exploring and teaching science.




*** The Birds Of The Air ***
<http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/24/birds-air-jean-sprackland-poem>
Jean Sprackland, The Guardian



*** “Americanah”: The Many Voices Of America And Nigeria ***
<http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/americanah_the_many_voices_of_america_and_nigeria/>
Laura Miller, Salon


> Accents mean a lot in the audio version of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, “Americanah.”




*** A Nose For Words ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/books/review/a-nose-for-words.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Joshua Henkin, New York Times


> My father probably cared more than he should have how I did on the SAT, but he cared for the right reasons — because he loved learning, because he loved words — my father, whom I remember best for coming home every evening with his vocabulary lists, and who, in cahoots with Stanley Kaplan, unknowingly but persistently set me on my path.




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