[MyAppleMenu] Feb 17, 2013

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**** Tick Tock: Why Timing Your Mac Hardware Upgrades Makes Good Sense ****
<http://gigaom.com/2013/02/16/tick-tock-why-timing-your-mac-hardware-upgrades-makes-good-sense/>
Geoffrey Goetz, GigaOM


> Planning out your MacBook upgrade to coincide with Intel’s “tock” releases should ensure that you are getting the largest performance gains with each purchase.  When you purchase your new hardware as close to the release date as possible, you will maximize the number of days your Mac will be running on the last supported version of OS X. 



**** Safari’s History And URL Shorteners: Pretty Useless ****
<http://www.betalogue.com/2013/02/16/safari-history-url-shorteners/>
Pierre Igot, Betalogue


> The history feature is completely useless for those links. I have to reload all “(no title)” links manually one by one just to see which ones might be to pages that I hadn’t yet finished reading. It’s quite frustrating. And it’s an unforgivable flaw in Mountain Lion’s Safari.



**** iOS Multitasking Lag ****
<http://www.macstories.net/links/ios-multitasking-lag/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macstoriesnet+%28MacStories%29>
Federico Viticci, MacStories


> I honestly don't care about seeing “multiple apps” on the iPad's screen, but I'd love for Apple to find a way to make iOS multitasking less aggressive without compromising battery life, making the process of moving between apps instantaneous as it is on OS X.






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**** Betrayed ****
<http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1150018/betrayed>
Oliver Chou, South China Morning Post


> ''Unrepentant” was a word that became prominent in China during the Cultural Revolution, when Deng Xiaoping’s adversaries labelled him an “unrepentant capitalist-roader”. But the late paramount leader spent no time in jail or in chains. Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong has perhaps more of a claim to the word; having spent almost three years in jail on an espionage charge he denies, he declares he remains unrepentant for loving his country.



**** What Makes A Writer Want To Rock Out? ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/magazine/what-makes-a-writer-want-to-rock-out.html?ref=magazine&_r=0>
J. Robert Lennon, New York Times


> My secret life in rock music at last collided with my literary career during a phone call in 2003. I was talking with my editor, discussing possible avenues for publicity for my coming book, a collection of 100 very short stories. This volume’s slightness was overshadowed only by its even slighter potential for earning back its advance. The situation demanded creative thinking. It was an overseas call, and had so far cost about a third of the advance. Impulsively, I said, “I’ll record an album of 100 songs!”

> “Pardon me?”