[MyAppleMenu] Dec 29, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple's Steve Jobs Tops List Of Highest Paid Bay Area Executives
<http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/technology/10515852.htm>
Associated Press

Jobs received a salary of only $1 in 2003, but he traded in almost all of his stock options for $74.8 million in restricted stock.

*** 2005 In Retrospect: Apple's 1 Percent Solution
<http://blog.redherring.com/MT/archives/main/000520.html>
Mitch Ratcliffe, Red Herring

Analysts continue to question the sustainability of Apple's growth, because in the fast-growing markets of China and India, and the emerging economies, it has been virtually absent.

*** Web Based Apple 2 Emulator
<http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/28/web_based_apple_2_em.html>
Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing

Unfortunately, you need Windows and IE to run.

*** Harry Potter Parody Choose-Your-Adventure Game For iPod
<http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/28/harry_potter_parody_.html>
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

It turns out that iPods have a "museum" mode where text notes and audio clips can be combined.

*** Xserve: Comparing Apple To Apples
<http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/storage/features/article.php/3452061>
Drew Robb, Enterprise IT Planet

[Opinion]

*** More Crap From Dvoark
<http://www.backupbrain.com/2004_12_26_archive.html#a004333>
Dori Smith, Backup Brain

Nothing the number is increasing would completely destroy Dvorak's premise, so he doesn't mention it.

*** Christmas In The Apple Store
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2004/12/applestorechristmas/index.php>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

We'll have no way of knowing until Apple unveils its first-quarter figures sometime next month, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say it was probably a very merry Christas for Apple this year.

*** Grim Macintosh Market Share Forebodies Crisis
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1745930,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000584>
John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine

Apple is the easy-to-use, less complex platform. Thus it should be cheaper, not more expensive. It's that simple.

*** Which Encoder Is Right For You?
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2004/12/whichencoder/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

I've read rant after rant extolling the virtues of one audio codec over another... and I've yet to be convinced that the answer is more complex than "Find a setting you can tolerate and then crank it up to the point where the music is not only tolerable, but enjoyable."

*** Software Update Tips And Voodoo
<http://daringfireball.net/2004/12/software_update>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Here's what we did, and we avoided any problems.

[Review]

*** Our Favorite New Stuff
<http://www.macworld.com/2004/12/features/janhotstuff/index.php>
Macworld

*** Skype On Mac OS X: A Hands-On Approach
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/12/28/skype.html>
Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

My goal today is to introduce you to the wonders of Skype and show you how to integrate it in your routine but also to point out its limits.

*** Accessing Name/Password Login Window
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2004/12/namepasswordwindow/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** More Ways To Help
Heng-Cheong Leong

Mr Brown <http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2004/12/earthquake_and_.html>: Information on Singaporean relief efforts.

*** Rumor Today: Headless iMac
Heng-Cheong Leong

The rumor that won't die... until Apple really come out with one?

Think Secret <http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo2.html>: Apple is expected to announce a bare bones, G4-based iMac without a display at Mac Expo on January 11 that will retail for $499.

*** Rumor Today: iLife 05 And Keynote 2
Heng-Cheong Leong

Think Secret <http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo1.html>: iLife's core applications will all receive updates, although complete details are lacking at this point.

*** Mutant Snowflakes!
Heng-Cheong Leong

"'Tis the season to notice just how many advertising designers <http://www.anigami.com/jimwich/jimwich_archives/jw_snowflakes_2004_2005/jimwich_mutant_snowflakes.html> don't know that snowflakes are supposed to have six sides!"

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** '05: Think Hot Zones, Hybrids And VoIP
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/personal_technology/10507287.htm>
San Jose Mercury News

*** The BitTorrent Effect
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/bittorrent.html>
Clive Thompson, Wired News

Movie studios hate it. File-swappers love it. Bram Cohen's blazing-fast P2P software has turned the Internet into a universal TiVo. For free video-on-demand, just click here.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Euro Trash
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2111504/fr/rss/>
Daniel Gross, Slate

Even drug dealers are giving up on the dollar.

[Tech & Science]

*** Sounding The Alarm On A Tsunami Is Complex And Expensive
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/international/worldspecial4/29warn.html?ex=1262062800&#38;en=a84fb16648a31cbf&%2338;ei=5088&%2338;partner=rssnyt>
John Schwartz, New York Times

Predictions, and acting on them,  are not simple, geoscience experts say.

[Life]

*** Put Your Voice Where Your Mouth Is
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/opinion/29giddins.html?oref=login&ex=1262062800&>
Gary Giddins, New York Times

We have been living in an increasingly lip-synced world for some 75 years, and we have yet to reach the bottom of a slippery slope.

*** Everyone's Driven To Eat. How Many Arrive In A Bentley?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/dining/29DRIV.html>
Cathy Horyn, New York Times

Amy Fine Collilns, the author of the new book "The God of Driving," and her driving instructor tour New York's eateries.

[Expressions]

*** Holiday Parties
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2111282/fr/rss/>
Victoria Chang, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** LTA To Build Boon Lay MRT Extension
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/124716/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The LTA will be extending the East West Line from Boon Lay Station westwards into the Jurong Industrial Estate.