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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Growing Number Of 'Pod People'
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12145894.htm>
Fred Tasker, Miami Herald

If you watch those silhouettes dancing around on billboards and TV ads, you might conclude that iPods and other MP3 players are only for listening to music. Look -- and listen -- again.

*** iPodders Dial Up Disney
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bizpodcast16071605jul16,0,3110158.story?coll=orl-business-headlines>
Dorimar Mercado, Orlando Sentinel

Winter garden man hosts weekly podcast on the doings at Disney.

*** Pro Podcaster She's Not, But 1st Attempt Was Easy
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0507160026jul16,1,7079887.story?coll=chi-business-hed>
Juliette Wallack, Associated Press

*** Japan's Avex To Supply Songs To Apple's Music Store In Japan
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/07/14/afx2140134.html>
AFX

Apple will launch its iTunes Music Store service in August.

*** Apple Selling One Million iPod Shuffles A Month?
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1184>
Kasper Jade, AppleInsider

Apple may have met an internally kept goal of selling one million iPod shuffles a month during the first fiscal quarter in which the flash-based digital music player was widely available.

*** IDG Commits To Boston For Future Macworld Expos
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/07/15/idg/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

While the number of exhibitors dropped slightly this year, IDG officials said the attendance at the show is on par with last year.

[Opinion]

*** Why A Low-End Mac May Be ALl You Really Need
<http://lowendmac.com/archive/05/0715.html>
Adam Robert Guha, Low End Mac

*** The Hitchiker's Guide To ADHOC
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/15/adhoc.html>
Brian Geiger, O'Reilly Network

ADHOC is about giving yourself a challenge that is just for you. This is a goal that you set for youself, to see how clever you can be.

*** Apple Monitors: The Price Problem
<http://applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/451/>
James R. Stoup, Apple Matters

I do't understand why Apple won't make smaller displays.

*** More Shoes
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050714.html>
Robert X. Cringely, PBS

Good pricing is not enough reward for Steve Jobs kicking IBM in the corporate groin at the behest of Intel. Let's guess, then, that not only will [Intel's] ClickStar morph into iTMS, but that Intel's "digital home netertainment devices" will be iTMS-compliant. No Microsoft, no Real, just H.264, FairPlay, and something behind Door Number Three.

[Review]

*** Creating Spotlight Plugins
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/15/spotlight.html>
Matthew Russell, O'Reilly Network

Spotlight was designed to be extensible and to accommodate any file format. In this piece, you'll learn how to index a custom file format by creating a Spotlight plugin.

*** Current 1.5: Content Management Application Integrates Disparate Functions, But Is Hard To Learn And Use
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/07/reviews/current15/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jeff Merron, Macworld

Current has potential, but I would recommend it only to early adopters who like to fool around with new ideas -- and who have the patience for an unintuitive program.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Little Terrors: Kids' Stories Aren't Afraid Of The Dark
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/15/AR2005071501985.html?nav=rss_print/style>
Neely Tucker, Washington Post

Ah, sumer. The glory of childhood, its angelic idyll. Let's consider three massively popular tales out this week that impressionable young children can't get enough of.

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Me No See Barriers
Heng-Cheong Leong

Today is carrying a report <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/61767.asp> that illegal cyclists cannot see a barrier that is supposed to stop illegal cycling, so that these illegal cyclists often crash into the barriers, potentially injuring themselves.

If I am a pedestrian walking along this particular path, I will feel real safe now -- not. Someday, some idiot will crash into me -- and the idiots will "bring [their] own tools and get rid of the" pedestrians.

[News]

*** Singapore Church Accepts Gays, Lesbians
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/12149152.htm>
Wee Sui Lee, Associated Press

In a country where homosexual sex is punishable by prison time and the government bans gay-themed parties, the Free Community Church stands out. It is the only place of Christian worship willing to accept gays and lesbians in Singapore.

*** China-Born Athletes Sue Singapore AAA
<http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/7/16/sports/11502616&sec=sports>
Associated Press

Two China-born athletes, wooed over from the mainland as teenagers to represent Singapore, are suing the country's athletics association after they claimed they were unfairly dumped from its foreign talent scheme for not meeting performance targets.

*** NKF Staff And Patients Cope With Negative Backlash
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/158156/1/.html>
Yvonne Cheong, Channel NewsAsia

A total of 10,362 donors have called to cancel their monthly GIRO or credit card donations so far.

*** Ex-NKF Patron Mrs Goh Chok Tong Regrets Remarks About TT Durai's Pay: SM Goh
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/158246/1/.html>
Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia

[Opinion]

*** Sleepless In Singapore
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050716.wxasiatrip16/BNStory/specialTravel/>
Susan Smith, The Globe And Mail

*** He Who Lives By The Peanut...
<http://akikonomu.blogspot.com/2005/07/he-who-lives-by-peanut.html>
Illusio

The Parliament praises [NKF] as a model for turning Singapore's charities into a market economy, and yet the [Health] Minister is reluctant to hold NKF to the standards and legal framework of a [commercial] firm.

*** Important Questions Remain Unanswered In NKF Controversy
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/61786.asp>
Lee Chee Hoe, Today

This sounds similar to a corporate CEO releasing incorrect news to boost share prices.