From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Apr 1 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat Apr 1 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 1, 2006 Message-ID: <20060401181501.55954.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** The Appeal Of Apple Bobbie Johnson, The Guardian It has flirted with disaster but the firm that changed the way we work is 30 today. *** Apple And Microsoft Oddest Of Odd Couples David Radin, Pittsburg Post-Gazette *** Apple, Record Labels Divided Over iTunes Pricing Associated Press *** iPod Teaching Coke To Sing? Reuters When the grand old man of consumer brands, Coke, found it had lost a little of its shimmer, it turned to the latest brand sensation -- the iPod -- for inspiration. *** 30 (Well, 24) Years Of Apple Coverage Sascha Segan, PC Magazine When PC Magazine ran our first cover story on Apple, IBM was the upstart, Apple IIs dominated the personal-computing landscape, and we focused exclusivel on the IBM PC platform. *** Apple Tunes In To World Domination Alan Kohler, The Age Apple's iTunes music store seems to be rapidly becoming one of the most powerful retailers in the history of the world. *** Michael Mattioli: "Building Green" On PBS Bija Gutoff, Apple The cost-effective Mac-based editing solution made it feasible for Contreras and Mattioli to conceive, create -- and fund -- the show themselves. *** iTunes Almost Saves The Music Industry Jonny Evans, Macworld UK *** 30 Years Of Apple: Assessing Apple's Impact Cyrus Farivar, Macworld Everyone from former employees to industry watchers agrees that Apple has had a profound impact on technology, innovating and influencing not only how we use computers but the what we use them for. [Opinion] *** Looking To A Fruitful Future For Apple ZDNet UK So come on Steve, Apple's 30 and the time is now ripe to take the enterprise seriously. If you do, you might just find yourself pushing at an open door. *** iHate iTunes Stephie Coplan, The Tufts Daily When I downloaded iTunes onto my computer, I sold my soul to Apple. [Review] *** Business Accounting Software: MYOB Provides Full-Featured Accounting For Large And Small Businesses, But QuickBooks Lags Jeffery Battersby, Macworld *** Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa Peter Cohen, Macworld Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa is a strategy game that places an emphasis on understanding nature, not destroying things. It's a nice change of pace! *** Test Drivers James galbraith, Macworld Will older peripherals continue to work on an Intel-based Macintosh like my applications using the Rosetta emulation technology do, or will their drivers require an update? [Sidetrack] *** The Greatest And The Earliest Heng-Cheong Leong Just as Apple is building some of the world's most advanced personal computers, someone else in Apple is re-building one of the world's earliest computers, using Lego. Introducing, the Difference Engine . The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Spot The Dinosaur The Economist Microsoft's core business is under threat from online software. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Unhappy Endings Horatio Clare, Financial Times Imagine you have written a book detailing your parents' relationship: how they met, married, divided and divorced. With their permission you used their notebooks, diaries and letters to track the course of their lives. You wrote down your conclusions and sold them to a publisher. Then your parents read the book for the first time and told you what they thought of it -- and you. How would you feel? I have an idea, becuase I did exactly that. And I was terrified. *** Not Tonight Darling, I'm Online Adrian Turpin, Financial Times Can it be true that a great swathe of the UK population is spending its spare moments surfing for naked flesh and, if so, what effect might that have on the nation's collective psyche? What does it say about our emotional lives? *** The Writing Problems Of Visual Thinkers Gerald Grow This exploratory paper pleads for better understanding of the thinking processes that produce such writing problems and the development of new ways of teaching writing that directly address visual thinkers. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** The Journey Is The Reward Heng-Cheong Leong Results are not everything. So what we are no. one, if we simply spent some money and buy ourselves a no. 1 spot. The journey is the reward. [News] *** Appeal To Rethink Plans On Airport New Straits Times The State Government has sent an appeal letter to the Federal Government to reconsider the decision to drop Senai Airport as a main hub for Malaysia Airlines under its new route rationalisation plan. *** Lift Upgrading: No More Ad Hoc Nod Today So why was one lift upgrading proposal six years ago approved, while another application made one year later was rejected? [Opinion] *** The Need For Checks And Balances Words Of The Lionheart *** Alternative Service To Singapore Azizah Ujang, KTM Bhd, The Star This rescheduling is unavoidable as KTM Bhd is undertaking a track rehabilitation project between Seremban and Singapore. *** The PAP Should Lift Whip For All Its MPs To Vote Freely In Parliament Chia Hern Keng, Straits Times It makes one question whether Parliament is really needed under such circumstances. *** Nothing Stands In The Way Of SCDF N. Subhas, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Straits Times SCDF officers attending to emergencies will, if necessary, remove any obstruction that hinders their life-saving mission. *** Why Singapore Shouldn't Become One-Party State Lena Soh Kwee Kim, Straits Times *** Govt Should Move To OpenDocument Format Koh Choon Lin, Straits Times From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Apr 2 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun Apr 2 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 2, 2006 Message-ID: <20060402171501.76209.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Big Podcasts On Campus Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press Hamline and other Minnesota schools are taking advantage of iPod-like music players to bring everything from classroom lectures to chapel services to wider audiences via the internet. *** At 30, Apple Is Mainstream -- And A Target Mike Musgrove, Washington Post As Apple enters its fourth decade this week, it faces a set of headaches that are relatively new to the company: The ones that come from being a top dog. [Opinion] *** Stop Spamming My .Mac Account - Or - Opportunity For The .Mac Team Matthew Russell, O'Reilly Network *** Mac OS X: Living Long And Prospering Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post In operating systems, a little revolution every now and then isn't just a good thing, sometimes it may be the only way forward. *** April Fool -- Steve Jobs Fooled Us All Cult Of Mac I guess Steve Jobs is chuckling to himself having fooled everyone today. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Convenience Of An A.T.M., But So Much More Jennifer A. Kingson, New York Times Automated teller machines have long been a staple in convenience stores, but now several major chains are installing kiosks that are able to do a lot more. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Golden Girls Jill Gerston, New York Times There are blondes everywhere. But in New York, a city that thrives on symbols, they are often a breed apart. *** Critical Intimacy Lisa Levy, The Believer Comparing the paradoxical obituaries of Susan Sontag. *** Heaven's Gate Dante Chinni, Washington Post Will gaining admission to one of the nation's elite colleges guarantee a prosperous future -- or just a mountain of debt? SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Khaw Ready To Take On NKF Saga As GE Issue S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia [News] *** At The Dewan Rakyat Yesterday: 'Interests Will Not Be Compromised' Leslie Andres, Shamini Darshni and Rajeetha Pakiam, New Straits Times Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar assured that the interests of the people would be protected, as would the sovereignty and dignity of the country. "Both countries are not prepared to sacrifice their rights, but rest assured we are working together to find a solution through the ongoing negotiations," he told a Press conference in the Parliament lobby yesterday. *** Hello, Singapore! Tan Ee Loo, The Star For many Malaysians today, Singapore is a choice study destination. *** Jurong Lake Transformed Into New Watersports Haven Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Apr 3 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon Apr 3 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 3, 2006 Message-ID: <20060403171501.9670.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Office iPod Has More Workers Humming Along Patrick Maloney, London Free Press *** Apple Set To Face Bloggers, Journalists MacNN *** Computer Software That Can Turn You Into A Songwriter Michael Walker, New York Times And there he had me. A computer had generated it. [Opinion] *** The iPod Generation Loyd Case, ExtremeTech *** Apple: Multiplatform? Wrong Word Broadcasting & Cable Apple has put the kibosh on the term "platform" in press releases unless it appears in a quote from an executive. *** An Homage To Steve Jobs, And Apple Eric Lundquist, eWeek Apple has lasted 30 years on the strength of easy-to-use, attractive technology. The company has shown staying power -- and so do its machines. [Review] *** StuffIt Deluxe 10 Rob Buckley, MacAddict If it were less expensive, StuffIt Deluxe would be a more compelling tool; instead, this utility is a luxury that many Mac users can live without. *** iPod Takes Over From The Humble Car Radio Stephen Fenech, CARSguide There aren't many products around so popular that car manufacturers are willing to build around them to allow drivers to use them in their vehicles. Such is the dominance of Apple's iPod. *** Belkin TuneCommand For iPod Ross Catanzariti, PC World [Sidetrack] *** Rumor Today: iMac 30? Heng-Cheong Leong What is the iMac 30 that somebody spied? Is it the 30th anniversary iMac, or is it the 30th-inch iMac? Either way, it spells luxury, insanely-great, and must-have. Oh, and probably expensive too. *** Only In California Heng-Cheong Leong Remember, if you are in the State of California, you have to wash your hands after using a Creative MP3 player. Otherwise, you may get cancer, birth defects, or other "reproductive harm." If you are in other States, or in another country all together, feel free to not wash your hands. :-) The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Reasons To Love Open-Source DRM Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired News *** At Last, Movies To Keep Arrive On The Internet Saul Hansell, New York Times For now, these movie downloads are a bit cumbersome, and the studios have limited the way they can be watched. *** A New Podcast Game: GillmorRoulette - Just How Long Do You Have To Respect, No, Wait Until The Gillmor Gang Prodcast Proper Begins? A Great Source For Mac And Other News Spoilt By Advertising 2.0 Les Posen What an ironic loss of Attention he is inculcating. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** The Love Left Behind Sonia Nazario, Los Angeles Times What will it take to keep mothers and their children from crossing the border? [Life] *** The World Record-Breaking Capital Jack Boulware, Wired The strongest hair! The youngest sumo wrestler! The longest pencil! In Malaysia, making your mark -- any mark -- is a matter of national pride. *** A Dark Day Revisited Sean Smith and Jac Chebatoris, Newsweek Five years later, Hollywood is betting that America is ready for films about what happened on 9/11. Are we? *** Techno Thriller Sven Birkerts, Boston Globe 'The Unbinding,' Slate's serialized 'Net nozel' being written and posted 'in real time' by Walter Kirn, raises intriguing possibilities for the future of fiction. But is it a future we really want? [Expressions] *** Things I Want Back From You Elizabeth Bernstein, Los Angeles Times SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** No Saturday Night Live For 'Ya Heng-Cheong Leong Don't make fun of politicians, says Lee Hsien Loong . I guess that rules out The Daily Show too. Meanwhile, feel free to make fun of actors and singers and celebrities, as witnessed on Channel 8 by the Neo gang. (No sir, I don't actually watch these idiotic programming. I just heard about them.) :-) [News] *** Singapore Rates Thai Relations 'Excellent' DPA Singapore's relations with Thailand are excellent despite the efforts of groups that are seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to drag the city-state into their "internal politics," a cabinet minister said Monday. *** Singapore Disputes Malaysia's Claim Of Sovereign Right To Build Half-Bridge Associated Press Malaysia does not have a sovereign right to unilaterally replace its half of a causeway linking it to Singapore with a new half-bridge, because the structure will affect both countries, a Singapore government official said Monday. *** Podcasting Is Not Allowed During Elections Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia Podcasting will not be allowed during elections as it does not fall under the "positive list" which states what is allowed under election advertising. *** Parliament Passes Stiffer Penalties For NS Dodgers Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia *** RM20 levy To Hit People Working In Singapore But Living In Malaysia Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia *** Malaysia Cannot Unilaterally Demoish Its Side Of Causeway: Raymond Lim Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia Second Foreign Affairs Minister, Raymond Lim: "Singaore does not accept that Malaysia has the right to demolish its side of the Causeway unilaterally and replace it with a half bridge. This position has repeatedly been conveyed in the form of diplomatic channels on numerous occasions. We've taken this position not lightly but after seeking expert legal advice, any major work related to the Causeway on which also are sited the pipelines supplying water to Singapore, will affect both Singapore and Malaysia in a variety of areas of vital importance to both countries." *** Singapore Top Place To Live For Asian Expacts: Survey Reuters Asian expatriates ranked Singapore the best place to live out of 257 locations worldwide because of its clean air, infrastructure and low crime rate, a survey published on Monday showed. *** Singapore Opposition Leader Barred From Leaving Country Reuters Singaproe laws bar bankrupts from travelling overseas, but lawyers said Chee's case was unusual as applications to travel are frequently granted when proper documents are provided. *** Loads-Of-Cash Singapore Seeks Ports AFP As part of its foreign investment strategy, cash-rich Singapore is seeking to step up its investments in Britain by taking over infrastructure, including ports and airports. *** Don't Make Fun Of Politicians, Says Lee DPA Singaporeans are free to express their views about politics, but not to make light of it or poke fun at political figures, Prime Minister Lee Hisen Loong said during a television forum translated from Mandarin to English yesterday. *** Motorists From Singapore, Thailand May Have To Pay RM20 When Entering Malaysia Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia The Malaysian government decided on the fee hike to sustain part of the cost of petrol and diesel which it subsidises. [Opinion] *** Furore Over Political Antics Seah Chiang Nee, The Star There's a wind of change across Singapore that makes PAP's margin of win unpredictable. It is blowing from an emerging number of voters wo are not impressed -- and may even be resentful -- of the way Singapore is being run. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood Clap Your Hands Say Yeah From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Apr 4 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue Apr 4 13:15:24 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 4, 2006 Message-ID: <20060404171501.96480.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** iPod Users Are Tech-Savvy Early Adopters Jonny Evans, Macworld UK Analysts at M:Metrics claims existing iPod users are more likely than others to use mobile services. *** Mac's Moment? Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal Apple has its best chance in years to make a dent in the business market. *** Apple Addresses MacBook Pro Issues Tuan Nguyen, DailyTech Those who are having issues with their MacBook pros should first check for the identifying serial number, and then coontact Apple to address the issue. *** Apple Vs. Apple: Eddie Cue Speaks Jeremy Kirk, Macworld UK Apple's vice president of iTunes Eddie Cue took the witness stand this morning to defend the company against the lawsuit filed by The Beatles' record company Apple Corps. *** Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.6 Jim Dalrymple, Macworld The update addresses several issues with the Finder and networking, as well as fixing problems with some Apple and third-party applications. [Opinion] *** Why Is The iPod So Much Costlier In India? Abhinav Agarwal Buying in India is almost 65% costlier than from the US. *** Should Microsoft Buy Apple? Harry McCracken, PC World These two companies, and their leaders, are utterly defined by their differences. *** How Much Better Can OS X Get? Jpapola *** Apple's Focus Vs. Vista Vision John Martellaro, Mac Observer Apple, with its "just-say-no" OS strategy and fabulously successful music and digital lifestyle business, has seduced Microsoft into. And that's the reason, from my perspective, for the continual delays and problems with Vista. *** iPod Video Bug Zaniele When you put a mobile phone (during a call) near the iPod the volume of he iPod gets crazy. [Review] *** 2 Speaker Systems Suit iPods Just Fine Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle If you're looking for a portable (or semi-portable) one-piece speaker system, the iPod Hi-Fi is the best-sounding system of its type. If you want even bigger and better sound with true stereo imaging, the Audioengine 5 is the way to go. *** Wanted: Better Document Collaboration System Adam C. Engst, TidBITS *** Comparing Business Card Design Software Joe Kissell, TidBITS [Wintel] *** The Beginning Of The End Paul T. Ryan, InfoWorld I'm now convinced that Microsoft cannot exist much longer as a single corporate entity -- there are too many new trends that they are not catching, and no clear competitor to crush. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** New Trends In Online Traffic Leslie Walker, Washington Post Visits to sites for blogging, local information and social networks drive web growth. *** Now That's Using Your Brain Rachel Metz, Wired News Typing an e-mail with your fingers is a snap. But what if you could do it with your brain? MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Tech & Science] *** April 18, 1906 J. Madeleine Nash, Time Lessons from the earthquake that shook the world. [Life] *** Living On Impulse Benedict Carey, New York Times For scientists who study mental illness and addiction, impulsive behavior -- the tendency to act or react with little thought -- has emerged as an all-purpose plague. *** Puzzles, Origamii And Other Mind-Twisters Edward Rothstein, New York Times Solving puzzles often means seeing double -- an experience singularly magical. And afterwards, one returns to daily life -- absurdly confident that some day it too will begin to make sense. [Expressions] *** In The Reign Of Harad IV Steven Millhauser, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore Gags Web Debate Reuters Singaproe's government has warned people who post political commentary on websites could face prosecution, saying online political debate could fuel "dangerous discourse". [News] *** Johor Takes Exception To Report Sim Bak Heng, New Straits Times The rebuttals came from all sides -- the shopping malls, the police, non-governmental organisations, and the State government. All are upset that a Singapore newspaper had identified Johor Baru, especially its shopping centres, as "hot spots" for car thefts involving Singapore-registered vehicles. *** No Policy To Cut Supply Shahanaaz Habib and Izatun Shari, The Star It has never been Malaysia's policy to cut its water supply to Singapore, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar would seek a clarification on the republic's concerns with regards to the water supply and the proposed new bridge linking the two countries. *** HDB Scheme Grounded Jasmine Yin, Today Board shares concerns raised about private sector bids to market its 400 unsold flats. *** 'Imposing Entry Levy Will Hit Johor Tourism' Ravi Nambiar and Lau Meisan, New Straits Times Johor's tourism earnings of nearly RM5 million a day from Singaporean visitors will be in jeopardy if the government goes ahead with plans to impose foreign vehicle entry permits to defray fuel subsidies. *** Rules Eased For Early Withdrawal Of CPF Money Salma Khalik, Straits Times It will include those terminally ill or have a disabling illness. [Opinion] *** Taxing Foreign Vehicles H J Angus, Malaysia Watch This is one decision that the Johor government should make and not KL. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** We Let The Cat Out Schooner From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Apr 5 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed Apr 5 13:21:52 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 5, 2006 Message-ID: <20060405171500.72148.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Podcasting Roils NPR Fund Raising Steve Friess, Wired News *** New Apple Software Lets Intel Macs Boot Windows Jim Dalrymple, Macworld Apple today introduced Boot Camp, new public-beta software for Mac OS X that lets users of Intel Macs boot directly into Microsoft Windows XP. "Apple has no desire or plan to sell or support Windows, but many customers have expressed their interest to run Windows on Apple's superior hardware now that we use Intel processors," Philip Schiller said in a statement. *** iPod Bike Mount Triggers Safety Debate Michelle Meyers, CNET News.com Some wonder if there is every a time when it's safe to bike with headphones on. *** Apple Boss 'Admitted' Taking Name From Beatles Nikki Tait and Roger Blitz, The Australian *** Apple's Greatest Hits: 30 Significant Products Macworld [Opinion] *** The iPod Revolution Michael Saltzman, Vision Magazine The sonic wave of the future or the loss of music's soul? *** Intel Macs: Doublethink Different Leander Kahney, Wired News *** Podcast Lectures Promote Laziness Mike Norys, The Poly Post Teachers, please don't podcast your lectures. It's a waste of your time and it would end up being a waste of mine. *** iPods Changing Class Dynamic? Daniel Tedford, The Poly Post If the lecture is condensed and made available for students to learn on their own time, classroom time could be spent on applying their newfound knowledge to real world scenarios according to their trade. *** Mac OS X For Business: Too Little, Too Late David Berlind, ZDNet Apple's best chane to "make a dent" came about two years ago when Windows looked completely hopeless on the security front. Things are very different today. *** Wherefore Mac In The Enterprise? Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network Maybe the challenge is more of an opportunity. *** Downloadable Movies Done Wrong Christopher Breen, Playlist [Sidetrack] *** This Industry Sure Outdates Things Really Fast Heng-Cheong Leong David Pogue wrote an article about hacking your Intel-based Macintosh so that one can boot into Windows... and the article is sorta obsoleted on the very same day it is published in the Times. *** Want A Slightly-Used Desktop Computer? Heng-Cheong Leong Note: Do not drive your car over your PowerBook . It will turn your laptop to your desktop. :-) [Wintel] *** Creative Confirms Heavy Losses Macworld UK *** Microsoft Says Recovery From Malware Becoming Impossible Ryan Naraine, eWeek In a rare discussion about the severity of the Windows malware scourage, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware infestation. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Can A New Hard Drive Meet The Flash Challenge? Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com Hard-drive manufacturers are contemplating a new-size hard drive to counter the challenge presented by flash memory. *** Digital Rights And Restrictions Simson Garfinkel, CSO *** Negroponte: 'Software Is Too Fat' Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK Bloated software is a growing menace and Linux is no exception, says the founder of the One Laptop Per Child project. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Tech & Science] *** The Evolution Of Clots Steve Jones, Telegraph Intelligent Design is the logic of ignorance -- complex life, such as the machinery of blood clotting, can be explained by Darwinism. [Life] *** Do Apple Slices Make The Grade? Kim Severson, New York Times A little plastic bag filled with New York apple slices is a symbol of change in the city's school cafeterias. The question is whether it's a change for better or worse. *** Looking For Poetry In The Newsroom, And Found It Dinitia Smith, New York Times For David Tucker, an assistant managing editor of the Metro section of The Star-Ledger of Newark, there is poetry in the maligned and grimy practice of journalism. *** Everything Is In Sequence. So? Anthony Ramirez, New York Times 01:02:03 on 04/05/06. Eerie? Transcendental? A harbinger of fire and brimstone? [Expressions] *** Past Lives Julie Platt, The Pittsburgh Quarterly *** Resolution Nellie Wong, Long Shot *** The Unfortunates Cate Marvin, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Singapore Plans Two-Day Drill, Guidebooks To Prepare For Bird Flu Pandemic AFP The drill will involve a hospital, clinics and doctors where the aim is to test out infection control measures, temperature screening procedures and simulated treatment of probable cases of bird flu. *** Singapore Dollar At Highest In More Than 7 Years Reuters The Singapore dollar hit its highest level in more than seven years on Wednesday, boosted by a combination of factors including expectations for monetary tightening at next week's central bank policy review. *** JB Malls: We Are Shocked New Straits Times Four shopping malls here want Singapore's Sunday Times to explain the basis of its allegation that they are hotspots for theft of cars from the republic. [Opinion] *** Podcast Ban Shows PAP Scared Of Even Contest Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Democratic Party, Singapore Election Watch *** Entry Fee Will Hurt Malaysians, Too Liong Tuan, The Star About 80% of the daily travllers are Malaysians working in Singapore. *** Go Ahead With Foreign Vehicle Entry Fee Gopal, The Star This move will not affect our tourism industry or any of our businesses. Since Singapore introduced the levy, Malaysians have not stoped visiting that country. *** Bridge Will Benefit Both Nations Zainul Arifin, New Straits Times Is Singapore jerking our chain and using the bridge to delay resolution of all other issues? *** Study The Repercussions Ong S. K. Masai, New Straits Times Their own government has imposed a three-quarter tank policy on all Singapore-registered cars. Based on this, how much do you think a Singapore-registered car can top up in Malaysia? The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Til My days Are Through Sanders Bohlke From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Apr 6 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu Apr 6 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 6, 2006 Message-ID: <20060406171500.17811.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple v. Apple: Closing Arguments Focus On Timing Jeremy Kirk, Macworld UK *** Analysts Predict Weak Apple Quarter Macworld UK *** Apple Takes Its Bankroll To Reno Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek Loaded with growing cash reserves, the computer maker has created an asset-management firm in a state with fewer taxes and looser ties with the IRS. *** How To Wow 'Em Like Steve Jobs Carmine Gallo, BusinessWeek The Apple CEO is well known for his electrifying presentations. Here are five tips to make your next talk just as mesmerizing -- or close. *** Apple Helps Push Nasdaq And S&P To 5-Year Highs Reuters Apple's share rose nearly 10 percent, their biggest one-day percentage gain since November 2004. *** Apple, Beatles Lawsuit Concludes In London Megan Murphy, Bloomberg Judge to decide on use of name in a few weeks. *** iPod Slump To Impact Chip Makers Mark LaPedus, EE Times The market has already sen the fallout from the MP3 slowdown, especially NAND-based flashmemory makers. *** Windows iMac Runs Photoshop Faster Than On OS X Rich Brown, CNET News.com *** Apple Allows Windows On Its Machines Vikas Bajaj, New York Times *** Mac Fans Sign Up For Boot Camp Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com Perhaps hell has frozen over. That could explain the Macintosh community's surprisingly upbeat reaction to Apple's announcement of software enabling the running of Windows on Macs. *** Will PC Users See Apple In A New Light? Tom Krazit, CNET News.com Apple's decision to make Windows on a Mac an offiically sanctioned reality gives PC users more choice, but not all consumers might be ready to handle that freedom, according to analysts. *** Developers React To Apple's Boot Camp Tuncer Deniz, Inside Mac Games We asked a few Mac games developers what they thought about Apple released software that makes it so easy to install Windows on an Intel Mac. *** Need Your Eye Out? Get An iPatch Scott Silverman, MacUser These handy little things are meant for the built-in iSights on all new iMacs. [Opinion] *** The First Boot Drops Gavin Shearer If I were Sony, or Toshiba, or HP, I'd be freaking out right now. *** Even With Dual Boot, We Still Need VirtualPC Rick Mansfield For those who are doing significant work, who need to quickly go back and forth between a Windows and Mac environment, Virtual PC remains a necessary program. *** At Long Last, And What A Great Name Omar Shahine Imagine if we named this thing! It would be called: "Microsoft Windows XP Professional Boot Selector Beta for Windows and Macintosh Systems." *** Confessions Of A Conflicted Mac User Stefan Antonowicz, Village Voice Microsoft Vista has been panned everywhere I've read about it, and the siren's call of Apple is driving my Argo towards the rocks again. *** Will Boot Camp Turn XP Into The Enemy Within? Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld Big mistake. *** Boot Camp: Apple's Enterprise Trojan Horse? Larry Dignan, eWeek Boot Camp could give enterprise customers a reason to give Apple a try in the enterprise. There's an ROI case to be made. *** Bootcamp: End Of Apple? Lance lanoff, PC Magazine Bootcamp marks the beginning of the end for Apple as the renegade for the design set and the beginning of Aple as a dominant player in the global destkop PC game. It will become absorbed. *** Boot Camp: Macs Should Do Windows Since Its All About Apple Hardware Anyway Technology Tribe Apple really had no other choice. *** The Real Reason Behind Apple's Boot Camp Damien Barrett, Unofficial Apple Weblog The AutoCAD kids can simply boot the computer to Windows to turn their software and two hours later, the Graphic Design students can boot the computers to Mac OS X to run their design applications. [Review] *** Boot Camp Turns Your Mac Into A Reliable Windows PC Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal All in all, Boot Camp works really well. Whether you want to run Mac or Windows programs, an Apple computer may be the only computer you'll need. [Sidetrack] *** Boot Camp: The Bigger Deal May Be In OS X 10.5 Heng-Cheong Leong The best thing is to have Virtual PC-liked environment so that you can run Macintosh and Windows applications together on the same session. But I doubt Apple is willing to go that far. After all -- even though the circumstances are not exactly the same -- we've seen what happened to IBM's OS/2 opeating system, whose selling points include the ability to run Windows 3.1 applications side-by-side. And dual-boot is definitely not the next best thing. You'd have to shut down all your applications in order to leave one operating system and boot into another operating system. And you definitely do not want to do that every 30 minutes so that you can check your e-mail on the Exchange server. But, what if in OS X 10.5, Apple puts in support for hibernation on demand? Basically, you would make your OS X session go sleeping, and save all the information in the RAM onto the hard disk. And after you are done with Windows, you boot back into the Mac OS X with all your applications and all your documents as it was, once the information is loaded back from the hard disk to the RAM. That would be awesome, and will be the next best thing to Virtual PC. (Note that Windows already support hibernation.) In fact, for people who want speed and performance in their Windows session (think gamers), this will in fact be more desirable than Virtual PC. Will Apple go that far to support Windows on Macintosh? I'm not sure, but Apple do surprise us now and then. *** Microsoft In Apple Camp Heng-Cheong Leong This video of Steve Ballmer attending a Macworld is, how do I put it, quite disturbing... :-) *** Blue Apple Heng-Cheong Leong Looks like the first official Blue Screen of Death on a Macintosh out in the wild. Well, when Apple says that Boot Camp -- and all the Windows drivers -- are in beta, they aren't kidding you. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Why VOIP Needs Crypto Bruce Schneier, Wired News *** Netflix Wants To Shut Blockbuster Online Rentals Reuters *** Open-Source Advocates: Microsoft's Development Model Is Failing Peter Galli, eWeek Proponents of the free and open-source software development model are using the recently announcd delays in the shipping of Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007 products as an example of how the company's software engineering process simply does not work well. *** Red Hat Cancels Fedora Foundation Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** 20 Years After Meltdown, Life Returns To Chernobyl Andrew Osborn, Independent The world's worst nuclear accident created a radiation-soaked wasteland. But nature has pushed its way through the cracked concrete. [Tech & Science] *** Discovered: The Missing Link That Solves A Mystery Of Evolution Alok Jha, The Guardian Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago. [Life] *** With This Ethical Ring I Thee Wed Kirk Johnson, New York Times As the outsize environmental impact of gold mining has been exposed, jewelers have been trying to inoculate themselves against a consumer backlash. It is not here yet, but many people say it is sure to come. *** Families With Full Plates, Sitting Down To Dinner Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times After decades of decline in the simple ritual of family dinners, there is evidence that many families are making the effort to gather at the dinner table. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Opposition Parties Slam Podcast Ban Rule Sue-Ann Chia, Aaron Low and Serene Luo, Straits Times Political parties and bloggers fear that government's regulations against podcasting and blogs during elections will have a chilling effect on free speech. [News] *** SingTel Chief Denies Bluffing Vanda Carson, News.com.au The head of Singapore Telecommunications and brother of the island state's prime minister has denied misleading Australian prime minister John Howard over the future of Optus' troubled pay-TV arm. *** Singapore Attacked Over Blog Gag BBC News The Singapore goverrnment has been condemned for gagging political discussion on the web in the run up to the country's parliamentary elections. *** Singaproe 'No' To MyKad Mazwin Nik Anis, The Star Singapore has shot down Malaysia's proposal to use MyKad as an entry document for frequent travellers, saying it may not have sufficient security features desired by the republic. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Spirtual All Mighty Whispers From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Apr 7 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri Apr 7 13:15:39 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 7, 2006 Message-ID: <20060407171501.71590.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** .Mac Syncing Down Derik DeLong, MacUser *** Bot Camp's Developer Dilemma Omar El Akkad, Globe And Mail Apple's move to support the use of Windows XP on its Mac computers leaves developers with a tough decision: Ramp up development of Mac-compatible software or give up on it altogether. *** Cocky Carriers Dismiss Apple As 'Niche' Gavin Clarke, The Register Wireless carriers have hinted at plans to challenge Apple's iTunes and iPod market lead by bundling music from their download services with videos and ringtones for cell phones. *** Parallels Offers OS X Virtualization MacNN [Opinion] *** Top Reasons To Run Windows On A Mac... Or Not! Harry McCracken, PC World *** Apple Vs. Me Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet This case is not about me, it's not about Apple, and it's not about the technology industry. It's about the First Amendment. *** BootCamp Is Nice, But I Want Virtualization! Chris Foresman, Ars Technica *** Macs Running Windows Won't Shift Balance Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News *** Windows: The New Classic John Gruber, Daring Fireball This is a move of supreme confidence -- Apple relishes the comparison between Mac OS X and Windows XP, and Microsoft has shown enough of Vista via its widely-available beta seeds that Apple quite obviously isn't afrid of that comparison, either. *** BootCamp: Apple's Insanely Bad Idea Chris Seibold, Apple Matters Apple is trading a little short-term gain for a long-term negative. *** Gaming With Boot Camp: This Changes Everything Peter Cohen, Macworld People who keep an eye on the Mac game market are worried about this turn of events, and from my perspective, rightfully so. [Wintel] *** Large Loss Cuts Shares At Creative Andrea Tan, Bloomberg News Shares of Creative, which has been losing in a battle with Apple's iPod, fell the most in nine months after the company reported its largest operating loss in at least five years. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Death To User-Generated Content Powazek Can I make a suggestion? Let's all stop using the phrase "user-generated content." I'm serious. It's a dispicable, terrible term. Let's deconstruct it. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** The Joys Of Rising From The Cultural Dead: Are HBO Shows Best Experienced On DVD? Sam Anderson, Slate HBO's recent evolution from a place where you could watch Strange Brew 12 times a day into a gushing fountainhead of televisual high art has made my life complicated. *** The Dirty Word In 43 Down: A New York Times Crossword Gaffe Jesse Sheildlower, Slate So, how did "scumbag" make it into the puzzle? Simple: No one realized it could be offensive. Evidence suggests that many people, especially younger speakers, are unaware of the sexual meaning. *** Dancers As Living Archives Martha Ullman West, Chronicle Of Higher Education Dancers are the living archives of dance history. Long after they leave the stage, in their minds and muscles they hold the memory of form, rhythm, mood, and intent, constituting an irreplaceable resource for performances, historians, and frequently the choreographers themselves. *** The Last Picture Show Nora Ephron, New York Times Afterward, on my way out of the theater, I asked if I could speak to the manager. She turned out to be on maternity leave. I asked if I could speak to the assistant manager. There was no assistant manager on dutyr. So I ended up with my old friend, the ticker taker. I told her that the last reel of the movie we had just seen was out of sync and that they might want to fix it before the next show began. She promised me they would. *** When You're Late For The Overture Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times Late-comer policies are surprisingly varied, and considerable thought is given to them. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** New Faces Comment On Podcasts And New Blood Straits Times PAP candidates avoid questions about podcast ban during elections. [News] *** Goldman, Citigroup Predict Shift In Singapore's Currency Policy Bloomberg Goldman Sachs and Citigroup expect Singapore's central bank next week to say it will allow its currency to strengthen faster to fend off inflation as expansion of theeconomy accelerates. *** Singapore's Central Bank To Keep Tight Monetary Policy Associated Press *** English Medium Main Attraction For Parents The Star The medium of instruction in Singapore schools is the main reason why many Malaysian parents willingly pay more to send their children across the Causeway to study. *** Tight Security Plan For Flyer Straits Times Expect security at Singapore's giant observation wheel -- The Singapore Flyer -- to be as tight as passenger screening at Changi Airport. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Ghosts In The Room Radio Nationals From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Apr 8 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat Apr 8 13:15:06 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 8, 2006 Message-ID: <20060408171500.98943.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Remembering The Apple ][ Era With Game Developer David Lubar Scott M. Fulton, III, TG Daily *** VPC Future Uncertain As Microsoft Welcomes Boot Camp Jim Dalrymple, Macworld While the Macintosh Business Unit is busy contemplating the future of Virtual PC, Microsoft's Windows team was busy welcoming Apple and its customers to Windows. *** Embrace Of Windows Buffs Up Mac's Appeal For IT Linda Rosencrance and Ken Mingis, Computerworld Apple's development of software that lets Intel-based Macintosh systems run Windows XP natively met with the approval of several Mac-friendly IT managers, who said thisw eek that the embrace of Microsoft's operating system will make it easier to deploy Apple hardware. [Opinion] *** Microsoft's Mac Attack Robert X. Cringely, New York Times My bet is that once Apple has Windows Vista running smoothly on its operating system and helping its business sales, the company will try a more profitable avenue: marketing a version of OS X able to run on regular PC's that now use Windows. *** More Pigs Over Cupertino Tim Beyers, Motley Fool Apple is now a price- and brand-conscious supplier whose goal is to move volume. To me, that sounds an awful lot like Dell in 1998. *** Win XP vs Mac OS X: Amateur Benchmarks Oliver Breidenbach, O'Reilly Network *** Why Apple Had To Boot Camp The CodeNexus Blog *** Windows To The World Jim Dalrymple, Macworld [Sidetrack] *** The Return Of The Apple Cube Heng-Cheong Leong The biggest cube ever by Steve Jobs is about to be unveiled in New York City. [Wintel] *** Microsoft Readies 'Monaco' Competitor To Apple's GarageBand Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch Just because users soon will be able to run Windows on Intel-based Macs doesn't mean Microsoft is backing away from competition with the Mac operating system. In fact, Microsoft is aiming straight at Apple with a forthcoming music-making program for Windows Vista. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Alarm Over Shopping Radio Tags David Reid, BBC News *** Microsoft Ships 'URL Tracer' To Hunt Down Typo-Squatters Ryan Naraine, eWeek Microsoft Research has released a new tool to help pinpoint large-scale typo-squatters that are known to be gaming pay-per-click domain parking services. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Tech & Science] *** We're Sick Of Being Shy Roger Dobson, The Times Is bashfulness a personality disorder? Or are we in danger of medicalising a harmless trait? [Life] *** Satirist Defies End To Resurrect Career Tom Baldwin, The Times He has been refusing dialysis for weeks and doctors are baffled as to why he is not dead but Art Buchwald is finding new fame, and fun, in the process. *** Music With Your T, Berklee Students Ask Mac Daniel, Boston Globe T commuters have raised ignoring their surroundings to an art form: They hurry to work, head down, noses buried in books, ears plugged by iPods, achieving as little human contact as possible. But yesterday, things were different, even friendlier, at the Orange Line's New England Medical Center stop. *** Testing The Bounds Of MySpace Catherine saillant, Los Angeles Times A writer learns a lot from an experiment with the popular social networking site -- especially about her 13-year-old daughter. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Singapore Says Not Reject Use Of MyKad Bernama Press Officer in the High Commissioin Gerard Ho said Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) last held discussion with the Malaysian Immigration Department in 2004. "ICA is still waiting for (the) Malaysian Immigration's reply to conduct testing." *** Reporters Group Concerned About Web Censorship Ahead Of Singapore Elections Associated Press Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern about Singapore's moves to control political debate on the internet ahead of parliamentary elections. [Opinion] *** JB Car Thefts Not As Serious As Made Out To Be Dato' N. Parameswaran, High Commissioner Of Malaysia To Singapore, Straits Times *** Taxi Bookings Most Efficient Straits Times Taxi companies could make call bookings even more worthwhile for commuters by dropping the surcharge altogether. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Apr 9 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun Apr 9 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 9, 2006 Message-ID: <20060409171500.8065.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Seen The Airline's Movie? Bring Your Own David A. Kelly, New York Times Portable (or personal) media players and personal video players like Apple's iPod -- all often called PMP's -- are expanding options and making it easier than ever to take verything from episodes of favorite TV shows to movies to home videos with you on the road. [Opinion] *** And... Leopard! Decaffeinated If Apple is to provide a virtual machine for WIndows on Mac OS X, they have to provide a 'boot into Windows' option: the VM alone won't cut it for people who rely on Windows in a do-or-die capacity. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** America's Blinders Howard Zinn, The Progressive What is the idea of our moral superiority based on? SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Singapore Media Not Contributing To Good Relations, Says Zainuddin Bernama The Singapore media are not contributing to improving relations between the republic and Malaysia by frequently publishing inaccurate reports on Malaysia, Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said Sunday. [Opinion] *** Enter The Power Elites, For Better Or The Worse Seah Chiang Nee, The Star Elitism in the West is frowned upon by liberals but defended by the conservatives and it may happen here. At the moment, middle-class Singaporeans are neither ideologically inclined nor very class conscious, and would probably prefer it stays this way. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Apr 10 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon Apr 10 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 10, 2006 Message-ID: <20060410171501.77344.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [Opinion] *** Dare I Say This Aloud? Boot Camp is A Gimmick Charles Cooper, CNET News.com When Windows users get a gander of the Mac, how many will remain loyal to Ctrl-Alt-Delete? *** Running The Tablet PC OS On An iMac Inkineer *** There's Nothing Superior About Apple Hardware Doug Mohney, The Inquirier A better looking case and ditching all the legacy ports makes for more elegant design, but superior performance isn't a part of that mix -- unless you're comparing it to Apple's last-generation hardware. *** Boot Camp John Siracusa, Ars Technica I want Leopard to include virtualization too, but [Apple's Boot Camp announcement] doesn't support that outcome. It doesn't preclude it either, of course. it's completely neutral. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** This Boring Headline Is Written For Google Steve Lohr, New York Times Journalists over the years have assumed they were writing their headlines and articles for two audiences -- fickle readers and nitpicking editors. Today, there is a third important arbiter of their work: the software programs that scour the web, analyzing and ranking online news article on behalf of internet search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. *** IBM Bakes Security Into Processors Joris Evers, CNET News.com Researchers at IBM have come up with a way to hard wire encryption technology into a microprocessor, promising a more secure way to store data. *** For A Few Tech Stars, Time For A Second Act James Pethokoukis, New York Times MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** The Iran Plans Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? [Life] *** When Will We Stop Saying 'First Woman To _____'? Jill Abramson, New York Times There will now be a female solo anchor. But there are stil few women successfully leading the cornerstone institutions of our society. Maybe Katie Couric will become one of them. But unlike Walter Cronkite, I don't envy her. *** Where Have All The Strivers Gone? Joseph Finder, New York Times Imagine if literary novelists stopped writing about love and sex. We'd notice, wouldn't we? Yet that's exactly what happened to ambition, which used to be one of their great subjects. *** Eat This Book Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times It's a pity street fights don't end with spelling bees or the consummation of a hot date doesn't depend on proper conjugation. Studies in literature are their own reward. However, fries are usually free. *** Pro-Life Nation Jack Hitt, New York Times There are other countries int he world that, like El Salvador, completely ban abortion. El Salvador, however, has not only a total ban on abortion but also an active law-enforcement apparatus -- the police, investigators, medical spies, forensic vagina inspectors and a special division of the prosecutor's office responsible for Crimes Against Minors and Women, a unit charged with capturing, trying and incarcerating an unusual kind of criminal. Like the woman I was waiting to meet. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Line-Up: Opposition Bides Time To Unveil Leong Wee Keat, Today [News] *** Lee Ao Starts Uproar In Singapore On Television Show China Post Singaporeans are people of "poor seed," Lee pointed out. That meant an inferior race. *** Singapore's GDP Expands At Annual 1.2% Pace In First Quarter Bloomberg Singapore's expanding economy is fueling jobs growth and wage increases, boosting consumer spending, economists said. *** Singapore New Nighlife Hub Gulf Daily News Exchanging its nany gloves for dancing boots, the city's freer image is already paying off as leading overseas dance clubs move in to Singapore's expanding scene. *** 'Sugar Ban' Notice Not Up, Singaporeans Unaware Of Ruling Farik Zolkepli, The Star Asked about the matter, state Customs director Sarmin Md Hussin said the department would put up the signage before April 21, when those who bring sugar out of the country would be fined. *** Singapore's Reluctance To Accept MyKad Puzzling Hamidah Atan, New Straits Times The National Registration Department is puzzled over Singapore's reluctance to accept the MyKad as a travel document when its use in Brunei had proven successful. [Opinion] *** Stupid Face And So Froth Becuase you think Singaporeans are idiots who fear the dark, who are totally led by their media, who cannot adapt and take precautions,a nd who cannot see Malaysia is beautiful despite its flaws. So Zam, look in the mirror and shut up already. *** NS And Other Things zut13 Shame on you our community leaders for not standing up for our rights. For not challenging the gahmen policy in racial allocation in NS... How dare [PAP] criticize the manifesto of a party for wanting to abolish racial quotas in HDB when the most important racial quota shoul dbe at work where we actually interact with our colleagues. *** General Election: Engaging Issues My Singapore News The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** I Can't Dance Dinosaurs From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Apr 11 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue Apr 11 13:15:04 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 11, 2006 Message-ID: <20060411171501.95348.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Introduces Apple Remote Desktop 3; Now Optimized For Intel-Based macs MacDailyNews *** Microsoft Offers Apple Birthday Wishes Macworld UK Microsoft's Mac Business Unit team is offering its own personal congratulation message to mark Apple's thirtieth birthday month. *** Boot Camp Users Reporting Serious Crashes Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com The common crisis is that after partitioning their hard drives and installing Windows XP -- which seems to work fine -- people find they can no longer boot back into OS X. *** Apple Talks To Airline In-Flight Entertainment Developers To Bring iTunes To Seatbacks Flight International Aircraft in-flight entertainment system providers have held talks with Apple on the possibility of licensing its iTunes media download software for airlines' own sysems, enabling passengers to use frequent-flyer miles to download music and videos on to iPod MP3 players in-flight. *** TVMicro: TV Tuner About As Big As An iPod Shuffle Peter Cohen, Macworld [Opinion] *** WinOnMac Smackdown: Dual-Bot Versus Virtualization Robert Movin, TidBITS *** Working With Windows Jim Dalrymple, Macworld Still plauged by unanswered questions, I spent the weekend doing some more Windows XP tinkering. Here's a summary of what I discovered. [Review] *** Pacifist Still A Winner At 2.0 Matt Neuburg, TidBITS *** QBeez 2 Michael Scrpelli, Inside Mac Games QBeez is near to flawless. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Say Hello To Voiceprinting Duncan Graham-Rowe, MIT Technology Review Voice biometrics is poised to add more security to phone-based transactions in Europe. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Word Count: Are There Really 988,968 Words In The English Language? Jesse Sheidlower, Slate The problem with trying to number the words in any language is that it's very hard to agree on the basics. [Expressions] *** The Trojan Sofa Bernard Maclaverty, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [News] *** Taiwan Lawmaker Wants Singapore To Invite Him To Explain 'Dumb' Remark Associated Press A Taiwanese lawmaker Tuesday challenged Singaporeans to invite him to their city-state so he can explain why he called them "dumb," which infuriated many people in Southeast Asia's most carefully ordered society. *** Singapore's Biotech Pipeline Show Promise Reuters For analysts it is still too early to say whether Singapore will succeed. But after several years of scientific toil, the first signs of progress are emerging as a slew of firms take new drugs to clinical trials, and new medical gadgets to the market. *** Singapore Dollar Falls As Central Bank Keeps Currency Policy Bloomberg Singapore's dollar had the biggest drop in a month as the central ban maintained a policy of favoring a "gradual appreciation" to keep inflation at bay amid forecasts for faster economic growth this year. *** Singapore MAS Maintains Monetary Policy Reuters Sinapore's central bank on Tuesday it will maintain its policy of a "gradual and modest appreciation" of the Singapore dollar. *** Talks Have Not Broken Down The Star Talks between Malaysia and Singapore, due to proceed to the next stage, are not expected to resume soon. *** Progres Cash? Pay Taxes First Lin Yanqin, Today If you owe Iras money, you may find arrears taken from payouts. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Superstition / I Wish Western Carolina University Pride Of The Mountains Marching Band From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Apr 12 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed Apr 12 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 12, 2006 Message-ID: <20060412171500.63258.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Roxio Debuts Popcorn 2 With iPod Export MacNN *** Perps Beware: 'Jacking Macs' Could Prove Hazardous Gerg Sandoval, CNET News.com "It's a car alarm for your notebook computer," said Randy Green, the creator of the iAlertU alarm system. Any joustling of the computer will set a siren to wailing and the computer screen to flashing. *** It Had To Be Simply Red: Prescott Reveals All After Joining iPod Party Colin Brown, Independent His critics may brand him a political dinosaur from a different age. But in one sense at least, [UK Deputy Prime Minister] John Prescott can claim to be at the cutting edge of new technology: he secretly listens to music on an iPod nano. *** Coreaudiovisual: Fast Finish At Fashion Week Joe Cellini, Apple "It's incomprehensible to think how we would have done it without Aperture. We wouldn't even have been able to look at that many shots, let alone organize them and make selects, in teh time we had." *** Kirk Dianda & Rob Dyrdek: Takin' It To The Streets Bija Gutoff, Apple "We wouldn't have been able to do this project without our Apple tools... You don't think twice about it: it's the easiest, the best, and what we have always done." *** Macworld Expo Reports 7 Percent Attendance Increase Jim Dalrymple, Macworld *** Blizzard Reassures Mac Gamers Following Boot Camp Peter Cohen, Macworld "We have a recognized track record of native Mac OS support, and we have no plans to break with that tradition." [Opinion] *** I Want A Dual-DRM iPod James Kim, CNET Your choice in music shouldn't be based on the brand of your player. *** It's The Little Things... My Journey To Macintosh Sometimes it's the little things that count. *** Me And My iPod Beting Laygo Dolor, Philippine News *** What Is Wrong With The Press And Apple? Julio Franco, TechSpot *** When Will This "TV" Thing Finally Catches On? Should've Asked Me Why is watching TV on a portable device somehow a pathetic attempt to fill every second of my sad life, but reading a book or newspaper or whatever magazine happens to be lying in front of me is a zesty, lusty, go-for-the-gusto cabaret of an existence? *** No Magic Bullet For The Mac Chris Seibold, Apple Matters Apple's key to success will be taking hte long-term view and keeping a steady supply of slick programs and interesting hardware rolling out of Cupertino. Market share will never change overnight but every little success of Apple's add up. *** Quick-n-Dirty Price Comparison Emirates Mac [Review] *** XP-On-Mac Benchmarks James Galbraith, Macworld XP-running Macs give PCs a run for their money. *** Islands Mini Golf 1.4 Peter Cohen, Macworld [Sidetrack] *** How To Make Dual Boot Acceptable Heng-Cheong Leong If Apple isn't going to do emulation or virtualization of Windows within Mac OSX -- and I'm not convinced they are going to do this in Mac OS X 10.5 -- then a proper hibernation support in OS X is essential for this Boot Camp dual boot thing to work. Pausing my workspace in OS X is acceptable. Shutting down my workspace in OS X in order for me to use Microsoft Money (for example) is not. Really, I cannot remember the last time I intentionally shut down my iBook. Last week I had to restart my Mac because the Finder and the Dock is behaving funky (read: crashed), but I really cannot remember the last time I intentionally choose the "Shut down" menu item from the Apple menu. A proper hibernation feature in the operating system is not difficult to do. In fact, Apple is almost there in the current version of OS X, if I understand correctly. Heck, even Windows XP have this feature, so how hard can it be? :-) If Apple hasn't already implemented this feature in 10.5, it's time for them to do it so that they have something to show in August. *** Virtual PC, According To The Scobleizer Heng-Cheong Leong Robert Scoble , Microsoft technical evangelist: Our Mac group at Microsoft is working on Virtual PC for the Mac. The next version, if they can get it all running, should run at lot faster... You should get pretty good performance... [But] things like games might not run best on it. *** Rumor Today: Colors Are Back, Baby! Heng-Cheong Leong AppleInsider is speculating that colors other than black and white will grace the iBooks -- er, MacBooks, once again. *** Reality Distortion Field Still Working? Check! Heng-Cheong Leong "Everyone ought to listen to Dylan ." The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Development Abstraction Layer Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software Software is a conversation, between the software developer and the user. But for that conversation to happen requires a lot of work beyond the software development. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Obscene Word Now Often Seen And Heard Amy S. Rosenberg, Philadelphia Inquirer Are we ushering in the era of f--? Has hte word become acceptable in polite society? *** The B-Team: After 'Airplane!' The Spoof Flickmakers Really Took Off. Scary. William Booth, Washington Post That jiggling, he says, "as like a first taste of forbidden fruit." The "nonstop hilariousness." The gladiator jokes. "It was the discovery of how to do the spoof." *** Want To Improve Your Marriage? Leave The House Garrison Keillor, Salon The key to a happy union is to go make yourself miserable, then come home. [Expressions] *** The Nurse And The Black Lagoon Jesica Treadway, Five Points *** Usually My Dreams Mean Nothing Elinor Benedict, Blackbird *** Sanctuary In The Dome City Emily Watson, Blackbird *** Undertow Michelle Detorie, Blackbird *** Grandparents Paul Breslin, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Ramblings] *** Why Do I Want Oppositions In The Parliament Heng-Cheong Leong I want bills to be passed in the Parliament not because the People Action Party has a party whip. I want bills to be passed in the Parliament because even the opposition MPs are convinced the bills need to be passed. [GE06] *** WP Giving Up Sembawang GRC, Set To Contest Nee Soon Central Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia In a statement, the Workers' Party says it is giving up Sembawang GRC to the Singapore Democratic Party, and will now contest the single seat ward of Nee Soon Central instead. [News] *** Malaysia Scraps Half-Bridge To Singapore, Ends Talks Bloomberg "We are surprised at this sudden decisiion when negotiations for a full bridge were still ongoing," Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement in response to Malaysia's announcement today. *** Malaysia Drops Plan To Build Bridge To Singapore Reuters One analyst said the decision appeared to dash hopes for a quick solution to end longstanding disputes between the two countries. *** Malaysia Stops Construction Of Bridge To Replace Johor Causeway Bernama The government has decided to stop the construction of the bridge to replace the Johor Causeway that links Malaysia and Singapore, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced Wednesday. He said the government had also decided to stop all negotiations pertaining to the bridge. *** Singapore 3G Mobile Users Rise Threefold In 4 Months Dow Jones *** Singapore To Build Caverns To Store Oil Associated Press Singapore this year will start building vast underground caverns for storing petroleum to boost the city-state's oil storage and trading industry while dealing with its shortage of space, a government minister said Wednesday. *** Singapore Adopts Dovish Stance On Monetary Policy John Burton, Financial Times *** Singapore Prepares Bid To Host F1 BBC News Singapore has started making plans to host a Grand Prix after new rules allowed the Formula One calendar to expand to a possible 20 races in 2008. *** Number Of Licensed Moneylenders Hits A Five-Year High Tanya Fong, Straits Times *** DPM Wong Assures Singaporeans That All votes Are Secret May Wong, Channel NewsAsia Deputy Prime Minnister Wong Kan Seng has assured Singaporeans that their votes are secret. But, he said, it is possible for candidates from all political parties to tell how a specific polling district has voted when they witness the counting of the votes. [Opinion] *** CNA Stuph Symposium Of Genius *** CPF Funds Ought To Earn Higher Interest James Ang Boon Hin, Straits Times The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Rockets Sanders Bohlke From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Apr 13 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu Apr 13 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 13, 2006 Message-ID: <20060413171501.3805.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** States Seek Levies On Digital-Media Downloads Declan McCullagh and Annie Broache, CNET News.com Internet shoppers accustomed to tax-free purchases from Apple's ITunes Music Store soon may be in for an unpleasant surprise. *** Aperture Update Brings Intel Support, Lower Price Jim Dalrymple, Macworld The new version of Aperture dramatically improved RAW image rendering, according to Apple. *** Apple To Report Strong Quarter - Analyst Macworld UK *** iPod Vending Machines Land At Airports, Hotels Laurie Sullivan, TechWeb *** The Sims 2 Goes Universal Peter Cohen, Macworld *** Music Labels Get Nickel And Dimed CNN/Money Change counting firm Coinstar will accept coins for iTunes gift cards and Virgin Digital eCertificates. *** Apple To Benefit From Changing PC-Buying Habits Macworld UK Consumer-focused technology firms such as Apple seem set to reap a rich harvest as buying habits change. *** BMW Owners Get iPod As Co-Pilot Leslie Katz, CNET News.com BMW announced the debut of a new interface for iPod that will enable integration of the music player in the newest generation of beemers. [Opinion] *** Do iPods Mean The End Of Tolerance? Joseph Wilson, Now Magazine Critics say cable on demand and iPods promote selfishness, but they can make us more creative, too. *** iLove My Mac Natalie Nichols, Los Angeles CityBeat As a Mac fan, I've often imagined Apple ruling the planet. But would the sacrifice be worth it? *** MacBook Pro: The First Week Speak Like A Geek The first thing that became obvious once the machine was up and running is that it's smoking fast. *** I Bought A Mac Mini Neil Crosby What immediately jumped out at me as being great about the system? Well, for a start, it's incredibly quiet. *** Apple Should Succumb To iPod Porn Temptations Mark Gilbert, Bloomberg iPod porn, desirable or not, may prove an irresistable temptation to a more profit-hungry Apple. [Review] *** Marriage Of Windows, Macs Is Bliss Edward C. Baig, USA Today Boot Camp works so well it reminds me why I prefer Tiger to XP in the first place. [Sidetrack] *** Porn In The iTunes Store? When Pigs Fly Heng-Cheong Leong Yes, I know hell has frozen over and pigs flew -- quite a few times at One Infinite Loop over the last few years. But I don't think Apple will start selling porn at the iTunes store anytime soon. Heck, there are certain words that you cannot even engrave on your iPod. *** Singing In The Valley Of Information Heng-Cheong Leong Google finally has a chinese name : Gu Ge. Literally, it translates to "Valley Song". The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** ABC's Iger Says Music Mess Influenced Decision To Offer Shows Online Associated Press *** Intel Calls For Laptop Standards Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia Consumers would be better served if laptop makers could agree to hardware sandards for laptop components, according to the chipmaker. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** The Manly Myth Justin Davidson, Newsday What makes a real man? Hollywood and Harvard answer it different ways. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SDP Silent Over Making Way For WP To Contest Nee Soon Central Hasnita A. Majid, Channel NewsAsia [News] *** Cancellation Of New Bridge Project: Best Decision For The Time Being Bernama Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said Thursday the government's decision to cancel the construction of the new bridge connecting Johor Baharu and Singapore is the best for the time being. *** Malaysia-Singapore Ties Not Affected By The Bridge Episode Bernama The trade and economic ties between Malaysia and Singapore will continue as usual though Malaysia has scrapped plans to continue with the scenic bridge to replace the causeway. International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said she is confident of this going by the fact the relations between both sides remained intact despite a number of outstanding bilateral issues. *** Singapore Accedes To The Kyoto Protocol Bernama *** Bridge Issue Steals The Headlines In Singapore Newspapers Bernama *** Bridge Project Dies Unborn Vinita Ramani, Today Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo told reporters that he was informed of the Malaysian decision at about 1pm yesterday. "This has nothing to do with victory or defeat. Whatever we work on should be to our mutual benefit. And we negotiated on the full bridge on the basis of mutual benefit for both sides. And I am quite sure we will be able to find other areas where we can cooperate to our mutual benefit." *** The 'No Go' Bridge; PM: We Took Into Account The People's Sentiments Hamidah Atan and Deborah Loh, New Straits Times "The government's decision was made after taking into account the voices and sentiments of the Malaysian people, especially on the supply of sand and airspace." It is understood that the cabinet was briefted on legal opinions on the agreement to build the original Causeway. The view was that either way -- straight or "scenic" bridge -- the consent of both countries was needed before the Causeway could be demolished to make way for the new bridge. *** Contractor Won't Build Bridge, But Will Finish CIQ Complex The Star Following the decision to cancel the bridge project, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi asked Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd, the conractor of the "scenic bridge", to stop all preparatory works on the project and to concentrate on completing the new Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex. This would include building roads connecting the complex to the Causeway. *** Scenic Bridge Saga; Ghani: We Accept The Decision New Straits Times Johor "accepts entirely" the government's decision to scrap the bridge project to replace the Causeway. Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the government had the prerogative to decide ont he fate of hte bridge as it was a federal project. *** Hopes Of Many Dashed The Star The scrapping of the much-touted "scenic" bridge has shattered the hopes of many Malaysians. They said the effort, time and money spent on the proposed bridge had all been wasted. *** Scenic Bridge Saga: Negotiations Will Stop Shamini Darshni, New Straits Times "Whatever negotiations we have on the bridge will stop. Whether negotiations on other matters will stop, that's a different matter... We will continue working on our relationship with [Singapore] in other areas." *** IDA Fines mTouche, Issues Warnings To Telcos Lin Yanqin, Today The Infocom Development Authority (IDA) issued a stern warning to the three mobile operators to resolve billing disputes relating to third-party mobile-content providers, or they "will not hesitate to impose further regulatory measures." *** New Cab Firms Fined Again For Call Service Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times Trans-Cab, Smart fined 4th fine for not meeting LTA service standards in audit. *** Some Singaporean Parents Sending Special Needs Children To American School Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia It is estimated that half of the over 150 Singaporean children are in the Singapore American School to take advantage of its Special Services Programme which helps them with speech and language learning by using classroom guidance and individual counselling. *** Singapore Woos Top Scientists With New Labs, Money Associated Press Singapore's siren song is growing increasingly more irresistible for scientists, especially stem cell researchers who feel stifled by the U.S. government's restrictions on their field. [Opinion] *** The Scenic Bridge No More A Worm's Perspectives... This episode hopefully has taught the leaders that we must react with our minds and not our hearts. *** Will Singapore's Ban On Political Blogs Work? The Internet In Asia *** Very Costly Mistakes H J Angus, Malaysia Watch Both projects have cost the nation dearly and have made us look like international fools in the process. *** Scenic Bridge No More Charlie - The Golden Retriever Good bye and good riddance to the so-called "scenic bridge" to replace "our half" of the Causeway. *** Scenic Bridge Saga: This Was The Only Option Open To The Government Brendan Pereira, New Straits Times No matter what spin is put on this episode, one fact is indisuptable: Both countries have left the table as losers. *** Why All Singapoerans Know Is 'Can Or Not' Mohd Rosle Ahmad, Today The can-or-not attitude -- instead of the can-do attitude -- is the rule for a majority of us, whether or not the restrictions are real or perceived. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** The Power Of LARD LARD From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Apr 14 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri Apr 14 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 14, 2006 Message-ID: <20060414171500.17326.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Options For Mac Storage Widen Drew Robb, Enterprise Storage Forum *** Firefox Update Supports Intel Macs Robert McMillan, IDG News Service With the improved Mac OS support, Firefox now will be able to take advantage of performance enhancements in the chipsets used by Apple's new Intel-based Macs, which were introduced earlier this year. *** Brands Take Buzz To Bank Through Free Integration Gail Schiller, Hollywood Reporter With its cultural cachet and stored history of giving away tens of thousands of Apple computers to the Hollywood creative community, Apple has had perhaps the greatest success of any brand in embedding its products into films and TV without paying for the integrations, even amid Hollywood's rush to cash in on branded entertainment deals over the past several years. *** Apple's iTunes Must Play Fair In French Music Market: Minister AFP Apple should have anticipated that the exclusive union of its iPod music players and online iTunes store would be challenged in France, Trade Minister Christine Lagarde said. *** Apple Could Double Market Share On Microsoft Defections Jim Dalrymple, Macworld Consumers are so distrustful of Microsoft that Apple could double its market share due to defections from the Windows operating system, a report by market analysis firm Forrester Research says. *** Girl's Letter To Apple Can Legalese Reply Anna Werner, CBS 5 A South Bay mom told CBS 5 that her young daughter's letter offering suggestions on how to improve the Apple iPod prompted a harsh response from the company. [Video] *** Surprise, Surprise; Radio Down/iPod Up Christopher Breen, Playlist [Opinion] *** A Week In Boot Camp Peter Cohen, Macworld As much as diehard Mac gamers may hate to hear this, the game experience on an iMac-equipped Windows XP can largely be summed up in one word: Excellent. [Review] *** Mac FTP: A Guided Tour Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network There are several great FTP clients available for Mac OS X, so we thought it was about time we took a look at some of them. *** Test-Driving Multi-Pass Cyrus Farivar, Macworld I would gladly turn to Multi-Pass if I had a fifth-generation iPod. But the inability to put shows I purchase on a device of my choosing turned out to be the deal-breaker for me. [Sidetrack] *** Snapple Anyone? Heng-Cheong Leong It's not just Mac OS X and Windows XP that is running on the new Intel-based Macintosh. We now also have Solaris , the operating system from Sun, too. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The World's Most Innovative Companies BusinessWeek *** AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' E-Mail Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com AOL on Wednesday apparently began blocking e-mail on its servers containing the web address of a petition against the company's upcoming certified-mail program, an issue the company called a "glitch." MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** The Vanishing Of A Tropical Nation Aaron Selverston, Salon Rising seas are swamping the 33-island republic of Kiribati. Where will its 100,000 inhabitants go when their country becomes uninhabitable? [Life] *** Publishers' Solution To Slow Sales: My Story (And His, Too) Robert J. Hughes, Wall Street Journal Everyone has a story, whether it's a family of Dumpster-divers, a nun who had an affair with a priest, or a self-mutilating teenager. Now, however, there are more publishers willing to put out these personal histories as memoirs. [EOF] *** And It Goes Like This: 0-1-1-2-3-5-8 Motoko Rich, New York Times To write a Fib, a more complicated version of the classic, highly constrained haiku, the poet composes a six-line poem that has the correct number of syllables in each line corresponding to each digit in the Fibonacci sequence. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore's 'Fear Factor' Fails To Silence Dissident Simon Tisdall, The Guardian Government critics cite budget giveaways, cowed media, PAP threats to withhold state funding from opposition constituencies, mandatory voting, and what some Singaporeans call the "fear factor" as evidence that the system is stacked against them. *** Jeyaretnam Slams Colleagues Straits Times Veteran opposition politican J.B. Jeyaretnam yesterday slammed opposition figures in an outburst that some analysts say could hurt their cause. *** PAP Is 'All Systems Go' For Elections Leslie Koh, Straits Times [News] *** Scenic Bridge Saga: 'Plan Wouldn't Have Worked Anyway' New Straits Times If Malaysia was aware of all the legal implications, why did it even venture into talking about a scenic bridge? Syed Hamid said the government had hoped that Singapore would eventually give its nod for the bridge to be connected. *** Johor's New CIQ Complex To Replace Current Congested Building The Star *** U-Turn Not Unexpected Sa'odah Elias, The Star Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was not surprised when he heard of the government's decision to scrap the plans to replace Malaysia's side of the Causeway. The former prime minister said the government had reversed decisions that proved unpopular with the people many times before. *** Questions Raised On Legal, Political Aspects Of Project M. Krishnamoorthy, The Star In the wake of the decision to cancel the bridge to replace the Causeway, academics and lawyers are asking whether the government had studied the legal and political implications of the project before proceeding with it. *** Another 'Bridge' To Cross Sim Leoi Leoi, The Star The Johor bridge to Singapore project may be off but the Malaysian and Singaporean governments have "another bridge to cross." Both sides have to reach agreement before July 1 on how best to allow workers from Malaysia to cross daily into the republic following the abolition of the restricted passport. *** 'Travel Card Should Be Acceptable To Singapore' New Straits Times Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad is confident Singapore will accept the special travel card to be issued to some 100,000 Malaysian workers to enter the republic from July 1. *** MPs Support Decision To Halt Bridge Project The Star [Opinion] *** How Singapore Is Run Saif, Malaysiakini The language that Singapore appreciates and understands is 'What's in it for us?' *** Half-Bridge: Taxpayers The Victims Again Ken, Malaysiakini Irrespective of the reasons, someone is going to be legally richer by more than RM100 million of the taxpayers' money at a time when the taxpayers are being asked to pay a lot more for petrol/diesel to meet government shortfalls. *** Bridge Made No Sense From The Start Leong KC, Malaysiakini We do not need a new bridge to attract business to the Johor Port. Better infrastructure, and most important, better 'software' will enable us to compete with Singapore. *** The People Prevail On The Bridge Hardev Kaur, New Straits Times *** The Bridge That Didn't New Straits Times The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** (You Gotta) Tell Me The Understudies From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Apr 15 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat Apr 15 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 15, 2006 Message-ID: <20060415171501.24411.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Steve Wozniak Q & A Kim Peterson, Seattle Times "I would much rather just have such a quiet life that I could sit down and have days and days free to just think out new ideas." *** MacMall Sells Intel Macs With Windows Pre-Installed Aaron Freedman, MacUser [Opinion] *** iTunes Is A 1-Trick Pony Castro's Blog iTunes is not going to dominate the entire digital media world in the same way they dominate diigtal music downloads. *** Boot Camp, Mac Cultists, And Windows Salvation Jason Snell, Macworld [Review] *** Summations On The MacBook Pro Scott Silverman, MacUser The speed of the computer, combined with the Front Row/remote, the iSight, and the screeen all make one nice computer. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Studies: two Of The 10 Best U.S. Jobs Are In Tech Deborah Rothberg, eWeek A study released April 12 ranked software engineers as haivng the best jobs in the United States, citing their use in 'virtually every part of hte economy." *** Microsoft Shoots For Photo Search Ben Charny, eWeek MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Why Stars Name Babies Moxie, Moses And Apple Alex Williams, New York Times Skeptics scoff at the mad rush by stars to come up with exotic baby names as another means for the attention-hungry to grab headlines. But psychologists and others who have worked with high-profile performers say that the naming of children can function as a window into a psyche. *** Junk-Food Jihad: Should We Regulate French Fries Like Cigarettes? William Saletan, Slate So, we've found a new enemy: obesity. *** A Sour Note On Modern Times Tony Long, Wired News Next time you feel the squeeze, stop. Put on that CD of Beethoven's Sixth languishing in your stacks. Listen to the entire symphony. *** Working Girls, Broken Society Alison Wolf, Toronto Star While the benefits of career equality are axiomatic, its negative repercussions are wilfully ignored. *** Mi, A Name I Call Myself. And You Are? Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times Nicknames have been around for centuries, even before Shakespeare was scribbling iambic pentameter with an inky quill. But the process of acquiring a nickname was changed by the advent of e-mail in the 1980's. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** New Media, Same Rules Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times [News] *** Reports Did Not Deter Singaporeans Farik Zolkepli, The Star Their media said the high crime rate in Johor Baru would stop Singaporeans from coming. But the figures tell a different story. *** Malaysia Has Right To Relocate Pipelines To Singapore - Dr M Bernama Malaysia has the right under its agreement with Singapore to relocate the pipelines supplying water to the island for specified reasons but only after giving about six months notice, said former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. *** Malaysia And Singapore Should Continue Negotiations On New Bridge Zakaria Abdul Wahab, Bernama Malaysia and Singapore should continue negotiations to construct a new bridge to replace the Johor causeway, former Information Minister Datuk Sri Panglima Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said Friday night. *** Najib: We Did Not Give In To Singapore Fay Angela D'cruz, New Straits Times [Opinion] *** It Turned Out To Be A Bridge Too Far Khairy Jamaluddin, New Straits Times When dealing with slippery opponents, hardheadedness is the worst strategy. Call their bluff, change your mind, walk away, even float like a butterfly. Now they know it's game on. *** Scrapping The Bridge The Best Solution Wong Chun Wai, The Star It is unfortunate that Singapore has still not learned to be a good neighbour, continuing to be preoccupied with its uncompromising attitude on only gains. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Apr 16 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun Apr 16 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 16, 2006 Message-ID: <20060416171500.59217.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Technology making A Tangible Difference In How We Collect Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News Is it better to surround yourself with a shrine-like wall of CDs and DVDs, or free up that bookcase and home-entertainment center with a virtual "collection" that exists digitally -- on iPod or computer hard drive? *** Hang The Dj: Sasha Starting Revolution Thanks To The iMac Richard Harrington, Washington Post Say hello to the brave new world of laptop DJing via an iMac G5 and, in Sasha's right hand, not a mouse, but a custom-built, one-of-a-kind controller called the Maven. *** For iPod Fans, Here's Wheel Satisfaction Seth Hamblin, Washington Post *** Music Students To Get iPods At Montgomery College Chevalier Mayes, The Courier Integrating the iPod into the music curriculum will really stir up an excitement for learning and creating, said Greg Ristow, Montgomery College music professor. [Opinion] *** The Trouble With Mail Random Neural Misfirings Today, Mail is a pretty good program, but it has obvious problems, and even if those were all fixed, would be solid but not innovative. *** How To Manipulate Me (Or, Tuesday Whipper-Snapping) Brent Simmons, inessential.com If you read my weblog, there's a good chance you use my software -- and there's a good chance you'd like me to do something. Something specific -- fix a particular bug, add a particular feature. How do you make it more likely that I'll do that thing you want me to do? *** Easy DOS It: Apple's Plan To Provide The Best Darned Windows Experience Anywhere -- Even Better Than Microsoft Robert X. Cringely, PBS Apple can offer the most secure version of Vista available with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership, which could lead to a leadership change in business computing. *** Rumors At The Bar Mac Geekery Apple not only shields its product roadmap from the public, but also from all public-facing employees. and nearly all non-facing employees. The litmis test is "Are you actively involved on the project or the project's marketing and rollout?" If the answer is "No," then you are generally left clueless. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Companies Blocking Employees From Reading RSS Feeds Shel Holtz MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Confessions Of A Tourist: It's Only Rock'n'roll, But I Like It Lydia Masters, The Times As souvenirs go, the tape surely beats an I (heart) New York T-shirt. *** New York Leads Politness Trend? Get Outta Here! Winnie Hu, New York Times Somehow a city whose residents have long been scorned for their churlish behavior is now being praised for adopting rules and laws that govern personal conduct, making New York an unlikely model for legislating courtesy and decorum. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SDA Says It Aims To Win At Least 15 Seats Channel NewsAsia It says it is only in having such a number can it form a viable shadow Cabinet to propose viable policy alternatives for Singapore, and to act as a check and balance on the People's Action Party. [News] *** Singapore, Malaysia Unlikely To Return To Bridge Negotiations: FM Yeo Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia Foreign Minister George Yeo says it is unlikely that Singapore and Malaysia will return to negotiations on the bridge issue to replace the Causeway. Mr Yeo says from Singapore's perspective, the present Causeway is a perfectly good structure. *** 'Time To Move On To Domestic Matters' New Straits Times Too much time has been spent on Malaysia-Singapore issues and it is time to move on, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. *** Myhyiddin: Better A Painful Decision Now Wan Hamidi Hamid, New Straits Times Since Singapore did not want to compromise, there was no point in discussing the bridge because it would lead nowhere, even four or five years from now. *** Shelved Bridge Project Becomes Hottest Topic Elizabeth Looi, The Star *** Mahathir Calls For Referendum On Issue In Johor Bernama In an open attack on his successor, former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday suggested holding a referendum in Johor to see if there was backing in the state for the government decision to cancel the bridge project. [Opinion] *** Of Bridge Of Euphemism: Another Take The __earthinc Concerning the media, it's amazing how popular opinion in the mainstream media changes at a finger snap, blink of an eye... The MSM is a dog on leash with the kris looms above after all. Some of them are even suckers. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Apr 17 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon Apr 17 13:15:08 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 17, 2006 Message-ID: <20060417171501.93753.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Podcasting Shakes Up Local Media Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor The rise of on-demand world has local suppliers of content everywhere unsettled. *** S. Florida Educators Use Latest Technology In The Classrom Peter Bailey, Miami Herald *** Windows On Mac: What You Need To Know Jason Snell and Rob Griffiths, Macworld What does it all mean? Can you really run Windows on a Mac? What's required to do so, and what are the potential pitfalls if you try? [Opinion] *** No Bias Here, Just Support For Equal Mac OS 10 Access James Coates, Los Angeles Times I don't care what Dell thinks about my ilk, I'm on his side now. [Sidetrack] *** Warm Liquid Goo Phase Begins Heng-Cheong Leong Some movies should never be made. But that shouldn't stop someone with a computer from making trailers to the movies that should never be made. Jack's back, in Titanic II . MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Steal This Newspaper David Carr, New York Times At some point -- perhaps when reporters are denied access to newspaper -- publishers are saying something else to their employees and their readers: What you're holding has no value. *** Up With Grups Adam Sternbergh, New York He owns eleven pairs of sneakers, hasn't worn anything but jeans in a year, and won't shut up about the latest Death Cab for Cutie CD. But he is no kid. He is among hte ascendant breed of grown-up who has redefined adulthood as we once knew it and killed off the generation gap. *** Elvis Has Left The Building. Now 30,000 Impersonators May Have To Go As Well Tim Reid, The Times In a move that has made the ranks of the lookalikes queasier than the thought of a deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, a New York businessman has bought the rights to Elvis's name and likeness and has threatened to ban "unauthorised" Elvis clones. *** Becoming 'Flexitarian' Greg Atkinson, Seattle Times Carnivores are learning, it's easier than ever to embrace vegetarian food. *** Life In The DVD Lane Jeanne Marie Laskas, Washington Post I was all "save the children from too much TV." One more place to watch was one place too many, I figured. *** Wristwatches Get The Back Of The Hand Leslie Earnest, Los Angeles Times Is time running out for the wristwatch? SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore Cites Opposition For Speaking Without A Licence DPA An opposition party leader was being investigated by police for speaking without a licence ahead of Singapore's upcoming general election, officials said Monday. Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party, and his aide, Yap Keng Ho, set up tables, displayed party banners and took turns addressing residents through a microphone during the weekend. *** Boon Heng: GE Date May Be Out In Next Few Days Straits Times [News] *** Malaysia Confident MyKad Will Eventually Be Accepted In Singapore Lee Keng Fatt, New Straits Times *** Former NKF CEO TT Durai Arrested, But Presently Out On Bail Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia Former National Kidney Foundation CEO TT Durai has been arrested and according to informed sources familiar with the case, he is expected to be charged on Tuesday. *** Malaysia, Singapore Torn By Love-Hate Relationship AFP Often seen as squabbling siblings, relations between Malaysia and Singapore continue to see-saw between co-operation and mistrust, confounding ordinary citizens and officials alike. *** Polling Choices Are Indeed Secret: Steve Chia Tor Ching Li, Today With recent concern over the secrecy of votes, National Solidarity Party secretary-general Steve Chia assured voters that -- as Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng had explained -- their polling choices were indeed secret. *** Singapore Wary Of Flaws In MyKad Terence Fernandez, The Sun Teething problems in the MyKad is the reason for Singapore's reluctance in accepting the card in leiu of a passport. Concerned with the number of incidents of inaccuracies in the smart identity card, the republic wants Malaysia to sort out these problems first before it can be used as an entry pass into Singapore. *** Singapore Port's Container Volume Expands Bloomberg [Opinion] *** No Smiles For Me? Budi Rahardjo, Mr GBT In Singapore, I watched people on the MRTs. One thing I noticed, these people do not smile! *** No Plane Sailing For Changi: Has 'Wow' Factor Fizzled As Other Airports Catch Up? Liang Dingzi, Today What will really make the difference is not more of the same, albeit improved, facilities, but surprises that wow. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Heartbreak's A Blessing Danko Jones From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Apr 18 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue Apr 18 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 18, 2006 Message-ID: <20060418171500.89299.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Burst.com Sues Apple For Patent Infringement Tom Krazit, CNET News.com Burst.com has filed a countersuit against Apple claiming that the iTunes software, the iPod and the QuickTime streaming software all infringe on patents held by Burst.com, Burst announced Monday. *** Understanding Marketing Psychology And The Halo Effect: What Apple's iPod And Motorola's Razr Can Teach Us Al Ries, Advertising Age Focusing your marketing message on a single word or concept has been our mantra for years. But taking this idea one step further can also produce dramatic results. *** U.S. Mac Magazines Suffering Reader Drought Think Secret The average circulation for the two most popular Macintosh/iPod magazines in the U.S. have hit record lows never seen in either of the magazines' histories. [Opinion] *** Apple Needs To Make OS X Open-Source John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine *** Spare Change For iTunes Jonathan Seff, Macworld I decided I'd give Coinstar machines a try. [Review] *** Draw What's On YourMind With NovaMind Matt Neuburg, TidBITS NovaMind is a fine program and a remarkable piece of work -- and a boon to those who already love mind mapping or think they might love it. *** Apple's Ne Dynamic Core Duo John Breeden II, GCN The new Intel-based, dual-core iMac is a slick machine,a nd underneath the glitz and gloss beats the heart of a heavy-duty workstation. It's the first Apple desktop we have seen in years that we can comfortably recommend for general-purpose use in the government. *** Apple iPod Hi-Fi: Speakers For The iPod Varun Dubey, CoolTechZone.com *** Hearts Of Iron 2 Michael Scarpelli, Inside Mac Games This title is the bottom line for strategy gamers. Look no further. *** Adobe After Effects 7 Professional: Latest Update Sports Overhauled Interface And Valuable New Features Ben Long, Macworld *** First Look: Roxio's Popcorn 2; Second Version Of DVD Backup Software Is Handier Than Ever Peter Cohen, Macworld If the ability to make custom DVDs or convert video content to handheld formats or stored formats for Front Row is appealing to you, then Popcorn 2 will be a home run. [Sidetrack] *** Politically Incorrect Penguins Heng-Cheong Leong Fairy penguins are now called "little penguins" down under. Specifically, the managers at Sea World at Gold Coast are afraid that the word "fairy" may offend the gay community. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Ignore Bloggers At Your Peril, Say Researchers Bobbie Johnson, The Guardian Bloggers and internet pundits are exerting a "disproportionately large influence" on society, according to a report by a technology research company. *** For Developers, Communication Takes Center Stage Peter Coffee, eWeek Enterprise application developers are under growing pressure to deliver innovative work -- and to do so under growing regulatory scrutiny. [Linux] *** Red Hat hangs On To Fedora Steven J. Vauhan-Nichols, eWeek MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Ruined Treasures In Babylon Await An Iraq Without Fighting Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times In this ancient city, it is hard to tell what are ruins and what's just ruined. *** The Case Against Coke Michael Blanding, The Nation In the past two years the Coke campaign has grown into the largest anticorporate movement since the campaign against Nike for sweatshop abuses. [Life] *** Weaving A Tangled Web Steven Barrie-Anthony, Los Angeles Times "Thumbsucker" author Walter Kirn takes on technology in an online novel for slate. If Big Brother had a blog, he would be its webmaster. *** The Lonely Planet Guide To My Apartment Jonathan Stern, New Yorker WILDLIFE: The dog's name is Sadie. Don't touch her. [EOF] *** One Year On, 300 Miles Still To Go. 'I've Lost 130lb - That's A Whole Girlfriend' Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian What started as a personal trek across America becomes a national phenomenon. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SDP To Pursue NKF Issue During Election S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia The SDP says the Ministers for Health and Finance have a lot to answer for, as they had still endorsed the NKF despite whatever was going on. *** Casinos? NKF? Do Voters Care At All? Jasmine Yin, Today As Singapore prepares to go to the polls, it appears that the two issues that provoked the loudest outcry last year will have very little impact on the way votes are cast. [News] *** PM: Decision To Scrap Bridge Project Was Unanimous The Star *** Mobil Stations Making Way For Esso Under Rebranding Jeana Wong, Channel NewsAsia *** No Discussion With Singapore For Now, Says Syed Hamid Bernama Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said given that all negotiations on the bridge had been terminated, "I don't think we should start talking about any (other) issues as yet." *** Public Transport Fare Revision Exercise Deferred By Three Months Channel NewsAsia The Public Transport Council has deferred the annual fare revision exercise by three months. It says this is to give it time to implement changes to the PTC(Amendment) Act 2006 which came into effect on April 3. *** Singapore Bosses Resort To Rude And Inconsiderate E-Mails: Survey DPA Bosses in Singapore resort to rude and inconsiderate e-mail messages instead of face-to-face confrontations, a survey on workplace ethics said on Tuesday. *** Former NKF CEO TT Durai Charged With Corruption Channel NewsAsia Former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) CEO TT Durai has been slapped with two charges of corruption. One charge reads that Durai had deceived the NKF into making a $20,000 payment to an interior design consultancy service. *** 'No Need For Referendum On Project Cancellation' New Straits Times *** Troubled Farrah Naz Karim, New Straits Times Dr Mahathir claimed that in a letter written to him by former Singapore prime minister Goh Chok Tong, "he said if we wanted to build bridge on our side, he would respect it even if it was not ideal to him. No conditions imposed." *** Many Relieved They Can Use Family Members' Medisave Tania Tan and Sonia Tan, Straits Times [Opinion] *** Censors Say Zahari's 17 Years Rated PG, But Film Fest Cancelled Screening Singapore Rebel When I spoke to a festival staff yesterday, he said the screening was cancelled as the censors has yet to authorise the screening. *** Our National Library Rocks! Dr Oz Bloke The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Colonel Bogey March "Blue Noise" Pep Band From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Apr 19 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed Apr 19 13:15:04 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 19, 2006 Message-ID: <20060419171501.89877.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Braking The News, Apple Style Leander Kahney, Wired News Apple's mastery of rumor and speculation has become the keystone of its strategy for new product launches. But this savvy tactic has a cynical, exploitative side that this week sees one of the company's biggest fans and supporters in court for engaging in the very guessing game that Apple sets up. *** Analyst: Demand For Mac Strong, iPod Weakening Jim Dalrymple, Macworld Market research firm Cowen & Co. recently completed a consumer survey that shows despite cautiious PC demand, the outlook for the Mac looks strong; the potentially bad news is thereport shows a significant slowing in growth of the iPod. *** Apple Investors Look For Intel Effect Amanda Cantrell, CNN/Money When Apple reports its second-quarter earnings Wednesday, investors and analysts will watch closely for evidence of how the company's switch to Intel chips is panning out. *** Apple Posts Firmware Update For Intel Macs Jim Dalrymple, Macworld *** Apple Plugs iPod Loophole Discovered By Clever Resellers Kasper Jade, AppleInsider Apple has decided to indefinitely bar the majority of its authorized resellers from placing direct orders for engraved iPods. *** Apple Releases Bonjour For Windows 1.0.3 MacDailyNews *** Apple Releases Java Update For Mac OS X Tiger Jim Dalrymple, Macworld [Opinion] *** Swimming Upstream: Using Macs In The Law Office Andrew Fishkin, Low End Mac *** Is The Halo Slipping At Apple? Investment & Business News With the news that two top execs are bailing out, some are asking exactly what is it these Apple old timers know? [Review] *** Aperture 1.1 -- Apple Listens Scott Bourne, O'Reilly Network Version 1.1 is a big leap forward in productivity. And combined with the new lower price, Aperture now is a serious contender for top honors in the digital photography software arena. *** DROD: Journey To Rooted Hold Peter Cohen, Macworld DROD is really appealing for gamers who recognize the game Daleks or who are looking for puzzle fun that doesn't involving matching three of anything. [Sidetrack] *** iTunes To Sell You Your Home Videos For $1.99 Each Heng-Cheong Leong The Onion : "As soon as you record that precious footage of your daughter's first steps," says Steve Jobs, "you'll be able to buy it right back from iTunes and download it directly to your computer and video iPod." Apple currently owns an average of 20 gigabytes of digital footage per American family, and it has also acquired an enormous library of the tens of millions of analog-format home movies dating from the early decades of the 20th century through 2001. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Can Bloggers Make Money? Wall Street Journal MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Your IM Status Can Say It All Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post You don't have to actually send a note to communicate by instant message. Availability icons or away messages can be quite revealing. *** How Much Do Chefs Really Make? Judith Weinraub, Washington Post Celebrities aside, the short answer is: less than you might think. [Expressions] *** Diastole Christine E. Salvatore, The Cortland Review *** I Hold You Harmless August Tarrier, Zoetrope: All-Story *** Bush's War Robert Hass, American Poetry Review *** Eating The Peach Henri Cole, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore Polls Could Be Held In Early May - Paper Reuters [News] *** Suffering Singapore's Slings, Arrows Michael Backman, The Age Does Singapore have a sound legal system or is Singapore just another autocracy with a leadership that subverts the law to preserve its own power? Should its court orders relating to commercial and other matters be enforced in countries that do have excellent legal systems? These are maters over which a Canadian court has been asked to rule in a case that is hugely embarrassing to Singapore's government, particularly in an election year. *** The Scenic Bridge Saga: On Unfamiliar And Shifting Ground, Leaders Disagree With DR M's Views Wan Hamidi Hamid, New Straits Times Several MPs found themselves in unfamiliar territory yesterday: Having to disagree with a man they had either served or had grown up admiring. *** Ex-S'pore Premier Goh Expressed Support For New Bridge The Star *** Water And CPF Talks With Singapore Dropped The Star Talks with Singapore on issues such as water tariffs and the return of Central Provident Funds money to Malaysian workers are now off. *** The Hidden Player In NKF Ansley Ng, Today NKF manager who 'ran the purchasing show' runs from the media. [Opinion] *** Rules Are, Apparently, Meant To Be Broken Tym Blogs Too! Obviously, the world is coming to an end. *** A Bridge Too Far - Act Of Wise Monkey Ktemoc Konsiders... The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Sunshine Matt Costa From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Apr 20 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu Apr 20 13:15:06 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 20, 2006 Message-ID: <20060420171501.93787.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Macs Vs PCs: Debate Between Computers Stirs Up On Campus Beau Waldrop, The Prairie One of the longest running complaints heard from students continues to be the use of Macintosh computers in the classroom, instead of PCs. *** PortalPlayer Says Product Not Picked For iPod Use Reuters *** Lack Of A New iPod Model Hits Apple Richard Waters, Financial Times A lack of new iPod models in the first quarter of this year and hte impact of its shift to using Intel processors in all of its computer models led to lower sales at Apple in the first quarter than most analysts had expected. However, the company's earnings were stronger than forecasts had suggested thanks to falling component costs, rising software sales and lower expenses than had been expected from the shift to Intel. *** Second Cupertino Campus Chris Saribay, Irrelevant Ramblings I've uploaded a QuickTime version for you all to watch [the Cupertino's City Council meeting]. *** Apple Acknowledges Intel Hiccup; Wanted: Universal Binaries Andrew Orlowski, The Register "Our sales team didn't discourage customers from waiting until the Intel models arrive." *** Apple Warns Partners Of iPod Imposters ipodnn Apple last month began notifying service partners that some companies are illegally manufacturingdigital music players which appear remarkably similar to its own varius iPod models,a dn are attempting to sell them to unsuspecting buyers. *** Has Apple Purposely Slowed MacBook Pro Graphics? Gregg Keizer, TechWeb *** Apple CEO Says Plans New Campus In California Reuters Apple is planning to build a new, 50-arce campus near its present headquarters in Cupertino, Steve Jobs said. "What's happened at Apple is that our business has basically tripled in the last five or six years." *** Apple Misses On Revenue, But Earnings Strong Tom Krazit, CNET News.com Apple's second-quarter revenue increased 34 percent compared with last year, it announced Wednesday, but Wall Street was looking for more. [Opinion] *** Compressed Music: To Lose or Not To Lose Stephen Dawson, Herald Sun *** Apple's Switch-Hit Homer Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek First-quarter figures suggest that 2006 may be a very big year, thanks to Windows users swapping their hardware. *** jTrust Us. Apple's Policy Brad J. Cox, Interesting People More interesting to me is Apple's apparent lack of interest in secure disposal of private data on dead drives, and the lack of easy options for computer users with a hard drive failure. *** Apple Customer Service Needs Shining Consumerist "I'll never buy an Apple product again." [Review] *** Be The Maestro Of The House, With A Remote David Pogue, New York Times Will such an elegant and well-engineered wireless sound system make you feel truly rich? Only until the novelty wears off. *** Apple Remote Desktop 3 Yuval Kossovsky, Computerworld ARD 3 brings this application to the level of other commercially available asset management and remote support applications. *** DEVONagent 2.0: Web Search Application Provides Powerful Tools For Finding Information Lee Sherman, Macworld It's simple to use while at the same time providing the kind of industrial-strength search capability once reserved for academia. [Wintel] *** Microsoft's New Brain David Kirkpatrick, Fortune Brutal competition. A stock going nowhere. Microsoft is in crisis, so Bill Gates has unleashed his new hire, software genius Ray Ozzie, to remake the company -- and conquer the web. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Google In China: The Big Disconnect Clive Thompson, New York Times What the Chinese really want from the internet. And what companies like Google can, and can't, do about it. *** Tech Industry Attacks State Anti-RFID Laws Anne Broache, CNET News.com [Linux] *** Is Linux Ready To Challenge MS Vista? Eric Doyle, Computer Weekly MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Confronting The New Misanthropy Frank Furedi, Spiked The big question today is not whether humans will survive the twenty-first century, but whether our faith in humanity will survive it. [Life] *** The Latest Trend In Titless? We Can't Print It James Sullivan, Boston Globe If Mark Twain once said that every household should have a room to swear in, these days the habit is completely out of the closet. *** China's New Home Life Elaine Louie, New York Times Guan Yi, a self-taught architect, is one of a group of artists and designers with varying levels of formal training who are changing the definition of the Chinese house one idiosyncratic project at a time. *** Edible Bouquets: Giving That Special Person A Taste Of Your Feelings Stephanie Dunnewind, Seattle Times When flowers don't seem quite right for the occasion, givers can opt for a growing number of bouquets that are both beautiful and edible. *** This Is My Last Entry: Why I Shut Down My Blog Sarah Hepola, Slate Somewhere between the bedsheets and 6 a.m., I realized something: Blogging wasn't helping me write; it was keeping me from it. [EOF] *** Are You A Poet And Don't Know It? Los Angeles Times We asked kids to finish popular nursery rhymes. Here are some of them. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Fare Revision Delay Not An Election Move: Transport Minister May Wong, Channel NewsAsia Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong says the Public Transport Council's decision to defer its fare revision deadline is not an election move, as suggested by some. *** Singapore General Election: Nomination Day On April 27, Polling Day On May 6 Channel NewsAsia The Singapore government has announced that Nomination Day for the 2006 General Election will be on April 27 and Polling Day will be on May 6. *** Singapore Parliament Dissolved, Paving Way For General Election Channel NewsAsia Singapore President S R Nathan, on the advice of the Prime Minister, has dissolved Parliament. This means the Writ of Election will be issued soon after, paving the way for a Nomination date to be set, and a general election to be called. *** 'Losers' As Nominated MPs? Lin Yanqin, Today *** Overseas Voting Rules Gazetted Today *** With Durai Charged, How Far Does The Legal Gag Order Extend? Loh Chee Kong, Today The problem nowarises as it is unlawful to publicly comment on a case while it is still under judgment -- otherwise known as sub judice, in legalese. *** SDA Sugests Constitutional Change To Allow Nominated Ministers May Wong, Channel NewsAsia This is so that residents, especially those in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, do not have to be afraid that a minister and PAP MPs are not returned to power. [News] *** NKF Won't Be Prosecuted Under Foreign Workers Act Channel NewsAsia In a statement, MOM says its investigations show there is sufficient evidence to charge the NKF for making false declarations when applying for work permits, but not enough to press criminal charges against specific persons or key officers within the organisation.However, since the NKF has been reconstituted and the cost of answering the charges and paying the fines will have to be borne out of donor funds, the decision was made not to prosecute it. *** Scrapping Of Bridge Right Move To Avoid Legal Risks Rozlinda Yahya, Bernama The government made the right decision in scrapping plans to build a bridge to replace the Johor Causeway, at least from the legal aspect, two experts on international law said Thursday. *** RP Teaches Singapoe How To Handle Protests Luige A. del Puerto, Philippine Daily Inquirer Singapore is seeking the expert advice of the Philippine National Police in crowd control and management. The tiny city-state wanted to learn how to deal with protesters when the International Monetary Fund-World Bank conferences are held in the island in September. *** Singapore Air Unions Agree To Peg Some Staff Bonuses To Co Performance - Report AFX Staff unions at Singapore Airlines and units Singapore Airport Terminals Service (SATS) and SIA Engineering have agreed to peg the bulk of their bonuses to the performance of the group and a smaller amount to individual company performances, the Straits Times newspaper quoted union officials as saying. *** Kit Siang And Anwar Praise PM The Star It took courage for Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to call off the bridge project, said opposition leader Lim Kit Siang. The DAP MP for Ipoh Timur, however, said that the nation had the right to know when and why the government changed its mind about the bridge. [Opinion] *** A Bridge Too Far - Not Bridge That's Crooked BolehTalk There is more to the intrigue and nonsense that have been unfolding. *** Yet Another Red Herring raja Petra Kamarudin, Malaysia Today I am not opposed to Malaysia having secret military alliances with the US... But why is it we grant the US so much concessions but when it comes to Singapore we are so uncompromising? Or is this thingy with Singapore just a sandiwara (staged) meant to fan the sentiments of the Malay nationalists and unite the Malays under Umno? *** Will The Japanese Empress Meet The Homeless Woman At The National Library? Toilet Traiing, House Training Puppies This was the first time I met a SIngaporean homeless lady. *** Much A-Bridge About Nothing Jamespeare The Malaysia-SIngapore "bridge to replace causeway" issue explained in 30 seconds... The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** You're Wondering Now Ska-Talites From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Apr 21 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri Apr 21 13:15:25 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 21, 2006 Message-ID: <20060421171501.67594.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Trade Secrets Case Could Affect Media Confidentiality May Wong, Associated Press A case that could jeopardize the right of journalists to protect the confidentiality of sources and give companies more legal leeway to track down supposed leaks of trade secrets is now in the hands of a state appeals court. *** Paris Mayor Defends France's Wariness Of U.S. Tech Gerg Sandoval, CNET News.com *** Apple's No. 1 Hit: Record Biz May Sing Jobs' iTune After All Tim Arango, New York Post The record industry may be on the verge of waving the white flag in front of Apple boss steve Jobs, and abandoning its demand for iTunes to charge different prices for different songs, The Post has learned. *** A Tour Of Microsoft's Mac Lab David Weiss *** Apple v. Does Case Heard By Appellate Court Mathew Honan, Macworld Apple sued several unnamed individuals, referred to in court proceedings as "Does," for leaking information about an upcoming product code-named "Asteroid" to the online news site PowerPage. *** PortalPlayer Cut Out Of Next iPod; Stock Plummets Jim Dalrymple, Macworld [Opinion] *** Let iTunes Lead Rachel Rosmarin, Forbes If the iPod's bloom is fading, Apple may want to rethink its approach to its iTunes digital music and video store. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** More On Tech Complexity Stevenf I'm reminded of the Unix philosophy. Small tools that do one thing, that can be lashed together as needed to tackle bigger tasks. It works so well as an engineering philosophy, but it never seems to work as an economic philosophy. Or does it? *** Easy Programming Red Sweater Blog Below are a few guidelines that help me maintain an easy programming lifestyle. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Elizabeth The Last Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian The Queen, who is 80 today, is the best thing about the monarchy: constant, reassuring and one of the most accomplished politicians of our age. But the institution is finished, and Elizabeth could well be all that's keeping it alive. [Life] *** Policing The N-Word Charles Mudede, The Stranger When Secrest asked me what I personally thought of the word, I told her that it was a very bad word and should not, in theory, be used because black Americans still sufer from poverty, underfunded and overcrowded schools, police violence, job discrimination, and so on. But despite all this, I felt the word was out of my control. *** Coupling Chloe Veltman, SF Weekly How I landed onstage with my husband, and what I did about it. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Hot Spots To Watch Tor Ching Li, Today Parties gearing up for Nomination Day on April 27. *** Seven GRCs And 37 PAP Candidates Lilkely To Get Walkovers Leslie Koh and Erica Tay, Straits Times As many as 37 People's Action Party MPs could walk into Parliament unopposed next Thursday, as opposition parties have yet to express any interest in seven of the 14 GRCs. If this happens, it will mean 14 of the 24 new PAP candidates will make it into Parliament without a fight. *** Worker's Party, SDA To Roll Out Candidates Over Next Few Days Peh Shing Huei, Straits Times *** Net Postings Fall Under Elections Act Lee U-Wen, Today >From now on, the gloves have to stay on. For the bloggers, that is. *** Should MPs Give Up Their Day Jobs? Loh Chee Kong, Today The spotlight turns on MPs' allowances and whether they should serve full-time. *** Postpone NKF Court Case: WP's Low 938Live This will allow for a good debate on the issue, without stepping afoul of the law, the Worker's Party chief told reporters. *** Opportunities Lost And Won In The Long Run-Up Lee Ching Wern, Today Parties have had longest preparation time in decades for GE. *** Government Fairer To Opposition This Election: Steve Chia Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia *** Parties Given Ample Time To Plan Campaign For Upcoming GE: Dr Balakrishnan Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia "I think everyone is prepared both the PAP as well as the opposition parties. This is one election that nobody can say they haven't had enough time." [News] *** Singapore To Bid For 2011 Southeast Asia Games Reuters Singapore wants to step in for impoverished Cambodia as host for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. *** Card That Does All Teo Xuan Wei, Today The new cards -- offered by Visa -- can double up as ez-link cards. [Opinion] *** Elections Chretien Religious harmony? What do you mean by that? If you mean freedom of religion, then its right and proper. However, we do know that it's not the case in Singapore; otherwise the Fa Lun Gong and JWs will not be persecuted the way we are. *** Car Levy: Rethink Proposal Carefully Roger Poh, New Straits Times The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Git Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Apr 22 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat Apr 22 13:17:28 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 22, 2006 Message-ID: <20060422171500.73516.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Ring Of Logic To Phone iPod Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune Apple is being quiet, but many expect the company to launch its own cellular service, likely before year's end. *** Judges Take A Few Swipes At Apple's Arguments Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News A state appeals court in San Jose on Thursday appeared openly hostile to Apple's attempts to pry information from bloggers that would reveal who may have leaked confidential information on a new company product. *** Mac OS X Hit By 6 New Zero-Day Bugs Gregg Keizer, TechWeb Four of the bugs related to how the Mac's OS parses various image file formats -- including BMP, TIFF, and GIF, one to how OS X demcompresses malformed ZIP archives, and "several" affect Apple's Safari browser, said researcher Tom Ferris. *** Some Mac Resellers Preinstalling Windows XP Gregg Keizer, TechWeb A few OEMs are selling standard Macintosh models with Windows XP already loaded via Boot Camp, but Apple says it has no intention of doing the same. *** UMG Executive Says Gift Cards Fueling Digital Music Jessica Hodgson, Dow Jones *** Apple Inks Consulting Deal With Former Hardware Exec Kasper Jade, AppleInsider *** Jamie Houssian: Finding The Flow Dustin Driver, Apple "All of us int he film crew ride. We love the sport and we want to document it in a way that hasn't been done before." *** Mercedez-Benz USA: High Performance In High Def Joe Cellini, Apple Mercedes-Benz USA introduces each new S-Class model with a complementary rollout of compelling high-definition video for dealer events, auto shows, and television. For its latest model, the S550, the company generated and post-produced all of that HD video in-house on a battery of Macs running Xsan and Final Cut Studio. *** University Of California, Irvine; HIPerWall: New Vistas In Scientific Visualization Frank Lacombe, Apple "The decision to adopt the Mac platform was based on many factors that included the form factor and resolution of Apple Cinema Displays, a robust UNIX-based operating system that was tightly integrated with open source components, and the ease of administration and use." *** Dr. Hercules Of Hackensack David Levy, Apple "Macs and PowerBooks enabled me to grow and sustain a small, personal practice that runs extremely efficiently." *** Photoshop Coming In Universal Binary Martyn Williams, IDG News Service A version of Adobe's flagship Photoshop software that will run on Mac computers based on either the legacy PowerPC or new Intel platform will be available in the first half of next year, the company's CEO said Friday. *** Apple Offers Free Computer Recycling Program Jim Dalrymple, Macworld Apple extended its recycling program on Friday offering consumers a way to dispose their old systems for free. [Opinion] *** Ten Reasons Why I Hate My MacBook Pro isnoop.net All that aside, be sure to come back soon for Part II: Ten Reasons Why I Love My MacBook Pro. *** Native Speaker: There May Be An End-Run For Apple Around Windows After All Robert X. Cringely, PBS I believe that Apple will offer Windows Vista as an option for those big customers who demand it, but I also believe that Apple will offer in OS X 10.5 the ability to run natively Windows XP applications with no copy of XP installedo n the machine at all. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** It's The Links, Stupid The Economist Blogging is just another word for having conversations. *** Among The Audience The Economist The era of mass media is giving way to one of personal and participatory media. That will profoundly change both the media industry and society as a whole. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Happy Days Are Here Again -- Or Are They? The Economist Americans are fed up with George Bush's Republicans. But the Democrats look far from invincible. [Life] *** Eat Less, Live More The Economist How to live longer -- maybe. *** Philips And Time Inc. Agree To Keep It Simple Brian Steinberg, Wall Street Journal Finding the table of contents in a magazine usually means flipping through ads. Now one advertiser is turning that system on its head. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** First World Country Must Have First World Government And Opposition: MM Lee Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia Mr Lee says it is up to the opposition parties to field credible candidates to contest an election and win. *** Health Minister Says He Takes SDP's Allegations About NKF Saga Seriously Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia *** Timing Of Lawsuit Against SDP Not Decided By PM Lee Or MM Lee: Mah Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia Instead the timing depends on when the alleged defamatory remarks were made. *** Candidates Must Bring Along Proposer, seconder And Assentors On Nomination Day S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Those who put their names down in support of the candidate must be there to confirm their personal particulars, according to Parliamentary Election rules. *** PAP Candidate Gan Kim Yong Ready For Contest In Chua Chu Kang Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia *** Political Parties Should refrain From Making Defamatory Remarks: Lim Swee Say Alwiyah Mohd, Channel NewsAsia "I think we should stay away from defamations because a defamation is a no-win for any party involved." *** A Rational Choice The Economist Will the affluent young deny the bossy ruling party a clean sweep? *** PM, MM Demand Apology From SDP Over NKF Remarks Jasmine Yin, Today Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Kuan Yew are demanding an apology and damages from 14 parties, mostly from the Singapore Democratic Party, for remarks made in the latest issue of SDP's party newspaper, The New Democrat. *** WP's Simple Message To Singaporeans Tor Ching Li, Today Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang has a simple message for all Singaporeans: You have a choice. Now, give us a chance. [Election Talks] *** Please Read... You Meddling Kids... Mortichro So far the government has been recruiting Malay MPs into their league. These MPs are in the game now... they're playing with the big boys now. Yet these Malay MPs are given non important appointments rather than an important appointment like finance or foreign. Why? Becuase we can't be trusted. *** Can Singapore Continue To Survive? See Leong Kit, Singapore Election Watch *** High Cost Of Homes/Cars/Education Singapore Election Watch *** MM's TV Dialogue With Young Singaporeans The Buzz We ought to be proud of government that thinks long term. *** Bad Political Move Chemical Generation Singapore The MIW's insistence to further showe the SDP is only going to make the latter gain sympathy votes. *** Age Of Internet And General Election My Singapore News We now have blogs and forums and we can either make ourselves useful to everyone or just waste our time talking aimlessly. *** Election Disjuncture Bend To The Wind I hope that my fellow citizens will vote not for want of the old concert like amiddle-aged remorse harking to his or her lost youth. The good years belong to the past and we must confront the challenges that we have today. *** Successful Politicians Always Fight The Last Election Sze Meng Soon, Random Thoughts On Public Policies, Governance And Politics *** SDP: No Need For Wayang, Just Answer Questions On NKF Scandal Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Election Watch No one can say that the SDP had not brought this matter up before. *** LHL Hypocrisy Singapore Election Watch "There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it." -- DPM Lee Hsien Loong, Straits Times, 17 Jan 2000. *** Go Opposition! jloo Is this what you call a fair race? So what if your party win? It isn't very honourable, using state funds to carry out your propagandic campaigns. It's state funds, not party funds. [News] *** Letter Reveals Kuan Yew Agreed To Bridge Ng Ling Fong, Malaysiakini "If Singapore has earlier agreed to the bridge be built as disclosed in my pervious press conference, and assuming Singapore changed their mind where there were some letters and minutes of meeting post 2003 that Singapore has changed its mind and do not agree the bridge to be built, what should be Malaysia's response? Very simple, we stop the negotiation, isn't it?" *** Pure Theatre... Nothing To Be Ashamed Of Teo Hwee Nak, Today From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Apr 23 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun Apr 23 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 23, 2006 Message-ID: <20060423171500.82253.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** iPods, iBook Laptops Help Students Learn Cirtical Languages Cindy Weiss, UConn Advance When you're trying to learn a language, "you need as many resources as you can get. The iPod makes it easier." [Opinion] *** My Quest For The Ultimate iPod Headphones Scott Silverman, MacUser *** Apple Goes After Dell's Style Of Advertising... Sign Of A More Aggressive Apple On The Rise? Les Posen *** Microsoft Finds Apple Move Hard To Swallow David Radin, Pittsburg Post-Gazette It could spell the end of monopoly power for the Redmond giant -- and give Apple more clout. [Review] *** For Mac Users, Installing Windows Is Now A Snap Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** The Party's Over Rachel Donadio, New York Times Few events evoke such reminiscences more than book parties. And while they certainly still take place -- giving writers and editors a chnace to eye one another warily across crowded rooms -- book parties are decidedly not what they once were. *** In Search Of A Secular, Nonsectarian Time Robert F. Worth, New York Times In a city ever more constricted by religious fundamentalism and terror, the Hunting Club, and its older cousin, the Alwiya, have become islands of relative safety and hedonism. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SDA's Yip Yew Weng Asked To Leave Yio Chu Kang CC For Trying To Campaign Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia *** Fair That HDB Residents Who Vote For PAP Should Get Upgrading First: Mah Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia *** A Woman Minister? Only When There Are Enough Women MPs Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times Singapore will have its first woman minister when there are enough women in Parliament. And 17 -- the number of women canddiates the Peopel's Action Party is fielding at the polls -- is a good start for Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, PAP Women's Wing chief and Minister of State for Finance and Transport. *** Chee: No Apology, We'll Keep Selling Newsletter Ben Nadarajan and Azrin Asmani, Straits Times "We're not afraid of them. Why sue us? Because the information in our newsletter is very important and they don't want you all to see it." *** SDP Not Apologising Over Alleged Defamatory Remarks On NKF Issue S Ramesh and Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia Lawyer M Ravi confirmed this when he told Channel NewsAsia he is acting for the SDP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) on this matter. [Election Talk] *** Political Management Of Blogs Cherian George, Singapore: New Media, Politics & The Law *** Does The Defence Of Qualified Privilege Work In Singapore? Singabloodypore Lee Kuan Yew said that "First World country must have First World government and opposition." Perhaps a First World country should also have First World laws. *** The Dearth Of Internet Discussion On The Election My Singapore News Singapore politics will never grow up and the people will forever be accused of being apathetic and apolitical. Which they are not. But what they are thinking and saying will now be confined to behind closed doors. *** Elections Loom In Singapore Nicks (n)-Line Life As a country approaches a general election one might expect an increase in political commentaries, right? Well, that's not quite what's happening in Singapore... *** Singapore Politics: It's Not About "Asian" Or "Confucian" Values, It's About The Repression And Corruption The Useless Tree It's election time in Singapore again and, just as the night follows the day, the ruling party, the aptly acronymed PAP, is unjustly and corruptly undermining the opposition and, mor egenerally, democracy. [Opinion] *** 'Stupid' Remarks Stir Up Hornet's Nest Seah Chiang Nee, The Star Singaporeans are affluent, educated, but are they really survival smart? From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Apr 24 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Mon Apr 24 13:15:04 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 24, 2006 Message-ID: <20060424171500.32639.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Apple Wants To Demolish Boston Building Architecture Portal News Apple has its eye on a century-old Boston building, located in the city's historic Back Bay district, for a site for its new flagship store -- but the computer giant may not get its way. *** Apple Introduces 17-Inch MacBook Pro Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple on Monday introduced the 17-inch version of its Intel-powered MacBook Pro. The new laptop computer will start shipping next week for $2,799. *** Apple Chomps Into Forbidden Fruit: Ads Abbey Klaassen, Advertising Age Coming soon to iTunes: ads. Apple -- a brand that prides itself on the purity of the user experience -- will soon put up billboards on its popular iTunes service, according to content partners who have been briefed on the plan. The introduction of visual ads could be the first step to allowing ads in other content areas or on iPods. [Opinion] *** What's Up With the 17-Inch MacBook Pro's Pricing? Macenstein *** Why Tech Companies Hate Blogosphere Russell Shaw, ZDNet We're right, we have public opinion on our side, and you can't stand it. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** New Digital Books Offer Better Readability Chris Barylick, Washington Post MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Learning On Their Own Terms Nick Anderson, Washington Post Maryland school with no curriculum challenges conventions of modern education. *** The Writing Life Frank Deford, Washington Post As a writer, the worst two things that ever happened to me were, number one: I had a happy childhood. Number two: I belong to the absolute and utter majority. Perhaps this is why I ended up writing about sports. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Workers' Party Low Says PAP 'Not First World Government' Asha Popatial, Channel NewsAsia Workers' Party Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang has accused the People's Action Party of not being a First World government, and challenged the ruling party to benchmark itself politically against other mature democracies. *** Printer Of SDP Newsletter Apologises To PM And MM S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia *** Lifts Issue In The Limelight Loh Chee Kong, Today "How can they put the blame on me? It seems like now we have to carry the burden for what was a lack of foresight by the government when they first built the flats some 30 or 40 years ago." *** Business To Vote For Singapore, Election No Issue Sara Webb, Reuters A Southeast Asian coutnry, an election, a period of transition -- normaly that's a recipe for risk. Not in Singapore, where companies and investors can look forward to a ballot on May 6 with supreme confidence that the country's pro-business policies will remain intact. *** Hardly 'Run-Of-The-Mill' Tor Ching Li, Today "I've never claimed to be extraordinary and if his comment is that I'm just a run-of-the-mill, average person, then I will gladly claim that. We want to represent the people. So, it's okay -- I am one of thousands!" *** PAP Questions Quality Of Opposition Tee Hun Ching and Laurel Teo, Straits Times People's Action Party leaders yesterday questioned the quality of new candidates being fielded by the opposition, saying some may look good on paper, but they were largely untested. *** Let The People Gauge Our Worth: Opposition Christie Loh, Today *** SDA's Tampines Team Unaffected By Legal Action Cheow Xin Yi, Today *** Workers' Party Says More Time Needed To Build Up First-Class Opposition Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia "We have no quarrel with what Minister Mentor says -- we are aware we are still in a building up process. This election, we have made some progress and we hope the people agree with us on this, but there is still a long road ahead and we will work towards that." [Election Talk] *** Email Interview With Edmund Ng, SDA Candidate Singapore Election Watch *** Orwell's Singapore Farm Zuco's Blog *** All I Want For This Singapore General Elections... I Oso Want! ... is to see an opposition party win a GRC. *** GRC Walkovers - Too Many Voters Sidelined Tan Keng Tat, Straits Times *** Dominance Of PAP Means It Can Do Its Job Tan Ying San, Straits Times *** SDP Symposium Of Genius Yeah that's right, you wanna topple the most squeaky clean gahmen anywhere in the world and you helm yourselves with a charged criminal. *** NKF Revisited: Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil Useless Rantings Of A Few Disgruntled S'poreans... Once again, Singaporeans are reminded of the unequal playing field of legal practice: Big companies, institutions and money-making tyrants taking advantage of the small-timers' lack of financial resources to subjugate and gag the masses, with a smirk certainty that none of their dirty linen will ever be exposed. [News] *** New NKF Files Civil Suit Against Durai, Former Board Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia In a statement, NKF's Chairman Gerard Ee said the aim of the suit was to recover the damages, including the salaries and bonuses paid to former directors. *** Singapore Girls Pay Price For Plastic Perfection Channel NewsAsia Plastic surgeons say they have noted a sharp increase in operations for young Singaporeans -- including some boys -- and even government-run hospitals now offer some basic forms of cosmetic surgery like breast augmentation. *** Singapore Inflation Rises In March Associated Press Singapore's consumer prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in March because of a decline in transportation and communication costs. The data show inflationary pressures are still modest in Singapore, even though the central bank recently raised the inflation target for 2006. *** Cyber Gaming Approved As National Sport In Singapore DPA Killing orcs and other online monsters has received the offiical nod of approval as a national sport in Singapore. *** Singapore Dollar Riss To 8-Year High Against Greenback Channel NewsAsia *** Conversions Of CBD Office Blocks To Homes May Slow Joyce Teo, Straits Times No applications so far this year as office market recovery takes root. [Opinion] *** The Divorced Spouse, Singapore LCH, Malaysiakini When Singapore's top leaders believe they are in the right and they don't trust the other side, they can be very ungenerous and even ruthless -- take no prisoner, don't give up anything without a fight approach. It is highly unenlightened leadership and undeserving of a nation that is now considered developed but that is what they are. *** Impressive Singapore William Esposo, Philippine Daily Inquirer >From my point of view, two factors made Singapore what it is today and those two factors are the leadership and the people. *** Let Troubled Waters Pass Tun Hanif Omar, The Star The government had mentioned the legal impediments to joining the Scenic Bridge to the Causeway. I have no reason to doubt that. We should let the matter pass. *** Is It Ever Too Late? Martha Lee, Today Did I want to spend my life pleasing everybody but myself? *** CPF Board Shouldn't Forget Those Whom Progress Package Is Supposed To Help Chia Boon Beng, Straits Times May I urge the CPF Board not to be so preoccupied with efficiency in administrering the Progress Package payment and suffer a blind spot to the real hardship caused by rigid bureaucracy? *** Raising Civil Service Standards K. C. Vijayan, Straits Times Perhaps the police should package their experiences and train others so that there is some consistency in responses to media queries across the entire public sector. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Speed Food Pyramid Captured! By Robots From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Apr 25 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Tue Apr 25 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 25, 2006 Message-ID: <20060425171501.15093.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** How Apple Found 50 Acres In Cupertino And Why They Paid For It Michele Chandler, San Jose Mercury News Steve Jobs said last week that Apple had to beat long odds to find the site of its second campus in Cupertino -- and the company's chief executive wasn't kidding. Apple also paid big bucks. *** Apple Expo Returns To Paris Sept. 12 - 16 Peter Cohen, Macworld *** iPod Add-Ons: Apple Of Retailers' Eye Brian Moore, Gannett News Service Accessories for hot MP3 players top $1.4 billion. *** Some Stores Now Blocking MySpace.com ifoAppleStore According to visitors, Apple is now blocking the MySpace.com web site at Apple stores to cut down on net activity. *** NAB: Apple Xsan 1.3 Coming Monday Peter Cohen, Macworld *** NAB: Final Cut Studio Users Top 500,000 Macworld [Opinion] *** Boot Camp May Be Just The Beginning John Martellaro, Mac Observer *** Still Not Thinking Different Tim Beyers, Motley Fool *** Ten Reasons Why I Love My MacBook Pro isnoop.net *** The MacBook Becomes A Video Star Philip Michaels, Macworld Apple's choice of venues for unveiling the latest addition to its MacBook Pro line speaks volumes about what audience the company is targeting with its widescreen laptop. [Review] *** Prolong iPod Battery Life Christopher Breen, Playlist Charge ahead with these power-saving and battery-enhancement tips. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Nokia And MIT Think Artificial Intelligence Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com A new research lab will focus on simplifying user interactions with handsets through software. *** USB Security: A Sticky Situation Eric Lundquist, eWeek Shutting down transfer points must be made easier. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Tech & Science] *** After The Adoption, A New Child And The Blues Laurie Tarkan, New York Times Post-adoption depression is recognized among adoption professionals, but there is no research on the syndrome. It is not adequately addressed by many adoption agencies, say experts, and is not widely understood by the public, including those who embark on adoption. [Life] *** At U.S. Entries, No Welcome Mat Joe Sharkey, New York Times A business traveler from Germany got my attention when he described what travel to the United States could be like these days. "Before unification, I was treated better at the checkpoints going into East Germany." *** One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You A Place To Stand Christopher Elliott, New York Times The airlines have come up with a new answer to an old question: How many passengers can be squeezed into economy class? A lot more, it turns out, especially if an idea still in the early stage should catch on: standing-room-only "seats." [Expressions] *** An Afternoon William Trevor, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SDP Lawyer No Longer Representing Abdul Rasheed And Lawrence Lai S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Two more members of the Singapore Democratic Party's Central Executive Committee have dropped out of joint front put up by the party on Monday in response to the letters of demand issued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. *** SDP Told To Remove Podcasts From Website S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia The Returning Officer for the General Election has ordered the Singapore Democratic Party to take down audio files and podcasts from its website. *** MM Lee To Low: With JBJ Out, Take WP To First World Standard Lee Foong Ming, Channel NewsAsia Lee Kuan yew said that if the PAP did not have the capabilities of a First World government, Singapore would not have risen up to the First World standards as measured by the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Transparency International. *** Jalan Besar Contest Sees Hatchets Buried Jasmine Yin, Today Former rivals in SDP, Chiam, Cheo now sport SDA colours. *** A Contest Almost Over Before It Began Lin Yanqin, Today Years of preparation for the coming General Election might have been ruined for some members of the opposition because of a near-miss with form submissions. *** Chee Puts Out Podcast Despite Ban Lee Ching Wern, Today *** What Do Chiam And Low Stand For, Asks PM Lee Sim Chi Yin, Straits Times "You are asking people to vote for your candidates so that they will go into Parliament and speak up for people. But in Parliament you are not speaking up for people. So, what's the point?" *** WP's Ang Mo Kio Flutter Jose Raymond and Teo Hwee Nak, Today On Monday, WP chairman Sylvia Lim confirmed what some had begun to suspect: The party will contest the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency, where it will face a formidable ruling party slate led by the Prime Minister himself. *** Chee Adamant, But SDP Member Apologises Ansley Ng, Today Today understands that there is discontent within SDP over the stand taken by Dr. Chee. Some members had wanted to apologise on receiving the letters of demand last week, but were apparently told not to. *** Distribute Government Funds Fairly: Low Tor Ching Li, Today [Election Talk] *** Chee's Podcast Text Singabloodypore *** Videocasts On GE To Be Available On Channel NewsAsia Website Singabloodypore Bloggers should just defy the ban on electoral reporting/podcasting/videocasting... *** Eh? No Ban On Podcasts? Mr. Miyagi Apparently Channel NewsAsia can podcast and videocast bloggers' coverage of the elections during this, the election period. *** Where's The Defamation? Singabloodypore Below is the article from The New Democrat which Father Lee Kuan Yew and Son Lee Hsien Loong are saying is defamatory. Read and see how ridiculous they are. *** Politics: Greg Fires A Salvo... Greg's Lair Kudos to the Workers' Party for just laying down criticism at the PAP in a subtle, but poignant manner. *** Orchestrated Confusion Or Genuine Confusion My Singapore News Why is the MDA taking a position that makes postings in forums a touchy issue? *** A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The GRC Illusio If the GRC system was to ensure minorities have a voice in Parliament, the move to expand the size of GRCs is inconsistent with the stated aim, to say the least. Are the Whiteshirts committed to racial harmony or not? *** First World Govt My Singapore News *** Young Singaporeans Aren't Aware Of What Bad Leaders, Politicians Can Do To Country Mimi Bracke, Straits Times *** Can Present System Take Us Safely Into The Future? Chia Hern Keng, Straits Times *** Let's Hear From Political Parties On Serious Issues George Wong Seow Choon, Straits Times *** Lessons From An Old Media Encounter Cherian George, Singapore: New Media, Politics & The Law Not only has the PAP as a whole lost points, but, in addition, the stature of its most iconic leader has been compromised -- all in all, an unnecessarily expenditure of political capital in an altogether ill-conceived mission. *** What PAP Has Done Since Last Election... Singapore Election Watch [News] *** Singapore's '06 Economy Unlikely To Expand Associated Press Singapore's economy is unlikely to exceed last year's growth rate of 6.4 percent as expansion in the key electronics sector will slow in the near-term, the central bank said Tuesday. *** Slowdown In Singapore Growth Momentum Temporary: MAS Channel NewsAsia *** The Scenic Bridge: Peek Behind The Scenes New Straits Times *** 'Best Option Was To Scrap Bridge' The Star Singapore, Ambassador-at-large Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak said, could even halt the use of the remaining Singapore part of the Causeway by Keretapi Tanah Melayu on account of structural integrity upon the unilateral demolishment of the Malaysian part of the Causeway. And if the train service was stopped for six months, Singapore could exercise Section 4 of the Singapore Railway Transfer Ordinance and the KTM land in the republic would revert to them. *** Day Off For Some Students 938Live As politicians troop down to nine schools designated as nomination centres on Thursday, students from the schools will get the day off. [Opinion] *** Forget The Bridge, Go For A Canal Abu Mubarak, Malaysiakini Forget about the bridge in the south. Make a canal in the north, instead. Just remember, don't build anything before the talks with Thailand are duly concluded. *** Crooked Bridge: This Is What Would've Happened... Malaysiakini The bridge can only do one of two things -- a 180-degree turn and a loop-de-loop back to Johor or leave a half-completed bridge danging halfway up the causeway for the whole construction world to have a good laugh. *** Pursue Expanded Rail Link Malaysiakini We don't need a new bridge... Our trains should be the main link of transportation into Singapore. *** PM Right Over Bridge That Went Too Far Malaysiakini *** Scenic Bridge - Gainer And Loser Competitive Malaysia Malaysia government fail to use a win-win approach in negotiation with Singapore, therefore negotiation fail. Singapore lose nothing if negotiation fail. *** Dr Mahathir's WMDs On The Bridge Ktemoc Konsiders... *** Learning To Own Your Space Anthony Green, Straits Times Formal classroom teaching does great things, but it does not nourish every part of us. You look for the parts that are not being reached and you address it. It is not enrichment; it is essential. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** 21st Century Kaspar Hauser The Playwrights From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Apr 26 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Wed Apr 26 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 26, 2006 Message-ID: <20060426171501.57221.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** iPods Flood Onto Education Scene Howard Cohen, KRT It's education gone high tech. *** Is It Time For A Higher Capacity Nano? CNET News.com Nothing like the prospect of a new iPod -- albeit based on pure speculation -- to get fans of the digital music player talking. *** Getting Played By Apple Troy Wolverton, TheStreet.com While there's considerable money to be made from a dependence on Apple, as PortalPlayer has demonstrated, there's also a lot of danger, too. [Opinion] *** Apple's 'Casino Of Nerdy Virtue' Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle At the Apple store, the employees are happy. Maybe they are all so heavily caffeinated that they're hiding their misery inside a carapace of joy, but I don't think so. They're like strolling philosopher-kings, fonts of arcane wisdom. It's all so... I think they should wear togas. *** iTunes Phases Out High School Musical... Geek-Works *** Missing At The NY Auto Show - The iPod TuneVroom With millions of iPods in circulation, we would have thought this would have been a no-brainer for most car makers. [Review] *** Free Ears For iPod Dave Bullard, Herald Sun Whether it's wired-in or wireless, one of these four iPod transmitters which we road tested could be perfect for you. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** BBC Unveils Radical Revamp Of Website Mark Sweney, The Guardian *** The Beginning Of AJAX Standardization Pawel Glowacki, eWeek The first working draft of the XMLHttpRequest Object specification was published. *** Stop The Blogging, They Need To Get Off Frank Barnako, MarketWatch Some of the early adopters are leaving the blog building. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** In Praise Of Loopholes matthew Baldwin, The Morning News There's something to be said for working smarter, and not harder, and humans have been looking for -- and finding -- loopholes to enable it for centuries. [Expressions] *** While You Were Out Of Town Robert Wrigley, Slate SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** Singapore's Authoritarian Rulers Tangled In Web Shawn W Crispin, Asia Times Democratic elections in Singapore have always brought out the worst in the People's Action Party (PAP). *** Two Ministers Expected To Face GE Competition For First Time Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia The coming General Election is expected to see at least two ministers face competition and contest for the first time. They are Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan in Sembawang GRC, and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Raymond Lim, in East Coast GRC. *** Election Dept Says WP Candidate Did Not Apply For Minority Certificate Patwant Singh and Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia WP's James Gomez says he has not received his minority candidate certificate. He claims he submitted his application on Monday, but the Election Department says it has no record of his application. *** Singapore Tries To Squelch Political Blogs, Podcasts Mark Glaser, PBS Jus thow serious is this new regulation, and will political speech by bloggers and podcasters be chilled now that elections have been set for May 6? *** No Podcasts For Singapore Election DPA *** Singapore Democratic Party To Contest Lees' Legal Action Bloomberg *** Hoping For A Chance To Take Part In Elections Marsha Tan and Meera Vijayan, The Star *** No 3-Way Contests In Potong Pasir And Joo Chiat? Zakir Hussain, Straits Times Expected third candidates in both wards out of race. *** Promises Made On Borrowed Ideas: Dr Lee Jasmine Yin, Today PAP's anchor minister shrugs off SDA's programmes for Jalan Besar GRC. *** Workers' Party To Field 20 Derrick A Paulo, Today Long-term ambition is to contest more than half the seats, says chairman. *** More Trouble Looms For SDP As Some Of Its Leaders Apologise Loh Chee Kong, Today [Election Talk] *** Guess Who Said This Singapore Ink *** The Economics Of Defamation And Self Censorship Kelvintan73 Perhaps in Singapore, the majority concluded that almost everything is worth sacrificing for the sake of stability, even the truth. *** The 20 Chemical Generation Singapore The WP's preference to discuss accountability and the government's credentials in an unagressive even witty way strikes a populist chord among potential voters. *** A Place For Special Interest Parties Singapore Life And Times Is forming the alternative government necssarily the one and only politcal aim of an opposition party, as the PAP always seems to suggest and mock those that do not? I think not. *** 3rd World Vs 1st World Politics My Singapore News *** Is This 'Political'? Law Chin Soon, Today I attended a community event at Hong Kah North Community Club [where incumbent MPs of the GRC] took turns giving speeches to the residents and said they hoped the residents would give them their support in the coming General Election. So does this cross the line? *** Too Good For Its Own Good? John Yeo Seow Yong and Boon Chin Aun, Today *** Leave The Printer Alone, Fight The SDP Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Election Watch Has the PAP no shame in targeting Mr David Sum? Is there no level to which the party will not sink? *** Meet The People Session - Seeing 2 PAP MPs In Marine Parade Futile Thomas Loh, Victimise By Banks And Government In Singapore PAP MPs are supposed to help citizens in need but it appears that nothing has been done by them but merely providing lip service. Are PAP MPs worth their cents? *** Where We Are, Came From And Would Like To Be Loh Kah Seng, Singapore Election Watch I think it is important to question the PAP's ideology of economic growth and to challenge that hegemony. Because in the long run, I don't reckon it is sustainable. *** Chee Soon Juan - Maligned, Mad Or Malicious? The Feynman Boson Things must be done in the proper way... *** Special Focus On GLC = TLC = GIC Mellanie Hewlitt, Singapore Election Watch *** Huh? My Life... My Rulez... Why was that guy thrown into jail and declared bankrupt when he was just saying his views/speaking his mind? *** What, Moi To Be Quuoted? Life One Degree North *** Imagining Potong Pasir A Xeno Boy In Sg And so we are left to imagine Potong Pasir. That place in Singapore which we always hear about, almost like a mythical land within Singapore. [News] *** Pushing For Babies: Singapore Fights Fertility Decline Reuters It's the ruling PAP's policies on marriage and babies, with their whiff of eugenics, that have proved most controversial. *** NKF Claims $12m From Durai & Co Loh Chee Kong, Today $2.09m sought from ex-CEO, and over $9m for drop in donations, legal costs and botched contract payouts. *** CIQ Link Can Be Ready In Six Months The Star The RM250mil eight-lane elevated link between the Bukit Chagar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex and the Causeway can be up in six months. *** KL Issues Causeway Statement Straits Times [Opinion] *** Rejected By NUS, NTU, Accepted By Ivy League Patrick Tan Siong Kuan, Straits Times The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** I'm Having A Total Fiasco Kjehl Johansen From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Apr 27 13:15:01 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Thu Apr 27 13:15:03 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 27, 2006 Message-ID: <20060427171501.22269.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Profiles In Success: Wildern School: Macs Fuel Academic Turnaround Apple Innovation at Wildern School relies heavily on Apple technology, with more Macs than any other school in England. *** Apple Set To Get Tough On iPod Illegals David Richards, Smarthouse Officially authorised manufactuers of iPod accessories such as Belkin and Griffin have been told that Apple is set to take action against several vendors who are not part of an authorised "Made for Apple" program but are selling products into retailers at considerable lower price than authorised partners. *** Apple Changes Tiger Retail Box Macworld UK Apple is changing its packaging for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and is also ensuring the latest build (v10.4.6) ships in all retail boxes shipped. *** Apple Updates Keynote, Pages Jonny Evans, Macworld UK *** Top Apple Executives Make Graceful Exits Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek Apple will look to a rising new generation of managers to ensure that the recent departure of two of the company's three most prominent managers won't spell the end to Apple's vibrant growth. *** Domino iPods Star In Tekserve's Viral Ad Cult Of Mac *** iPods: Trendy Fad Or Longtime Companion? Matt Rouch, Collegiate Times *** In iTunes War, France Has Met The Enemy. Perhaps It Is France. Austan Goolsbee, New York Times Sharing the iTunes codes would undermine the two innovations that Apple used to create the online market for legal music in the first place. *** Recycling: Not Apple's Core Value Pete Mortensen, Wired News Even after Apple unveiled its first free computer recycling program Friday, it still falls short of competitors like HP and Dell, observers say. *** Samsung Snatches iPod Win From PortalPlayer Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com [Opinion] *** Converting To Mac: A Brave New World GetASiteOnline.com I'm looking forward to using the Mac full-time. It is certainly more stable than Windows, and a lot more user-friendly. *** Apple's Dominance In TV Cory Bergman, Lost Remote *** When 'Smart' Cut/Copy/Paste Attack John Gruber, Daring Fireball Apple has taken a very simple, completely obvious feature and turned it into something governed by a complicated and undocumented set of rules that most users don't even know exist. *** MacBook Pros Across Akihabara Running Windows XP Gizmodo [Review] *** A Tiny Mouse Puts Computing In Children's Reach Warren Buckleitner, New York Times [Sidetrack] *** Yet Another Mac Vs Windows Comparison Heng-Cheong Leong Fast user switching in Mac OS X is a single-click affair. Click and select your name from the drop down list, type in your password, and you're done. In Windows... Click #1: Start menu. Click #2: Log off. Click #3: Switch User. Click #4: Your name. After that, then you get to type in your password. *** The Color Of Monopoly Heng-Cheong Leong Do you know why Bush chose to invade Afghanistan, Iraq, and, possibly, Iran? Bob Kaplow has it all figured out. :-) [Wintel] *** New Tricks Of A Brower Look Familiar David Pogue, New York Times If you've never used anything but Internet Explorer, you won't be able to wipe the grin off your face. But next to rivals like Firefox, Opera and Safari, IE 7 is a catch-up and patch-up job. Some of its "new" features have been available in rival browsers for years. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Your Thoughts Are Your Password Lakshmi Sandhana, Wired News What if you could one day unlock your door or access your bank account by simply "thinking" your password? Too far out? Perhaps not. MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** Troubled Island Gary Yonge, The Guardian In Jamaica, where politicians are openly homophobic and song lyrics incite violence against gay people, coming out can be fatal. [Life] *** You, To, Can Right Like A Blogger Tony Long, Wired News Were Truman Capote alive today he might be moved to say, "That's not writing. That's blogging." *** Do They Really Want The Part? John Horn, Los Angeles Times The actors who play terrorists, suicide bombers and hijackers in this new crop of films are caught in a delicate predicament: The very things they find attractive in playing these parts -- three dimensional characters, understandable motivations, the occasional love interest -- also open up their films to criticism for humanizing individuals that some consider monsters. *** Never Mind Mars And Venus: WHo Is 'The Decider'? Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times The president has unwitingly added to the lexicon of marital relations. *** A Blog Smorgasbord Providence Cicero, Seattle Times A new blog is created every second of every day, according to Dvid L. Sifrey, the founder of Technorati, a web site that tracks the blogosphere, keeping tabs on 36.5 million blogs. Perhaps a thousand of those are devoted to food, with several popular sites based in the Seattle area. *** Good Enough To Fine Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times While the inspector is mandated to have a single-minded focus on the Department of Health's taste-illing rules, a good chef is driven by many concerns -- the health and well-being of her customer paramount among them -- and it is in her hands that I would rather entrust my eating experiences. [EOF] *** Comedy Of Errors No Joke As Pupils Get Wrong A-Level Text Sam Jones, The Guardian *** Airbus Denies Standing Room 'Seats' Chris Isidore, CNN/Money "Our passengers nd customers want more and more comfort. We're going in the direction of more comfort." SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Nomination Day] *** Singapore's Opposition Fields Enough Candidates For May 6 Polls Bloomberg *** PAP Denied Walkover Victory In General Election Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia The island's long-governing People's Action Party has been returned unopposed in 37 out of 84 seats in Parliament. This is 6 seats shy of a majority. However political analysts say there is no doubt that the PAP will form the government -- what is in question is their share of vots. *** Walkovers Declared For PAP In 7 GRCs Channel NewsAsia The PAP has been returned unopposed in 7 Group Representation Constituencies on Nomination Day on Thursday. Walkovers for PAP were declared for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Jurong GRC, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Marine Parade GRC, Tanjong Pagar GRC, West Coast GRC and Hong Kah GRC. [GE06] *** Elections Dept Confirms WP's James Gomez Did Not Submit Minority Form Channel NewsAsia Security camera footage shows Mr Gomez putting the form into his bag, and not submitting it. *** Chee May Be Sacked From SDP's Executive Committee: Party Chairman Sharon Tong, Channel NewsAsia The Singapore Democratic Party Chairman Ling How Doong says the party's Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan may be sacked from its Central Executive Committee. *** Singapore's Ruling Opposition Parties Debate Political Freedom Bloomberg Singapore's ruling People's Action Party yesterday clashed with opposition leaders in a public debate over political freedom in the run up to May 6 elections. *** Full-Time MP, Yet Cheo Was Rejected By Voters: Dr Lee Jasmine Yin, Today To which the SDA's Jalan Besar GRC team leader Sebastian Teo countered: "Let me reverse the question to him: I can be a good MP and if I can also serve full-time, won't this make me a better MP than him?" *** Sembawang Key To Today's Equation Val Chua, Today A huge question mark remains -- will Dr Chee Soon Juan's Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) turn up to contest the Sembawang GRC? *** An Age-Old Debate Tor Ching Li, Today Just how young do Singaporeans like their representative to be -- and does age really matter anyway? *** Return Of The Queue -- This Time For Rally Spots Ansley Ng and Valerie Law, Today Since Wednesday morning, more than 20 people have queued up outside the Police Elections Liaison Office to be among the first to book a rally site. [Election Talk] *** Not Bad, 47 Seats Contested Zuco's Blog *** GE Nomination Day Orange Pink Sky Why is that our monthly income is so low and yet we have to bear so much expenses. *** PAP's Rigorous Selection Process Singapore Election Watch If I were selecting people as MPs the first fundamental question I would ask is "Are you committed enough to Singaporeans to serve the people full time?" The PAP candidates fail on this fundamental question. *** How The Ruling Party Twists The Courts To Their Favour Singapore Election Watch *** Workers' Party, People's Action Party And Ministers' Salaries Sg Election The PAP ministers might have forgotten that their high salaries is a privilege when Singapore is performing well and not an entitlement regardless of economic ups and downs. *** Lee Hsien Loong's Lack of Integrity Singapore Election Watch He is not a man of Confucian Integrity. He is a graspingLegalist, debasing himself with mean-spirited and crudely repressive political tactics. *** Modest But Real Steps Mean More To Voters Chua Chong Jin, Straits Times *** Next Stop, Potong Pasir Chemical Generation Singapore Chiam might have humiliated the MIW's blue-eyed boy Mah Bow Tan in 1984, but Mah as Minister of National Development since 1999, is in a way using HDB upgrading to get back at Chiam. [News] *** Dr Mahathir Comes Out With 16-Point Rebuttal On Bridge Decision Bernama The spat between Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the government over its decision to scrap the building of a bridge to replace the Causeway linking Malaysia and Singapore continued THursday with the former prime minister saying he was not convinced at all with the reasoning why the bridge could not be built. *** 'Talks Not Only Way To Resolve Issues' New Straits Times Things remain unclear as to how Malaysia would resolve outstanding bilateral issues with Singapore now that all negotiations have been called off. [Opinion] *** Why Can't Kiosk Staff Sit? Boey Yee Kwong, Today *** Flight Of 'Mr. Chicken Rice' Stirs Singapore Over National Dish Yoolim Lee, Bloomberg One of the most anticipated new eateries in Singapore this year was a food stall in a shopping mall. It serves a single dish, based on an old Chinese recipe, available in at least 290 other places on the island. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Small Wonder The Mighty Stars From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Apr 28 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Fri Apr 28 13:15:05 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 28, 2006 Message-ID: <20060428171500.82497.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** French DRM Law Gets Ugly - Protest May 7/2PM Place De La bastille Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing A French proposal to change the way DRM is protected under law has been hijacked by entertainment companies and DRM vendors, and now promises to be one of the worst DRM laws in the world... "There's bad news for a revolutionary proposal (Article 7) that requires DRM makers to allow anyone to build interoperable technology. This was strenuously objected to by Apple and the US department of Commerce but it was unanimously voted in at the last moment during the first meeting. Now it stands to be completely neutered." *** Shareholders Take Stock Of Apple Tom Krazit, CNET News.com Apple CEO Steve Jobs defended his company's environmental practices during the annual shareholder meeting, but also took time to reflect on market share and the Mac maker's transition to Intel chips. [Review] *** Avernum 4 Peter Cohen, Macworld Avernum 4 is old-school RPG gaming at its finest. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [Election Talk] *** Elections: Of Course The PAP! Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh, Musings From Singapore "I am worried that if I vote for anybody else, the government will check my serial number and blacklist me." *** Question Time! Atypical Singaporean Where are all the opposition parties' photos on Channel News Asia? *** Local Media Waging A Campaign Against SDP Ling How Doong and Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Election Watch The reports about Mr Ling How Doong saying that Dr Chee Soon Juan should be sacked as Secretary-General of the SDP is completely untrue. *** First World? Burgers And Durians A sense of superiority is something that I'm sure the PAP identifies with quite easily, but I'm kinda disappointed that some opposition candidates have also fallen into using the same language in response, instead of critiquing it. *** Vote PAP = Price Hike Singapore Election Watch [Opinion] *** And Progress For Our Nation... mr brown Singaporeans united in spending their Progress Package aka Free Gahmen Marnie. The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu ================================================== Life is random. More tunes, less talk. [Tunes] *** Good Life Railroad Earth From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Apr 29 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sat Apr 29 13:15:05 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 29, 2006 Message-ID: <20060429171500.77986.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Aperture Dirt John Gruber, Daring Fireball Word within Apple is that Steve Jobs himself is enormously enamored of Aperture. There's no question what Apple is going to do with Aperture: they're going to fix it. The questions are just how, who, and when. *** Chris Suchorsky: To Succeed You Have To Fail Russell Kliegel, Apple "When I finished college, I decided I wanted to do the Robert Rodriguez kind of thing, where you write your own script, get your friends together, and make a film." *** Jonathan Wyner: No Harping On Stereotypes Bija Gutoff, Apple "If you look at the performance graph on our G5, we were barely scratching the surface. Even with DSP, EQ, and compressors all working, the CPU wasn't blinking -- the computer didn't break a sweat." *** iPod Nano Lawsuits Transferred To Northern California Elinor Mills, CNET News.com Six lawsuits filed against Apple alleging defects in the iPod nano have been consolidated and transferred to the Northern District of California. *** Duke's Ever-Evolving iPod Initiative Inside Higher Ed [Opinion] *** Grasping At Straws Derik DeLong, MacUser As well as the MacBook Pros perform, their noise issues are steadily sullying its new name. The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** Microsoft Software Will Let Times Readers Download Paper Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [World] *** The Real Cost Of A Bag Of Salad: You Pay 99p. Africa Pays 50 Litres Of Fresh Water Jeremy Laurance, Independent To you it is a bag of salad, dropped into the supermarket trolley with the weekly groceries. But to farmers in Kenya starved of the water extracted by large scale agriculture to grow it, it may spell destitution. [Tech & Science] *** Alphabets Are As Simple As... Roger Highfield, Telegraph Writing systems may look very different, but they all use the same basic building blocks of familiar of natural shapes. [Life] *** American Pie Hanna Miller, American Heritage Almost every American food -- from egg foo yung to empanadas -- is covered in the phone book under the generic heading "Restaurants." Only pizza stands alone. *** The Chef Will Serve You Now Frank Bruni, New York Times The room, with flickering candles, exposed brick and dark wood, is romantic. It feels extremely relaxing -- at least until you ask whether you might be able to nibble on a salad while you decide whether you'd like the duck or the snapper. [EOF] *** Bedtime Stories Become Just Fairy Tales Maev Kennedy, The Guardian According to a survey, parents start out reading to small children but abandon it as they grow up, to the point where just 3% of children aged 12 say they are read to every day. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SM Goh Doubts Steve Chia Will Be Chosen As NCMP In This Election Sharon Tong and Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia *** Minister Mah Criticises SDA Chief's 2-In-1 Formula Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia *** Scoring On The Gomez Slip My Singapore News This is what WP is going to pay for dearly. *** PM Lee Tells WP's Gomez To Come Clean About Filing Papers Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked Worker's Party member James Gomez to come clean about what happened when he filed his papers at the Elections Department. He also said Workers' Party Low Thia Khiang should take this issue with utmost seriousness. *** Lee Defends Policy, Calling Singapore Politics 'A Rough Game' Bloomberg 'I want a world-class opposition, not this riff-raff. You've got to be rough. This is a rough game." *** PAP Promises Tampines Voters Townhall Forum Cheow Xin Yi, Today While the idea of holding dialogue sessions is not a new one for the party, this is a concerted effort to involve residents in implementation of decisions that will help improve their lives, said Tampines candidate Irene Ng. *** Manifesto Packed With Ideas, Says Workers' Party Peh Shing Huei and Lynn Lee, Straits Times *** Stop Evading The Serious Issues Facing Singapore, PM Tells Opposition Lydia Lim, Straits Times He said a serious opposition must know the challenges facing Singapore and how to tackle them. But so far, the opposition has had nothing to say on terrorism, the rise of China and India or how to keep Singapore competitive. *** The Curious Case Of Gomez And The Missing Certificate Today The Elections Department said that Mr Gomez had not contacted it since -- either to confirm that he had found the certificate in his bag or to confirm whether his colleaue still maintained that he had submitted the form. *** WP Candidate Says Government Adopted His Idea Of Smaller Classes In Schools Channel NewsAsia *** Elections Dept Says Singapore Not Ready for Electronic Voting S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia *** WP Says PAP's Upgrading Programme Is National And Not Licalised Issue Augstine Anthuvan, Channel NewsAsia "Vote for the PAP for your self interest, that's the message. And is this the message and the value we want for Singapore?" *** WP Candidate Says Singaporeans Are First World, Not The Government Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia [Election Talk] *** Contradiction Of The Day - Singapore Democracy Bharat Chopra, IntentBlog The similarities with "1984" are so stark one wonders if it was used as a model on which to build the country. *** The Mandate In Ang Mo Kio A Xeno Boy In Sg The contest of Ang Mo Kio GRC and the non-return of PAP to power are two politically significant events for the GE. *** Hallucinating Potong Pasirs Bend To The Wind It is a reminder of an unfulfilled dream of a post-65er teenager in the 1980s that all of the stars of our national flag will shine equally bright, democracy as bright as Progress. It rejects the White-and-black nostalgia of the 1970s. It ridicules the hallucinations of the 1990s and early 200s that inculcated irrational fears of specters of all shapes and sizes, which we can only laugh off with heartlandish satires and opportunistic taunts. *** CCK PAP Rally Report Sg Election '06 Generally people hawked Gan's favourables -- youth, family man, biculturalism, diligence, sincerity, concern for the retrenched, concern for the elderly etc. And then his credentials -- scholar, private sector experience, Minister of State for Manpower and Education in the last Cabinet, and rumoured to make the next one as a minister. In any country running a Westminster system, having your MP in high office would be good for your ward, or at least it couldn't hurt. [News] *** Malaysia Needs To Do More To Retain Edge In Islamic Banking Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah, Bernama Malaysia is the world's largest Islamic banking hub after Bahrain but it may lose this status to Singapore if it does not start making overtures or giving perks to attract more players. *** Stop Talk On Bridge, Says Hamid The Star "It is not necessary for everyone to agree with it." *** Singapore Will Progress And Function At Own Pace: MM Lee May Wong, Channel NewsAsia Lee Kuan yew says Singapore will progress and function at its own pace without western influences, such as those from the foreign media. And he says that is why the foreign media based here are not allowed to interfere in Singpaore politics. [Opinion] *** Amir Muhammad On Thursday: We're Closer To Fencing The Moon Amir Muhammad, New Straits Times "This is an example of just how paranoid Singapore is. After all, it's our moon and we can decide what we want to do with it. It's not as if we want to stop Singaporeans from having access to the moon." From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Apr 30 13:15:00 2006 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf@myapplemenu.com) Date: Sun Apr 30 13:15:02 2006 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Apr 30, 2006 Message-ID: <20060430171500.73101.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ================================================== Mac news for Mac people [News] *** Wired In The Workplace Stephanie Armour, USA Today More employees are using portable music players while at work. Users say it helps filter out distractions, but some co-workers aren't singing the same tune. [Opinion] *** Change Blakeseely.com Starting this Monday, I will be joining the Aperture team at Apple. *** iPod Generation Eva del Vecchio-Porter, Bowling Alley Hottie Everyone knows that no one is going to strike up a converstation and try to take advantage of the crazy woman in the back of the train giggling while trying desperately not to look you directly in the eye. *** A Mac Girl In A PC World Ronda Graff, McCook daily Gazette The Tomorrow Weblog ================================================== Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy [News] *** The Utter Futility Of Geekness Dave Winer, Scripting News I do know that Dan Bricklin posed something like a law to explain the phenomenon, as best as a geek possibly can. Software that rewards you for doing something one percent of the time will get used and software that punishes you for doing it only 99 percent of the time will not get used. *** Two Steps Backward BuzzMachine MyAppleMenu Reader ================================================== The other things in life [Life] *** Village Writes Its Epitaph: Victim Of A Graying Japan Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times As rural Japan becomes increasingly depopulated, many villages and hamlets, along with their traditions and histories, risk vanishing. *** The Science Of Me Tim Rayment and Ariel Leve, The Times Scientists say they can map out your medical destiny: what diseases you'll get and how you'll die. But would knowing the future improve your life? *** A Romantic Date In Paris Tom Robbins, The Observer A budget is no barrier to love. *** The Next Generation Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times I often try to explain why my wife and I live where we do. But it really comes down to living as close to wildness as we can. I realize that now. What makes it easier is that so many wild creatures don't mind living near us -- so near that we hardly think of them as wild any more. SingaporeSurf ================================================== Life in the city [GE06] *** SDA Candidate Steve Chia Says Govt Not Transparent On NKF, Reserves Channel NewsAsia "If TT Durai did not sue SPH, let me ask you, will our PAP ministers still be praising the NKF, Mr TT Durai and urging people to continue donating to the old NKF? If TT Durai did not sue SPH, would they, our world class ministers, know all the wrongdoings in NKF?" *** SDA's Chiam See Tong Rebuts NCMP Suggestion Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia *** Four More SDP Members May Apologise To Singapore Leaders Over Defamation Suits S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Lawyer M. Ravi told Channel NewsAsia he is no longer acting for four members of the SDP's Central Executive Committee. *** Apology By WP's James Gomez Does Not Properly Address Issue: George Yeo Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia "James Gomez was accusing not only a department, he was accusing an innocent public official of a very serous misdeed. If there were o closed circuit television cameras, that civil servant would have been in trouble and his whole family would have suffered for it, so that he could paly a political game? Please give us a proper reply." *** Govt Must Account To Voters, Says Low Nicholas Fang, Straits Times Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang last night questioned why so much money was now being spent to upgrade lifts in HDB flats and make public transport more disabled-friendly. If these facilities had been better designed at the start, thefunds now being spent could have been saved, he said, asking who should be held accountable for the waste. *** WP's Gomez Admits He Did Not Submit Form To Elections Dept Channel NewsAsia [Election Talk] *** Don't Be A Lemming Benjamin Chiang, I've Got A Massive Headache How do you live a real life instead of being a machine bred to grow a nation's economy? *** CCK SDA Rally Report Sg Election '06 *** Is The Government Easing Up On Old Media? Cherian George, Singapore: New Media, Politics & The Law My own impressionistic assessment is that there has been a subtle but significant easing up on the media, allowing journalists more room than in previous elections to do their job with some professionalism. *** First General Election Rally Reflections Passion, it's not something I see very often in Singapore. But witnessed lots of passion in a political rally and I want to go for another one before voting starts this Saturday. *** A Brief COmment On This Blogger's Post That Turned Into A Ramble, As Usual Inky_quirks Many worry about being blacklisted, about not being given upgrades or benefits among others. *** Toughening Politicians For The Future Quiescente Queste For the long-term survival of the PAP, it should perhaps consider the very solution it prescribed for Singapore's unemployment problem -- increased competitivity. [News] *** 'Re-negotiate Bridge Issue' New Straits Times