[MyAppleMenu] Nov 11, 2007

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**** It's Stunning, Powerful And Elegant... So Set The iPhone Free <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/11/iphone.comment?gusrc=rss&feed=media>
by John Naughton, The Guardian
If you're a techie, you can log into the iPhone using a terminal, and when you do, you see a proper Unix machine. And at that point you begin to see the device in a new light. You also begin to ask some hard questions about the mobile phone business. And about Apple.

**** The Deaf Audiophile <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119464399153888326.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
by Mr. Teachout, Wall Street Journal
Why do I settle for inferior sound quality? Partly because of the near-miraculous convenience of MP3s, which not only can be stored and retrieved with the greatest of ease but are equally easy to purchase over the web via services like Apple's iTunes. But I have another reason, one that I share with millions of other iPod users: I'm middle-aged.

**** Must-Have Message Is The Secret Of Apple Success <http://www.sundayherald.com/business/businessnews/display.var.1824034.0.musthave_message_is_the_secret_of_apples_success.php>
by Iain S Bruce, Sunday Herald
Apple simply ecels at connecting existing technologies with mainstream consumers.

**** Apple's Leopard So Hip Part II Is A Must <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004005466_ptmacc10.html?syndication=rss>
by Jeff Carlson, Seattle Times
Lots of other improvements and changes abound in Leopard, some practical, some obscure. After running Leopard full time, I want to share some of the little things I've discoverd that I'm either taking advantage of almost daily or that are simply cool.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Too Much Information? Ignore It <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/fashion/11guru.html>
by Alex Williams, New York Times

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Tables Turn For Dilbert's Creator <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/business/11dilbert.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Brad Stone, New York Times
Scott Adams, the "Dilbert" creator and the progenitor of the multimillion-dollar Dilbert empire, is now a pointy-haired boss himself.

**** Norman Mailer <http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2007/11/19/071119ta_talk_menand>
by Louis Menand, New Yorker
No one would say of Norman Mailer, who died on November 10th, at the age of eighty-four, that he oarded his gift. He was a slugger. He swung at everything, and when he missed he missed by a mile and sometimes endd up on his tush, but when he connected he usually knocked itout of hte park. He was immodest about his failures and modest about his successes, which is a healthy trait for a writer and probably a healthy trait for life. He left a huge footprint on American letters.

SingaporeSurf
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**** WP Chief Rebuts Mah's Remark On Fund Access <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_175748.html>
by Straits Times
Opposition MP Low Thia Khiang has disputed national development minister Mah Bow Tan's statement on a fund that can be used to improve estates in a constituency.
Mr Low, the MP for Hougang and the Workers' Party leader, said that while the funds have always been available, they were for potential People's Action Party (PAP) candidates and not elected opposition MPs.

**** WP's A Team In Aljunied Has Gone AWOL: PM <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_175750.html>
by Straits Times
Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday took to task the Workers' Party (WP) candidates at Aljunied GRC for disappearing after last year's general election.
'Our (People's Action Party) five men are working hard, but the opposition's five have scattered like monkeys when the tree fell,' he said in Mandarin, using a Chinese proverb.

**** Baby-Making: Get On Board Earlier, Says Woman MP <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_175752.html>
by Straits Times

**** Orchard Road To Get $40M Makeover But No News How Access Will Be Improved <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/310935/1/.html>
by Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia

**** Hopping As A Survival Strategy (And I Don't Just Mean Frogs) <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/11/hopping-as-survival-strategy-and-not.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
Contrary to what minister Lim Swee Say recently said, job-hopping is neither necessarily greedy nor necessarily short-sighted. In fact, it is the far-sighted people who would regularly review their career plans, options and strategies.

**** Singapore Can Tackle Ageing Population, Income Gap: PM Lee <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/310921/1/.html>
by Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia
Singapore can tackle and solve these issues better than other countries because the ruling party has been 'doing the right things,' said prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.

**** Singapore Fling <http://www.bangkokpost.com/Sports/11Nov2007_sport48.php>
by Bangkok Post
Have just returned from my annual excursion to Singapore. A few days of sanity in the Lion City makes a pleasant break from the relative chaos of Bangkok. But daft though it might sound, after a while you kind of miss the chaos. Singapore is so orderly that even the giant container yards at the docks look neat and tidy.

**** PM: It's A Win-Win Deal Working With Singapore <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/2081249/Article/index_html>
by Deborah Loh, New Straits Times
There is no shame in co-operating with Singapore on the development of the Iskandar Development Region if it benefits both sides, the prime minister said.
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said those who feared that the Iskantar would sell out Malay rights and economic autonomy were wrong. "We cannot continue to doubt our capabilities to make our corridors a success."

**** MOH Refutes Remark By Ren Ci Head <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_175647.html>
by Salma Khalik, Straits Times
THe Ministry of Health yesterday refuted the head of Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre's remark that the ministry's probe into its affairs 'is not a big problem."
A ministry spokesman told the Sunday Times yesterday: "When financial irregularity in a charity is uncovered and is not properly explained by management, it is necessary to conduct a proper inquiry to get to the bottom of the matter. The amount of money involved and the ability to repay is not the issue here."

**** Meet Bukit Panjang's 'Ang Moh Leader' <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_175635.html>
by Jamie Ee Wen Wei, Straits Times
Englishman is one of 900 permanent residents who volunteer at grassroots groups, and the number could rise with more foreigners becoming PRs.

**** A Monk Like No Other <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_175653.html>
by Wong Kim Hoh, Straits Times
Ren Ci's honorary CEO confounds most people's views of what a Buddhist monk is like.

**** Dumbing Down The Political System <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/172428.html>
by Mollymeek
Erm, willing to pay the price? Oh, minister, do you mean the money you need to pay as a deposit before contesting in the general elections? Or do you mean to pay the price via debilitating defamation suits if one happens to step on the wrong political toe? Or both?

**** Apathy <http://www.singaporeangle.com/2007/11/apathy.html>
by Huichieh, Singapore Angle

**** I Need To Be Liu Xiang To Jump Over Your High Hurdles <http://singaporesundry.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-need-to-be-liu-xiang-to-jump-over.html>
by All And Sundry Singapore