[MyAppleMenu] Jan 26, 2008

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Use Fine-Grain Volume Control In 10.5 <http://www.macworld.com/article/131817/2008/01/volctrl.html>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
If you press and hold Shift and Option, and then press the volume keys, you'll find that it now takes four key presses to move through one "box" of volume change.

**** Cleaning Mouse Balls <http://www.macworld.com/article/131819/2008/01/mouseballs.html>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** Microsoft Offers Quick Fix For Mac Office 2008 Bug <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9059178&source=rss_topic123>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
The work-around uses Terminal to fix Office file-access permissions.

**** The MacBook Air: First Impressions, Second Thoughts <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9058939&intsrc=news_ts_head>
by Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld
Some compared Apple's new laptop to the Cube; so did I, at first.

**** Best Banner Ad Campaign I've Seen <http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/25/best-banner-ad-campaign-ive-seen/>
by Cory Bergman, Lost Remote
PC walks up the ladder from one ad unit into another... to staple up a "NOT" sign on the Wall Street Journal quote.

**** A Suspect In The Murder Of AirPort Disk's Time Machine Support <http://www.macuser.com/hardware/a_suspect_in_the_murder_of_air.php?lsrc=murss>
by Dan Moren, MacUser
This makes sense, /and/ it gibes with something a source told us at Macworld: that the problem lay with verifying the information written to the remote disk.

**** Deliver A Presentation Like Steve Jobs <http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jan2008/sb20080125_269732.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5>
by Carmine Gallo, BusinessWeek
Our communications coach breaks down the ace presenter's latest Macworld keynote. The result? A 10-part framework you can use to wow you own audience.
/Of course, you'd also need a good product behind the good presentation./

**** New Versions Of Nisus Writer Pro, Express <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/25/nisus.writer.pro.express/>
by MacNN

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Belt-Tightening, But No Collapse, Is Forecast In Technology Spending <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/technology/26spend.html>
by Steve Lohr, New York Times

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Long Goodbye <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/feature.html?id=181083>
by Ben Ehrenreich, Poetry Foundation
In which our reporter falls for Frank Stanford's poetry, heads for the lost road of Arkansas, and searches for the man behind the myth.

**** Writing And A Tangled Web <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f02bd558-cada-11dc-a960-000077b07658.html>
by Peter Carey, Financial Times
Toay, on this New York morning, lying in bed, listening to the shower &mdash; today I will permit myself to take a holiday from writing.

SingaporeSurf
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**** ComfortDelgro Plays Number Game But Loses It On Shift System <http://www.themediaslut.com/2008/01/890>
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!

**** URA Unveils New Woodlands Waterfront Proposals <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_200073.html>
by Straits Times

**** Looking For Mr And Miss Grace <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2008/1/26/columnists/insightdownsouth/20115746&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
Weighed against its ambition to become a vibrant global city, Singapore is pathetically short in social graces.

**** Arrests And Releases In Singapore: Two Trends Worth Noting <http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/01/arrests_and_releases_in_singap.php>
by Zachary Abuza, Counterterrorism Blog
Singapore has one of the most successful jihadist rehabilitation programs and deserves both credit and attention.

**** Is Academic Freedom In Teaching Important? <http://diodati.omniscientx.com/2008/01/25/is-academic-freedom-in-teaching-important/>
by Elia Diodati, E Pur Si Muove

**** Thanks For Believing In Us, Teacher <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,154507,00.html?>
by Chong Zi Liang, New Paper
Poor N-level results, but they make poly cut at Sec 5.

**** Uniquely Singapre, F1 Or F9 - Helping The Poor? <http://theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/uniquely-singapore-f1-or-f9-helping-the-poor/>
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen

**** Hsien Yang's In-Laws Buy F&amp;N-Developed Condo <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/234383.asp>
by Cheow Xin Yi, Today

**** No Hike, So Prime Cabbies' Earnings Badly Hit <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_200273.html>
by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times
The lone Singapore taxi company to decide against raising its fares last month could soon reverse that decision.

**** Plane Behind Security Alert Was On 'Test Flight' <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_200276.html>
by David Boey, Straits Times
Piloted by two Austrlians, it was on a 'test flight' from Koh Samui Airport and was expected to return to the private airport on the resort isle, Thai aviation authorities said yesterday.

**** Bintan's Game <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/234366.asp>
by Tan Hui Leng, Today
Landmarks to open integrated project with casino on Bintan.