[MyAppleMenu] May 7, 2008

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Opacity Adds SVG Support <http://www.macworld.com/article/133340/2008/05/opacity.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Opacity helps users generate resolution-independent graphic images and icons for use on the web and in applications.

**** Can Apple Buck The Trend? <http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/07/can-apple-buck-the-trend/>
by Todd Benjamin, CNN

**** Review: 20- And 24-Inch Aluminum iMacs (2008 Edition) <http://www.macworld.com/article/133332/2008/05/alumimac2008.html>
by Roman Loyola, Macworld
Under the hood, the new iMacs differ significantly from the original aluminum iMac, and those differences result in speed increases.

**** A Decade Of I <http://bamoon.com/2008/05/decade-of-i.php>
by Lunar Obverse

**** Is Mac OS X Leopard, Safari 3.X Too Dark? <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1693>
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
At one time, Mac OS X's Aqua interface was light and colorful. Now it's taken a darker turn, and at times, in some applications, on some displays and for some eyes, much darker.

**** The Philosophy Of iMac <http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/06/the-philosophy-of-imac/>
by Erica Sadun, The Unofficial Apple Weblog

**** Jolt 1.0 <http://www.macworld.com/article/133322/2008/05/jolt.html>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Drifting Light's Jolt 1.0 provides a systemwide menu-bar icon that lets you temporarily disable display sleep.

**** AT&amp;T: No Vacation Around The iPhone Anniversary <http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9937632-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=OneMoreThing>
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com

**** NBC Cozies Up To iTunes UK And Zune, But Not iTunes US <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/05/06/nbc-cozies-up-to-itunes-uk-and-zune-but-not-itunes-us>
by David Chartier, Ars Technica

**** The iMac Turns 10 <http://www.macworld.com/article/133338/2008/05/imac_10_anniversary.html>
by Jason Snell, Macworld
Those were funny days, the days before the coverage of every Apple new-product announcement.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Why Yahoo Shares Lost Only 15% <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008055_344590.htm>
by Robert Hof, BusinessWeek

**** Have We Crossed The Chasm? <http://leighhimel.blogspot.com/2008/05/have-we-crossed-chasm.html>
by Leigh's Blitherings

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Hillary And Bill: The Movie <http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/05/hillary_and_bill_the_movie.html>
by Roger Ebert, Chicaco Sun-Times
I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. and went online to see if Obama had pulled a victory out of Indiana. He had narrowed Clinton's head to two points by midnight and later added  a few more votes, but the story was basically the same: Clinton's winning margin was so small that it didn't much count, and Obama would be hte likely presidential nominee. Then I started wondering, in the vaporous midnight hours, about how you could make a ovie of this primary campaign.

**** Where Are They? <http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20569/>
by Nick Bostrom, MIT Technology Review
Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing.

**** Blood On The Tracks <http://nymag.com/news/features/46643/>
by Jennifer Gonnerman, New York Magazine
Every time a trackworker goes into the tunnels, there's a chance he won't come back out. What the world looks like when a 400-ton train is barreling toward you at 30 miles per hour.

**** It's The Adultery, Stupid <http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/06/wolff200806>
by Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair
Politics is now about sex. Not just scandalous sex, not jsut who is having what kind of sex, but what we think about the sex each politician is having, or not having. Sex (/sex/, not gender) in politics is as significant a subtext as race.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Mica Studying 'Lighter Touch' On Internet Controls <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_235082.html>
by Zakir Hussain, Straits Times
A group of bloggers has submitted 20 pages of propsals on internet freedom to the government, which says it will consider their ideas.

**** Singapore Bak Earnings Slow; U.S. Clouds Outlook <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7502938>
by Saeed Azhar and Kevin Lim, Reuters

**** Transcript Of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's Interview With Haslinda Amin Of Bloomberg News On 29 April 2008 At Istana <http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20080429980.htm>
by Singapore Government

**** Aljunied Town Council - Taking Te Easy Way Out? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/07/aljunied-town-council-taking-the-easy-way-out/>
by Leong Sze Hian and Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
Instead of charging more, how about reducing S &amp; CC for the cleaner precincts instead?

**** Labrador Villa Food Centre: Food Centres Should Have World Heritage Status! <http://ieatishootipost.sg/2008/05/labrador-villa-food-centre-food-centres.html>
by ieatishootipost
I just wish that some of the good old hawker centres can be put on the heritage list so that they can be preserved for our future generations.

**** The Maid Trade - Singapore: "And Then, No Boyfriend! This One's Very Important, Okay?" <http://anonymousxwrites.blogspot.com/2008/05/maid-trade-singapore-and-then-no.html>
by Anonymous_X

**** Singapore In Maps, 1819-1954 <http://yesterday.sg/detail/135_years_of_singapore_maps/>
by Yesterday.sg

**** Le Big Bake Off <http://secretsatsixth.livejournal.com/86869.html>
by secretsatsixth
Basically, the competition had a bake theme... to bake anything that has a green ingredient. I did a green bean tea-ramisu and a creamed spinach quiche.

**** Meet The New Cast Member Of Avenue Q Manila &amp; Singapore <http://www.thebachelorgirl.com/2008/914/meet-the-new-cast-member-of-avenue-q-manila-singapore/>
by TheBachelorGirl.com

**** Singapore Police Force In YouTube (Or "Should Our SPF Have A Blog?") - Part 2 <http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/05/singapore-police-force-in-youtube-or_07.html>
by Ivan Chew, Rambling Librarian

**** Irresponsible Speech &amp; The Right To Forgiveness <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/188568.html>
by Mollymeek

**** Letter From Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong To General Thein Sein, Prime Minister, Union Of Myanmar <http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20080506984.pdf>
by Singapore Government
On behalf of the government and people of Singapore, I would like to extend our condolences to the families and friends of the victims, with the hope that they will find the strength to recover from their grief and loss. (Note: PDF document.)

**** 40% Of Singapore Households Will Be Millionaires By 2017, Forecasts Wealth Manager <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/252410.asp>
by Jinny Koh, Today

**** ERP Woes: What's To Blame - CashCard, IU Or Gantry? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/252411.asp>
by Ng Jing Yng, Today

**** Singapore Police Force In YouTube (Or "Should Our SPF Have A Blog?") - Part 1 <http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/05/singapore-police-force-in-youtube-or.html>
by Ivan Chew, Rambling Librarian

**** Golden Age Or Hungry Years? If Singapore Is So Rich, Why Am I Poor? <http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com/2008/05/if-singapore-is-so-rich-why-am-i-poor.html>
by Feed Me To The Fish

**** More And More Enigmatic <http://melvintansg.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-and-more-enigmatic.html>
by Melvin Tan, A Sampan On Singapore Soil
Singaporeans would not wish to pay the government higher salaries to think of new ways to make more money from them.