[MyAppleMenu] Aug 17, 2009

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MyAppleMenu
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**** From The Apple Of My Ear To The Core Of Cacophony <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25937455-23375,00.html?FORM=ZZNR8>
The Australian

I love my iPod. My friends love theirs. We're not alone. The things are everywhere. But there is just one problem with the iPod's ubiquity: iPod earphones are everywhere, too.

**** Beautiful And Rich <http://online.barrons.com/article/SB125028903977433177.html?mod=googlenews_barrons>
Tiernan Ray, Barron's

Why, then, spend the extra bucks on an Apple? Sure, it's chic, but it also has a more powerful processor than most cheaper machines, as well as a stunning display and excellent keyboard. That adds up to a superior computing experience.

**** Five Favorite Word Tips <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=81bc135df5416e1e1f3cd2ead65c7747>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

Get more out of the word-processing standard with these time-saving tricks.

**** Google's GMail Push App Arrives On App Store <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=ed8b4b8d014da55efe53f8072e7a425c>
MacNN

The app enables instant notification of new messages that arrive in a GMail inbox. Users can configure a variety of alert methods such as vibrate, ring, automatic presentation of the e-mail on the standby screen, or a count of new messages displayed on the GPush icon.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Twitter-scanning Robot Wants Hugs, High-fives <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10310623-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Tim Hornyak, CNET News.com

A tiny robot made of cardboard and $100 of electronics can monitor your Twitter feed and help spread good karma.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** If A Clown <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/08/24/090824po_poem_dunn>
Stephen Dunn, New Yorker

**** The Wind Blows Through The Doors Of My Heart <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/08/24/090824po_poem_digges>
Deborah Digges, New Yorker

**** Epithalamium NYC <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/08/24/090824po_poem_carson>
Anne Carson, New Yorker

**** Is It Time To Burn This Book? <http://www.slate.com/id/2223495/>
Sarah Boxer, Slate Magazine

When Fahrenheit 451 becomes a comic book, it's time to worry.



SingaporeSurf
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**** PM’s Negative Example Of Insensitivity? <http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/08/pms-negative-example-of-insensitivity/>
Gerald Giam

By citing this example, what kind of message is PM Lee inadvertently sending? The message I got was that when interests collide, the minorities inevitably end up being the ones who give in.

**** Questions On Goodyear Leaving Temasek To Be Asked In Parliament <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/449328/1/.html>
Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia

**** Circle Line: The Longest Dig <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_417858.html>
Christopher Tan, Straits Times

After seven-and-the-half years of excavation, interrupted by a tragic collapse in 2004, tunnelling of the 33.3km Circle Line has finished.

**** P65 Blogger Reveals He Is Young PAP Member <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/08/p65-blogger-reveals-he-is-young-pap-member/>
The Online Citizen

A week ago, reports in the mainstream media about the newly-revamped and newly-staffed P65 blog said that “none of the [the writers] are affiliated to the Young PAP”.  However, it now surfaces that one of the writers on the blog is a indeed a Young PAP member.

**** Reduce The Duration Of National Service And Reservist <http://temasekreview.com/?p=12023>
The Temasek Review

**** Actually, We Should Not Hope Or Wish Malaysia To Become The Next Singapore <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.thestar.com.my%2Fpermalink.asp%3Fid%3D25662&usg=AFQjCNH6eef-vJMOtXYUJaH2iTul6X-weQ>
Malaysia Star

**** S'pore Based Jetstar Wants To Fly To More M'sian Towns <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiz.thestar.com.my%2Fnews%2Fstory.asp%3Ffile%3D%2F2009%2F8%2F17%2Fbusiness%2F4518623%26sec%3Dbusiness&usg=AFQjCNFNcZtSI1HuyBABuaBDrkocgowqPQ>
B.K. Sidhu, Malaysia Star

If Jetstar Asia gets more air planes this year it will like to fly to Ipoh, Sandakan and Tawau from Singapore, says chief executive officer Chong Phit Lian.

**** Singapore's Drop In Exports Slows In July <http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/17/ap6784020.html?FORM=ZZNR6>
Associated Press

**** PM Lee's Strangely Empty Rally Speech <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2009/08/pm-lees-strangely-empty-rally-speech.html>
Mr Wang Says So

I have no comments on what the PM actually said, because he hardly said anything at all.

**** What PM Lee Did Not Address In His NDR Speech... <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-pm-lee-did-not-address-in-his-ndr.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

While Mr. Lee Kuan Yew tried his very best to address this touchy issue of Foreign Talent Policy which drew many sarcastic and even talk back remarks in the internet forums (of course SPH would not report on such responses), his son, prime minister Lee, chose to skip this issue altogether.