[MyAppleMenu] Jun 28, 2011

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Last Word On Lion And Application Compatibility <http://www.macworld.com/article/160783/2011/06/lion_app_last.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

At the risk of beating a dead chestnut, I’ve received several inquiries regarding applications and their likely (or assured) compatibility with Lion. Rather than chew up precious email bits and forum threads, let’s wrap up this “Will my applications run under Lion or not?” package with a colorful bow.

**** Q&A: Selectively Syncing An iPad <http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/qa-selectively-syncing-an-ipad/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
J.d. Biersdorfer, New York Times

**** Review: OfficeTime 1.6 <http://apple.it-enquirer.com/2011/06/27/review-officetime-1-6/>
Alphons Brookson, IT.Enquirer

OfficeTime is a robust time tracker for small workgroups. It allows you to track time spent on projects for multiple clients. It supports multiple timers, clients, categories and has an amazing report feature. You can even consolidate multiple workers’ project times into one report. OfficeTime also integrates with iCal and Address Book.

**** Apple Releases Thunderbolt Firmware Update <http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/27/apple-releases-thunderbolt-firmware-update/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors

**** Apple's Overseas Demand In A Word: Exploding <http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/06/27/apples-overseas-demand-in-a-word-exploding.aspx>
Eric Bleeker, The Motley Fool

**** I’m Gonna Need You To Fight Me On This: How Violent Sex Helped Ease My PTSD <http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/5EeWN0/www.good.is/post/how-violent-sex-helped-ease-my-ptsd/>
Mac Mcclelland, Good Media

It was my research editor who told me it was completely nuts to willingly get fucked at gunpoint. That's what she called me when I told her the story. We were drunk and in a karaoke bar, so at the time I came up with only a wounded face and a whiny, "I'm not completely nuuuuts!" Upon further consideration, a more explanative response probably would have been something like: Well. You had to be there.

**** Publish Your iWeb Site On Dropbox <http://www.macworld.com/article/160793/2011/06/dropbox_iweb_mobileme.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

**** Apple Thunderbolt Cable And Promise Thunderbolt RAID Systems Hit The Apple Store <http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/28/apple-thunderbolt-cable-and-promise-thunderbolt-raid-systems-hit-the-apple-store/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors

**** Audition CS5.5 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160409/2011/06/review_audition55.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Despite the missing features, I found Audition CS5.5 to be a solid tool largely because of its wealth of useful, good-sounding effects and its cleaning and tweaking tools. It’s now my go-to podcast production editor. If I routinely worked with Premiere Pro, I’d like it even more, as trips between the two applications are nearly seamless.

**** Fake 1.7.2 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160448/2011/06/fake.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Nathan Alderman, Macworld

Novices can easily assemble tasks like this, or workflows to fill out tedious online forms. For power users, Fake can do even more to test online applications, including executing user-specified JavaScript code, calling outside AppleScripts, and working through if/else/then statements.

**** Jumsoft Revamps Money Financial App For Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/160802/2011/06/jumsoft_money_mac.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Joel Mathis, Macworld

**** Apple Issuing Refunds For Final Cut Pro X Upon Request <http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/28/apple-issuing-refunds-for-final-cut-pro-x-upon-request/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors

**** Microsoft Office 365 Goes Live <http://www.macworld.com/article/160812/2011/06/office_365.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service

**** Office 365: What's In It For The Mac And iOS <http://www.macworld.com/article/160808/2011/06/microsoft_office_365.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

**** Apple Releases Java Update 5 For Snow Leopard And Update 10 For Leopard <http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/28/apple-releases-java-update-6-for-snow-leopard/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Virtual Hotel Concierge <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/business/28concierge.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Jane L. Levere, New York Times

Software companies are creating programs that offer information like restaurant tips, flight arrivals and departures and driving directions via these devices to guests at midtier hotels that do not provide traditional concierge services.

**** Google+ Project: It’s Social, It’s Bold, It’s Fun, And It Looks Good — Now For The Hard Part <http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/28/google-plus/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Learn To Be Like Lieutenant Columbo <http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/robert-butler/learn-be-lieutenant-columbo?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MoreintelligentlifeTotal+%28moreintelligentlife.com+-+total%29>
Robert Butler, More Intelligent Life

The lesson that Columbo has for greens is not dissimilar to the one that Shakespeare has: let the other guy do the work.

**** A Home Before The End Of The World <http://places.designobserver.com/feature/a-home-before-the-end-of-the-world/26568/>
Adelheid Fischer, Design Observer

The least we can do — for the survival of the world and for the thriving of our own species — is to learn the real identities of the organisms that surround us. 



SingaporeSurf
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**** The Presidential Election <http://unbiasedelectorate.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/the-presidential-election-2/>
Unbiasedelectorate

It is of my opinion if Tan Cheng Bock and Tan Kian lian play their card right this election would be an exciting one. if they don’t, the post would go to Tony Tan. So its time for them to step up their gain and let the voters make their choice.

**** Philippines, Singapore Off US Trafficking Watchlist <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h9BmTuatfiNj1O_OK7eTBeJBqEQQ?docId=CNG.1ab5d657468a2ee5f1590c010c34102a.5a1>
Shaun Tandon, AFP

The State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report has become increasingly sensitive for Southeast Asian governments, which face a cutoff of US assistance if they are found to be unresponsive in fighting trafficking.

The latest report elevated the Philippines, Singapore and Laos off the watchlist to so-called Tier 2, which means that the countries do not fully meet standards on human trafficking but are making efforts to do so.

**** The Sins Of Yesteryears <http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2011/06/sins-of-yesteryears.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News

The part that none of them was counting on is another side of their track records that are now circulating in the internet. Every human bean has a past, a little indiscretion or infidelity, a little nastiness or naughtiness.

**** Ageing Singapore Prepares For Grey Future <http://www.mysinchew.com/node/59571>
Simin Wang, AFP

**** What Exactly Is The President Supposed To Guard? <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4871-what-exactly-is-the-president-supposed-to-guard>
Singapore Democratic Party

But if the reserves are drawn and given to GLCs and statutory boards are now deemed not to be a draw of the reserves and if, such being the case, the president's consent is not needed, then how is he going to know how much is in the vault? Would he know how much he is supposed to have oversight of when the cabinet can transfer funds without it being considered a reserve draw-down? 

In other words, what exactly is the president guarding?

**** 提供否认飞机闯空调查报告 我国至今仍未接马方回应 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110628_005.shtml>
游润恬, 联合早报

马方至今仍未针对我国的答复与建议作出回应。

**** 兀兰火车关卡 火车关卡周边　交通设施大调整 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110628_008.shtml>
陈宇昕 刘丽仪, 联合早报

陆路交通管理局为兀兰火车关卡周边的交通设施进行调整，扩大巴士站及德士站的等候设施，以应付预计会逐增的人潮。

**** Concealed Xenophobia <http://www.freakthoughts.net/?p=678>
Freak Thoughts

I was surprised to see that “racism” was involved in the article. I thought Singaporeans were merely coming together to condemn an outrageous act committed against another person. There was really no need to turn this into an “us against them” mentality. Unless the author is suggesting people would have behaved differently if this incident occurred between two Singaporeans.

**** Cheng Bock: I Won't Drop Presidential Bid <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_684824.html>
Teo Wan Gek & Cai Haoxiang, Straits Times

Former PAP MP Tan Cheng Bock has no plans to abandon his bid for presidency even if fellow presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian contacts him about the possibility of one of them stepping aside.

'I'm not the kind of person who announces that I'm going to run, then after that decides not to. If I've made up my mind, nothing is going to change it,' he told The Straits Times yesterday.

**** Does Racial Harmony Justify Xenophobia In Singapore? <http://www.visakanv.com/blog/2940/does-racial-harmony-justify-xenophobia-in-singapore/>
Visakan Veerasamy

Since when did justice become such a subjective concept in Singapore?

**** Singapore Air, Pilots Head To Arbitration Court Over Pay Dispute-report <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/28/singaporeairlines-pilot-idUSL3E7HS00720110628>
Harry Suhartono, Reuters

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its pilots union are taking their dispute over a pay rise to the country's Industrial Arbitration Court, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Tuesday.

**** NUS: Our Students Can Obtain Singapore PR Immediately After Graduating <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/06/28/nus-our-students-can-obtain-singapore-pr-immediately-after-graduating/>
The Temasek Review

According to the website of NUS NanoCore, an interdisciplinary research collaboration in the science and technology of the nano-scale ‘generously’ funded by the National University of Singapore, Singapore offers ‘uncomplicated’ immigration and foreign students can obtain Singapore PR immediately upon graduation.

**** A Walk From Rail Mall To Bukit Panjang Level Crossing <http://www.ckphoto.net/blog/2011/06/a-walk-from-rail-mall-to-bukit-panjang-level-crossing>
CK Photography

Being on the last weekend of the train operations on the old line which runs from Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to Woodlands, a record number of more than 100 people turned up, including TV personality Denise Keller. This is also possibly the last of such walks organised by Eugene Tay, owner of the We Support the Green Corridor Facebook page and the Green Corridor web site.

**** Harder Truths About Security Bond <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/harder-truths-about-security-bonds/>
Sophia Tsang, The Online Citizen

While I understand the rather unimaginative way of trying to control influx of foreign workers via using levies, I suggest putting the levies to better use to make this pill easier to swallow.

**** Resale Prices Of Private Homes Continue To Rise <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137625/1/.html>
Mustafa Shafawi, Channel NewsAsia

According to DTZ Research, resale prices of private residential properties increased at a faster rate across all segments in the second quarter of this year compared to the first.

**** HDB: Why Not So Easy To Downgrade <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/hdb-so-hard-to-downgrade/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** Obedient Wives Club Should Be Legally Recognised <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/obedient-wives-club-should-be-legally-recognised/>
Au Waipang, Yawning Bread

Singapore cannot and should not be trying to decide whether OWC is deviant or not, which a refusal to register would be tantamount to. Any group is free to promote teachings that go against religious orthodoxy. Thus, there is no basis whatsoever to refuse registration to the OWC on dogmatic grounds.

**** US Human Trafficking Report "Riddled With Inaccuracies" <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137664/1/.html>
Mustafa Shafawi, Channel NewsAsia

While Singapore acknowledged that much remains to be done in its fight against trafficking, it said it is disappointed that the US chose to blatantly dismiss the facts and suggest that the country is not doing its share.

The MFA spokesman said the US report also seems to assume that the domestic processes of all countries reviewed are the same as that of the United States.

**** Polarising The Presidential Contest <http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=30091>
Chan Jia Hui, New Asia Republic

Thus, the irony behind Lee’s unifying remark in support of Tony is that it could potentially lend impetus to the polarisation of Presidential contest between the PAP and opposition camp. The second irony is that Dr Tan Cheng Bock is in a better position to unify Singaporeans from both ends of the political divide, rather than Tony.

**** Dr Tony Tan – PAP Cabinet Minister Who Silently Supported The 1987 Detention Of The “Marxist” Conspirators <http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/2011/06/dr-tony-tan-pap-cabinet-minister-who.html>
Thoughts Of A Singapore Statistician

So far, there have been no reports or accounts of Dr Tony Tan expressing similar views. We can therefore only infer that Dr Tony Tan did not speak up against the detentions and gave his support. And unlike Dr Tan Cheng Bock who did not have all of the facts, he did so with full knowledge as he was a member of Cabinet.

Somewhat coincidentally, Dr Tony Tan was chairman of SPH until he resigned to run for president. When he was chairman of SPH, Dr Tony Tan did not try to reform SPH so that Singaporeans get fair, objective news. Instead he allowed the propaganda practices prevalent in 1987 to continue. So much so that when surveyed recently, about 50% of Singaporeans thought that the Singapore media was biased.