MyAppleMenu Reader : The other things in life

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Announcement

Good Bye, So Long... Until We Meet Again Next Tuesday
by Heng-Cheong Leong

Well, I'm off to my computer-less and internet-less weekend — that means no web, no e-mail, no instant-messagine, and no updating of this web site.

This website, MyAppleMenu.com, will go dark starting now, until Tuesday, Oct 25th, 2005.

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World

Seeing Right Through The Times' Transparency
by Tina Brown, Washington Post
The age of the blogosphere has produced a new genre of mainstream journalism: fake transparency.

Tech & Science

Old Ways Of Life Are Fading As The Artic Thaws
by Steven Lee Myers, ANdrew C. Revkin, Simon Romero and Clifford Krauss, New York Times
For the four million people who live north of the Arctic Circle, in remote outposts and the improbable industrial centers built by Soviet decree, a changing climate presents new opportunities. But it also threatens their environment, their homes and, for those whose traditions rely on the ice-bound wilderness, the preservation of their culture.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Nanotechnology...
by Alan H. Goldstein, Salon
But were too afraid of quantum spookiness to ask.

Life

The Bakeries Are Here!
by Betty Baboujon, Los Angeles Times
The city finds a new reverence for pastry and bread with a capital B.

Game Over?
by Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times
Video arcades might seem like a totally '80s thing, but they still have their charms.

Expressions

That Girl We Killed
by Sarah E. Colona, Invisible Insurrection

The Blues Are All The Same
by Lisa Zaran, The 2River View

On The Morning That You'll Die
by Richard Freed, The 2River View

In The Bulrushes
by Katha Pollitt, Slate

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