Mac Lab Report
2003 Index
- Why file swapping and Jon Lech Johansen are wrong, 12.12. No matter how you look at it, stealing copyrighted material is simply wrong - legally and morally.
- Keynote 1.1: Worth the price?, 11.06. Keynote's presentations look marvelous, but some parts are clumsy and other important features are completely missing.
- Visiting the Apple Store - worth the trip?, 10.30. "The whole point of shopping in person is to respond to the packaging, pick up a box, decide you want it, and buy it right then and there...."
- Typing in student names vs. importing them, 10.23. Sometimes there are advantages to doing things the old fashioned way instead of letting your computer do all the work.
- Using iDisk effectively in the classroom, 10.16. iDisk provides a lot of easy-to-use functionality that puts you on the cutting edge of educational technology.
- I am not a Mac fanatic, 10.09. Mac or PC should be a matter of choosing the best solution, not having adminstration dictate a one-platform-fits-all solution.
- iBlog revisited, 10.02. Some tips and reflections on using iBlog.
- 10 things I like best about OS X, 09.25. Sure, OS X has some annoying features - but it has some really great ones, too.
- Another school system's 'switch by subterfuge' for the convenience of IT, 09.18. With no consideration of teacher's needs and no educational justification, one more school system goes Windows for the benefit of the IT department.
- Netgear, Comcast, Apple, and Clock Batteries, 09.11. Problems with a Netgear router and iBooks stem from the same issue, lack of an internal clock battery.
- Shooting Mars with a scope and webcam, 09.04. The hardware and software that made it possible to get a decent photo of the Red Planet last week.
- Comcast and Netgear hell, AirPort heaven, 08.21. MAC addresses, cable modems, networking, Windows, and Indian tech support can create a lot of headaches.
- Digitizing your LPs and cassettes with your Mac, 08.14. More tips for digitizing you analog music collection - whether you're using OS X or the classic Mac OS.
- Marketing the Mac: The myths keep people from switching, 07.31. Apple's biggest problem is the IT guy who convinces people that Macs are not a viable choice.
- How to digitize your old tapes and LPs with your Mac, 07.24. One solution is to use iMovie to record sound coming through the audio in port on your Mac.
- Factor of 3 rule predicts 3 GHz G5 as next computer, 07.17. On average, every new computer the author buys runs at three times the speed of the one it's replacing.
- Slogans to help keep Macs in your school, 07.10. Resistance is not futile. Help them see the silliness of switching to Windows PCs. Make your voice heard.
- Clever product idea for TiBooks, 07.03. Here's a simple idea that could make it a lot easier to plug things into the back of the titanium PowerBook G4.
- Blogs for teachers: Post your lesson plans on the Web, 06.26. Blogging software makes it easy for you to post lesson plans and more on your web space.
- Simulating space flight on a Mac, 06.06. A-OK! The Wings of Mercury lets you simulate not only the flight itself, but also ground support in mission control.
- 30 signs your school is abandoning the Mac, 05.29. They may not tell anyone it's happening, but here are some indicators that Macs might be on their way out in your school.
- Other things I'd pay 99¢ for, 05.08. I'd pay 99¢ for a shareware game, a month of ad-free site access, or to send 1000 emails if spammers had to do the same.
- Three domains, two buyouts, one frustrated customer, 05.01. From @home through attbi.com and now on to comcast.net, it's been a year of unwanted changes for a lot of cable Internet users.
- Getting stakeholders onboard, 04.24. Getting others to support your program - or at least tolerate it.
- Writing your grant application, 04.10. Three crucial tips for writing a grant that won't be rejected out of hand.
- Update on Antioch school district's Mac vs. Windows platform debate, 04.03. "I never wanted to be in the middle of this debate in my own district. I really don't have the time to do the job properly."
- Need Macs for your classroom? Write a grant, 03.27. No room in the budget for the equipment you need? Writing a grant could be just the ticket.
- Answers to student questions about the Mac, 03.13. Where is the Internet? How do I eject my CD? and other questions students ask in the classroom.
- Defending the Mac in three minutes or less, 03.06. "I believe this argument isn't really about Mac vs. PC; in fact, I think it is more about teachers making professional judgments about what are the right tools to get the job done."
- Fighting spam with Bayesian filtering, 02.27. Smarter email filtering could be used to both fight unwanted spam and point out potentially important messages.
- Open letter to the Board of Education on single platform computing, 02.21. Should the school budget, preferences of IT, or needs of the teachers shape educational computing decisions?
- Prioritized email: Up with the good, out with the bad, 02.20. How smarter email software could flag what's important to you while also helping you deal with spam.
- No Yang without Yin, 02.13. Like some mysterious Force, the Dark Side surfaces every time the Light Side starts to gain the upper hand at Apple.
- A user's comparison of the 12" iBook and 15" TiBook, 02.06. Each model has its advantages and disadvantages in comparison to the other. The question is which best meets your needs.
- Working around iDisk public folder limitations in OS 9, 01.30. Freeware Goliath give OS 9 users read/write access to iDisk public folders, providing parity with OS X and Windows.
- iDisk public folder more accessible with Windows than OS 9, 01.23. Mac OS X users and Windows users have read-write access to .mac public folders, but Mac OS 9 user are only allowed to read files.
- More on Apple Education, disk images, cloning systems for the classroom, a low-cost education Mac, and OS X Server, 01.16. Follow up on Apple education initiatives, working with CD-ROM disk images, cloning Macs with FireWire Disk Mode, the need for a low-cost education Mac, and issues with Mac OS X Server.
- Don't use Sharpies on CD-R, Mike Webb, 01.14. Using Sharpies and other solvent-based markers to write on your burned CDs puts your data at risk.
- Safari shows off the Apple difference, 01.09. Safari and the other iApps demonstrate that Apple's specialty is clean and simple software.
- How to make a bootable emergency CD, 01.02. How to create your own custom bootable CD for diagnostics, repair, and software restoration.
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