is a science teacher, consultant, and Mac evangelist from Antioch, CA. In his classroom he has everything from a Quadra 700 to an Xserve, and they all work together nicely, thank you very much. You can have his Macs when you pry them from his cold, dead fingers.

Our index below includes Mac Lab Report published in 2002 and We've sorted all Mac Lab Reports into the following categories on a separate index page:

• Teaching and the Mac
• Astronomy and the Mac
• Writing Grants
• Mac How-To and Tutorials
• 75 Mac Advantages Revisited
• Other Mac Advocacy
• Reviews
• Opinion
• Humor

2004 Index

• Show me the savings: A request for the Sarasota school board, 12.17. "...I have yet to see a copy of any firm prediction from anyone, anywhere, that actually details the savings such a single platform switch actually engenders."
• iBlog or Blogger, which is better?,12.14. Each program has its pros and cons, but one is a lot less flaky than the other.
• Stand for the Mac against mindless conformity, 12.07. It's time to take a stand against those who preach mindless conformity to the dominant Wintel standard and speak up for platform diversity.
• No sympathy for pundit bashing Macs in schools, 12.03. Perhaps Rich Brooks can explain how bannning Macs will solve all the problems caused by Windows malware on the school's network.
• Organize and track your book, video, or CD collection with Delicious Library, 11.29. If you have iSight or a bar code reader, Delicious Library can do all of the data entry for you.
• The polarized state of astronomical image processing software for the Mac, 11.15. When it comes to astronomical image processing software for the Mac, there's a gaping hole between the low end and high end programs that needs to be filled.
• Re-Porter, Marathon's FireWire, USB, and audio port extender, 11.08. Can't reach those FireWire, USB, and audio ports on the back of your Mac? Re-Porter might be just the thing you need.
• Software updates, Murphy's Law, failure to boot, and a MacFixIt Forum rescue, 11.03. After installing a bunch of system updates, the Mac couldn't complete a reboot. Here's how the problem was solved.
• Putting your own pictures into Stellarium, 09.29. You can add your own photos to Stellarium. Here are step-by-step instructions.
• Virtual PC, the dock, no-button mice, and other things that freak out my students, 08.30. Extended desktops, no viruses or floppies, paying for music, and other Mac things that confuse the younger generation.
• Is Windows killing the Internet?, 08.23. Thanks to Windows viruses, the Internet has become something for most computer users to fear.
• Sometimes you feel like a dolt, sometimes you don't, 07.19. Everything was plugged in correctly, but the 4-port USB hub wouldn't power peripherals. It had to be defective hardware, right?
• 20 suggestions for improving the Mac experience, 07.14. Macs, OS X, iPods, and iApps are pretty great, but here are 20 suggestions for making a good experience even better.
• With Gmail at 1 gig and Yahoo at 100 MB, it's time to increase .mac email space, 06.21. With free services offering so much space for email, Apple really ought to bump the limit beyond 15 MB for their for pay service.
• Expanding the digital hub with a video iPod, video iPhone, 06.04. Thinking outside the box about video storage and output on the iPod and an Apple-branded videophone.
• Apple Remote Desktop "essential" for managing lots of networked Macs, 06.01. "If you manage a lab full of Macs, Remote Desktop is essential - and worth every penny."
• The X-keys Desktop programmable input device, 05.06. Looking for a programmable input device that's easy to configure and use? The X-keys Desktop may be for you.
• An Apple (iTunes bottle cap) for the teacher, 04.29. "I've had at least five winning caps dropped on my desk by students who drink Pepsi but don't use iTunes."
• Low-end Macs: Why Apple needs a headless model for education and home users, 04.16. "We know Apple resists marketing to the low end because the profit margins are higher for the stuff they do now."
• Apple, PC-only policies, and computers in education, 04.09. "The no-Mac rule is being implemented without regard to educational consequences because teachers were not consulted about it...."
• The Logo Creator: Useful but quirky design software, 04.02. Program helps the "design challenged" create logos, but the interface is unconventional.
• So long Eudora, hello OS X Mail, 03.19. "I debated paying for Eudora again-- and then realized I'd never really tried out Mail, which is included with OS X."
• Using the QuickCam Orbit on a Mac, 03.12. Logitech's latest QuickCam adds face tracking, but how well does it work on a Mac?
• Building your own planetarium, 02.25. Fiberglass, inflatable, and cardboard domes - and an affordable 180-degree projector.
• Vert•X Xserve stand reviewed, 02.13. Don't have a rack for your Xserve? Not a problem with this $40 stand.
• Panther improves Classic, 02.04. Mac OS 9 isn't dead. Under Panther the classic envirionment is better than it's ever been under Mac OS X.
• Why do older Macs reset to 1904?, 01.15. The clock on pre-PowerPC Macs runs from 1904 to 2040 - but why did Apple choose those dates?
• Mac user resolutions for 2004, 01.08. Ten things Mac users might want to consider doing sometime in the new year.

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