“This week I installed Airport Express ó that magical all-in-one gadget from Apple that bridges the gap (wirelessly) between your computer and stereo, shares a USB printer, and extends the range of your wireless network. I successfully set the unit up, and am now able to stream music from my G5 in the office to speakers in my bedroom on the opposite side of the house, as well as access my local network and surf the internet at much higher speeds on my PowerBook than before… All that said, there are a few caveats, including two very important *gotchas* I wasnít prepared for.”

“Itís been a few months since I began my Macintosh journey. Hereís a list of all the new files Iíve added to-date to my ‘Applications’ folder along the way.”

“Panic is a small, privately held software company in Portland, Oregon. Its employees are the makers of Unison, Transmit, Audion, Candybar, and other nifty programs for the Mac. Founded by Cabel Sasser and Steven Frank, Panic has attracted quite a following and has achieved success as a maker of software for the Mac. In fact, they might just be a case study in how to build a software company now that the bubble is long gone. To attempt to find out what makes Panic tick, I made the journey to its world headquarters (OK, so I walked five blocks from my apartment, but don’t tell my editor) and spoke with Steven and Cabel.” Thanks Andre

“When market analysts value which brands are most valuable, Apple is often high on the list. Appleís apple logo has helped build the brand, Apple has today, and there is a long tale hanging to the genesis of the logo. Macnyt can today present a small world first: The full story on the genesis of the logo, it’s appearance, meaning and interpretations.”

“Mac OS X is a unique operating system in that it represents a rather successful coming together of paradigms ideologies, and technologies that have usually resisted each other in the past… Apple has been around since 1976, and many accounts of its history have been told. If the story of Apple as company is fascinating, so is the ‘technical’ story of Apple’s operating systems. This document discusses operating systems that Apple has created in the past, and many that it tried to create.”

“I got my new iBook a couple of days ago, and finally tried this Mac OS X thing for the first time. After doing all the software updates, this is what I found… The quality of Appleís human interface has declined and continues to decline. That other current platforms, both Free and non-Free, continue to be even worse does not make this situation any more satisfying.”

“Usenet. It’s a global network filled with vivid discussions, unique music, pictures, and more. And Unison? It’s the second coming of Usenet: A fun, powerful, and Mac-like newsreader.”

“The Overclockers.com website published a barely believable hoax last week detailing the gutting of a brand new and very expensive Power Mac G5. This brought on an unbelievable reaction from the Mac community… ‘Mac users are nuttier than a fruitcake,’ Andy said. ‘People have an unnatural emotional attachment to object(s) like computers. For some, their reaction was akin to me butchering their parents or a beloved pet.’”

“Folklore.org is a web site devoted to collective historical storytelling. It captures and presents sets of related stories that describe interesting events from multiple perspectives, allowing groups of people to recount their shared history in the form of interlinked anecdotes. Folklore is still incomplete, and undergoing active development… Currently, the Folklore site only supports a single project, about the development of the original Macintosh, but that will be changing soon.”

“After two years of secrecy, brainstorming and sometimes zany company maneuvering, Apple Computer Inc. will unveil a new personal computer Jan. 24 that is the size of a stack of paper and, for about the same price, contains more power than the basic IBM PC.”

“TunesAtWork lets you listen to your personal iTunes music collection while at your office or lab, even though your iTunes collection resides at home. TunesAtWork is a specialized web server that runs on your home Macintosh and serves web pages that present your music collection (including playlists) organized visually much the same as in iTunes itself. This makes it easy to find what you’re looking for.”

“For a long time, people have been writing me, asking that I do an in depth review of OS X. I held off because I really didn’t think OS X was ready for prime time. That’s all changed. OS X, in the form of the Panther release, is more than ready. This is a review, then, of what Mac is doing right and where they still need to improve.”

“An innovative utility that bypasses the web browser. Makes getting information from the Web simple and straightforward. Presenting Watson for Mac OS X: A time-saving ‘Swiss Army Knife’ program that packs over 20 time-saving, productivity-enhancing interfaces to the most important web content and services.”

“This Web site is an open letter to Apple, maker of the world’s best-looking computers and operating system, asking it not to implement the ugly look of brushed metal in the next version of the Finder.”

“All the magic key sequences to make your Mac do various things… There’s [also] a knowledge-base article that lists all the keys supported by Mac OS X that came out last December.”