7 Ways Tim Cook Could Make Apple Better Than Ever Jaymi Heimbuch, Tree Hugger, 8/29/11. This article is a great challenge for Apple. They could choose to be environmentally responsible. They are also sitting on the billions of dollars it would take to do it. I have to say, though, it's probably not going to happen in the real world.

Free Stuff for Teachers, Homeschoolers, and Students - 2011 Educator's News, 8/23/11. This site is a great resource for educators who still use old Macs, even for those who use Linux on old Macs. Check it out.

The educational iMac: Too much, too late Christopher Breen, MacWorld, 8/8/11. Apple continuing to support their older kit would be the best thing they could do for education.

Foxconn To Employ 1 Million Robots Slashdot, 7/31/11. Apple's main production facility is turning out to be WAY too much like what's portrayed in Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano. C' mon, Apple, do a little something for the US economy. Employ human beings, locally, not robots in China.

Death and Rebirth of a Power Mac G4 Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 7/28/11. Dan is a problem-solver. Use what you have on hand. Don't call for support (because in the case of old kit like a PM G4, it isn't there).

Choosing a “beater” Mac for less than $300 Charles Moore, appletell, 7/14/11. Charles certainly loves his laptops, but you can get an old PowerMac G4 workhorse that will run OS X Leopard (or MintPPC Linux) for a fraction of what one would have to pay for a used PowerBook with the same capabilities.

How Just 3% of Denmark's Trash Ends Up in a Landfill Brian Merchant, Tree Hugger, 7/4/11. The article didn't say (like I would understand Danish), but does this mean that electronic waste is not shipped to China as it mostly is in the USA?

Last call for AppleWorks users Chistopher Breen, MacWorld, 6/29/11. OS X Lion is shaping up to be the big divide between PowerPC and Intel Mac users. The last bridge (Rosetta) is about to be burned.

Why FireWire Failed and Thunderbolt Won't Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 5/24/11. Progress lurches on. Dan explains why I have so many adaptors laying around my shop.

Apple investigates explosion at iPad factory in China Amanda Andrews, The Telegraph, 5/21/11. Come on, Steve. Do the right thing. Bring those production jobs back home where they belong.

Mac OS 9 Isn't Dead Yet Adam Rosen, Low End Mac, 5/16/11. A very helpful article about using Mac OS 9. There are still many Mac users out there who depend on "mission critical" Classic Mac software, or need a Mac running OS 9 to act as a "bridge" to their older machines.

The Implications of Losing Rosetta in OS X 10.7 Lion Charles Moore, Low End Mac, 5/9/11. This is a great conversation about the end of PPC apps on Mac OS X. It's all open-source operating systems from here on out if you want to stay current with browsers, security, and so forth. Charles, try MintPPC which is based on Debian PPC Linux. It will work very well on your old Pismo.