Apple admits child labour was used to build iPods and iPhones in Chinese factories Mail Online, 2/27/10. Apple did this audit on their own and was willing to publish the results. Sony, Lenovo, Dell, and HP have not done the same. They prefer to turn a blind eye, keeping profits up and shareholders happy. But, all of them, Apple included, seek out cheap labor around the world to advance their profit lines. Better to keep your old PPC Mac and make it work for you.

Adobe drops Flash Player PowerPC support... Digital Arts, 12/10/09. Another reason why PPC users had better switch to Open Source and fast.

How Discarded Computers Are Poisoning Africa's Kids ABC News, 12/7/09. Keep that old Mac working for you instead of sending it off to damage the earth and its people.

Mac Collections Around the World Adam Rosen, Vintage Mac Museum, 11/19/09. Some of these collections look like the computer lab where I was a techie a while back.

Replacing the Hard Drive in a Clamshell iBook John Hatchett, Low End Mac, 11/19/09. Save the planet (for human beings.) Keep those old Macs running instead of dumping them.

Apple ends support for Tiger systems, no clear PowerPC upgrade path remains Jonny Evans, 9 to 5 Mac, 11/14/09. Apple, you're sitting on $30 billion in cash. Would it have killed you to keep OS X Tiger current for the PowerPC users (and school districts) who saved your bacon when you were struggling just a few years ago? The irony is that the evil Microsoft will support Windows XP until 2014.

Should Apple resume product manufacturing in the U.S.A.? Mac Daily News, 11/5/09. Even better for the environment... upgrade that old Mac instead of buying a new one.

A Fresh Look At The 'Old' Rules of Upgrading Grant, OWC Blog, 10/28/09. Upgrading that PPC Mac can save you big money in a tight economy.

Pixelmator: An Affordable Alternative to Photoshop Bakari Chavanu, Apple Matters, 10/26/09. At a fraction of the cost, it still supports PPC... cool..

October 14, 1998: Apple Releases Results Early Chris Seibold, Apple Matters, 10/14/09. It all seems like ancient history now, but the original iMac saved Apple's bacon back in 1998.

Cut Your Global "Stuff Miles" - Buy Durable & Household Goods Made In YOUR Country John Laumer, Tree Hugger, 10/9/09. Hey, Apple, the "greenest" thing you could do would be to make your stuff in the USA rather than China. You know, like you did before the Tim Cook era.

Pismo - We Can Rebuild Him Adam Rosen, The Vintage Mac Museum Blog, 9/23/09. A man after my own heart.

From Mac Portable to MacBook Pro: 20 years of Apple laptops Eric Bangeman, ars technica, 9/21/09. Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of the first portable Macintosh computer, the aptly-named Macintosh Portable. While it was indeed portable, it was anything but svelte.

We're Number 37 Paul Hipp, You Tube, 09/09/09. Made on an old Mac? There's a G5 iMac in the background. Was it just a product placement?