• Safe and Happy UNIX Hacking with MacOS X: Fink (12-07-01) Andrie Verovski. Safe hacking Unix-style with "Fink."
• In Search of... (9-28-01) Joel Davies. You have to read it to believe it. And yes, every word is true — this actually happened.
• 10.1 In Depth - First Week with Mac OS X 10.1: A Mixed Bag (10-9-01) Pierre Igot. My first week of using Mac OS X 10.1 has been a disconcerting mix of excitement and (at times) intense frustration. This article includes a number of observations that might be of use to current or prospective Mac OS X 10.1 users. Mac OS X 10.1: Making Your Own
• User Pictures (with a collection of free ones) (10-8-01) David Schultz. A simple way to make your own custom User Pictures in 10.1, and a collection of some we made. Have fun! Update: since posting yesterday we have been sent 62 more user pictures plus a Photoshop Action and guide for making User Pictures.
• Geek Toy no more... the look and feel of OS 10.1. Andras Puiz.
• The Macness of 10.1. Brian Tiemann.
• Welcome to 10.1!! (With Visual Tour)
• Classic Countdown Update: Total Current Cost = $644. This is getting ridiculous!
• The Pointer's Lead Role In The Cocoa Show: A Discussion On Cocoa Memory Management (7-17-01)
• Programming for OS X: Multithreading and When to Use It (6-18-01)
• Carbon and Cocoa: Might As Well Be Charcoal And Chocolate To The Casual User Or The Aspiring Developer (6-8-01)
• OS X: Classic Countdown How long will it take to be Classic free? More imporantly, how much will it cost? We give some numbers and supply a PDF chart for you to keep track yourself.
• The Psychology of Early Adoption (4-6-01) David Schultz. Do you have the will power to adopt OS X early? find out here.
• Just Got OS X? Confused? Help is on the Way (3-26-01) David schultz. A tour of some new OS X sites. some real gems here.

Many, many people have contributed to this section, including almost all authors here. See specific articles for more. But our main OS X person is...

Mike Vanndorsdel

Mike lives in a small city in northern Colorado. Just close enough to civilization to use it, but far enough he can still breathe. Unfortunately a little too far for broadband.

Mike is a high school graduate and still attending college. He started looking for a degree in mechanical engineering, but soon learned that computers where his first interest. He was exposed to Macs at an early age, actually using an Apple I at school. He was lucky that his small school district was one of the most technologically advanced in the state. So he always had access to the latest in computer technology, and little else than Apple. By middle school Mike was one of the technology lab assistants where he trained students and teachers to use computers and helped to keep the machines maintained and up to date.

After high school, he went to the local University to study mechanical engineering. After nearly two years and a complete saturation of M.E. students, He decided to move to computer programming, learning the joys of Fortran, ANSI C, and C++! With those as a foundation, he moved on to teach himself PowerPC Assembly, BASIC, and Objective-C. He worked on various projects involving Unix, WIndows, and Mac OS, most never saw the light of day. His first personal work was done for the Mac OS, naturally. His current work is done almost exclusively for Mac OS X where he is the author of DMG Maker, Firewalk X, an OS X firewall, and UnivertX, an OS X unit conversion utility.

His major interests are video gaming, golfing, baseball, and programming.

Mike has seen, used, installed, and reinstalled the dark side. That's why he now lives in front of the warm glow of a 19" monitor next to his Macintosh.

mikevann@applelust.com