Welcome to Matt's Macs, the story of Matthew Urban and his souped up, tweaked out, overachieving Performa 635.

These articles first appeared in the MUGOO Newsletter, which is published by the Mac Users Group of Orlando.

• Florida Association of Computer User Groups spring 2002 conference report, 2002.03.05. Apple impresses even PC users at Spring 2002 FACUG conference.
• My Performa and my iMac, 2002.01.28. How Matthew Urban uses both an old Performa 635 and a new iMac to get things done.
• Make an electronic photo album, 2001.12.28. How to turn your pictures - film or digital - into an electronic photo album.
• 'Twas the Night Before (a Mac) Christmas, 2001.12.24. A Macintosh spin on a traditional Christmas Eve poem.
• Multimedia greeting cards for any occasion, 2001.11.21. How to create your own online multimedia greeting cards for birthdays, holidays, and more.
• Slide shows then and now, part 2, 2001.10.23. Displaying images - old fashioned slides vs. digital images.
• Slide shows then and now, part 1, 2001.10.04. Slide shows in the age of film and the age of digital cameras.
• Reflections, 2001.09.13. Reflections on the terrorist attack and the need to move forward.
• Analog video to digital and back, 2001.08.23. Combining analog video, older Macs, and newer Macs over a network to create a digital video.
• Expectations and reality in home networking, 2001.06.28. Setting up a home network is a bit more than plug-and-play, but it's worth the effort.
• On the Web: Take one, 2001.05.17. Choices when working with images: final quality, file type, tools, and more.
• Images from A through Z, 2001.05.10. Terms used when working with images.
• Working with images, 2001.05.04. A look at image editing software.
• Virtual cutting room, 2001.04.26. Editing and exporting movies on an older Mac.
• Retake, 2001.04.19. Tools for editing multimedia on a 68k Mac.
• My Performa coffee break, 2001.04.12. Trouble with the Performa - and how it was fixed.
• Compressing movies, 2001.04.05. Why you need to compress your QuickTime movies.
• iPerforma, 2001.04.01. Finally, Apple has released a worth successor to the Performa 635!
• At the movies, act 2, 2001.03.29. How to record and view sound and video on vintage Macs.
• My Performa, Take No. 2, 2001.03.22. The value equation: upgrading is a whole lot cheaper than buying an iMac.
• A Quadra after all these years!, 2001.03.15. Processor and RAM upgrades give the old Performa new life.
• May the OS be with you!, 2001.03.08. Upgrading beyond System 7.5.5 meant upgrading memory as well.
• Resources and upgrading by a weekend warrior, 2001.03.01. A serious bout with "latest and greatest syndrome."
• My Performa still performa!, 2001.02.22. First in a series showing just how much you can do with an older Mac - even video.

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