The Cult of Mac Computers

There are about 25 million people in the world that own a Mac computer. Mac owners are usually become big fans of their computers, some compare macs to being addicted to drugs, that it is an obsession. The Mac communities is very much a sub-culture. Mac users are more loyal and dedicated than any other computer user. Why are they so loyal? Because Macs look nice, are fast and efficient, don't get any viruses, and are very easy for anyone to use, and they have great customer service.
The company's founders are known as "the two Steve's", Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. These two people have come up with and amazing computer system, that has become so popular, people have started getting tattoos of the icon of Macs, also haircuts, t-shits, stickers, and tags these things are all signs of Mac loyalty. Not only are there mac computers but there are now Ipods, which are sound audio players, but also have games and gadgets.

I myself own a Mac, and I love love it, I am a part of this cult, and I think this book just enforces my love for them. but I liked this book a lot because I got to learn a lot about the makers of Macintosh, and where they can from.
"Once you go Mac you never come back"

Kahney, Leander. The Cult of Mac. San Francisco: No Starch, 2004. Print.

Some History of Ballet

Dancers had to become dignified on stage, so this changed choreography to, fast feet, tons of turns in a row, and crazy high jumps. In this change of choreography to more modern styles, the costumes also changed the romantic skirts were getting shorter. Dancers were described as moving paintings, this description started with theorist and teacher Jean-Georges Noverre, who said that to study painting would help a choreographer with his work. next was the rise of romanticism, and the even more modern interest in fairy tails, and make believe stories, these kind of stories were also happening in the oprah. This brought ballets like La Sylphide (1832),Giselle (1841), and Coppélia(1870), with this new style of dance cam the hallmark  of pointe shoes where the female dancer dances on the top of her toes, and the costume called a tutu in which the fabric of the costume sticks straight out at the hips of the person. Next came Tchaikovsky who has choreographed some of the most notable ballets of all time that are still known today such as The Nutcracker (1892), and Swan Lake (1895). Now in the twentieth century, we have a lot of genres of dance, its not just ballet. Now many different costume choices are happening and different types of choreography.


This was a very good essay, with good basic information. Anyone who has studied ballet for more than a year knows most of this information, so I dont think I was the right audience for this essay, but I still did learn a little bit form it. 


online ballet essay


Sorabella, Jean. "The Ballet". InHeilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/balt/hd_balt.htm (October 2004)

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