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Washington Apple Pi Events

• Washington Apple Pi Photo Contest. Extended! June 1 to August 31 September 7, 2010.
• August 28, 2010: General Meeting: Web Browsers, Plug-ins and Extensions
• September 4, 2010: Clubhouse Saturday
• September 11, 2010: PhotoGraphix SIG looks at Lightroom 3
• September 16, 2010: Afternoon Learners SIG: More With Photos
• September 25, 2010: General Meeting: Pi Photo Contest III Results
• October 10, 2010: 99th anniversary of Chinese independence (not a Pi function)

Pi News Briefs

• July Journal Available
• A Plea: A Mac Centric Youth Group Needs Help
• 100,000th Posting to Pi Forums

Of Interest

Need to change your E-mail preferences? Want to download a copy of the Washington Apple Pi Journal? Forgot your membership number? Forgot where you live? Want to send feedback to the evil overlords who run Washington Apple Pi? Want to talk to an expert on LAMP development? Need to find a quick buyer for your F-18 jet fighter? You can find all but the last at the new connect.wap.org.

• Streaming coverage of September Cloud Computing presentation.
• Clubhouse Saturdays, a new way to aid members helping members.
• Clubhouse Open House, January 2009.
• TCS User Guide (newest edition): a guide in Adobe Acrobat format (2.7 megabytes) on how to use the Pi's forums, the TCS.
• Apple /// DVD-ROM now available from Pi Store.
• Pi Mosaic: 172 square feet of Pi history.
• Washington Apple Pi Photo Contest 2009: Winners
• Video tutorials on Web publishing, iChat instant messaging.
• Pi Store. Don't overlook our online store. You can purchase Pi Fillings CDs, and join or renew your Washington Apple Pi membership.
• Stay in touch. Staying informed is easy: sign up for the Pi Announce list, with low carbs, no fat, and no added sugar.
• Need a Mac-friendly dial-up service? Subscribe to our 56K Explorer service, complete with your own Web space and IMAP-compatible E-mail. You can either read about it here or you can see how to configure your system.
• Instructions for member Web sites: basic instructions for managing your Pi member Web site.
• Tuesday Night Clinic: Until further notice is posted here and an Announce list message goes out, the clinic, as such, has shuttered is operation. Clinic inquiries may be directed to clinic@wap.org or by leaving a message at the office at 301-984-0300. Equipment donations are still being accepted; just e-mail reclamation@wap.org or call the office and leave a message describing what you would like to donate. In either case one of our volunteers will respond to your message.

How to use your Mac: from the Journal

• Fingerprints: Why you care about the iPad
• Some thoughts on electronic media and the written word
• Replacing your dial-up Internet Service Provider
• Magic Mouse: A fine gesture
• How I deleted gigabytes of old files in a few hours
• The $18 million iMac: Why your old Mac is too expensive. Much, much too expensive.
• Keeping Current with Mac OS 9: Mac OS 9 in the 21st century
• Mac Security: Physical, Mental and Spiritual - Part I: Physical Security, Part II: Mental Security, and Part III: Spiritual Security. Because the electronic world is dangerous.

Revised August 25, 2010
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