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Washington Apple Pi Events

• February 4, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance. Note new address
• February 11, 2012: Video editing workshop. Note new address
• February 16, 2012: Afternoon Learners Special Interest Group. Note new address
• February 18, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance. Note new address

* New address: Pi Clubhouse and SIG meetings will be held at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814, Room 30-31. Map

• Fall 2011 video preview of iOS5, Lion and iCloud events.

Pi News Briefs

• Pi Clubhouse Events for January 2012
• December Afternoon Learners SIG
• November Pi Events (Revised)
• Pi Events for October
• September-October ’11 Journal Published

Journal Highlights

November-December 2011:

• Lionspeak: voice synthesis in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
• Mac Security in an Age of Cyber War and Cyber Crime
• Hard Drive Docks for Computers
• Print and More from iOS with Printopia 2
• My New Favorite Traveling Companion: My iPad 2
• Practical HTML5: Video for Everyone
• Adjusting Images, Time Saving Keystrokes, and Troubleshooting iPhoto
• On the road to Lion: the untold story... (cartoon)

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 scripting? Need launder funds through Grand Cayman? You can find all but the last at the new connect.wap.org.

• Apple /// DVD-ROM now in the public domain.
• Journal showcase: select Washington Apple Pi Journals from our first three decades
• Tuesday Night Clinic: The Tuesday Night Clinic reopened to provide Macintosh support September 2010 with a new sponsor, day, and location. The MacReycleClinic (www.macrecycleclinic.org) is the new sponsor. The clinic moves to Monday evenings at the Marvin Memorial Church, 33 University Blvd. East in Silver Spring, MD. For information about tax deductible equipment donations: e-mail office@macrecycleclinic.org or contact them via reclamation@wap.org. More information on the MacRecycleClinic.
• Streaming coverage of September Cloud Computing presentation.
• Clubhouse Saturdays, a new way to aid members helping members.
• TCS User Guide: a guide in Adobe Acrobat format (2.7 megabytes) on how to use the Pi's forums, the TCS.
• Pi Mosaic: 172 square feet of Pi history.
• Washington Apple Pi Photo Contest III Winners | 2009 Winners | 2007 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.

How to use your Mac: from the Journal

• Macintosh Aids for the Visually Challenged
• Lionspeak: Voice Synthesis in Mac OS X Lion 10.7
• Trojans Still Need a Horse
• Anatomy of a Scam
• Uniformity: an iPhone app for the Navy
• Theodolite for the iPhone
• iPad: Not a Netbook; It's Better
• Putting Video on Devices Using Handbrake
• Snow Leopard Upgrade: Spectacularly Boring
• Think You Need a Laptop? No, You Need an iMac
• 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 January 29, 2012
Washington Apple Pi is an international user group, with a history spanning three decades to the dawn of personal computing. The “Pi” continues to serve users of the very first personal computers as well as users of the most modern, advanced systems through its meetings, magazine, computer bulletin board and Internet services.
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