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Mac Masters Seminar
Announcing the 1st Annual Mac Masters Seminar — May 30 and 31, 2008
Taming Leopard — Living the iLife
Join Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus (author of two Dummies books on these subjects) to learn up-to-the-minute tips, tricks, and techniques to enhance your digital life. Work, play, and create more easily and efficiently using Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Discover how to do more with your Apple devices at home and on the road. More on the Mac Masters Seminar. Register now to reserve your spot.
Washington Apple Pi Events
- May 10, 2008: Graphic Arts SIG: Cool Apps for the Macintosh
- May 30-31, 2008: Mac Masters Seminar (see above)
- May 31, 2008: General Meeting: Dr. Mac Takes Your Questions
- June 28, 2008: General Meeting: 30th Anniversary with Walt Mossberg of Wall Street Journal
Of Interest
- Pi Six Pack: A year's worth of Journals. Tastes great and more filling, now available from Pi Store.
- Apple /// DVD-ROM now available from Pi Store.
- Pi Mosaic: 172 square feet of Pi history.
- 2007 Washington Apple Pi Photo Contest winners!
- Video tutorials on Web publishing, iChat instant messaging.
- Pi Dollars explained: Get involved and get dollars.
- Tuesday Night Clinic. Have a pesky hardware problem? Are you free Tuesday night?
- 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.
- TCS User Guide: member Richard Rucker has written a guide in Adobe Acrobat format (2.1 megabytes) on how to use the Pi's forums, the TCS.
- Instructions for member Web sites: basic instructions for managing your Pi member Web site.
- Now Appearing on the TCS: MacBook Air and laptop anorexia; Time Capsule as home solution to many problems; Leopard security, Leopard networking, Leopard compatibility, Leopard graphics capabilities; Leopard screen sharing, Leopard cat litter... Pi membership required.
How to use your Mac: from the Journal
- How to Use an iPhone or iPod touch as a Universal Remote Control, a nine part odyssey
- Building a Check Register in REALbasic: an introduction to programming
- Keeping Current with Mac OS 9: Mac OS 9 in the 21st century
- Daylight Savings Time - Is Your Computer Ready?: What time is it, anyway?
- Columbia Maryland now has an Apple Store
- Encrypting Mac Laptops to Comply with Government Directives: Dealing with bureaucratic paranoia
- iMac Intel & Windows XP: Boot Camp for civilians
- Windows on a Mac: A Parallel View
- El Tigre Viejo: New Life for an old Power Mac G3
- Using Bluetooth & a Motorola E815 for Internet Access: High-speed cell phone data modem
- ColdFusion MX 7.01 for Mac OS X: an alternative energy source for the Web
- Biggest Thing on the Web: Google Earth for Mac
- Epson P-4000 Multimedia Storage Viewer: Storing your stuff
- Email Fundamentals Revisited: make life easier for yourself
- A Visit from Comcast: lessons in computer security
- Mac Security: Physical, Mental and Spiritual - Part I: Physical Security, Part II: Mental Security, and Part III: Spiritual Security
Macs in Iraq
- Evaluating an IBook Under Field Conditions. Sand, heat and DVDs.
- Back from the Sand: A Mac in Iraq. A PowerBook G4 survives.
