May – June 2000 — Vol 22 No 3
Source
Open PDF • May–Jun 2000 • Vol 22 No 3 • 92 pages
Overview
A Dark & Stormy Knight (Lorin Evans, 5). BOD February + March Meeting Notes (7-8). February + March General Meeting Reports (Steven Kiepe, 9-10). Cartoon (Charles Stancil, 14). Redmond on the Potomac, Part 2 (Lorin Evans, 19) — continuing US v. Microsoft coverage.
Macintosh: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5: Quick Look (Washington Apple Pi Labs, 22). Don't Discard That Rotten Apple—Make it Part of an Internet Server (Richard Sternberg, 25). Conserving Earth's Biodiversity: Bringing Science to Life (Dennis Dimick, 31). ★ What Is the Internet (And What Makes It Work) ★ by Robert E. Kahn & Vinton G. Cerf (35) — the Internet protocol's creators themselves! Major reprint. Expose Yourself to Music via MP3 + Quick Recap (Adam C. Engst, 59). Creating Your Own MP3s (Jerry Kindall, 60). What's a Firewall, and Why Should You Care? (Chris Pepper, 65). eBooks via the Internet provide free reading while saving space and trees (Manley Mandel, 70). Apple User's Dilemma: Build Your Own Apple or Buy Standard Configuration (Irv Haas, 72). Sending and Receiving Photos via AOL (73). Convert Your LP's to CD's (Joe Aecuri, 74). Getting started: Info-Mac, MacInTouch, MacFixIt (continued).
WAP Election info, centerfold (E1) — election ballot/candidates.
Kid's Classes (57) — Pi expanding youth programming.
Highlights
Internet pioneers Cerf + Kahn reprint
"What Is the Internet" by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn — the inventors of TCP/IP. One of the most authoritative pieces Pi ever reprinted. Cerf was VP at MCI WorldCom; Kahn at CNRI in Reston VA (DC-area connection).
Adam Engst on MP3
TidBITS's Engst on MP3 culture — Napster era (Napster launched 1999).
Don't Discard That Rotten Apple — Internet Server — Richard Sternberg
Old Mac as Linux/Mac OS server — repurposing aging Macs. Pt 2 in 2000-07 — V22 N04.
Firewall explainer — Chris Pepper
Consumer firewalls for broadband age.
Kids Classes
Pi expanding to youth programming — Computer Camps + Kids Classes.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Steven Kiepe, Charles Stancil, Washington Apple Pi Labs, Richard Sternberg, Dennis Dimick, Robert E. Kahn, Vinton G. Cerf, Adam C. Engst, Jerry Kindall, Chris Pepper, Manley Mandel, Irv Haas, Joe Aecuri Topics: Internet by Cerf-Kahn, MP3 Era, Pi Election 2000, Kids Classes at Pi, Rotten Apple Server References: IE 5, MP3, Napster
Connections to other issues
- Internet by Cerf-Kahn = major reprint by the Internet's inventors
- MP3 Era = Napster era; precursor to iTunes/iPod (Oct 2001)
- Pi Election 2000 results in 2000-07 — V22 N04
- Rotten Apple Server Pt 2 in next issue