July – August 2000 — Vol 22 No 4
Source
Open PDF • Jul–Aug 2000 • Vol 22 No 4 • 100 pages
Overview
Apathy & Arrogance (Lorin Evans, 5). BOD April + May Meeting Notes (8-9). April + May General Meeting Notes (Steven Kiepe, 10, 12). Garage Sale photos (13+). iMacs Come to the Pi (18). Largest Macintosh Specialty Store in the East: MacUpgrades Opens Gaithersburg Store (19). Redmond on the Potomac, Part 3 (Lorin Evans, 21) — antitrust continues. Recently Cataloged Books for the WAP Library (Brian Mason, 23). Privacy Wars (John Ludwigson book review, 26). Best of the TCS (John Ludwigson compiler, 40). Click City (45). I Am Not A Geek. Honest (Lawrence I. Charters, 78). The Geek Handbook: A Review and History (Lawrence I. Charters, 77). The Geek Handbook: A Review (Kathleen G. Charters, 79) — Charters family geek-themed pair. Letter of Thanks to WAP (88). Pi Fillings—the CD, version 7 (90).
Macintosh: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, Outlook Express Version 5.02 (Al Lubarsky, 29). Free QuickTune Movie Software — iMovie Sans the iMac (Dennis R. Dimick, 32) — iMovie originally iMac-exclusive. Easy Miracles: Movies from Still Pictures (Lawrence I. Charters, 35). Lessons Learned in Recovering a Hard Drive (Bob Whitesel, 64). Don't Discard That Rotten Apple—Make It an Internet Server, Part II (Richard Sternberg, 59).
Highlights
MacUpgrades Opens Gaithersburg
MacUpgrades Mac-specialty store in Gaithersburg, MD — "Largest Macintosh Specialty Store in the East". Pi's local Mac retail ecosystem strengthens.
iMacs Come to the Pi
Pi office gets new iMacs for Tuesday Night Clinic / Clubhouse use.
Charters Family Geek pair
Lawrence + Kathleen Charters both review The Geek Handbook (Aaron Wright). Wife-and-husband paired reviews — same dynamic as later Charters Family Mac+Health series (2013-09 — V35 N03).
iMovie sans iMac — Dennis R. Dimick
iMovie freed from iMac — initially iMac DV exclusive (Oct 1999); now broader Mac access.
Redmond on the Potomac Pt 3
MS antitrust continues — DOJ ruled MS a monopoly Nov 1999; remedy April 2000 (proposed breakup, later overturned).
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Steven Kiepe, Charles Stancil, Brian Mason, John Ludwigson, Lawrence I. Charters, Kathleen G. Charters, Al Lubarsky, Dennis R. Dimick, Bob Whitesel, Richard Sternberg Topics: MacUpgrades Gaithersburg, Pi Garage Sale 2000, Charters Family Pair, Redmond on Potomac Series, iMovie Liberation References: MacUpgrades, The Geek Handbook, iMovie, Pi Fillings v7
Connections to other issues
- Charters Family Pair = precursor to the Mac+Health series in 2013-09 — V35 N03
- Redmond on Potomac Series Pt 3 (Pt 2 in V22 N3, Pt 1 cited as MS+Civilization in V22 N1)
- Rotten Apple Server Pt 2 — follows 2000-05 — V22 N03