March – April 2003 — Vol 25 No 2 — 25th Anniversary Issue

Overview

★ 25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE ★ Pi turns 25. Washington Apple Pi 25th Birthday Celebration — Potluck Brunch + General Meeting — Saturday April 26, 2003, 9:00–11:30 AM, NOVA Annandale Campus. Special Guest: Shawn King of Your Mac Life web radio show.

Happy 25th Birthday WAP! (4). User Groups Need New Leaders (Pat Fauquet, 5). History of the Washington Apple Pi from 1985 perspective (David Morganstein & Bernard Urban, 8) — historical retrospective reprint. January 2003 General Meeting: A Review of Macworld (Lawrence I. Charters, 10). WAP Reclamation Room Cleanup FAQ (Will Byrd, 13). iMovie / Power Users / Retired SIG meetings (18-19). The Gift That Keeps On Giving (Marty Ditmeyer, 20). Arcola House — A chance to volunteer (21). Ken Burns Comes to iMovie — Where Motion Meets Pictures (Dennis R. Dimick, 23). Old Fart's Guide to the Macintosh (book review by Stuart Bonwit, 27). Hexa Media Drive: Funky Name for a Digital Essential (Lawrence I. Charters, 29). Using the new Dreamweaver PHP Authentication Extension (Sheri German, 31). Don't Touch Those Internet Settings (Pat Fauquet, 34). Riding Out Uncertain Times (Lorin Evans, 37) — Iraq War / dot-bust context.

Macintosh / Apple history / community: An Updated History of the Apple III and Washington Apple Pi (Dave Ottalini, 51) — Ottalini's signature Apple III history piece. Connecting to a MySQL Database using PHP (Sheri German, 53). Celebrating WAP's 25th — Reminiscences from members (59). WAP's Lunch Room Cleanup FAQ (Will Byrd, 65). Setting Up a Database for Lost or Misplaced Items (Phil Shapiro, 67). DVD 2: Flash MX Basics (Phil Shapiro review, 68). Battle Over Internet Censorship (Anick Jesdanun, 70). What is the Difference in Ink Jet Papers (ink4art.com, 72). Random URLs 7 (David L. Harris, 74). Keynote: A powerful point — or Presentation Envy (MacJournal, 76) — Apple's Keynote 1.0 (released Jan 2003). Two Macintosh Stories (Jay Darmstadter, 81). DoubleClick (Dave Ottalini + Derek Rowan, 84).

Highlights

Pi 25th Anniversary Issue

Pi turns 25 (founded February 1979 1979-02 — V01 N01). April 26, 2003 birthday party at NOVA with Shawn King of Your Mac Life as special guest. Potluck brunch — alphabet-divided (A-J Breakfast Breads / K-R Main / S-Z Side).

History Reprint — Morganstein & Urban

David Morganstein + Bernard Urban (deceased 1993) — historical reprint of WAP history from 1985 perspective. Two of Pi's founding/early presidents (Morganstein 1981-85, 89-90; Urban 1980-81 + co-founder).

Updated Apple III History — Dave Ottalini

Ottalini's signature Apple III history piece updated — Ottalini has been Pi's Apple III memorialist since the 80s.

Ken Burns Effect in iMovie — Dennis R. Dimick

iMovie 3 (released Jan 2003) adds the Ken Burns effect — pan-and-zoom of still photos. Dimick covers it.

Keynote Debut

Apple Keynote 1.0 released January 2003 at Macworld SF — first review here. "Presentation Envy."

Riding Out Uncertain Times — Lorin Evans

Iraq War + dot-com hangover context — Evans on Pi's resilience in 2003. Iraq invasion began March 19, 2003 — just as this issue was going to press.

Pi 25th Reminiscences

Members reminisce — community memoir section.

Entities

People: Pat Fauquet, David Morganstein, Bernard Urban, Lawrence I. Charters, Will Byrd, Marty Ditmeyer, Dennis R. Dimick, Stuart Bonwit, Sheri German, Lorin Evans, Dave Ottalini, Phil Shapiro, Anick Jesdanun, David L. Harris, Jay Darmstadter, Derek Rowan, Shawn King Topics: Pi 25th Anniversary, WAP History 1985 Reprint, Ken Burns iMovie, Keynote Debut, Apple III Updated History, Riding Uncertain Times References: iMovie 3, Keynote 1.0, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Your Mac Life

Connections to other issues

• Pi 25th Anniversary = the silver-jubilee milestone — bookend to 1979-02 — V01 N01 founding
• WAP History 1985 Reprint reaches back to 1985 anniversary coverage — Morganstein + Urban tandem essay
• Apple III Updated History = Ottalini's signature ongoing series since 1980s
• Shawn King = first appearance at Pi (Your Mac Life host, since 1997)
• Ken Burns iMovie = iMovie 3 milestone
• Keynote Debut = Apple's Keynote 1.0, January 2003