September – October 2003 — Vol 25 No 5
Source
Open PDF • Sep–Oct 2003 • Vol 25 No 5 • 96 pages
Overview
Welcome to WAP! (Dave Ottalini, 4). President's Corner (Pat Fauquet, 5). BLACKOUT — What to do after the lights come back on (Lawrence I. Charters, 9) — Northeast Blackout of August 14, 2003. MacWorld Creative Pro (Sheri German, 11). Programming SIG Meeting (Steve Roberson, 13). July 2003 Power Users SIG (Roberson, 13). iMovie SIG Meeting (Hal Cauthen, 14). Retired SIG Meetings (John Barnes, 16). MacWorld Interviews with Victor Nemechek / Donald MacCormick / Chris Newell (Dave Ottalini, 16-18). WAP Volunteer Opportunities (19). WAP Journal Writer's Guidelines 2003 (20). TCS Guidelines Revised (25). The Making of TCS Trek — The Next Generation Video (Thomas Berens, 26) — TCS-member-produced video. Two Best of the TCS (32). Summer Reading Program: Mac OS X Books (Lawrence I. Charters, 34).
Macintosh: Living in a Dream House or how to bring standards to your Web pages (Sheri German, 37). A Mac Beginner's Guide to Email Programs (Al Lubarsky, 43). Evaluating an iBook Under Field Conditions (Steve Truax, 51). Review of Cascading Style Sheet Editing Software for Mac OS X (Sheri German, 55). Identity Theft (Jim Kelly, 60). Hijacked via PayPal (Janice Kempf, 62) — early phishing-scam account. Timbuktu Pro vs. Apple Remote Desktop — somewhat similar but truly different (Paul J. Chernoff, 65). Airburst — a review (Russell Ottalini, 72) — note: Dave Ottalini's son or relative. WingNuts — a review (Russell Ottalini, 73). What is a Port? (Pat Fauquet, 76). Protect Your PC: Help Microsoft (Lawrence I. Charters, 80) — "Megahard" parody cover; Windows-security satire. Surfing with Safari (Pat Fauquet, 84) — Safari 1.0 released Jun 23, 2003. Kanguru Wireless Presenters Mouse (Donna Pointer, 89).
Highlights
Northeast Blackout 2003
Lawrence I. Charters writes "BLACKOUT — What to do after the lights come back on" — the August 14, 2003 Northeast Blackout (US/Canada) hit DC area too. Mac-recovery practical advice.
"Protect Your PC: Help Microsoft" — Megahard cover
Cover parody: a Microsoft Windows password dialog labeled "Megahard" + tagline "Protect your PC. Go ahead and try. Just try." — Lawrence I. Charters satire of Windows insecurity (the Blaster/Sobig worm summer).
Safari 1.0 — Pat Fauquet
Safari 1.0 released June 23, 2003 — first Mac OS X browser. Fauquet's "Surfing with Safari" intro.
Hijacked via PayPal — Janice Kempf
Early phishing-scam memoir — PayPal hijacking. Pi members starting to encounter phishing.
TCS Trek Video — Thomas Berens
"TCS Trek — The Next Generation" — TCS Star Trek parody video. Community-creative project.
Pi Volunteer Opportunities / Writer's Guidelines
Recruiting drive — Journal Writer's Guidelines published. Same recruitment theme as 2002-09 — V24 N05 "How to Write an Article."
iMac G5 not yet — Power Mac G5 only
Power Mac G5 (announced WWDC Jun 2003) coverage continues; iMac G5 doesn't ship until Aug 2004.
Entities
People: Pat Fauquet, Dave Ottalini, Lawrence I. Charters, Sheri German, Steve Roberson, Hal Cauthen, John Barnes, Victor Nemechek, Donald MacCormick, Chris Newell, Thomas Berens, Al Lubarsky, Steve Truax, Jim Kelly, Janice Kempf, Paul J. Chernoff, Russell Ottalini, Donna Pointer Topics: Northeast Blackout 2003, Megahard Parody, TCS Trek Next Generation, Identity Theft Awareness, Safari Launch 2003, PayPal Phishing, Writer Guidelines 2003 References: Safari 1.0, Apple Remote Desktop, Timbuktu Pro, Airburst, WingNuts
Connections to other issues
- Northeast Blackout 2003 = real-world emergency-Mac context
- Megahard Parody = Charters trolling Microsoft amid Blaster/Sobig worm era
- Safari Launch 2003 = Apple's web-browser story begins
- TCS Trek Next Generation = TCS community video — continues Penguins At Kitty Hawk mythology of 2001-05 — V23 N03