September – October 2005 — Vol 27 No 5
Source
Open PDF • Sep–Oct 2005 • Vol 27 No 5 • 36 pages
Overview
President's Corner (John Barnes, 3-4). Washington Apple Pi Goes Geek Cruising (Pat Fauquet, 5) — MacMania Geek Cruise Feb 2006 promo. Why I chose a Laptop When My School Decided to Exchange Me (Lykara Charters, 6-7). Mac Security Part III: Spiritual Security (Lawrence I. Charters, 8-14) — final part of trilogy. The Art of the Away Message (Lykara Charters, 15-17). The Second Annual Washington Apple Pi Picnic (Gene Haddon, 17-19). Pi Picnic Photo Safari (20). Putting a Tiger in Your Tank! — July General Meeting (21). The Pi Goes to the Fair (23) — Montgomery County Fair recap. Anyone can Be a Pi Volunteer (25). Secretary and Treasurer Reports (27-28).
Upcoming events: - Sep 24: A Visit With Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus — at NVCC Annandale, 9:00-11:30 AM (nonmembers welcome). Topics: Doctor Mac Direct, GeekCruises, his 50 books, Mac OS X Tiger. After-meeting at Tyson's Corner Apple Store 1-2 PM. - Oct 22: Third Annual Holiday Planning Meeting at BCC Regional Services Center. - Feb 2006: MacMania Geek Cruise (more in next issue).
Highlights
Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus Visit — Sept 24
Bob LeVitus — Dr. Mac — visits Pi. LeVitus is the long-running Mac columnist (Houston Chronicle, MacUser), author of 50+ Mac books. Discussed Doctor Mac Direct, his GeekCruises co-leadership, his books, and OS X Tiger. Post-meeting at Tyson's Corner Apple Store.
Mac Security Part III: Spiritual Security — Lawrence I. Charters
Concludes the 3-part security series (Part 1 in 2005-05 — V27 N03, Part 2 in 2005-07 — V27 N04). "Spiritual Security" — Charters's comedic-philosophical capstone.
Charters Family Bylines
Lykara Charters writes two pieces this issue: laptop-purchase memoir + "The Art of the Away Message" (AOL Instant Messenger era). Lawrence Charters's daughter writing in the Journal — Pi-family-byline tradition.
Pi at the Montgomery County Fair
Pi Fair recap — community-outreach Internet Cafe successful.
MacMania Geek Cruise Coming
Pat Fauquet joins MacMania Geek Cruise leadership — Pi getting tied into the Geek-Cruise community (organized by Neil Bauman). Cruise scheduled Feb 2006.
Entities
People: John Barnes, Pat Fauquet, Lykara Charters, Lawrence I. Charters, Gene Haddon, Bob LeVitus Topics: Dr Mac Visits Pi, Mac Security Trilogy, Geek Cruise, Holiday Planning Meeting Tradition, Charters Family Bylines References: Doctor Mac Direct, GeekCruises, Bob LeVitus Books
Connections to other issues
- Mac Security Trilogy = closes the Spring–Summer 2005 Charters series (2005-05 — V27 N03, 2005-07 — V27 N04)
- Dr Mac Visits Pi = LeVitus, contemporaneous with Chuck Joiner Pi Advisory Board (2005-05 — V27 N03) — Pi's celebrity-Mac-press connections expanding
- Charters Family Bylines = Lykara Charters (Lawrence's daughter) continues from 2004-03 — V26 N02