March – April 2006 — Vol 28 No 2
Source
Open PDF • Mar–Apr 2006 • Vol 28 No 2 • 36 pages
Overview
President's Corner (John Barnes, 4). Easy as 1-2-3: The Pi Online Store (Bob Jarecke, 5-6) — Pi online merch store launches. The Best of the TCS (Richard Rucker, 7). There's Something Phishy About E-Mail (Lawrence I. Charters, 8-9). My View of MacWorld 2006 (John Barnes, 10-12). Geek Cruises' MacMania 4 / Photoshop Fling 3 (Pat Fauquet, 12-15). Storing Your Stuff: the Epson P-4000 Multimedia Viewer (Lawrence I. Charters, 16-18). The Biggest Thing on the web: Google Earth for Mac (Lawrence I. Charters, 19) — Google Earth for Mac released Jan 2006. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Cell Phone as Data Modem (Derrick Garbell, 20-24). Shade 8 — Software Review (Stuart Bonwit, 25-26). January General Meeting (Bob Jarecke, 26-28).
Upcoming: March 25 — MugCenter Podcasts. April 15 General Meeting at Microsoft Innovation Center, Reston VA.
Highlights
Pi Online Store — Bob Jarecke
Pi launches new Online Store ("Easy as 1-2-3") — Bob Jarecke writes the rollout piece (third Jarecke byline; he debuted in 2005-11 — V27 N06). Note: Cafepress store was earlier in 2003-11 — V25 N06; this may be successor or expansion.
Charters Tech-Trilogy
Three Charters pieces in one issue: Phishy E-Mail (security), Epson P-4000 (digital photo storage), Google Earth for Mac. Charters anchoring much of the technical content.
Geek Cruises 2006 — Pat Fauquet
MacMania 4 + Photoshop Fling 3 — Pi's Pat Fauquet reports from the Feb 2006 cruise.
Google Earth for Mac — Lawrence I. Charters
Google Earth for Mac released January 2006 — Charters reviews. "The Biggest Thing on the web."
Phishing E-mail Awareness
"There's Something Phishy About E-Mail" — Charters on phishing scams. Echoes 2003-09 — V25 N05 Kempf PayPal-hijack memoir.
January MacWorld 2006 — Intel Macs
Multiple views of MacWorld 2006 (where Intel Macs were unveiled): Barnes's review + Jarecke's January meeting recap. Pi double-coverage of the Intel-launch Macworld.
Entities
People: John Barnes, Bob Jarecke, Richard Rucker, Lawrence I. Charters, Pat Fauquet, Derrick Garbell, Stuart Bonwit Topics: Pi Online Store 2006, Geek Cruises 2006, Phishy E-Mail, Macworld 2006 Coverage, Google Earth on Mac References: Epson P-4000 Multimedia Viewer, Google Earth Mac, Shade 8
Connections to other issues
- Bob Jarecke now active contributor — 3rd appearance (2005-11 — V27 N06 debut, this issue twice)
- Pi Online Store 2006 = successor/companion to 2003-11 — V25 N06 Cafepress store
- Macworld 2006 Coverage = Intel-Mac launch reportage