September – October 2009 — Vol 31 No 5
Source
Open eJournal PDF • Sep–Oct 2009 • Vol 31 No 5 • 35 pages • eJournal
Overview
Snow Leopard issue — cover photos are Snow Leopard desktop patterns. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard launched August 28, 2009; reviewed by Lawrence I. Charters: "Snow Leopard Upgrade: Spectacularly Boring" — referring to its under-the-hood-only nature ("the no-new-features release"). The Changing of the Seasons (Jay Castillo, 5). How Does Your Mac mini Stack Up? (David Harris, 10). Some Thoughts on Electronic Media and the Written Word (Lawrence I. Charters, 11). Connectivity from an RV (Bill Bailey, 14) — mobile networking. Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X (Second Edition) book review (Richard Orlin, 15). Catching up with McDonald's: TCS Forum passes the 100,000 mark (Lawrence I. Charters, 17) — Pi TCS hits 100,000 posts milestone. June 2009: Pi Widgets (Tom Carlson, 18). July 2009: Social Networking, Part I (Lawrence I. Charters, 23). August 2009: Social Networking, Part II (Lawrence I. Charters, 29) — Facebook/Twitter/etc.
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Editor's Column | Bob Jarecke | 4 |
| The Changing of the Seasons | Jay Castillo | 5 |
| Volunteer Opportunity | — | 6 |
| Snow Leopard Upgrade: Spectacularly Boring | Lawrence I. Charters | 7 |
| How Does Your Mac mini Stack Up? | David Harris | 10 |
| Some Thoughts on Electronic Media and the Written Word | Lawrence I. Charters | 11 |
| Connectivity from an RV | Bill Bailey | 14 |
| Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X | Richard Orlin | 15 |
| TCS Forum passes the 100,000 mark | Lawrence I. Charters | 17 |
| June 2009: Pi Widgets | Tom Carlson | 18 |
| July 2009: Social Networking, Part I | Lawrence I. Charters | 23 |
| August 2009: Social Networking, Part II | Lawrence I. Charters | 29 |
Highlights
Snow Leopard Upgrade: Spectacularly Boring — Lawrence I. Charters
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Aug 28, 2009) — Apple's "no new features" cleanup release. Charters' title captures the (positive) anticlimax.
TCS 100,000 posts — Lawrence I. Charters
Pi TCS milestone: forum passes 100,000 messages. "Catching up with McDonald's" — humorous benchmark.
Social Networking I+II — Lawrence I. Charters
Two-part Facebook/Twitter/social media primer — Pi catching up to consumer Internet culture circa 2009.
Mac mini stacking — David Harris
Mac mini servers — physical stacking of mini Macs as low-budget server farm.
RV Connectivity — Bill Bailey
Mobile Internet from a recreational vehicle — practical edge-case piece.
Entities
People: Jay Castillo, Bob Jarecke, Lawrence I. Charters, David Harris, Bill Bailey, Richard Orlin, Tom Carlson (= Thomas Carlson), Larry Kerschberg (Director continuing) Topics: Snow Leopard, Pi TCS 100K Milestone, Social Networking Series, Mac mini Stacking References: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Facebook, Twitter, Take Control of Passwords
Connections to other issues
- Snow Leopard coverage continues in 2009-11 — V31 N06 ("Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard" by Larry Kerschberg)
- Pi TCS 100K Milestone — TCS launched 1986-12 — V08 N12; 23 years to 100K posts
- Social Networking Series = Pi's first dedicated social-media coverage