May – June 2011 — Vol 33 No 3
Source
Open PDF • May–Jun 2011 • Vol 33 No 3 • 35 pages
Overview
Election 2011 — Meet the Candidates! (8). Sharing My Travels (Travis Good, 10). Mariner Software's Paperless for Mac OS X (Al Lubarsky, 14) — Lubarsky is also a Pi Journal digitization contributor. Preparing for Lion: Find Your PowerPC Applications (Matt Newburg, 17) — OS X 10.7 Lion (July 2011) drops Rosetta — guide to identifying PowerPC apps that will stop working. The iPad 2 as a Supercomputer? (Jay Castillo, 19) — iPad 2 launched March 2011. How Tasty is Delicious Library 2? (Jay Castillo, 21).
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Editor's Column | Jay Castillo | 4 |
| President's Page: See you at the monthly meeting! | Jay Castillo | 5 |
| Quotable Quotes | — | 6 |
| Pi Comic | — | 7 |
| Election 2011: Meet the Candidates! | — | 8 |
| Sharing My Travels | Travis Good | 10 |
| Mariner's Paperless for Mac OS X | Al Lubarsky | 14 |
| Preparing for Lion: Find Your PowerPC Applications | Matt Newburg | 17 |
| The iPad 2 as a Supercomputer? | Jay Castillo | 19 |
| How Tasty is Delicious Library 2? | Jay Castillo | 21 |
| Tips & Tricks | — | 26 |
Highlights
Preparing for Lion — Matt Newburg
OS X 10.7 Lion (released July 20, 2011) dropped Rosetta, ending support for PowerPC applications. Newburg's guide helped members audit before upgrading.
iPad 2 as Supercomputer — Jay Castillo
iPad 2 (launched March 11, 2011) — dual-core A5. Castillo on its capabilities.
Al Lubarsky on Paperless
Al Lubarsky — one of the Pi Journal digitization contributors (per Showcase) — reviews Mariner Paperless. Resolves the long-running backlog question about which Lubarsky.
Election 2011
Pi election — Castillo continues as President per subsequent issues.
Entities
People: Jay Castillo, Travis Good, Al Lubarsky, Matt Newburg, Larry Kerschberg Topics: Mac OS X Lion, PowerPC End-of-Life, iPad 2, Pi Election 2011 References: Mariner Paperless, Delicious Library 2, iPad 2, OS X 10.7 Lion
Connections to other issues
- Mac OS X Lion drop of Rosetta — significant transition, mirrors Intel transition 2006
- Al Lubarsky = listed as Pi Journal digitization contributor on showcase page; this issue confirms his Pi-author role
- iPad 2 arrives one year after iPad Launch (2010-05 — V32 N03)