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Washington Apple Pi Events

• August 23, 2008: Proposed amendment to Pi Bylaws, to be considered at the General Meeting.
• August 23, 2008: General Meeting - Images, From Capture to Presentation
• August 23, 2008: iLife SIG, Beginners SIG, Genealogy SIG
• September 25, 2008: Retired SIG
• September 27, 2008: General Meeting - Apple's Smallest Computers - the iPhone and the iPod Touch
• September 27, 2008: iLife SIG, Beginners SIG, Genealogy SIG
• October 25, 2008: General Meeting - Retired with a Mac?
• October 25, 2008: iLife SIG, Beginners SIG, Genealogy SIG

Of Interest

• Scam alert: Beware of "billing problems" with .Mac accounts.
• Pi Six Pack: A year's worth of Journals. Tastes great and more filling, now available from Pi Store.
• Apple /// DVD-ROM now available from Pi Store.
• Pi Mosaic: 172 square feet of Pi history.
• 2007 Washington Apple Pi Photo Contest winners!
• Video tutorials on Web publishing, iChat instant messaging.
• Tuesday Night Clinic. Have a pesky hardware problem? Are you free Tuesday night?
• Pi Store. Don't overlook our online store. You can purchase Pi Fillings CDs, and join or renew your Washington Apple Pi membership.
• Stay in touch. Staying informed is easy: sign up for the Pi Announce list, with low carbs, no fat, and no added sugar.
• Need a Mac-friendly dial-up service? Subscribe to our 56K Explorer service, complete with your own Web space and IMAP-compatible E-mail. You can either read about it here or you can see how to configure your system.
• TCS User Guide: member Richard Rucker has written a guide in Adobe Acrobat format (2.1 megabytes) on how to use the Pi's forums, the TCS.
• Instructions for member Web sites: basic instructions for managing your Pi member Web site.
• Behind the scenes at Washington Apple Pi's famed Tuesday Night Clinic.
• What really happens at a Washington Apple Pi Board of Directors meeting.

How to use your Mac: from the Journal

• Pathways to Macintosh Learning. The choice is yours.
• The $18 million iMac: Why your old Mac is too expensive. Much, much too expensive.
• Building a Check Register in REALbasic: an introduction to programming
• Mac OS X Has a Dictionary. So use it.
• Reviews: Comic Life, Paparazzi!, Mimic, iChat 4, MacBook Air
• How to Use an iPhone or iPod touch as a Universal Remote Control, a nine part odyssey
• Keeping Current with Mac OS 9: Mac OS 9 in the 21st century
• Encrypting Mac Laptops to Comply with Government Directives: Dealing with bureaucratic paranoia
• iMac Intel & Windows XP: Boot Camp for civilians
• Windows on a Mac: A Parallel View
• Mac Security: Physical, Mental and Spiritual - Part I: Physical Security, Part II: Mental Security, and Part III: Spiritual Security. Because the electronic world is dangerous.

Macs in Iraq

• Evaluating an IBook Under Field Conditions. Sand, heat and DVDs.
• Back from the Sand: A Mac in Iraq. A PowerBook G4 survives.

Revised August 16, 2008
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