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Washington Apple Pi Events
- May 17, 2012: Afternoon Learners SIG.
- May 19, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- May 26, 2012: General Meeting: Social Media - what it means for you!
- June 2, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- June 9, 2012: Video Workshop. Stop in an help the Pi create their online podcasts.
- June 16, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- June 21, 2012: Afternoon Learners SIG.
- June 23, 2012: General Meeting: Putting the Cloud to work with Google Docs
- June 30, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- July 7, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- July 14, 2012: Video Workshop. Stop in an help the Pi create their online podcasts.
- July 19, 2012: Afternoon Learners SIG.
- July 21, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- August 4, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- August 11, 2012: Video Workshop. Stop in an help the Pi create their online podcasts.
- August 16, 2012: Afternoon Learners SIG.
- August 18, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- September 8, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
- September 15, 2012: Video Workshop. Stop in an help the Pi create their online podcasts.
- September 20, 2012: Afternoon Learners SIG.
- September 29, 2012: Clubhouse Saturday with Tech Support and Tutorial Assistance.
* New address: Pi Clubhouse and SIG meetings will be held at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814, Room 30-31. Map
Pi News Briefs
- Pi Elections 2012!
- Afternoon Learners, Dropbox & Software Update
- Great Clubhouse Saturday last - and what's next!
- Pi Clubhouse Events for January 2012
- December Afternoon Learners SIG
Journal Highlights
January-February 2012:
- That Was Then, This is Now
- Keyboard Shortcuts or Mouse Clicks?
- HTML5 Forms and Mobile Computing
- TechTool Pro 6: Beyond Disk Utility
- Podcasts and iTunes University
- Beware the Morphing Flashback Malware
- Trash and Email Troubles, Mail Threads, Mobile Safari Tabs, and more
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- Free copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: if you are a current MobileMe subscriber, Apple is offering a free copy of Snow Leopard. Upgrading to Snow Leopard will, in turn, allow you to upgrade to iCloud.
- Apple /// DVD-ROM now in the public domain.
- Journal showcase: select Washington Apple Pi Journals from our first three decades
- Tuesday Night Clinic: The Tuesday Night Clinic reopened to provide Macintosh support September 2010 with a new sponsor, day, and location. The MacReycleClinic (www.macrecycleclinic.org) is the new sponsor. The clinic moves to Monday evenings at the Marvin Memorial Church, 33 University Blvd. East in Silver Spring, MD. For information about tax deductible equipment donations: e-mail office@macrecycleclinic.org or contact them via reclamation@wap.org. More information on the MacRecycleClinic.
- Streaming coverage of September Cloud Computing presentation.
- Clubhouse Saturdays, a new way to aid members helping members.
- TCS User Guide: a guide in Adobe Acrobat format (2.7 megabytes) on how to use the Pi's forums, the TCS.
- Pi Mosaic: 172 square feet of Pi history.
- Washington Apple Pi Photo Contest III Winners | 2009 Winners | 2007 Winners
- Video tutorials on Web publishing, iChat instant messaging.
- Pi Store. Don't overlook our online store. You can purchase Pi Fillings CDs, and join or renew your Washington Apple Pi membership.
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- 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.
- Instructions for member Web sites: basic instructions for managing your Pi member Web site.
How to use your Mac: from the Journal
- Macintosh Aids for the Visually Challenged
- Lionspeak: Voice Synthesis in Mac OS X Lion 10.7
- Trojans Still Need a Horse
- Anatomy of a Scam
- Uniformity: an iPhone app for the Navy
- Theodolite for the iPhone
- iPad: Not a Netbook; It's Better
- Putting Video on Devices Using Handbrake
- Snow Leopard Upgrade: Spectacularly Boring
- Think You Need a Laptop? No, You Need an iMac
- 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.
Revised May 16, 2012
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