Washington Apple Pi Publications

The Mac IIci in 2010: way faster than in 1989.

http://www.wap.org/journal/IIciwicked/

Afraid to upgrade to Snow Leopard. As long as you have an Intel-based Mac, it will be a no surprises undertaking - no drama, no risk, great reward.

http://www.wap.org/journal/snowleopard/

Easily convert sound clips to ring tones on your iPhone.

http://www.wap.org/journal/ringtonestudio/

Now that you have a digital compass on your iPhone, there are a few details that need to be cleared up.

http://www.wap.org/journal/theodolite/degrees.html

Use your iPhone to record compass bearings, distance, angle of inclination, position, and a number of other surveying functions using the built-in camera.

http://www.wap.org/journal/theodolite/

That E-mail from your club or ISP or relative or friend could be a scam.

http://www.wap.org/journal/anatomyscam.html

Your Mac doesn't have virus problems like those other guys. But Macs are still vulnerable to attack -- especially if the user invites the bad guys in.

http://www.wap.org/journal/trojan/

While most people have heard that the written word dates back to around 3,000 BC and Mesopotamia, there is a growing body of evidence to suggest it extends back even farther, to roughly 6000 BC i...

http://www.wap.org/journal/electronicmedia/default.html

Apple announced new computers in October 2009: a redesigned MacBook, a beefier Mac mini (including a new Snow Leopard Server edition), and two new iMacs. All of them were impressive. The iMacs, s...

http://www.wap.org/journal/magicmouse/default.html

Pi Board member Larry Kershberg, professor of computer science and software engineering at George Mason University, treated the Pi to a very approachable introduction to cloud computing. You didn...

http://www.wap.org/events/sept2009/

There are lots of claims on why the iPad will fail. But there is also one major reason to think it will be a hit: fingers.

http://www.wap.org/journal/fingerprintsipad.html

The iPad and the iPhone argue about who is king of the tech world.

http://www.wap.org/events/cartoonipad201004/default.html

No matter how high-tech you get, Mother Nature still reigns supreme.

http://www.wap.org/events/cartoonnature200912/default.html

Automating the Jack-o-Lantern creation process has never been so easy!

http://www.wap.org/events/cartoonipumpkin200911/default.html

What does it take to publish a Washington Apple Pi Journal? This helpful flowchart shows the major steps.

http://www.wap.org/events/cartoonjournalflowchart200910/default.html

Is it technology that lures the Mac masses? Or secret signals from space? You be the judge.

http://www.wap.org/events/may2008/alienabduction.html

More than thirty years later, looking back has never looked quite so funny.

http://www.wap.org/events/june2008/birthdayparty.html

Time Machine, the dramatically named backup technology built in to Mac OS X 10.5, is probably the single best feature in the entire operating system. A Mac user doesn’t need to add or patch or ...

http://www.wap.org/journal/timemachine/

As Spiderman learned, with great power comes great responsibility. Disk Utility makes sure your drives are healthy and can be backed up. It comes free, with Mac OS X. And you should use it.

http://www.wap.org/journal/diskutility/

Cartoon: Stealth Mountains. Are they real? Let's take a peek.

http://www.wap.org/events/march2009/stealthmountains.html