HMAUS Signal Supporting Macintosh and Apple Users in Hawaii

The University of Hawaii and Apple, Inc. are sponsoring another eWaste Disposal day on Saturday, October 25. This program is open for Hawai‘i residents who wish to dispose of personal eWaste on Saturday October 25 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Residents may drive to one of seven drop off locations on The Big Island, Kaua‘i, Maui, or Oahu to recycle their personal end-of-life electronics.

There are several location on Oahu and on the neighbor islands.

See the drop off locations and more information.

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Thanks to Mark McMahon Hawaii Geek Week has a web site. You’ll find it at: http://www.hawaiigeekweek.org.

We’ll be posting information about the technology events for Hawaii Geek Week, from October 18 to October 24, 2008.

Events currently listed include:

• Macoberfest 2008 - October18
• Photo Walkabout with Lorelle - October19
• Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen - October 22
• Windward Community College TechTalk 2008 - October 24
• PodCamp / WordCamp Hawaii - October 24-25

HMAUS is very fortunate to have the very talented Mark McMahon as a member to help with the web site. You can find him at Hawaii Web Consulting.

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Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa, co-hosts of the best technology radio program in Hawaii, and a few friends will be manning the telephones for the Hawaii Public Radio Celebration 2008 fall pledge drive. The Bytemarks Cafe web site. The Hawaii Public Radio web site.

The time slot for the Bytemarks Cafe group will be from Noon to 5:00 PM on Saturday, October 11.

Tune in, call in and make a pledge in support of Bytemarks Cafe and Hawaii Public Radio.

Burt and Ryan will be featured guest speakers in the afternoon session of Mactoberfest 2008 on Saturday, October 18. More information here.

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Here is real simple way to open Microsoft .docx files your Windows friends send you.

Open .docx files on a Mac from mindplunge.com

Microsoft recently released a convertor. The links are also at mindplunge.com.

Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0

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Pre-order the “iPod: The Missing Manual, 7th Edition” print book/electronic bundle

iPod: The Missing Manual, 7th Edition
By J.D. Biersdorfer, David Pogue
Pages: 256
ISBN 13: 9780596522124

Now that Apple’s rocked — the new iPods and iTunes 8 look amazing — we’re ready to roll. O’Reilly is burning the midnight oil, getting the latest edition of “iPod: The Missing Manual” ready. Get your hands on the book as soon as we’re done.

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596522124/index.html

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Inside iPhone–a New Online Gathering Place for iPhone Technologists and Developers–Join the Conversation.

Few new platforms have grabbed the interest of technologists and developers as much as the iPhone. And with the recent announcement of Apple’s aggressively priced next generation, more folks than ever will be getting involved with the iPhone. Fortunately just in time for this surge of fresh interest comes Inside iPhone–a dynamic community resource for technologists, developers, and enthusiasts.

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For those who miss this great presentation MacLearn Video of Beatrix *Jar

Video By Ryan Ozawa

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For those of you who missed Matt’s presentation at the 2008 Mac a’hiki.

Here’s Burt Lum’s write up in his ByteMarks blog.

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