Rolf “Headcheese” Nordahl of Mac Mouse will instruct us at the amazing multimedia ING Direct coffee café.  Learn more about free apps that come loaded with OS X such as Mail, iCal, iChat, backing up, and utilities, apps you may have been sitting on without realizing their coolness.

We’ll spring for a couple carafes of coffee or you can buy all kinds of coffee drinks, Panya cookies, scones etc and even sandwiches at very reasonable prices…and they’re a bank so they can’t take tips!  Awwwww, yea!  Come if just to see the place…and us of course!

Directions:

• from Ala Moana Blvd – stay in the left lane, shoot across the intersection to Pau St.
• from McCully – stay in the left lane after you pass Ala Wai canal and turn left, then left onto Pau St.
• from Kalakaua stay in left lane, left on Pau.

Parking – please car pool if you can:

• from Pau St. turn left into the parking lot behind the café.  There are 16 spaces but please try to leave a couple open for their regular customers.  We want to be welcome guests, it’s free and fab there.
• If the lot behind has no room, you may luck out on street parking, OR drive to the end of the block, left on Ala Wai, then left on the next street.  Drive toward Kalakaua and turn into the concrete open lot for their employees.  No set way to park to make sure you don’t block anyone.
• If that’s full, there is a park and pay mauka of the employee lot.  You have to go around the block again and left on McCully this time. It’s the deserted old Jack in the Box property.
• Ok, one more – if you can’t find parking on the block go to the Ft. DeRussy parking lot on Kalia Rd. but it will cost you about $8.50.  Moral of the story – car pool and come early!

Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 012

Todd Ogaswara, editor of Mobile Apps Today, makes a few predictions.

Read them at:
http://tinyurl.com/a2e7gv

Photographer Jennifer Wu discusses the elements involved in creating compelling composition and perspective in your photographs.

More information at:
http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm/programs/2009/EVENT-EV0010052L.asp

Thursday, January 8 at 7:00pm
Krauss Hall 012, Yukiyoshi Room

TopXNotes 1.4.0 adds one of the most requested features – Spell Checking! Changes also include an option to insert date and time, easier navigation, more secure notes.

NEW FEATURES

• Spell Checking
• Insert Date/Time
• Note Info (formerly Note Settings) now contains notation to make locating a note hiding in a Group hierarchy easier
• Note Info now contains “Number of lines” and “Number of characters”
• Keyboard shortcuts for View to View navigation

This version merges TopXNotes and TopXNotes iPod into one product. Owners of either product, will be able to use the same serial numbers to upgrade.

Complete list of changes, and supported iPod models here:
http://www.tropic4.com/topxnotes1.4.html

Download here:
http://www.tropic4.com/supportdownloads.phtml

The all day Unconferenz is a grassroots technology gathering to foster sharing and interaction. Attendance is limited. Early registration is encouraged.

Registration is $25 to cover the cost of lunch and a t-shirt.

Website: http://www.unconferenz.com
Information: http://unconferenz.ning.com
Registration: http://unconferenz.eventbrite.com

Planning to be in San Francisco for Macworld 2009? IDG has put together a virtual brochure with information about exhibitors, conference tracks and more.

Have a look at the new Macworld virtual brochure.
http://tinyurl.com/5vkyag

Source: Apple User Group Bulletin – December 16, 2008
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/

A pressing topic in computer circles is how to recognize and avoid identity theft. The Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group (SMMUG) has invited representatives from the Colorado Springs Police Department to their January 8 meeting for a presentation on identity theft prevention.

See what SMMUG has planned.
http://www.smmug.org/

Source: Apple User Group Bulletin – December 16, 2008
http://homepage.mac.com/ugab/

USB Port, Mac OSX 10.4 or later

2 AA batteries (included)

The initial setup or the Targus Wireless Mouse for Mac is very straightforward, “Plug and Play”…

The USB receiver is small and unobtrusive, it sticks out less than the power cord plug on my MacBook Pro. I won’t have to worry about accidentally snapping the receiver off.

Another great feature is that the USB receiver is stored inside the cover of the mouse (very convenient and space saving for travel)

The optical tracking works very well, it even runs smoothly on top of my neoprene laptop sleeve.

(impromptu mouse pad)

Ergonomically, the size of the mouse is a happy medium. I found other wireless mice such as the Logitech VX Nano too small for my hand or others too big to travel with.

The touch scrolling is a bit sticky, I’ll have to get used to it. The On/Off Switch located on the bottom of the mouse is nice, saves on batteries.

The software CD loaded without any problems. The Targus icon showed up instantly in the “Other” section of the System Preferences window.

When setting up the programmable button functions, however, the button numbering is not intuitive. Button#4 represents the back button, button #5 represents the front button. This info cannot be found in the device description of the mouse manual nor in the Targus device setup window. Once set up, the programmable button functions work smoothly.

Overall, I’m impressed. Understated but very functional, this Targus Wireless Mouse for Mac is a Keeper!

More details here.