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Mon’s Lab: Ann G, turn on, 1 way to do things, mouse clicks
Bill Fitzgerald died
December 19, 2012
Dec 18, 1957
1st Atomic Power Plant
Dec 17, 1903
1st Man Powered Flight
Past – Future Topics
• Feb 13 ?• Jan 13 Win 8 Howard• Dec 12Christmas Party (3rd Wednesday)• Nov 12Latest Gadgets Joe (4th Wednesday)• Oct 12 APCUG Greg West• Sep 12 Fav. Programs Board Members• Aug 12 Picnic• Jun 12 YouTube Larry, Carol, Howard• May 12 Lightroom Bill• Apr 12 Disaster Plan Laura• Mar 12 Routers Howard• Feb 12 Cloud Larry• Jan 12 Tablets: Lynn – iPad, Al – Android• Dec 11 Christmas Party - 3rd Wednesday• Nov 11 Joe Holiday Technology Shopping List• Oct 11 Carol & Howard Skype
Who Are Our Officers ?
• President Larry Piper
• Vice President Joe Lykowski
• Treasurer Laura Hammel
• Newsletter Carol Picard
• Membership Gary Ensing
• Webmaster Carol Picard
• Publicity Al Adams
• Program Co-Chairs Howard Lewis & Bill Tower
• At-Large Board Al Adams
Board Meeting(Nov 7, 2012)
• 25 members, $1,3xx balance• APCUG freebies• Dec -- Pizza, Jan – Howard Win 8• Types of raffle items
General Comments
• Membership Report• Treasurer’s Report• Status of Individual Members• 2 Lab Classes each month• Raffle Drawing Items
Could use more members• On with the show …
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Club Website
http://mcc.apcug.org
1 – added meeting agendas /piper2 – 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format5 – also have a utilities list /utilities
Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html
Ponderings: 2012 Top Stories
Links: Books, Crazy, Bookworm, CellDeath, Q&A, Free Manuals
Howard: Admin files, text size
Coffee Shop EtiquetteFree Office Suites - CarolTwitter’s Hidden OptionsOpenClip ArtPerfect Photo Suite 6
General Questions
• New Hardware? Tablets, thumb drives• New Software? Win8• Newsletter or Web Site?• Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?
• News: Technical? Personal Experiences?
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What I Have Learned
• Fidelity email: pfishing or legit?
• Charter’s use of symbols: ❶ of ❸• I lose networked printers on power outage.
• Google: Gmail + Drive (attach 10G files)
• What good computer deals out there?
• Ray Kurzweil joins Google singularity, 2045
• Greg West wants a joint meeting of MI user groups
• TV ads softer?
What Else I Have Learned
• • Need to solder capacitors in my HD TV
Win 8 Pro Upgrade: free, $40
What else?
Interesting Web Sites - #1• MCC Article about Larry Piper• Time Person of the Year• Instagram can sell photos• CX.com (start charging, deleted)• Hallelujah Singing Monks• Ru
• Scientific sites
Interesting Videos & Books
Team of Rivals, Doris Goodwin, 2006
• Assassination of JFK, Bill O’Reillyd
• Jonathan Haidt
My Personal Questions
• TV repair of capicators
• MDN TV Guide
• VA Hospital in Saginaw
• Handicapping jockey weights in horse racing?
• How to save Internet article?
• What about Video recording of screen ?
• Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines
• Google Play
• GoDaddy website
Webucator
Group voucher number: 9439781
Link: http://www.webucator.com/self-paced-courses/index.cfm
Word Excel PowerPoint
• Pipers-Place.net 10 different browsers
• Wikipedia Article 44 different browsers
Online Backup Sites• IDrive www.idrive.com
• Skydrive
• Spideroak www.spideroak.com
• SugarSync http://spideroak.com • Dropbox www.dropbox.com
• Mozy
• CX.com
• ADrive www.adrive.com
• Cubby www.cubby.com
PC Repairs• Staples
• Best Buy
• Mall
• Mid Michigan Computer – Bill Church
• Circle – Compucon
• Airport Grocery
• SAMSA
• Rich Holbrook
• PC Knights
• Frank Koenig
• Ken’s Typewriter
Time for the Raffle Drawing ?
Survey
• House temperature set
• ACT, SAT, GRE exams ?
• GPS in car. Use it?
• Backup Heating: fireplace, propane, etc
• Browser: IE, Firefox, Chrome, Other
• List of medications & doctors
• System Info: Belarc, System
• Generator; hookup to home wiring
M.C.C. Lab Notes for Attendees
1 Never tell your password(s) to ANYBODY; it’s OK to write it down in a safe place.
2 eMail: don’t forward anything; it probably isn’t true, and besides, I’M NOT INTERESTED; if you are trying to force me to read something, I will only think less of you.
3 Religious sites are the WORST for spam and viruses; so are little old lady (and men) sites.
4 No, on 2nd thought, your family are the worst for sending you viruses.
5 Get an anti-virus software and keep it up to date. (Microsoft Security Essentials)
6 You are the biggest security threat to your computer. (Pogo)
7 Believe nothing you read/hear; double check your facts. (snopes.com)
8 Few people, particularly doctors, walk on water.
9 Never ask your barber if you need a haircut; same for salesmen.
a Backup what you cannot replace.
b Get a 2nd email (or even a 3rd ); use Gmail or Hotmail
c Like cars, any type computer will get you there; some will be easier and more costly.
d Get your act together on PASSWORDS: (we have a system, and it works: Klatu)
Definitions
• 1910-1960 I.Q. 1961 – P.C. era
• Genius 145-164
• Gifted 125-134
• Above Avg. 115-124
• Normal 85-115
• Deficient 71-84 Mildly Retarded
• Moron 51-70 Moderate Retarded
• Imbecile 26-50 Severely Retarded
• Idiot 0-25 Profoundly Retarded
Ads – What’s The Catch
• Send in your gold• Free credit scores• Professor & free CDs• Geiko & Progressive Car Insurance• Body Building• Weight Loss• Pay shipping on 2nd item• Carnival Games – Magic Illusions –
What I Have LearnedHow to convert PPT to DVD’s to play on your TV?
Camtasia Xilosoft
Wink MovieMaker
• yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes Bayes Theorem• Wason & Stroop Tests
Questions for Individuals
• Laura:
• Al:
• Howard:
• Carol:
• Gary:
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Membership List
• Al Adams Frank Koenig• Jerry Arch Gust Kookootsedes• Larry Ault Howard Lewis• George Binder Joe Lykowski• Kathy Bohl Judy Vogel• Mary Branson Robert Miller• Terry Brown Harry Morton• Jim Carrier Frank Neeb• John Dashner Ron Picardi• D. Ducommon Carol Picard• Gary-Jan Ensing Larry-Judy Piper• Laura Hammel Shirley Salas• Rich Holbrook Bill Tower• Bill Kocher Lynn Walker
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