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Monthly Club Meeting - September 2013

This is a summary of the September 2013 meeting of the club, including discussions on various topics, updates, and member news.

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Monthly Club Meeting - September 2013

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  1. Sep 25, 2013

  2. Sep 24, 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas Sep 25, 1971 Sandra D. O’Connor Sep 26, 1960 Debates: Kennedy-Nixon

  3. Past – Future Topics • Sep 13 Culinary Delights • Aug 13 Picnic • Jun 13 Internet: Good, Bad & Ugly 5 min for each person • May 13 Backups Carol, Laura, Howard, Larry, et. al. • Apr 13Favorite 5: Websites & Apps/Programs • Mar 13 email scams Joe, Howard & Larry • Feb 13 Library Ann Jarvis • Jan 13 Win 8 Howard • Dec 12 Christmas Party (3rd Wednesday) • Nov 12 Latest Gadgets Joe (4th Wednesday) • Oct 12APCUG Greg West • Sep 12 Fav. Programs Board Members • Aug 12 Picnic • Jun 12 YouTube Larry, Carol, Howard • May 12 Lightroom Bill • Apr 12 DisasterPlan Laura • Mar 12 Routers Howard • Feb 12 Cloud Larry • 5

  4. 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

  5. Board Meeting (Sep 5, 2013) • Still 27 members, $1,700 • Joe offered 14 mini-ideas • Other ideas: Win XP, MOOC, How to forums • Reject idea of fixing PCs, HW or SW • Look at apcug.org for speakers; so-so • Discussed: tablet printing, diagnostics, O’Reilly • Scheduled room for 2013-2014

  6. General Comments • Membership Report • Treasurer’s Report • Status of Individual Members • Tonight’s Raffle Drawing Item(s) • On with the show …

  7. Important Stuff • IE zero day; get updates

  8. Club Website http://mcc.apcug.org 1 – added meeting agendas /piper 2 – tonight: http://mcc.apcug.org/piper/MCC-Sep13.ppt 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present 4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format 5 – also have a utilities list /utilities

  9. Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html Ponderings: Q&A, Lab, Clean Out, Prog. Howards Tips & Tricks: Win8, Paste Careline phone SSE Review (Linus) Tablet keyboard Bionic eye Browsing 101 Text doctor Ads & cookies SAT Driving laws Mutual Funds Bureau of Standards Water

  10. General Questions • New Hardware? Tablets • New Software? Win7, 8.1 Upgrades • Newsletter or Web Site? • Microsoft Updates? Other Updates? • News: Technical? Club Facebook ? • Personal Experiences? • Computer Repairs?

  11. What I Have Learned What will you do with Win XP ? Status of O’Reilly books Boot CDs (for diagnostics) Talked with Lynn Kauer Mary Branson

  12. What Else I Have Learned • Kingsoft works on PowerPoint • PDF: downloading & printing can be a problem • Foxit Phantom PDF • Memtest86+

  13. Interesting Websites #1 • Ask Leo • Very Short Introductions • National University rankings • 8 Geek ways to use QR codes • Top 50 Companies millennials want to work • 40 Maps to understand the world • I, Cringley • Fun way to use your webcam • Reindeer swim

  14. Interesting Web Sites - #2 • File types • Chinese, 10 TB storage • Startme.com • Megaleecher.net • CourseraedXUdacity

  15. Interesting Videos & Books Lifehacker, 3rd Ed, Pash & Trapani, 2011, 476p, $30 Ollie & Me, Kauer, 2011, 120p, $8

  16. Recipes • www.webmd.com/food-recipes • www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/RecipeIndex • www.lowfatcooking.about.com • www.eatingwell.com • www.skinnytaste.com • www.cookinglight.com • www.hearthealthyonline.com/healthy-recipes • www.myrecipes.com/Features/healthy-cooking • www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Healthy-Eating

  17. My Personal Questions • How to increase a partition size • Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines • Record conversion tools • Use of Tables in Microsoft Word • Yawcam for house monitoring • Go to financial offers at H hotel ?

  18. What Programs are Running on PC 1 – Control Panel > Programs & Features (to uninstall) 2 – REVO Uninstaller 3 – CCleaner Tools > Save as TXT

  19. Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

  20. Survey • 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

  21. My Personal Questions • Windows 7 MovieMaker • Turn on Windows firewall (Win 7, my ASUS) • Network Printers on XP • Removing battery from laptop (bios password)

  22. 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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