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Misc. Thoughts. Hoax: series of 5 Fri, Sat or Sun in x months. August 22, 2012. J. Past – Future Topics. Sep 12 (Google Apps) Everybody Aug 12 Picnic Jun 12 YouTube Larry, Carol, Howard May 12 Lightroom Bill Apr 12 Disaster Plan Laura Mar 12 Routers Howard
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Misc. Thoughts • Hoax: series of 5 Fri, Sat or Sun in x months
Past – Future Topics • Sep 12 (Google Apps) Everybody • 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 • 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 • Sep 11 Ann Jarvis Library • Aug 11 Picnic • Jun 11 Ann Jarvis Library (Postponed) • May 11 Shirley Salas Facebook • Apr 11 Joe Photoshop Elements 9
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 & Shirley Salas
Board Meeting (none in August) • 28 members, $1,6xx balance • Sep: • Google apps in fall • Will send email link rather than PDF • Lots of raffle items • Quarterly book coupons • Move 2nd Tue to ???
General Comments • Membership Report • Treasurer’s Report • Status of Individual Members • 4 Lab Classes each month • Raffle Drawing ?? • On with the show …
Club Website http://mcc.apcug.org 1 – added meeting agendas /piper 2 – added August, 2012 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present 4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format 5 – also have a utilities list /utilities
Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html Ponderings: Links: Documentaries, 1st world, 3D aerial, hard disk, Pixar Carol: Display past browser tabs Tablet: iPad2 Agloves Thumb Drive Cut & Paste Evernote 4 Media Sharing Devices Search Eng: DuckDuckGo & Gibiru Carol: Samsung Galaxay Player 4
General Questions • New Hardware? Tablets, thumb drives • New Software? Win8, ICE 4.0 • Newsletter or Web Site? • Microsoft Updates? Other Updates? • News: Technical? Personal Experiences?
Individual Questions • Larry – Cloud, repaired 2 laptops • John – lynda.com • Kathy – ancestry.com • Harry – Charter modem • Microsoft has $15 upgrade to Win 8 • Orbitz directs Mac owners to 30% higher
What I Have Learned • Epson R280 photo/CD inkjet printer • Acer laptop: Vista won’t increase partition size • Laptop Repairs: remove the HD (Ali & Scot); SATA • Magazines: • Library has microfilm of Midland Daily News
What Else I Have Learned Firefox shows a history when opening new tab RSS feeds “overwhelm” your inbox Kodak Easyshare now Shutterfly Supermedia has great prices on “stick” drives
Interesting Web Sites • Drugs.com • Resell used digital works http://tinyurl.com/8e9fakt • Public pension ROIhttp://tinyurl.com/9f6x9dl • Win 7 Downloads (free) here • Kingsofthttp://www.kingsoftstore.com/index • Aakash2 tablet (India) http://www.megaleecher.net/aakash_tablet_2
Interesting Videos & Books • Your Brain: The Missing Manual
My Personal Questions • Nikki asked for slide show. What to use? • What about Video recording of screen ? • Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines • Google Play • GoDaddy website
Personal Experiences • Blew water main, 2X on Wed, Aug 8 • Another friend died; military honors • Fell off ladder • Generator hookup to house wiring
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
Definitions • 1910-1960I.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 Learned • How to convert PPT to DVD’s to play on your TV? • Camtasia Xilosoft • Wink MovieMaker • Prostate cancer screening – PSA recommendations • yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes Bayes Theorem • Wason & Stroop Tests
Questions for Individuals • Laura: • Al: • Howard: • Carol: • Gary:
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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