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Mon's Lab: Latest Gadgets and Technology Discussions

Join Mon's Lab for engaging discussions on the latest gadgets, technology updates, and helpful tips. Exciting topics include Win 8, Christmas party, favorite programs, and more!

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Mon's Lab: Latest Gadgets and Technology Discussions

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  1. 5 people in Mon’s Lab: turn on, mouse,

  2. November 28, 2012

  3. Past – Future Topics • Feb 13 ? • Jan 13 Win 8 (?) Howard • Dec 12 Christmas Party (3rd Wednesday) • Nov 12 Latest 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 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

  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 & Shirley Salas

  5. Board Meeting (Oct 8, 2012) • 25 members, $1,3xx balance • APCUG freebies • Dec -- Pizza, Jan – Howard Win 8 • Types of raffle items

  6. 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 …

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

  8. Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html Ponderings: Pogo Links: Cubby, Irfanview, Social sites, Shipping, State gov, scams Howard: Power, pin drive, default search Do Not Track by Abine Password Remember Lighting Photos OneNote Parted Magic OS Social Networks rules

  9. General Questions • New Hardware? Tablets, thumb drives • New Software? Win8 • Newsletter or Web Site? • Microsoft Updates? Other Updates? • News: Technical? Personal Experiences?

  10. What I Have Learned • Win XP support <500 days • Cubby.com, 5G free Cloud storage • I lose networked printers on power outage. • Google: Gmail + Drive (attach 10G files) • Open Office vs. Libre Office • McAfee in Caribbean • Abine.com • D

  11. What Else I Have Learned • SSD drives: 2011 = $0.86/Gb, 2012 = $0.47/Gb ($0.10) • 30% faster, 0 failure rate, shock-proof • External speakers for laptop • Magazines: Wired, Mental Floss, Nat’l Geographic, US News, • Smithsonian, Newsweek, Fortune, Fast Company • Time, Discovery, Pop. Sci/Mech

  12. Interesting Web Sites - #1 • BookMyCloudhttp://bookmycloud.com/ • iPadto laptop for $20, Chris Pirillo • Bob Hope Christmas • How to get to Mars • Rube Goldberg (free runners?) • Consumers Energy Outage Map • Copenhagen Orchestra (impromptu) • Browsers • Backup sites

  13. Interesting Web Sites - #2 • E • 1 • C • N • Kingsofthttp://www.kingsoftstore.com/index • N

  14. Interesting Videos & Books • Long Trucks • Is This Thing On?, Betty ?, 2012, $15 • Assassination of JFK, Bill O’Reilly • Lone Ranger story

  15. My Personal Questions • Can we buy Win 7 PCs after 10-26-12 ? • Charter outage on Black Friday ? • VA Hospital in Saginaw • Handicapping jockey weights in horse racing? • Rasberry PI • What about Video recording of screen ? • Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines • Google Play • GoDaddy website

  16. Webucator Group voucher number: 9439781 Link: http://www.webucator.com/self-paced-courses/index.cfm WordExcelPowerPoint

  17. Web Browsers

  18. Pipers-Place.net 10 different browsers • Wikipedia Article 44 different browsers

  19. Online Backup Sites • IDrive www.idrive.com • Skydrive • Spideroakwww.spideroak.com • SugarSync http://spideroak.com • Dropbox www.dropbox.com • Mozy • CX.com • ADrive www.adrive.com • Cubby www.cubby.com

  20. PC Repairs • Staples • Best Buy • Mall • Mid Michigan Computer – Bill Church • Circle – Compucon • Airport Grocery • SAMSA • Rich Holbrook • PC Knights • Frank Koenig

  21. Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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 –

  25. What I Have Learned How to convert PPT to DVD’s to play on your TV? Camtasia Xilosoft Wink MovieMaker • yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes Bayes Theorem • Wason & Stroop Tests

  26. Questions for Individuals • Laura: • Al: • Howard: • Carol: • Gary:

  27. 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

  28. Template • Sample

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