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Miscellaneous Stuff

Miscellaneous Stuff. Raffle: 1 TB HD Other donations or for sale? New Facebook experiences ? MTV Awards Show O’Reilly Books Win XP for you ? Marty’s pill bottle Cost of website upkeep ? My July Ponderings ?. Aug 28, 2013. Aug 29, 2005 Katrina. Aug 28, 1963 MLK’s “I Have a Dream”.

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Miscellaneous Stuff

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  1. Miscellaneous Stuff Raffle: 1 TB HD Other donations or for sale? New Facebook experiences ? MTV Awards Show O’Reilly Books Win XP for you ? Marty’s pill bottle Cost of website upkeep ? My July Ponderings ?

  2. Aug 28, 2013

  3. Aug 29, 2005 Katrina Aug 28, 1963 MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Aug 30, 1963 Hot Line Operational

  4. Past – Future Topics • Aug 13 Picnic • Jun 13 Internet: Good, Bad & Ugly 5 min for each person • May 13 Backups Carol, Laura, Howard, Larry, et. al. • Apr 13 Favorite 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 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 • 5

  5. 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

  6. Board Meeting (Aug, 2013) • No Meeting in August

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

  8. Important Stuff

  9. Club Website http://mcc.apcug.org 1 – added meeting agendas /piper 2 – tonight: http://mcc.apcug.org/piper/MCC-Jun13.ppt 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present 4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format 5 – also have a utilities list /utilities

  10. Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html Ponderings: Q&A, Lab, Clean Out, Prog. Howards Tips & Tricks: Avoid install junk Give Internet TV a Try (also Dish TV ?) Disable Java Agree to install McAfee Outlook.com Who’s Driving Bus: driver updates Book of GIMP Slang terms Privacy Nursing home Weird & Wonderful Laptop

  11. 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?

  12. What I Have Learned Micro SD cards come in classes: 2, 4, 6 & 10 (speed, mB/sec) Ask Leo: How Do I Remove a Virus if it prevents me from … Windows Defender Offline Wolverine Bank & Wells Fargo fraud What is with Microsoft & Steve Balmer ? What does Win XP mean to you ? Status of O’Reilly books Video Converters (reduce size of file)

  13. What Else I Have Learned • Can search for text in Excel spreadsheets • Can’t figure out how to sort on cell “color” • Apple CDR extension = Windows ISO • TV News should NOT hype Powerball • Digital economy energy footprint; 2nd article • Firefox seems to have problems, at times • JAVA software update is ‘persistent’

  14. Interesting Websites #1 • Windows Defender Offline • Make your own QR code • Official map of Lincoln Highway • Eavesdropper on unsecured WiFi • Chronicling America, gov site • Latest entries to Oxford Dictionary Online

  15. Interesting Web Sites - #2 • Today I Found Out • online-image-editor.com • ?

  16. Interesting Videos & Books • Bill O’Reilly, Killing Kennedy • David McCullough: 1776 & The Greater Journey

  17. My Personal Questions • I have 2 networks: wired and wireless • Craigslist ? • How to add folder with ‘rules’ to email • How to print from my tablet ? • Received check 31 yr after Mother died? • Have you tested free WiFi’s around town ? • Can you index/search spreadsheets? No & Yes • How to increase a partition size • Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines

  18. Server Router Switch Cloud Modem Asus-Larry Lenovo-J HP-1-L HP-2-Test Dell, Optiplex & Judy Color B/W Galaxy Tablet HD HD Inkjet B/W 9-28-13

  19. Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

  20. Online Backup Sites • IDrive www.idrive.com • Skydrive • Amazon • SugarSync http://spideroak.com • Dropbox www.dropbox.com • Mozy • TeamDrive • ADrive www.adrive.com • Cubby www.cubby.com

  21. PC Repairs • Mall – Computers To Go • Circle – Compucon • SAMSA • Best Buy – Geek Squad • PC Knights • Staples • Mid Michigan Computer – Bill Church • Rich Holbrook • Airport Grocery • Frank Koenig • Ken’s Typewriter

  22. 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

  23. 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 –

  24. 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

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

  26. 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

  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

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