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Dec 18, 2013. Dec 17, 1903 Wright Bro Fly. Dec 18, 1957 1 st Nuclear Power. Dec 19, 1974 1 st PC Altair. Past – Future Topics. Jan 14 ??? Dec 13 Christmas Party Nov 13 Windows XP: What To Do Oct 13 What’s Your Passion 5 min for each person Sep 13 Culinary Delights
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Dec 17, 1903 Wright Bro Fly Dec 18, 1957 1st Nuclear Power Dec 19, 1974 1st PC Altair
Past – Future Topics • Jan 14 ??? • Dec 13 Christmas Party • Nov 13 Windows XP: What To Do • Oct 13 What’s Your Passion5 min for each person • 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 12Picnic • Jun 12YouTube Larry, Carol, Howard • May 12Lightroom Bill • Apr 12 DisasterPlan Laura • Mar 12 Routers Howard • Feb 12 Cloud Larry • 5
Nomination of Officers - 2014 • President Larry Piper • Vice President Joe Lykowski • Treasurer Jan Ensing • 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, 2013) • No meeting in December
General Comments • Membership Report • Treasurer’s Report • Status of Individual Members • Tonight’s Raffle Drawing Item(s) • On with the show …
Club Website http://mcc.apcug.org 1 – added meeting agendas /piper 2 – tonight: http://mcc.apcug.org/piper/MCC-Dec13.ppt 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 Pipers Ponderings: Englebart, FBI virus, elections Tips & Tricks Freeware Internet Faxing Internet Finds Cookies; Tablets Accidental Wine Legal Advice for Patients w/Chronic Physician Discipline Sundials Favorite Course - BigHistory
General Questions • New Hardware? Tablets • New Software? Win7, 8.1 Upgrades • Newsletter or Web Site? • Microsoft Updates? Other Updates? • News: Technical? • Personal Experiences? • Computer Repairs?
Interesting Websites #1 • What’s in your toolkit ? • 1 in 4 Clouds to disappear in 2014 • YouTube viral videos in 2013 – slow! • Black Friday sales • Left Brain – Right Brain Test • Fareed Zakaria
Interesting Web Sites - #2 • Famous Predictions • Anonymous Search Engines • 7 days free video downloading – PC World • CourseraedXUdacity
What I Have Learned • Mother of all Demos 1968 • FBI Virus: $300, no time limit, boot disc • Windows 8 Start Menu • Yahoo email outage – Mayer • Drones – Forget Amazon, I Want One
What Else I Have Learned • Important Dates for Internet & Computers • Enhanced Michigan Drivers License • Pawn shop AU prices • Video with a tablet 1280x720, 720x480, 640x480 • Hemingway’s family illness • China lands a rover on moon, 12-14-13 • World’s Smallest Pacemaker • Linux Mint 14
My Personal Questions • How to remove obsolete link from Network • How to increase a partition size - AOMEI • Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines • Removing CMOS battery from laptop • Network Printer addressing for Win XP
Comments • Top 10 Lists for 2013 • Predictions for 2014: DJIA, GNP, Net Worth • Who passed away (Time) • Skip videos (funny or otherwise) • Where’s Judy • Jackpot fever (story of Ohio guys) • Members: Geo, Mary, Jim
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
Membership List • Al Adams • Jerry Arch Gust Kookootsedes • Larry Ault Howard Lewis • George Binder Joe Lykowski • Kathy & Roger Bohl • 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