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Tech Club Newsletter & Meeting Highlights — March 2013

Explore tech updates, upcoming topics, and event highlights in the March 2013 edition of the Tech Club newsletter. Stay informed about the latest gadgets, email scams, and important tech discussions.

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Tech Club Newsletter & Meeting Highlights — March 2013

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  1. basketball $338M lottery ticket DHS high school WebCam won’t work on one of my PCs Presenters by order of interest: best is first Credit card stolen; McAfee, 4x for $105.99 How many emails in your inbox?

  2. March 27, 2013

  3. Mar 27, 1998 FDA Approves Viagra March 28, 1979 3 Mile Island March 26, 1953 Salk Polio Vaccine

  4. Past – Future Topics • Future: Torrents, Updates:Cloud, Tablets, Slide ShowBrowser buttons/add-ons, Raspberry PI, sound ed. • 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 • 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 • 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 (Mar 7, 2013) • 27 members, $1,641 balance • Possible topics: • Browser add-ins, sound editor • Updates on: cloud, tablets, slide show • Torrents, PowerPoint, Windows 2013 • Feedback from Greg West on our meetings

  7. General Comments • Membership Report • Treasurer’s Report • Status of Individual Members • 2 Lab Classes each month • Tonight’s Raffle Drawing Item ? Could use more members • On with the show …

  8. Important S****

  9. 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

  10. Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html Ponderings: News Sources - Virginia Tips & Tricks 2013 Int’l CES Show Extending life of XP PC Couch Potatoes Living in the past HDTV - Buying Look Back Tech Tablets: Performance, Capacity & Ports Banish Metro Bank to stash your Genome LastPass to remember passwords

  11. General Questions • New Hardware? Tablets • New Software? Win8 Upgrade • Newsletter or Web Site? • Microsoft Updates? Other Updates? • News: Technical? • Personal Experiences? • Computer Repairs?

  12. What I Have Learned Switchboard.com – best for finding phone, address, age Can batch watermark pictures in Adobe PhotoElem 9 Best 140 Twitter feeds (from Time) Cell phones hottest item to steal; lack of database PowerPoint – Publish to keep links; use PPT Viewer Quilt Show – in PPS Paste Bit.ly link into browser; add + to see actual link Make a TV calibration DVD

  13. What Else I Have Learned • Proposed Internet sales tax • More people have access to cell phone than toilet • Cyprus is Russian tax haven • Resize a partition in Win 7 • Detroit has a city mgr.

  14. Interesting Web Sites - #1 • Top 100 people of the millennium (biography.com) • Compromised emails • Sunrise, Sunset data by location • Google Keep • Who do you trust? (AARP) • Tom’s Hardware • Process Explorer • Calendars That Work

  15. Interesting Web Sites - #2 • T-Mobile kills the wireless contract; iPhone • 100 richest people in the world • Mispot.net coverage map

  16. Interesting Videos & Books • Indiana PI (c. 1898) • Calc PI with real pies • Jeff Gordon “test drive” • House of cards • Blackberry won’t work • Keep Calm & Carry On • A History of Mathematics, Boyer, 1991 • The Mountains of PI, New Yorker, 3-2-1992

  17. My Personal Questions • Display & Printing PDF files in Firefox browser • State Income Taxes • Dual boot: Win 8, Win 7, Win XP, Linux • How to increase a partition size • Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines • GoDaddy website

  18. Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

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

  20. 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

  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. 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

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