Internet SIG
Week 5 – Jan. 2, 2006
1.
Sign in and greet new members (next SIG Feb 6, 2006)
(www.pipers-place.com/I-SIG/signotes.htm Past I-SIG agendas, summaries, tutorials & downloads)
2.
Questions/Problems/Comments from last meeting
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2006 predictions
#processes running (autoruns.exe, answersthatwork)
PBwiki
http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/
Java applet to design a roller coaster
http://www.time.com/time/yip/2005/
Time magazine year in pictures
http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/
Science Magazine 125th year; top 25 unanswered questions
http://www3.dropload.com
Drop off your files for others to pick up
http://www.smileworld.com
Words that have changed lives…a weekly email
www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/map.htm
Farmers’ Markets in the U.S.
http://www.dinercity.com
Diners in the U.S.
http://www.phobialist.com
The Phobia List
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT011371131033.aspx Microsoft calendar templates (33)
www.abebooks.com - abe books; www.alibris.com - alibris books; www.oreilly.com – O’Reilly Books
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm Repairing XP
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib
Library of Congress – online reference service
http://sblom.com/mailbox/
Pictures of mailboxes + weird web site of a retiree
Cookie Viewer -- Karenware
b.
WinTasks 5 Pro
print Monopoly money
Oklo, Gabon nuclear fission
3.8.7.1….card trick
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f.
Burning of library of Alexandria
Recent book purchases
Symantec online virus scanning
How to print 1 long web page ?
host file
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d.
cidaemon – Microsoft indexing service
How to clean LCD screen
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d.
ripping vinyl to CD
transferring large files
Ideas to work on for next meeting
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c.
10.
rootkits
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2005 deaths (from USAToday)
d.
Play mp3 music on: PC, TV, boom box f.
My Questions & Comments
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c.
9.
Dual-layer DVD burners; LightScribe
Yahoo email problems
more Digital Duo topics
All-digital TV by 2009 passed by House
email a time capsule (30 yr ?)
Tips & Tricks
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Downloads
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wikipedia – lost credibility
pharming – host file
Million dollar home page
Purdue security chief, Gene Spafford
NEC develops thin, flexible battery
Interesting Web Sites:
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antivirus software removal
fixing Judy’s PC; fixing any PC
web site owner
Tonight’s Possible Topics
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5.
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New Questions/Problems/Latest PC News
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Christmas toys and acquisitions
Virus removal – se.dll & spyaxe.exe
Ed’s SBC connection
HTML editors
Slide Show creators
Tutorials - Articles & Books To Read
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#14 – How to Create a CD of Music to Play on Boom Box – Car – Home Stereo
NY Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, 2004, 1096p, ~$10, St. Martin’s Press
Leo Laporte’s 2006 Technology Almanac, Leo Laporte, 2005, 458p, $20, TechTV
Pilates for Every Body, Denise Austin, 2002, 310p, $4, Rodale
“Trying to extract useful information from the Internet is like trying to sip from a firehose.” Eugene Spafford
Larry Piper
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