Sep 25, 2013
Sep 24, 1957
Little Rock, Arkansas
Sep 25, 1971
Sandra D. O’Connor
Sep 26, 1960
Debates: Kennedy-Nixon
Past – Future Topics
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Culinary Delights
Picnic
Internet: Good, Bad & Ugly 5 min for each person
Backups
Carol, Laura, Howard, Larry, et. al.
Favorite 5: Websites & Apps/Programs
email scams
Joe, Howard & Larry
Library
Ann Jarvis
Win 8
Howard
Christmas Party (3rd Wednesday)
Latest Gadgets Joe (4th Wednesday)
APCUG
Greg West
Fav. Programs Board Members
Picnic
YouTube
Larry, Carol, Howard
Lightroom
Bill
Disaster Plan Laura
Routers
Howard
Cloud
Larry
Who Are Our Officers ?
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President
Vice President
Treasurer
Newsletter
Membership
Webmaster
Publicity
Program Co-Chairs
At-Large Board
Larry Piper
Joe Lykowski
Laura Hammel
Carol Picard
Gary Ensing
Carol Picard
Al Adams
Howard Lewis & Bill Tower
Al Adams
Board Meeting
(Sep 5, 2013)
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Still 27 members, $1,700
Joe offered 14 mini-ideas
Other ideas: Win XP, MOOC, How to forums
Reject idea of fixing PCs, HW or SW
Look at apcug.org for speakers; so-so
• Discussed: tablet printing, diagnostics, O’Reilly
• Scheduled room for 2013-2014
General Comments
• Membership Report
• Treasurer’s Report
• Status of Individual Members
• Tonight’s Raffle Drawing Item(s)
• On with the show …
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IE zero day; get updates
Club Website
http://mcc.apcug.org
1 – added meeting agendas /piper
2 – tonight: http://mcc.apcug.org/piper/MCC-Sep13.ppt
3 – newsletters: 2007 to present
4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format
5 – also have a utilities list /utilities
Current Newsletter
http://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html
Ponderings: Q&A, Lab, Clean Out, Prog.
Howards Tips & Tricks: Win8, Paste
Careline phone
SSE Review (Linus)
Tablet keyboard
Bionic eye
Browsing 101
Text doctor
Ads & cookies
SAT
Driving laws
Mutual Funds
Bureau of Standards
Water
General Questions
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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?
What I Have Learned
What will you do with Win XP ?
Status of O’Reilly books
Boot CDs (for diagnostics)
Talked with Lynn Kauer
Mary Branson
What Else I Have Learned
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Kingsoft works on PowerPoint
PDF: downloading & printing can be a problem
Foxit Phantom PDF
Memtest86+
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Ask Leo
Very Short Introductions
National University rankings
8 Geek ways to use QR codes
Top 50 Companies millennials want to work
40 Maps to understand the world
I, Cringley
Fun way to use your webcam
Reindeer swim
Interesting Web Sites - #2
• File types
• Chinese, 10 TB storage
• Startme.com
• Megaleecher.net
• Coursera edX Udacity
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Interesting Videos & Books
Lifehacker, 3rd Ed, Pash & Trapani, 2011, 476p, $30
Ollie & Me, Kauer, 2011, 120p, $8
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www.webmd.com/food-recipes
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/RecipeIndex
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www.lowfatcooking.about.com
www.eatingwell.com
www.skinnytaste.com
www.cookinglight.com
www.hearthealthyonline.com/healthy-recipes
www.myrecipes.com/Features/healthy-cooking
www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Healthy-Eating
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How to increase a partition size
Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines
Record conversion tools
Use of Tables in Microsoft Word
Yawcam for house monitoring
Go to financial offers at H hotel ?
1 – Control Panel > Programs & Features
2 – REVO Uninstaller
3 – CCleaner
05/27/10
Tools > Save as TXT
(to uninstall)
9/23/1884
12/3/1896
4/7/1969
10/29/1969
12/19/1974
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10/15/1977
5/3/1978
6/25/1981
8/12/1981
12/26/1982
1/1/1983
3/15/1985
1/19/1986
3/14/1986
11/12/1990
4/22/1993
4/30/1993
5/11/1997
05/27/10
9/4/1998
Hollerith patents punch card machine
Hollerith incorporates Tab Machine Co
RFC-1 requested; symbolic birth of future Internet
1st message on ARPANET: login, crashed
1st PC, Altair 8800, $397
Microsoft founded by Gates & Allen
Apple founded by Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
Apple II goes on sale
Commodore PET sold
1st email spam: Digital Equip, Gary Thuerk, 400/2600
Microsoft Incorporated
1st IBM PC
PC is Time's Man of the Year
ARPANET converted to Internet
1st domain registered symbolics.com
1st PC virus
Microsoft IPO
Tim Berners-Lee suggests hypertext
Mosaic browser released
CERN opens Internet to all, will be free
Deep Blue defeats Kasparov in chess
Google incorporated
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Time for the Raffle Drawing ?
Survey
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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
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Windows 7 MovieMaker
Turn on Windows firewall (Win 7, my ASUS)
Network Printers on XP
Removing battery from laptop (bios password)
Membership List
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Al Adams
Jerry Arch
Larry Ault
George Binder
Kathy Bohl
Mary Branson
Terry Brown
Jim Carrier
John Dashner
D. Ducommon
Gary-Jan Ensing
Laura Hammel
Rich Holbrook
Bill Kocher
Frank Koenig
Gust Kookootsedes
Howard Lewis
Joe Lykowski
Judy Vogel
Robert Miller
Harry Morton
Frank Neeb
Ron Picardi
Carol Picard
Larry-Judy Piper
Shirley Salas
Bill Tower
Lynn Walker