Misc. Thoughts

• 6 hrs in A.A.

• Installed and/or modified home router?

• Google Drive announced

• Chickens now laying medium eggs …

• Cheney gets heart transplant (2300/3000/300)

• Prohibition: alcohol, DRM, health care, car ins.

Apr 25, 2012

Apr 25, 1990 Hubble Telescope Launch

It’s not what you don’t know that hurts you;

it’s what you know that isn’t so.

Mark Twain

Past – Future Topics• Jun 12 ? ?• May 12 Lightbox Bill• Apri12 Disaster Plan. 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• Sep 11 Ann Jarvis Library• Aug 11 Picnic• Jun 11 Ann Jarvis Library (Posponed)• May 11 Shirley Salas Facebook• Apr 11 Joe Photoshop Elements 9• Mar 11 (meeting canceled)• Feb 11 Howard Utilities (mostly free)• Jan 11 Carol Computer Updates; Joe Scams• Dec 10 Christmas Party(3rd Wed)

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 & Shirley Salas

Board Meeting(Apr 10, 2012)

• City to sell PCs in early spring Nada• 29 members, $1,627 balance• Google apps• Scams

General Comments

• Membership Report• Treasurer’s Report• Status of Individual Members• Other Business• Raffle Drawing ??

• On with the show …

Club Website

http://mcc.apcug.org

1 – added meeting agendas /piper2 – added Mar 2012 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format5 – also have a utilities list /utilities

Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html

Howard: Windows Tips

Enhancing Visual Display

Digitz Wireless Mouse

Facebook Privacy Policy

Geek Busters

Streaming Media

Book on Digital Photos

General Questions

• New Hardware? • New Software?• Newsletter or Web Site?• Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?

• News: Technical? Personal Experiences?

Individual Questions

Lynn – Keeping Tabs on Tablets• Carol – DNS Server issue• Al – Dropbox’s increased size, links

• Who uses PaperPort?• Who uses MusicMatch Jukebox?• Who uses Gimp?• Who uses Dragon Natural Speaking?

What I Have Learned

• How do you make DVD’s to play on your TV?

Encyclopedia of Life eol.org

• 4 Lab sessions: beginner’s ‘class’

• Time – 100 Most Influential People in the World

• Fortune Mag – 12 Greatest Entrepreneurs

• Wired Mag - Klout.com

• What is your Klout rating?

Klout Scores

• 100 Justin Bieber

• 91 Barack Obama

• 88 Lady GagaSlide 20

• 85 Robert Scoble

• 72 Sarah Palin

• 64 Margaret Cho

• 60 Hiring Cutoff in Media Industry

• 47 Aflac Duck

• 39 J. Craig Venter

What Else I Have Learned

• Can Google collect data from public airwaves?

• Pinterest Account?

• Google Drive: 5G free, 6 year project

• Skydrive comes with Win 8, 25G free

• Who read MDN article about Piper?

• Language has 45°slope; alien ‘words’ in DNA !

• Facebook will have an IPO in May

• 90 G SSD drive available for $80

Interesting Web Sites

Win XP & Office 2003 support 2 more years• Year of your birth• Sue Apple and win! In small claims court• Dual boot with virtual hard drive. Ed Bott• Stop Facebook emails

• Venn Diagrams• yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes Bayes Theorem

• Wason & Stroop Tests

• Google, Yahoo, CNN, Deskref, PCMag, Daily, PCWorld

Interesting Videos & Books

• ornithopter

• Crash test: 1959 vs. 2009

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Other Comments or Questions

Who had purchased a 3D TV ?

Who has seen a 3D movie ?

Round-about in Midland

Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

Personal Experiences

• Attended high school alumni induction

• Comments from Class of 1962

• Accessing Microsoft Templates: need IE

Survey

• House temperature set

• ACT, SAT, GRE exams ?

• 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

05/27/10

Definitions

• 1910-1960 I.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

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 –

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

Questions for Individuals

• Laura:

• Al:

• Howard:

• Carol:

• Gary:

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