Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Bruce Bishop's Drones


I've had so many people asking about getting photos I have shot with the drone that I need a way to make it easy for people to get them. We started a gallery at the Chronicle. All you have to do is go to this link and select any photo or photos that you like and download them. I maintain all rights but you are free to use them for prints, screen savers, or wallpaper. They are mostly all sized to print really good 11x14, some are odd sizes and might require a different mat or frame. I'll be adding more later.

Bruce also has a lot of his photos on his Facebook page.

Amazing pictures taken from his drone!

Thursday, October 03, 2013

Windows 8.1 Update

Here is a useful article to get us excited about Windows 8.1:

"How to spend your first hour with Windows 8.1   from Windows Secrets"

https://windowssecrets.com/top-story/how-to-spend-your-first-hour-with-windows-8-1/

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Special Film Showing

Former LCCUG member, Keith Kuhn, has made a film that will be shown at the Lorain Palace Theatre on September 14, 2013 at 7pm.....

Read all about it:

http://www.morningjournal.com/lifestyle/20130829/local-producers-experiment-heads-to-the-lorain-palace-big-screen


Tuesday, April 30, 2013

At the March meeting, our webmaster, Richard Barnett's son gave us a great presentation on online music.  Assisted by Georgina Karim, they explored the major options available to users today.

The presentation is available here:  http://prezi.com/hr9luod7r3bv/all-about-online-music/



Thursday, April 04, 2013

Update of Bill Gates / Paul Allen picture


This is pretty  awesome. Bill G. and Paul Allen got together this week to recreate a classic Microsoft photo they took 32 years ago. 

More here: http://www.geekwire.com/2013/bill-gates-paul-allen-reprise-classic-microsoft-photo-decades/

Friday, March 22, 2013

Regina Brett on Typing


"Smartphones could spell the end for typing as we know it"
 Regina Brett wrote in the March 20 Plain Dealer.
Regina calls it exactly the way I see it.  She ponders the merits of touch typing that we learned when we were in school and how that is not valued any longer.  Then she remarks that, lik me, she is not able to text with her thumbs as the young people of today can do.

Interesting observations!


http://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/index.ssf/2013/03/smartphones_could_spell_the_en.html

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Computer Scam - beware

Local computer users have been receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be from Microsoft or a large computer company offering to help you with your computer.  Please do not talk to these callers - it is a scam.



Windows 8 Resources


The links to the resources we mentioned at the Windows 8 program can be found here:
http://www.lccug.memberlodge.com/weblinks#Windows8
they include the link to the YouTube videos I suggested

FYI - The speaker I used during program was the HDMX Jam Wireless Portable Speaker.  http://www.hmdxaudio.com/products/jam-wireless-portable-speaker.html 






Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Windows 8 Links

The links that were referred to at the March 12  meeting can be found at the members' page at http://www.lccug.memberlodge.com/weblinks .  At the top of that page is a link to the Windows 8 section near the bottom.  The links to the YouTubes Sandee selected on learning to use Windows 8 are at the very bottom there.




Monday, February 04, 2013

Links from January Meeting

We reviewed websites that are posted on the member's page "Presentation Weblinks and Useful Info" section of the club's Member's Page.  You can go directly there by using this link:
     http://www.lccug.memberlodge.com/weblinks

You will find links from other LCCUG presentations at that webpage.  You will also find information posted by Micky.  This is information that he is frequently is asked about.  This is a great resource and you will find it useful to be familiar with the kinds of things that can be found here.

The favorite links that we looked at during the Janaury meeting can be found there at the link in red named 01/08/2013 presentation web sites  or you can go directly there by using this link:
http://justpaste.it/lccug_websites  .

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Update to Windows 8 Deadline


the following is an email sent out to all members on January 20:

Windows 8 Pro upgrade pricing will jump from $40 to $200 on Feb. 1
Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is about to become a lot more expensive. An upgrade of Windows 8 Pro will go from costing $40 in a promotional offer to a much more expensive $200 at the beginning of February.

While the price of Pro jumps up considerably, Microsoft will offer an upgrade to a more basic version of Windows 8 for $120. That’s still quite a bit more money than the $40 offer — and you get less features.

So should you upgrade?  
Here is an excellent article on making that decision:
In that article David Gewirtz of Zdnetcom  gives some basic reasons on why you should upgrade now or should you  wait.  He considers which operating system you are currently using and gives you good suggestions on how to decide.

I found it particularly useful to read what he said about Windows XP:

I'll put this quite simply: if you're running an XP machine and you're reading email or browsing the Web, you need to upgrade immediately. XP is enormously vulnerable to exploits, you can't run Internet Explorer later than IE8, and your PC is a calamity waiting to happen.
So you should upgrade to either Windows 7 or Windows 8. Period. Now, as it happens, it's probably actually a better choice to upgrade to Windows 8. First, again, you can get the Windows 8 Pro upgrade for only $39.99 and any Windows 7 upgrade will cost you more.

The upgrade link is at:  http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/buy  

Remember if you buy it now, you don’t have to install it till later if you prefer to wait.

Reminder if you have a new computer purchased between June 2 and January 31, that had windows 7 PC you are eligible  to upgrade to Windows 8 for $15, you need to register before the end of the month.
(Read more at the venturebeat.com  link above._) 

Also useful might be this free ebook from Microsoft that you can download called  Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionalshttp://tinyurl.com/ccoy84g

Friday, January 18, 2013

Should you upgrade to Windows 8?

I thought this story about upgrading to Windows 8 to be very helpful
http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-decide-should-you-upgrade-to-windows-8-7000008186/

 of Zdnetcom  gives some basic reasons on why you should upgrade now or should you  wait.  He considers which operating system you are currently using and gives you good suggestions on how to decide.

I found it particularly useful to read what he said about Windows XP:


I'll put this quite simply: if you're running an XP machine and you're reading email or browsing the Web, you need to upgrade immediately. XP is enormously vulnerable to exploits, you can't run Internet Explorer later than IE8, and your PC is a calamity waiting to happen.
So you should upgrade to either Windows 7 or Windows 8. Period. Now, as it happens, it's probably actually a better choice to upgrade to Windows 8. First, again, you can get the Windows 8 Pro upgrade for only $39.99 and any Windows 7 upgrade will cost you more.

Food for thought!

sandee

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Antivirus Makers Must change their Strategy

The New York Times has an interesting article called "Outmaneuvered at Their Own Game, Antivirus Makers Struggle to Adapt".  This article explains how current antivirus makers can't keep ahead of the  viruses being written today.  The antivirus companies are trying to go in a different direction in order to survive.  Interesting reading.

http://tinyurl.com/atqgbof