June 9 Meeting announcements

June 9 Meeting Announcements

LCCUG Picnic July 26, 2009 Days Dam 1 - 5
We will raffle the old "Hall" computer

• Motherboard: Gigabyte 7VRXP rev 2.0
  CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1900+ (1.61 GHz)
  Hard Drive: 60 GB
  Video card: Nvidia Riva TNT2 model 64 AGP (32 MB RAM)
  Memory: 256 MB DDR 266 (PC2100) (two more RAM slots open on motherboard)
  CD Burner: TDK CDRW
  OS: Windows XP SP3; Ubuntu Linux (dual boot setup)
  
  
  

Reminder - the current newsletter is available at http://www.lccug.com/newsletters/200906.pdf

LCCUG Membership page is at http://lccug.memberlodge.com/

Sandee will do Google at Lorain Library June 10 - at 2pm

see schedule of Library Programs -




Saturday, June 13 – Electronics Collection Day II
From 9 AM to 3 PM – Wellington Township Garage, 105 Maple Street, Wellington, Ohio 44090
Drop Off used personal computers and related items, cell phones, small office equipment,
And household televisions, audio equipment, and microwaves

About E-scrap
http://www.loraincounty.us/getdoc/8083e8a4-5d32-4ced-af5f-f5d7538bc109/E-scrap-02-09.aspx


Schedule of Upcoming Recycling days
http://www.loraincounty.us/getdoc/7d5d4a32-9a6b-47b1-be31-0513227b1e1c/LCSWMD-General-Schedule-of-Collection-Events-2009.aspx

May 12, 2009 Meeting

Links from last meeting

http://craigslist.com

http://freecycle.org

http://paperbackswap.com

Twitter with Sandee

Here is a link to the outline of the Twitter talk I gave at the April 28, 2009 meeting. There are links here that you can follow to review what was said.

http://exploretwitter.pbworks.com/


Sandee

Picnic Plans - save the date

Note the new location:

We have reserved the Days Dam (Lorain Metro Park) for Sunday, July 26, 2009 for 1 - 5 pm .

Directions:
http://www.loraincountymetroparks.com/maps/br_directions.htm

More details as the time gets closer.

Ohio Midwest Regional Meeting

The Annual APCUG Association of Computer User Groups will be held at the Ohio Midwest Regional in Neward, Ohio, on August 28, 29, & 30.

Initial information can be found here:
http://reports.apcug.org/2009q2/3.htm

For more information keep checking here:
http://ohiomidwest.apcug.org/

Conficker Virus/ worm

Here is a test to see if you have the infection:

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html


Here is information on removing it if you do
http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/conficker-c-worm-its-not-over-yet-testing-and-removal-tool

Here is an update as of April 10, 2009 to check out what is happening and what to do:
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/04/conficker_awakens_mutates_hust.php

sandee

E-CHECK IS RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW CELL PHONE RECYCLING PROGRAM

E-Check adds yet another motorist convenience— recycling old cell phones and helping the environment

TWINSBURG, OH – January 14, 2009 – Northeast Ohioans now have a convenient place to take their old cell phones that might otherwise end up in local landfills. E-Check is rolling out a new cell phone recycling program. The program is another step towards E-Check’s goal of improving the environment— and it’s free and open to everyone.

Cell phones can be recycled at any of the 23 northeast Ohio E-Check stations. It’s especially convenient for motorists during their routine E-Check, but anyone can do it. Recycling is easy— simply put your phone in a postage-paid envelope provided by E-Check and place it in the station drop box or mailbox. As a token of thanks, motorists will receive a 15-minute long distance phone card for every phone recycled.

"By offering the cell phone recycling program, E-Check is providing people another opportunity to contribute to a greener environment," said Bob Hodanbosi, chief of the Division of Air Pollution Control at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

The cell phones collected at Ohio E-Check stations will be salvaged or properly recycled so they don’t end up in a local landfill.

The cell phone recycling program is the latest in a stream of new customer conveniences from Ohio E-Check. Last fall, E-Check launched a program that replaces faulty or missing gas caps free of charge, helping many motorists pass their E-Check on the spot and immediately improving air quality.

"I believe many customers will welcome and appreciate another easy, free, convenient way to make a positive impact in our community," said Prentiss Taylor, general manager at Envirotest Systems, the company who manages the E-Check stations on behalf of Ohio EPA.

http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/CellPhoneRecycling.pdf

Scamfinder

Scamfinder is a tool to learn about the most common scams against individuals and businesses. It is updated as new scams appear.

The site was compiled by Sheryl Harris, consumer affairs reporter for The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper. It was designed by Felesia McDonald and William Neff.

You can read Sheryl's columns online. If you have a question about a scam or you suspect you were the victim of a scam you don't see in Scamfinder, e-mail Sheryl.

Wurlitzer Organs in NE Ohio

The Plain Dealer had a story on Wurlitzer organs on December 4. http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1228383050108270.xml&coll=2

It seemed very relevant after our meeting on November 25 with David Kennett.

There was also a sidebar that mentioned these local Wurlitzers:

Where they are....

During the silent-film era, movie houses were equipped with theater pipe organs - giant pneumatic contraptions that accompanied the action. They were usually Wurlitzers. Here are public places where the organs can be seen and heard:

Akron Civic Auditorium, Wurlitzer
Canton Palace Theatre, Kilgen
Grays Armory in Cleveland, Wurlitzer
Lorain Palace Theatre, Wurlitzer
Masonic Auditorium in Cleveland, Wurlitzer
Palace Theatre in Cleveland, Kimball

Test your Phishing Knowledge

SonicWall is providing a online test that shows you several emails and asks you to identify them as legitimate or Phishing scam, afterwards you can see why you were right or wrong for each one. here's the link: http://www.sonicwall.com/phishing/index.html

Recycling in Oberlin this weekend

ServiceMaster to recycle electronics

Monday, November 10, 2008

ServiceMaster franchises will sponsor a computer and electronics recycling drive Friday and Saturday .

Old computers, monitors, keyboards, cable boxes, extension cords and wires, and old telephones, cell phones and battery backups will be accepted.

Items may be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at ServiceMaster by Corbett, 60 Shiawassee Ave., Fairlawn, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at ServiceMaster for Quality, 8805 East Ave., Mentor, and ServiceMaster by Horton, 305 Artino St., Oberlin.

For more information, call 866-796-3937 (Lake County); 440-774-2117 (Lorain County); or 330-864-7300 (Akron).

Plain Dealer 11/10/08

LCCUG Animoto Video

Go to the bottom of the page to see the Animoto slide show I made for LCCUG.
These are easy and fun to make. Picking the music is the hardest part!!

Make your own at http://animoto.com It's free, easy and fun.

What do you think about VISTA?

I hear many people who are quick to mention the horror stories that they have heard about Windows VISTA operating system. Some of it seems to be appropriate, but I think a lot of it has grown out of proportion.

So we have the Mojave Experiment. A group of computer users test a "new" operating system named Mojave and give their opinions.
http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/html/?fbid=cKALn#


Very interesting!

Online EBooks

Here is a great place to start looking for free eBooks.

The Internet Public Library has links to most of the big collections here:

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00

HERE IS ANOTHER:

Here are the 20 Best Websites to Download Free Ebooks from Hongkiat.com

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

Keep checking here for more - I will be adding to this...

More Tutorial/Learning Websites

Be a Life-long Learner:

In the August LCCUG Newsletter, I wrote about free learning opportunities.
I have since found a collections of tutorial websites that are very extensive:

The Big List of Sites that Teach you how to do Stuff:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tutorial_sites.php

F.Y.I.

The specific ones I mentioned in the club newsletter were"

E-learning for Me
http://www.e4meohio.org

Learning Express Library - practice tests and computer training
http://www.oplin.org/tests

Learn Anything: 100 Places to Find Free Webinars and Tutorials
http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/17/learn-anything-100-places-to-find-free-webinars-and-tutorials/

Virtual University
http://vu.org

Freerice.com

Freerice.com

"What if just knowing what a word meant could help feed hungry people around the world? Well, at FreeRice, it does... the totals have grown exponentially."-The Washington Post

Update!!! The amount donated for each correct answer was increased from 10 grains of rice to 20 grains on 28th November!!! :D And they have an "Option" tab now! You can now set it so that FreeRice will remember your vocabulary level and the amount youve donated whenever you leave the site!:)

Started October 7, 2007
Nov 3, 2007 72 members
Nov 5 142 members
Nov 8 489
Nov 9 986
Nov 12 4100 members

Grains of rice donated
1 November 2007 52,142,290
7 December 2007 287,247,740

Reminder that the level of difficulty adjusts with how many vcabulary words you miss… until you find a good level for yourself.

The ads at the bottom pay for the rice donated to the United Nations.

Join the fun and help feed the world’s hungry!

Answers.com -- continued...

I demonstrated the usefulness of the website http://answers.com at the September 11 meeting.

Here is demonstration movies:
http://www.answers.com/main/flash_demo.jsp

Here is a 2 page pdf handout called QuickFacts that you may want to printout:
http://www.answers.com/resources/AnswersQuickFacts5-17-07.pdf

And here is some of the add-ons available to make Answers.com more useful:
http://www.answers.com/main/product_info.jsp

I also wanted to point out that when you do a search in GOOGLE - you can get the defnition of your terms by clicking on the word definition in the top right blue bar. That link used to take you to your "word" at dictionary.com and now it takes you to your word in answers.com. It looks like it is getting placed in more and more prominent places!!

Fun - Useful - Interesting Websites

A remember that you can get the list of websites we looked at at the August 14 meeting here http://websites4us.pbwiki.com

If you find any of the links not working let me know OR if you would like to add a favorite website - let me know lccug1@gmail.com


I just added an interesting collection of websites to our webpage: websites4us.pbwiki.com

Top 100 Classic Web Sites from PC Magazine

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2168282,00.asp

Another Free "office" Suite

Wired's Blog, Compiler is one of many websites announcing that Google has begun to distribute the free software package, StarOffice. Evidently, this is meant to compete with Microsoft. This article reports that the main difference between StarOffice and OpenOffice is that the former includes proprietary clip art graphics, fonts, and templates as well as some additional Microsoft Office conversion tools.

StarOffice supports most Microsoft Office formats, though not the new OOXML formats included in Office 2007.

You can read more here...
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/google-pack-off.html

sandee

Shift Happens

Things are changing faster than we can understand it.... amazing...



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