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Tampa Bay Computer
Society Bulletin

12/29/2002

This document is available online.
Note:  Some hyperlinks are lost when I convert
this web page to a plain text email.

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Contents

1) Have a Safe & Happy New Year

2) A Kinder, Gentler 404 Error

3) SIG Stuff

4) Educational Opportunities

Maps to our Resource Center & General Meeting:
http://tampa-bay.org/maps.htm

1) Have a Safe & Happy New Year

"When you're too young, your government won't let you drink alcohol for celebrations; when you're too old, your doctor won't permit it." - Dave Dockery

Have a safe and sane new year's celebration and we'll see you in 2003.

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2) A Kinder, Gentler 404 Error

Anyone who has ever surfed the web has seen a "404 Error".  This is the message you get when a web page is inaccessible or no longer available.  MOST of the time when this happens you will see a generic message, but it is possible for website creators to customize a 404 message to display at their site.

I ran across a cute one the other day that I wanted to share with you:

Sounds like haiku doesn't it?  Some fast research revealed that there are dozens of creative 404 messages out there for every occasion.  If you have any interest in reading some more of them, please visit the 404 Research Lab at:
http://www.plinko.net/404/.

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3) SIG Stuff

Tuesday, December 31, 7-9pm
Microsoft Access SIG. Led by Howard Gray
hgray2@tampabay.rr.com
NO MEETING - Happy New Year!!!

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4) Educational Opportunities

W3Schools.com (http://www.w3schools.com/)
"The best things in life ARE free."
If you are interested in learning a wide variety of computer and Internet skills, try some of the free online tutorials here.  They have tutorials on HTML, CSS, ASP, XML, JavaScript, SQL, Flash, and many, many more.

St. Petersburg YMCA (http://www.stpeteymca.org/)
(you have to click on "Schedules" then "Computer Classes")
Ongoing classes in the Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook) at reasonable prices.

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See you at the Resource Center,

Doc (Dave Dockery)
Director of Education for TBCS

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