In this month's Bits 'n' Bytes, Dale Atchison updates his
Monthly Maintenance instructions, Stew Bottorf attempts to
breathe new life into an older laptop, and Ira Wilsker
describes how to set up that new computer you got for
Christmas.
February
Bits & Bytes is Online:
http://bnb.tampa-bay.org/
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1) General Interest
WEDU: Saturday, March 7th,
6:30-10:30pm
Upcoming FACUG & APCUG conference: March 13, 14, & 15
Monthly meeting at the Largo Cultural Center moved to
MONDAY night March 16th
WEDU: Saturday, March 7th, 6:30-10:30pm
I only
need a couple more volunteers. We just answer the phones, take
pledges, and have fun.
The shows that will be airing
that night are:
7-9pm: "Welk Stars Through The Years" (Mary Loy Metzger will be live in
the studio), and
9-10:30pm: "Highland Heartbeat".
Please
send an email to the Club Secretary
if you'd like to join us. I'll be arranging car pools this week.
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Upcoming FACUG & APCUG spring
conference: March 13, 14, & 15 in Zephyrhills
$65 at the door (for TBCS members)
This is going to be a great conference. About 130 are already
registered, but wait 'til you see some of what's going to happen this
time around. The educational sessions are far different this time
than what you are used to. I view it as a "boot camp" for social
networking. If you are interested, here's
a lot more info.
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Our monthly meeting at the Largo Cultural Center will be on MONDAY
night March 16th instead of Tuesday night March 17th (St. Patty's Day).
Please mark your calendars!
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Phil Sullivan's Hands-On Windows XP Beginner's
Classes
Four 2-hour
classes on Mondays 10am-noon $40 (NO make-up)
Since these are hands-on classes, they will be limited to only 6
people.
You MUST register for these (see below).
The next sessions will take place on:
Mar 2, 9, 16, & 23
Phil Sullivan's Hands-On Windows Vista Beginner's
Classes
Four 2-hour
classes on Tuesdays 10am-noon $40 (NO make-up)
Since these are hands-on classes, they will be limited to only 6
people.
You MUST register for these (see below).
The next sessions will take place on:
Mar 3, 10, 17, & 24
Future sessions:
Mar 31, Apr 7, 14, & 21
Dennis
Schulman Classes on Computer Security & Spam (free!)
Two
2-hour classes on Tuesdays March 10 & 17, 10:30-12:30
Dennis will demonstrate techniques for keeping
your hard drive humming along without collecting too much Internet
flotsam & jetsam followed by tips on how to reduce your spam. No
registration is required for this class - just show up.
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Classroom Registration
All of our classes meet at our Resource Center
in Clearwater. The full class fee is due at the first session (cash
or check please). All classes come with a money-back guarantee if
you're not happy with the instruction for any reason.
In order to register for any of the classes (or if you have questions), please send an email to the Club Secretary.
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Our SIGs (Special
Interest Groups)
all meet at our Resource Center
(map:
http://www.tampa-bay.org/maps.htm).
All of our SIGs are free to our members.
SIGs are a great place to get more personalized attention, and get your
questions answered. The following SIGs will meet this week:
Sunday, March 1, 1-3 PM Broadcast
SBI SIG. Led by Rick Hart & Carl Hahn
The SBI SIG meets on both the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month.
Monday,
March 2, 6:30-8pm
Computer Q&A SIG.
Led by Cathy Benedict
Bring your
computer questions -- we speak beginning to advanced computers.
This SIG is for having fun as well as getting your computer questions
answered. I have some very interesting videos tonight about new
technologies that you will find fascinating.
Tuesday, March 3, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by
Bill De Lucia
Bring Bill your questions.
Tuesday, March 3, 7-9pm Broadcast
Visual Basic SIG.
Led by Tom Kiehl
Wednesday,
March 4, 10am-noon
Digital Video
SIG. Led by Tom Lembke
Tom is back in charge!
Wednesday,
March 4, 2-4pm
Genealogy SIG.
Led by Howard T. Smith
Wednesday,
March 4, 7-9pm
Excel SIG.
Led by Motaz Ben Saoud
Formerly the Investment SIG. Motaz is excellent at teaching Excel.
Some of his audience was coming more for the Excel tips than the
investment info so he will focus on Excel in the future.
Thursday,
March 5 10am-noon
Scrapbooking SIG.
Led by Jan McNulty
Thursday,
March 5, 1-3pm
Hands-On Embird SIG. Led by Florence Osier
Thursday,
March 5, 7-9pm
Expression Web. Led by Sam Richardson
Join Sam to learn how to use Microsoft's replacement for FrontPage.
Friday, March 6, 10am-noon Broadcast
Doc's Place. Led by Dave Dockery
"Vista From the Ground Up" (basic Vista) AND "7 Web 2.0 Technologies"
Friday,
March 6, 1-3pm
Intermediate Computer SIG. Led by Carol King
Carol is back and better than ever. Bring her your computer
questions.
Friday,
March 6, 7-9pm Broadcast
2600 Club. Led by Magen Hughes
Magen returns, and we have some surprises.
Sunday, March 8, 1-3pm
XO Computer SIG. Led by Dan Galgano
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