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Following is a copy of the Net Happenings newsletter I sent out to folks who had asked to be included on my mailing list. CONTENTS -- January 21, 2004 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . Interesting Sites 5 . . . News You Can Use 6 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats 7 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor If you have a question about anything contained in this e-newsletter, please post your question on Our Message Board at http://www.iteachyou.com (click Ask a Question) And now to begin . . . 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes Following are highlights of some upcoming classes at the North City CET at 8401 Aero Drive -- one of SD Community College's Centers for Education and Technology (CET). Upcoming Classes Taught by Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Introduction to Computers DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Jan. 26 TIME . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . This class is designed for beginners who either . . . . . . . . haven't worked work computers much...or at all. . . . . . . . . It is also geared to folks who have used a computer . . . . . . . .for very specific uses in the past but still aren't sure . . . . . . . about the variety of things they can do on a computer. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Developing a Webpage DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is useful for people interesting in just . . . . . . . . . getting started, for people who have previously used . . . . . . . . . a Web editor and now need to learn how to 'clean up' . . . . . . . . . the HTML code. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Top 10 Computer Problems and their Solutions DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . This class will help both home and business users . . . . . . . . . prevent and solve common problems, improve . . . . . . . . . performance, and generally help you become a . . . . . . . . . more-informed computer user. You will receive . . . . . . . . . helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Excel 97/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 3 Tuesdays, Jan. 27, Feb. 3 and 10 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Windows Basics -- 98/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Feb. 2 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Feb. 9 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm PREREQUISITE . . . Windows Basics class or some experience . . . . . . . . working with Windows MISC . . . Learn how to copy, delete, and move files, create shortcuts, . . . . . . . . check file sizes and other details, set up new folders, . . . . . . . . work with different drives, and much more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Using Effective Web Design Concepts DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Feb. 9 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about what design elements are effective . . . . . . . . . . and what should be avoided. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Great Reference Sites on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Feb. 10 TIME . . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen Upcoming Classes Taught by Others at North City Center for Education and Technology (CET) ... - These classes start within the next few weeks. - Check the paragraph at the end of this list to access info about dates, times, details, etc. - All are at the Beginning level unless indicated otherwise. ... Open Lab every Wednesday (9am-noon) in PC lab Room 130 ... Open Lab every Saturday (8am-1pm) in Mac lab Room 150 ... QuickBooks ... Mac Basics ... Digital Camera Basics ... Digital Photos (various topics) ... Scanning Basics ... Access ... PowerPoint ... VBA MS Office Expert ... Word ... Dreamweaver (various topics) ... Flash (various topics) ... HTML Fundamentals ... XML Fundamentals ... ASP.NET ... Linux Operating System ... PHP Security ... C for Programmers ... PERL Programming ... Intro to Oracle ... 3D Studio Max ... Final Cut Pro ... Illustrator ... Multimedia Overview ... Multimedia Software Survey ... Photoshop ... Photoshop Elements ... QuarkXpress WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY CLASSES? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering through the Fall 2003 semester. At the end of that list is a link to a list of all classes offered at the North City Center for Education and Technology on Aero Drive -- plus details about each class. -- Call (858) 627-2553, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events PROGRAM . . . . . Learn about OpenOffice.org DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, January 22 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD Association for Computing Machinery PLACE . . . . . Sun Microsystems . . . . . . . . 9540 Towne Center Drive, Building SAN05 MISC . . . . . Guests always welcome for $3 or $5 charge INFO AND RSVP . . http://sdacm.org/meet.htm or (858) 452-8701 PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, January 24 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html PROGRAM . . How to Market Business on the Internet DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, January 28 ---------- 7-8 pm PRESENTER . . . . Judy Cullins . . . . . Author of 9 eBooks on writing, publishing, marketing SPONSOR . . . . . San Carlos Library PLACE . . . . . 265 Jackson Dr., San Diego MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . http://www.bookcoaching.com PROGRAM . . . . . What's with 'With Events?' DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, January 28 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego PLACE . . . San Diego County Medical Society . . . . . . . . . . 3702 Ruffin Road, Suite 207 MISC . . . . . $2 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . PaintShop Pro and Photoshop Album DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, January 31 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . . Various .NET Topics DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, February 3 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD .Net Developers Group PLACE . . . . . Ericsson, Inc. - 6455 Lusk Blvd, Bldg. #E MISC . . . . . FREE; doors close at 7 pm so please arrive early INFO . . . . . http://www.sddotnetdg.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, February 4 ------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Macintosh User Group PLACE . . . . . Cox Communications -- 5651 Copley Dr. DIRECTIONS . . . http://www.sdmug.org/directions.html MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdmug.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, February 4 ------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . UCHUG (Under the Computer Hood Users Group) PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Rm. 401 (lots of free parking) MAP . . . . . http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/jrrtc/facility/visit.htm MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome to this free event INFO . . . . . Greg Skalka at uchug@juno.com . . . . . . . . . . or http://www.uchug.org PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, February 6 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego PC Users Group PLACE . . . . . 3249 Fordham Street, Bldg. 1, Room 3 MISC . . . . . FREE - Get help with your questions or bring . . . . . . . . your broken computer INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://sdpcug.org/workshops.htm PROGRAM . . Transcending Boundaries of Traditional Photography DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, February 7 ---------- 12:30-3:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Adobe Photoshop User Group PLACE . . . . Art Institute of California . . . . . . . . 7650 Mission Valley Rd. (near 163 and Friars) MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . .http://www.sdphotoshopusers.com/ PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, February 7 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . . SQL Server Reporting Services DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, February 10 --------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD SQL Server User Group PLACE . . . Microsoft Office -- 9255 Towne Centre Drive, #400 MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdsqlug.org PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, February 12 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . Novice/Intermediate Level Access Users PLACE . . . San Diego County Medical Society . . . . . . . . . . 3702 Ruffin Road, Suite 207 San Diego CA 92123-1812 MISC . . . . . $2 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, February 14 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html PROGRAM . .Using a Personal Data Assistant (PDA) for Genealogy DATE AND TIME . . . Saturday, February 21 ---------- 9 am SPONSOR . . . . . Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego PLACE . . . . . Tierrasanta Christian Church . . . . . . . . . . . . 11445 Tierrasanta Blvd. MISC . . . . . FREE to visit; $25 first year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http//www.cgssd.org PROGRAM . . . NanoBio Business DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, February 26------- 4-9 pm SPONSORS . . . . .Pillsbury Winthrop (with Techiguru.com, . . . Strategic Synergy Group, and ASME Nanotechnology Inst.) PLACE . . . . . UCSD CONNECT La Jolla Professional Center . . . . . . . . 8950 Villa La Jolla Drive Suite A124 . . . . . . . . (in the Salk and Jacobs conference rooms) MISC . . . Contact Petar Stojadinovic at petar@nanosig.org . . . . . . . . or at (858) 776-9352 if you would like to be a speaker . . . . . . . . or to obtain a free pass to attend the program. 3 . . . Tips and Tricks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. Go to http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TURN OFF 'ERROR REPORTING' TO MICROSOFT Whenever a software error occurs on a Windows XP system, a dialog box appears asking if you sent to send an error report to Microsoft. Not only does this take your time and effort, but it's probably not a good idea to send unknown information to any company. To turn off error reporting: - Click Start - Control Panel (or Start - Settings - Control Panel). - Click Switch to Classic View if you see it listed on the left side of your screen. - Double-click to open System. - Click Advanced tab. - Click Error Reporting button. - Click to place a dot by Disable Error Reporting. - Click (if necessary) to remove the checkmark by 'But notify me...' - Click OK. - Click Apply (if available). - Click OK. - Click FILE-CLOSE. .............. Question: Are you tired of filling in a lengthy form on a Webpage only to be told after submitting it that it's missing an item; then when you click your browser's Back button -- everything's gone and you have to start filling in the form all over again??? Answer: If using Internet Explorer: - Click TOOLS-INTERNET OPTIONS. - Click General tab. - Click Settings button. - Click to place a checkmark by 'Every Time You Start Internet Explorer.' If using Netscape: - Click EDIT-PREFERENCES. - Double-click Advanced. - Click Cache. - Set Memory Cache to at least 1024kb and Disk Cache to at least 7680kb. - Clear both caches. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 . . . Interesting Sites FAMOUS QUOTATIONS http://www.brainyquote.com 5 . . . News You Can Use SPAM FAILS SCREENING Only 10 percent of junk e-mails comply with a new federal anti-spam law, according to two days' worth of messages analyzed by a spam filtering vendor. Most spam was sent without a correct subject line, a physical mailing address or a way to decline future mailings. 6 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats Imagine... There is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out ALL OF IT, of course!!!! Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the 'tomorrow.' You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train. To realize the value of ONE-SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident. To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics. And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present!!! 7 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor ORIGINS OF NAMES OF COMPANIES (shared by Bob Beymer) ~ Apple Computers It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock. ~ CISCO It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco. ~ Compaq This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object. ~ Hewlett Packard Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. ~ Intel Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics. ~ Lotus (Notes) Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position' or Padmasana.' Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. ~ Microsoft Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, it was later changed to Microsoft. Your source for life-long learning
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