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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. 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes Following are highlights of some upcoming classes at the North City Campus at 8401 Aero Drive -- one of SD Community College District's Continuing Education Campuses: Upcoming Classes Taught by Gini Pedersen -- all in Room 130... TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, February 23, March 2 and 9 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Word is Microsoft's popular word processing . . . application that is bundled with all versions of MSOffice INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Internet Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, February 23 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . You will learn lots of shortcuts and hints to make . . . . . . . . . . your experience on the Internet faster, more versatile, . . . . . . . . . . and more fun--for both new and experienced users. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Windows Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 2 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Suggested prerequisite: Windows experience. . . . . . . . . In this class you will learn useful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced Windows users should find useful. . . . . . . . . You will receive helpful handouts. NOTE . . This class was not listed on some class schedules. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Developing a Webpage using HTML DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, March 3 and 10 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is useful for people interested 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. You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 3 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm PREREQUISITE . . . Windows Basics class or some experience . . . . . . . . working with Windows MISC . . . Learn how to copy, delete, and move files, . . . . . check file sizes and other details, set up new . . . . . folders, work with different drives, how to back up . . . . . important files on your system, and much more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Microsoft PowerPoint DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, March 9 and 16 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . PowerPoint is Microsoft's popular program for creating . . . . visual presentations that can include text, images, movies, . . . . sounds, and much more. PowerPoint is included in MSOffice. . . . . You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Introduction to Computers DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 10 TIME . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC. . This class is designed for beginners who either . . . . . . . . haven't worked with 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 . . . . .Internet and Email Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 16 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is designed for people who are truly new to . . . . . . . . . . the Internet. The only prerequisite for this class is . . . . . . . . . . a class in Windows Basics or equivalent experience. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word DATE . . . . . 3 Tuesdays, March 17, 24, and 31 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Word is Microsoft's popular word processing . . . application that is bundled with all versions of MSOffice INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 17 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is most useful for people just starting out . . . . . . . . using computers or anyone who wants to just understand . . . . . . . . a bit more about the Windows operating system. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Buying and Selling on eBay DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, March 23 and 30 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . eBay has become a favorite pastime for many and a . . . . . profitable business for others. Come learn what it is all about. . . . . . Topics covered will include setting up a buyer's and a seller's . . . . . account, how to bid on items you want to buy, and how to post . . . . . items you want to sell. Also learn how to accept payments . . . . . when selling on eBay. You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 23 TIME . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Suggested prerequisite: Word experience. . . . . . . . . In this class you will learn useful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced Word users should find useful. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Internet and Email Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 24 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is designed for people who are truly new to . . . . . . . . . . the Internet. The only prerequisite for this class is . . . . . . . . . . a class in Windows Basics or equivalent experience. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen Upcoming Classes Taught by Others at North City Campus of SDCCD Continuing Education ... - 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. … Flash … Paint.Net … PHP and MySQL … Kompozer … ASP.Net … XHTML Basics … Audacity … Open Office Writer … Open Office Calc … Open Office Impress … InDesign … Illustrator … Premiere Pro … Graphic Design Essentials … Internet Marketing … Dreamweaver (various levels) … Outlook … Photoshop (various levels) … Adobe Acrobat … Project Management … Blogging for Profit ... Open Lab every Saturday (10 am - 1 pm) in Mac lab Rm 150 … Open Lab every T W Th (8:30 am-12:30 pm) in PC lab Rm 117 ... plus additional new topics each week throughout the semester WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CLASSES? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering during the current semester. At the end is a link to a list of all classes offered at the North City Campus of SDCCD Continuing Education on Aero Drive -- plus a brief description of each class. -- Call (619) 388-1800, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events PROGRAM . . . . .Password Manager DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, February 21 ------- 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 DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . Using Google for your Genealogy DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, February 21 ---------- 9 am SPONSOR . . Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego PLACE . . . . . UCSD (see map on website) MISC . . . . . FREE to visit; $25 first year to join INFO AND MAP . . . http://www.cgssd.org PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, February 28 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, March 4 ------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . UCHUG (Under the Computer Hood Users Group) PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms (new location!) . . . . . . . . . . 2404 Loring (between Hwy 5 and Pacific Beach) DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) MISC . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . . Greg Skalka at uchug@juno.com . . . . . . . . . . or http://www.uchug.org PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 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 DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 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 DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . . SQL Server 2005/2008 Profiler DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, March 19 --------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD SQL Server User Group PLACE . . . UCSD Sorrento Mesa Extension . . . . . 6925 Lusk Blvd. (AT and T Building) MAP . http://www.extension.ucsd.edu/image/img_mapLaJolla.gif MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdsqlug.org 3 . . . Tips and Tricks SELECT NON-ADJACENT CELLS IN EXCEL a. Click and drag to highlight cells. b. While holding down the CTRL key, click and drag to highlight non-adjacent cells. ….. USE MAIL MERGE TO CREATE MAILIING LABELS IN WORD Go to http://www.iteachyou.com/merge.htm for directions. 4 . . . News You Can Use FREE DISPOSAL OF ELECTRONICS DATE . . . Saturday, February 21 TIME . . . 9 am to 3 pm PLACE . . . Petco Park (100 Park Blvd.) MISC . . . Accepted items are televisions, computers, and phones NOTE . . . Hazardous waster will not be accepted INFORMATION . . . (760) 599-0888 ext. 214 5 . . . Interesting Site ZOOM IN TO SEE A SPECIFIC PERSON PRESENT AT THE JANUARY 20 INAUGURATION!!! Try it -- it's amazing! http://tinyurl.com/findaperson or http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c Notes: - Zoom in ('double-click' an area) ....and watch it focus. - Then zoom some more... and wait for it to focus. - Click and drag with the hand symbol on the screen to move around. This picture was taken with a Canon robotic camera with 1,474 megapixel -- 295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess Cruise ship. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone by the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told that she owned the line, but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises -- back to back. As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to say hello. We chatted and I said, 'I understand you've been on this ship for the last four cruises.' She replied, 'Yes, that's true.' I stated, 'I don't understand.' She replied, without a pause, 'It's cheaper than a nursing home.' So . . . there will be no nursing homes in my future! When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations at Princess and I can get a long term discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day for: 1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day. 2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day (if I can still waddle to the restaurant) or I can have room service (which means I can have breakfast in bed every day of the week). 3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night. 4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo. 5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to help you. 6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days. 7. T.V. broken? Light bulb needs changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience. 8. Clean sheets and towels everyday, and you don't even have to ask for them. 9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on Medicare; if you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to go? Princess will have a ship ready to go . . . so don't look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship. (shared by Christine Veale) Your source for life-long learning
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