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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 -- March 3, 2005 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . 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 Campus at 8401 Aero Drive -- one of SD Community College District's Continuing Education Campuses: Upcoming Classes Taught by Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Tips for Finding Things on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 7 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is open to anyone who has experienced . . . . . . . . . . frustration finding things on the Internet. ;-) . . . . . . . . . You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Developing a Webpage using HTML DATE . . . . . 1 more Tuesday, March 8 . . . . . . . . . . This 2-session class started on March 1 but . . . . . . . . . . you are welcome to join us for the second . . . . . . . . . . session on March 8. TIME . . . . . 1-5 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, March 8 and 15 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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 . . . . .Internet Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 14 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. NOTE . . . . . This class was originally listed as 2 sessions on . . . . . . . . . . . some class schedules. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Using Effective Web Design Concepts DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 15 . . . . . . . . . . Note: Listed incorrectly as Monday on some flyers TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about what web design elements are effective . . . . . . . . . . and what should be avoided. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 28 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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 . . . . . How to Buy the RIGHT Computer DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 28 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is useful for anyone thinking of buying a . . . . . . . . . . computer -- or just to learn more about the computer . . . . . . . . . . you already own. You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Great Reference Sites on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 29 TIME . . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . This class is useful for anyone doing research on the . . . . . . . . Internet or just looking for interesting and fun information. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Windows Basics -- 98/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 29 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 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. ... Open Lab every Saturday (8am-1pm) in Mac lab Room 150 ... Access ... ASP.NET ... AUTOCAD Lite ... Bezier Pen Mastery ... Cascading Style Sheets ... CD and DVD Burning Basics ... Introduction to Computers ... Database Management ... Digital Camera Basics ... Digital Design Concepts ... Digital Photography File Management ... Dreamweaver (various topics) ... eBay Basics ... E-Commerce Basics ... Email Basics ... Excel (Intermediate) ... Final Cut Pro ... Flash (various topics) ... Illustrator ... Illustrator (various topics) ... Layout Techniques ... Linux System Administration ... Mac Panther ... Network Administration ... Photoshop (various levels and topics) ... Project ... QuickBooks (various levels) ... Scanning Basics ... Visio ... Website Performance ... Windows Basics ... Windows Longhorn Overview ... Windows XP Service Pack 2 Overview ... Wireless Network Setup ... Wireless Technology Implementation ... Word (Intermediate) ... XML 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 2004 semesters. At the end of that list is a link to a list of all classes offered at the North City Campus of SDCCD Continuing Education on Aero Drive -- plus details about each class. -- Call (619) 388-1800, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 5 ------- 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 . . . . . Total Training and Advanced Compositing DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 5 ---------- 12-3 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 . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, March 4------- 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 . . . . Search Engine Optimization and Ranking Info DATE AND TIME . . Monday, March 7 --------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . SD Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group PLACE . . Sign up and you will receive the location of next meeting MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.seo-specialists.org PROGRAM . . . . . Troubleshooting SQL DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, March 8 --------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD SQL Server User Group PLACE . . . UCSD Sorrento Mesa Extension . . . . . 6925 Lusk Blvd. (ATandT Building) MAP . http://www.extension.ucsd.edu/image/img_mapLaJolla.gif MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdsqlug.org PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, March 9 ------- 7-9 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Palm Users Group (SDPUG) PLACE . . . San Diego County Office of Education -- Room 301 . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd. (lots of FREE parking) MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdpug.com . . . . or Rich Worcester - Rich@PalmGuy.com or 760-809-4666 PROGRAM . . . . Graphic Communication Career Day DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, March 9 --------- 9 am to 2 pm SPONSOR . . . Palomar College . . . . . 1140 W. Mission, San Marcos PLACE . . Sign up and you will receive the location of next meeting MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . (760) 744-1150 x2452 PROGRAM . . . . .SmartComputer Magazine DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 12 ------- 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, March 15 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User Group PLACE . . . . . CompUSA Training Center (new location) . . . . . . . . 4240 Kearny Mesa Rd. . . . . . . . . Training Center entrance is located several doors . . . . . . . . south of the store, just south of Starbucks MAP . . . . . http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/jrrtc/facility/visit.htm MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . .http://www.sdpcug.org PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, March 15 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . ASP Developers' SIG PLACE . . . . . 9255 Towne Centre Drive, 4th Floor MISC . . . . . FREE INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://asp.sig.webpublishing.com/ PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, March 16 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Level Access Users PLACE . . . Scripps Miramar Ranch Branch Library (new location) . . . . . . . . . . 10301 Scripps Lake Dr. MISC . . . . . $2 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, March 18 ------- 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 19 ------- 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 . . . . Research Techniques DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, March 19 ---------- 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, March 26 ------- 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 . . . . . Mini Seminars DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, March 31 -------- 10 am SPONSOR . . . . . Rancho Bernardo Computer Club PLACE . . . . .Rancho Bernardo Library - Community Room . . . . . . . . 17110 Bernardo Center Drive (lots of FREE parking) MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . . . 858-487-6585 PROGRAM . . . . . Programming with Microsoft Agent DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, April 5 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD .Net Developers Group PLACE . . . . . Qualcomm Inc. . . . . San Diego Design Center Aud. - Bldg. E (Main Building) . . . . 6455 Lusk Blvd., San Diego MISC . . . FREE to visit INFO . . . . . http://www.sddotnetdg.org/ PROGRAM . . . Computer Training for the Visually Impaired DATE/TIME . . Ongoing -- Call to arrange an intake and schedule SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Center for the Blind PLACE . . . (1) 5922 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego -- (619) 583-1542 . . . . . . . . . (2) 1385 Bonair Rd., Vista -- (760) 758-5956 MISC . . . . . FREE to the visually impaired/blind. No previous . . . . computer skills are required. Instruction in adaptive software . . . . such as Zoom Text, Window Eyes and Jaws is used to access . . . . word processing, data entry, e-mail and the Internet. INFO . . . .http://www.sdcb.org (or phone numbers listed above) PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Museum of America DATE AND TIME . . Tuesdays thru Saturdays ----- 10am-5pm SPONSOR . . . . . Coleman College PLACE . . . . . 7380 Parkway Drive, La Mesa ADMISSION FEE . . . . . $1-2 INFO . . . . . http://www.computer-museum.org 3 . . . Tips and Tricks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. Go to http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Preparing Computer for Donation, Disposal, etc. (Excerpted from http://www.komando.com) 1. Don't want a big hassle? Give the computer to a trusted employee, friend or family member. If you trust who you give it to, I wouldn't put a lot of effort into destroying data. Recovering deleted data isn't automatic. A thief or con artist will have to get some specialized software and learn to use it. Rivers of boring data would have to be sorted to find the good stuff. The average (honest) person isn't going to bother. So if you give the PC to someone you trust (careful now), you should simply delete the files. More extensive work probably isn't worth the effort. Just be sure the recipient is honest. If he or she is shaky, go to the next step. 2. Reformat the hard drive and re-install the operating system. Reformatting a disk prepares it to accept a new operating system. It also wipes out everything on the hard drive. That's your goal. Past versions of Windows (up through Windows Me) allow you to create a startup disk. You'll need one to reformat your hard drive. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. Click Startup Disk. Click Create Disk. On Windows XP, you'll need to download the disk information. Go to BootDisk.com and click 'DOS Windows 9X/NT4/2000/XP Excellent Bootdisks.' Download the Windows XP Custom Install Disk and save it to a floppy. On all systems, shut down all open programs. Restart the computer with the floppy in the A: drive. At the A: prompt, type Format: C. Answer 'yes' to the warning; you want to wipe out all the data. When the reformat finishes, put the Windows installation CD in the CD drive and remove the floppy. Restart and re-install Windows. Reformatting will keep most people out of your old files. But specialized shareware exists to reclaim files after reformatting. If you do not know who will get the computer or you do know and you don't trust them stronger measures are required. 3. Buy software and overwrite the disk, again and again and again. If you don't know much about computers, this might be easier than Step 2. There are several programs that write gibberish to the hard drive. They promise that nobody will be able to find your files after the software is utilized. PC Inspector's (www.pcinspector.de) e-maxx meets U.S. military standards. Another good program is DriveScrubber ($29.95), from Iolo Technologies (www.iolo.com). If you have a Mac, try SuperScrubber (www.jiiva.com). It is $30, and also meets military specs. This process can be slow, because these programs write to the disk repeatedly. You might want to run it overnight. 4. You're totally paranoid, so get out the acetylene torch. I'm not kidding. The only absolute and assured way of protecting your data is to destroy the hard drive. To do that, you need to remove it from the computer. If you want to save the rest of the computer, touch the machine's metal frame before reaching in. Static electricity can wreck the circuitry. The Pentagon shreds its hard drives. That should work, assuming you can find a hard-drive shredder. I've never seen one. You need to destroy the platters inside. Try smashing them with a hammer. Destroying them with a torch should work. Step 4 seems excessive to me. But you're right to be paranoid about this. Identity theft has become overwhelming. There are a lot of people out there who would love to hurt you. Personally, I would use Step 3. I believe in being careful, no matter who gets the computer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor Napa Valley vintners, who are famous for Pinot Blanc and Pinot Grigio, have come up with a hybrid grape that is anti-diuretic. It is perfect for the elderly, as it reduces night time trips to the bathroom. It will be marketed as.......Pinot More. ----- Questions to Ponder..... - Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'...but it's only a 'penny' for your thoughts?' Where's that extra penny going? - Can you cry under water? - If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? - How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? - Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours? - Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? - If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call? - How come we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your source for life-long learning
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