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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 10, 2004 1 . . . Upcoming *FREE* Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats 5 . . . 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 . . . . .Windows Basics -- 98/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Mar. 15 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Internet Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, Mar. 16 and 23 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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 . . . . . Excel Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Mar. 22 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm PREREQUISITE . . . . . Excel experience or a prior Excel class MISC . . . In this class you will learn helpful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced Excel users should find useful. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Mar. 22 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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 . . . . .Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Mar. 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 . . . . .Visio DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Mar. 29 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Microsoft's exciting program for creating flowcharts, . . . . . organization charts, floor plans, and much more. . . . . . It's amazingly easy to learn these very marketable skills! INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Great Reference Sites on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Mar. 29 TIME . . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .How to Buy the RIGHT Computer DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Mar. 30 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . This class is useful for anyone thinking of buying a . . . . . . . . . . computer -- or just to learn more about the computer . . . . . . . . . . you already own. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Mar. 30 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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 ***** 'One of my colleagues at Aero Drive, Rob Spahitz, is VERY knowledgeable about Access and Excel and is your only resource at our center for Intermediate and Advanced classes on these topics. If you have prior experience with Access -- or just want to sit in and watch one of Rob's classes, you may want to join his final session of Advanced Access (remember, you can just watch and listen if you wish) this coming Tuesday from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm in Room 130 at Aero Drive. Rob will be starting a new round of Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Access and Excel classes again within a couple of weeks. Call 858-627-2545 for more info. ***** 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 Saturday (8am-1pm) in Mac lab Room 150 ... QuickBooks Pro ... Mac ILife ... Digital Photos (various topics) ... Internet Basics ... Excel (various levels) ... Word (various levels) ... DHTML ... Dreamweaver ((Advanced)) ... Dreamweaver (special topics) ... Flash (special topics) ... Linux - Apache Web Server ... C for Programmers ... C++ for C Programmers ... VB.NET Programming ... Final Cut Pro ((Advanced)) ... Illustrator (Intermediate/(Advanced)) ... InDesign ... Photoshop (various levels) ... Photoshop (special topics) ... Photoshop Elements (Intermediate/(Advanced)) ... QuarkXpress ... Premiere Pro ... Web Page Layout and Design ... XML Fundamentals 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 Spring 2004 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, March 11 ------- 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 MISC . . . . . $2 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 13 ------- 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 16 -------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User 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 . . . . .http://www.sdpcug.org PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, March 19 -------- 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 . . . . .Protecting Yourself When Searching Online DATE AND TIME . . . Saturday, March 20 ------ 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 . . . . . Active PDF Composer plus QandA DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 20 ------- 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 . . . . . Charting for Access DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, March 24 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Level Access Users PLACE . . . San Diego County Medical Society . . . . . . . . . . 3702 Ruffin Road, Suite 207 MISC . . . . . $2 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . Making Data Management Relevant . . . . . . . to the Enterprise DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, March 18 -------- 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 . . (858) 452-8701 or http://sdacm.org/meet.htm PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 27 ------- 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 3 . . . Tips and Tricks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. Go to http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DEALING WITH SPAM Note: This tip is rather long but hopefully offers you a variety of choices for dealing with this annoyance. There are many anti-spam software programs out there -- none of which work 100 percent. At best you get maybe 60-70 percent. Even the best ones are still a 'Band-Aid' to the problem -- a little like trimming your rose bush without gloves -- knowing you have iodine and Band-Aids in the house to patch yourself up. If you do use spam filtering software, be sure the filtered messages are transferred to a special folder other than your email's Trash folder so you can review them periodically to see if a message you truly want was filtered out by over-aggressive spam software -- or your own filtering techniques. Following are some ways to deflect spam and reduce the chance of having your e-mail address used by spammers: 1. Set filters in your email program to block specific senders and/or specific language in a message. 2. Avoid providing your primary email address when subscribing to print publications, at trade shows, and in other situation where you are unsure of how it will/could be used. 3. Read online and offline forms you complete carefully and check or uncheck boxes as necessary so you aren't inadvertently giving your OK to receive mail from others. 4. Many spammers do a 'dictionary attack' technique to address Spam email. If your email username contains a combination of letters and numbers it is more likely to survive such a dictionary attack. 5. If you prefer, you can also set your email filters so you only receive email from specific email address. This is called a 'reverse filter' or a 'white list.' Note that it can backfire as some of your friends try to communicate with you if you've forgotten to include them in your list of emails to accept. Also, some friends use multiple email addresses. 6. Avoid signing up for services that promise to block spam for you; most are ineffective or cause an increase in the amount of Spam you will receive. Even the Direct Marketing Association's 'Do Not Mail' list has largely been a failure -- mainly because most spammers ignore it. 7. Check spam-blocking utilities such as MailWasher at http://www.mailwasher.com 8. Never respond to Spam -- it just confirms that you read at least part of their message. And, of course, never order any product or service as a result of Spam you receive. 9. Never order any product or service as a result of Spam you receive. 10. Modify your e-mail address when you post to Discussion Forums that don't require pre-registration. On Discussion Forums that allow you to manually enter an e-mail address, add a word to the end. For example, instead of using 'john@aol.com,' use johnNOSPAM@aolREMOVE.com' in the e-mail address field. This technique will keep software programs that automatically 'harvest' e-mail addresses from listing a legitimate e-mail address but will still be recognizable to Discussion Forum participants as the e-mail address of 'john@aol.com.' 11. Use a *FREE* Web-based e-mail account for Discussion Forum postings. Although this trick won't actually reduce the number of unsolicited spam messages you receive, it will allow you to keep them out of your primary e-mail account that you use on a daily basis. To do this, open a *FREE* Web-based e-mail account with Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com/ and then use your Hotmail address only for postings to Internet discussion groups. If the amount of unsolicited e-mail you receive in this new account becomes too annoying, merely abandon this account and open another one with Hotmail. There are also other *FREE* e-mail options available. 12. Use an email alias service such as Mailshell at http://www.mailshell.com/ 13. Be sure that your email program doesn't automatically confirm 'Read Receipt' requests. This is a trick spammers use to confirm valid email addresses. In Outlook Express you can change settings as following: ... Click TOOLS - OPTIONS - EMAIL OPTIONS BUTTON - TRACKING OPTIONS. ... Change settings as needed so you never automatically send anything. 14. Watch for new tricks spammers are using to entice you to open and read their message, such as... ...They start the subject line with 're' so you will think it is a reply to an email message you sent out previously. ...They include in the subject 'Returned Mail' or 'Mail Undeliverable' so you'll open it, thinking it was something you had tried to send that didn't make it. ...They use a very friendly subject line that sounds like something your friend may have sent. ...They adjust date settings before mailing so message has an older date so their message may appear at the top of your inbox list. 15. You can learn more about analyzing the header of an email message you receive by visiting http://abuse.msu.edu/email-tracking.html In addition, http://spam.abuse.net/ contains many hints about dealing with spam. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats Did You Know? - A baby gray whale drinks enough milk to fill more than 2,000 bottles a day. - The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons. - It takes an average of 345 squirts to yield a gallon of milk from a cow's udder. - A good milking cow will give nearly 6,000 quarts of milk every year. - It would require an average of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at 1 ounce. - There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States. Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year. - There is approximately 1 chicken for every human being in the world. 5 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor Signs That Old Age Might Be Creeping Up On You ... - You like to be in crowds because they keep you from falling down. - Your favorite section of the newspaper is '25 Years Ago Today.' - A big evening with your friends is sitting around comparing living wills. - Your clothes go into the overnight bag so you can fill the suitcase with your pills. - Somebody you consider an old-timer calls you an old-timer. - Your idea of a change of scenery is looking to the left or right. - Your knees buckle, but your belt won't. Your source for life-long learning
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