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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. At the bottom are links to all prior issues. Net Happenings sent out on March 26, 2003. Hi, As you requested, I am sending Net Happenings to you. Please let me know if your e-mail address changes so I can continue sending you Net Happenings. Also, let me know if you'd rather NOT receive these postings. Remember, I will never sell, trade, lend, or leak your e-mail address to any other individual or organization. To view prior issues of Net Happenings... ...go to my Web site at http://www.iteachyou.com ...click Net Happenings newsletters ...scroll to bottom and click link to each previous issue. Gini Pedersen San Diego Community College District Instructor, Internet and Computer Applications http://www.iteachyou.com If you live outside of Southern California -- OR -- if you are just not in the market for new classes or events... ... then Page Down on your keyboard to the start of Section 3 for some Tips and Tricks, humor, etc. CONTENTS -- March 26, 2003 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . Interesting Sites 5 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats 6 . . . 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). CLASSES MARKED WITH AN *** HAVE REVISED TITLES AND/OR DATES Upcoming Classes Taught by Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .How to Buy the RIGHT Computer DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, April 7 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 . . . . .Visio DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, April 7 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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 . . . . .Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, April 8 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 . . . . .Tips for Finding Things on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, April 8 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is open to anyone who has experienced . . . . . . . . . . frustration finding things on the Internet. ;-) INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Top 10 Computer Problems and their Solutions *** DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, April 21 and 28 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 . . . . .Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, April 21 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 ABOVE CLASSES MARKED WITH AN *** HAVE REVISED TITLES AND/OR DATES Upcoming Classes Taught by Others at North City Center for Education and Technology... - These classes start within the next few weeks. - Click the link at the end of this list to see the date, time, etc. - Click the link at the end to see details about each topic. - All are at the Beginning level unless indicated otherwise. … Dreamweaver MX - Special Topics … Email Viruses, Scams, etc. … Flash MX - Special Topics … Acrobat 5 … After Effects … Photoshop - Tips and Tricks … Photoshop - Special Topics … Typography … Open Lab every Saturday (8am-2pm) in Mac lab Room 140 IN ADDITION... We also offer many free classes with at our classroom at Datel Computer Center at 5636 Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa. For classes at this site ONLY, you must pre-register by calling (858) 627-2545 Mondays through Thursdays, 8 am to 8 pm or Fridays 8 am to 3:30 pm. Following are some upcoming classes at our Datel site: … Scanning Basics … PowerPoint - Presentations on the Web … Email Attachments 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 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) 627-2545, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events Note: Occasionally event details change. Check the Website listed for updated details. PROGRAM . . . . . Q and A and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 29 ------- 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 . . . . . VB.NET DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, April 1 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Visual Basic User Group PLACE . . . . . Ericsson, Inc. - 6455 Lusk Blvd, Bldg. #E MISC . . . . . FREE; doors close at 7 pm so please arrive early INFO . . . . . http://www.sdvbug.org PROGRAM . . . . .Using GPS with a Notebook Computer DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, April 2 ------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . UCHUG (Under the Computer Hood Users Group) PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Rm. 202 (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 . . . . . Mac Accounting Shootout DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, April 2 ------- 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 . . . . .RoboDemo and RoboFlash Toolkit DATE AND TIME . . Thursday April 3 ------ 7 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Macromedia User Group (SDMMUG) PLACE . . . . . Herman Miller Office Pavilion (new location) . . . . . . . . . . 6920 Carroll Road (north of Miramar Road) MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome to this free event INFO . . . . . http://www.sdmmug.org PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, April 4 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego PC Users Group PLACE . . . . . West City CET Campus . . . . . . . . 3249 Fordham Street, Bldg. 1, Room 3 MISC . . . . . FREE - Get help with your questions or bring . . . . . . . . your broken computer INFO . . . . . http://sdpcug.org/workshops.htm PROGRAM . . . . . Q and A and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, April 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, April 5 ---------- 10 am - 2 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Adobe Photoshop User Group PLACE . . . . Art Institute of California . . . . 7605 Mission Valley Rd. (near 163 and Friars) MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . .http://www.sdphotoshopusers.com/ PROGRAM . . . . . Forms DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, April 10 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . Beginning/Intermediate Level Access Users PLACE . . . . . Microsoft - 9255 Towne Center Dr. MISC . . . . . $1 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . Q and A and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, April 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 . . . . . Automation in Enterprise Computing DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, April 17 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD Association for Computing Machinery PLACE . . . . . Sun Microsystems . . . . . . . . 9540 Towne Center Drive, Building SAN05 MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO AND RSVP . . http://sdacm.org/meet.htm or (858) 452-8701 PROGRAM . . . . . Web Design Issues DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, April 19 ------- 10 am - 3 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Computer Society PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Rm 401 and 402 (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . FREE; stay for some -- or all -- of the presentations INFO . . . . . http://www.sdcs.org PROGRAM . . . . Making a Contribution to the Gen Web Project DATE AND TIME . . . Saturday, April 19 ------- 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 . . . . . Q and A and mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, April 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 . . . . . Panel presentation on deploying Access . . . . . . . . . . runtime programs DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, April 23 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Level Access Users PLACE . . . . . Ericsson - 5751 Pacific Center Blvd. MISC . . . . . $1 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ 3 . . . Tips and Tricks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BACKUP OF DATA FILES ON YOUR SYSTEM Most people probably don't back up important files on their system because they aren't sure of which files are most critical and where these files are located. I've included detailed info about backing up data files on the following website: http://www.iteachyou.com/backup.htm GET HELP WITH WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ACCESS, AND MORE In addition to checking a good book on the subject, you can get help in the following ways: a. Within Word (or other Office program), click HELP - MICROSOFT xxx HELP. (xxx = name of program you are using) b. If you are on the Internet, you can also get help by clicking HELP - OFFICE ON THE WEB. c. Post questions at http://www.iteachyou.com (click Ask a Question). PROBLEM OPENING EMAIL ATTACHMENT? Attachments are a challenge for everyone. Generally, when you double-click on the file and can't open it, it's because you don't have a program installed on your computer that can read/display/play the particular format of the Attachment. I'd suggest you ask the sender what type of file s/he sent and then try opening the file WITHIN a specific program that is designed to open that format of file. For example, if the file is something.wpd, which makes it a WordPerfect file, it likely could be opened within MSWord. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 . . . Interesting Sites HUGE FLOWER FLAG (shared by Fred Brown) http://picturelompoc.com/floralflagpage3.html HYPERHISTORY http://www.hyperhistory.com/ FREE TIPS ON INTERNET PROMOTION, WRITING, AND WEB COPYRIGHTING Send email to subscribe@bookcoaching.com Include in Subject line: 'yes - tip of the month' Additional resources available at http://www.bookcoaching.com 5 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats DID YOU KNOW? - Some Chinese typewriters have 5,700 characters. The keyboard is almost 3 feet wide on some models, and the fastest one can type on these machines is 11 words per minute. - The average 60-minute audio cassette tape has 562.5 feet of tape in it. - In Milwaukee during the 1900s, 12,500 horses in the city left an estimated 133 tons of manure and urine on the streets per year. - The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one gram of it can kill 150 people. Just to handle the substance can put one in a coma. - The leech will gorge itself up to 5 times its body weight and then just fall off its victim. - It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as 10,000 insects in the course of a summer. 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor HOW MANY DOGS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? Golden Retriever - The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out bulb? Border Collie - Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring that's not up to code. Dachshund - You know I can't reach that stupid lamp! Rottweiler - Make me. Lab - Oh, me, me!!!!! Pleeeeeeeeeze let me change the light bulb! Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I? German Shepherd - I'll change it as soon as I've led these people from the dark, checked to make sure I haven't missed any, and make just one more perimeter patrol to see that no one has tried to take advantage of the situation. Maltese - Let the Border Collie do it. You can feed me while he's busy. Jack Russell Terrier - I'll just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the walls and furniture. Poodle - I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry. Cocker Spaniel - Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark. Doberman - While it's dark, I'm going to sleep on the couch. Boxer - Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark... Chihuahua - Yo quiero Taco Bulb Irish Wolfhound - Can somebody else do it? I've got this hangover... Pointer - I see it, there it is. There it is, right there.... Greyhound - It isn't moving. Who cares? Australian Shepherd - First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little circle... Old English Sheep Dog - Light bulb? I'm sorry, but I don't see a light bulb. Hound Dog - ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz...z...z...z....z....z....z... CAT - Dogs do not change light bulbs. People change light bulbs. So, the question is: How long will it be before I can expect light? Your source for life-long learning
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