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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 -- July 29, 2004 1 . . . Upcoming *FREE* Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . News You Can Use 5 . . . Interesting Sites 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 ****** Fall class schedules are available. Call 858-627-2553 to have copies mailed or faxed to you. The online Fall class schedule will be available soon at http://www.sandiegocet.net. I have my entire Fall class schedule posted on my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com; click *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 . . . . .Internet Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, August 2 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. NOTE . . . . . This class was originally listed as 2 sessions on . . . . . . . . . . . some class schedules. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Windows Basics -- 98/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, August 2 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .PowerPoint DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, August 3 and 10 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Windows Tips and Tricks (98/ME/2000/XP) DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, August 9 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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 . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, August 9 (Listed incorrectly as Aug 19 in Net Happenings sent by email.) 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 backup up . . . . . important files on your system, and much more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen Check http://www.iteachyou.com (click *FREE* Classes) for a schedule of classes I'll be teaching in the Fall semester which starts on September 8. 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. ... CD Burning ... Digital Photos (Special Topics) ... Excel ... C++ Programming (Advanced) ... Final Cut Pro (Advanced) ... Illustrator (Advanced) ... Mac Operating System Basics ... Photoshop (Advanced) ... Photoshop Elements (Intermediate/Advanced) ... Open Lab every Saturday (8am-1pm) in Mac lab Room 150 ... PHP and MYSQL ... Dreamweaver (various levels) ... Dreamweaver MX Database Integration (Inter/Adv) ... Mac iLife ... Flash (various levels) ... JavaScript 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 Summer 2004 and Fall 2004 semesters. 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 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 . . . . . Securing Web Services with WSE DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, August 3------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD .Net Developers Group PLACE . . . . . Microsoft San Diego Office . . . . . . . . . . . 9255 Towne Center Drive #400 MISC . . . . Elevators only go 'down' after 7 pm MISC . . . . *FREE* to visit INFO . . . . . http://www.sddotnetdg.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . Using System Commander to Boot Between . . . . . . . . . Multiple Operating Systems on the Same Computer DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, August 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 INFO . . . . . Greg Skalka at uchug@juno.com . . . . . . . . . . or http://www.uchug.org PROGRAM . . . . . Digital Photography Techniques DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, August 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 . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, August 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, August 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, August 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 . . . . . 2 Special Vendor Presentations DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, August 11 ------- 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 . . . . . Queries II DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, August 12 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . Novice 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . . Thursday, August 12 ---------- 7-9 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Macromedia Users Group PLACE . . . . . Herman Miller Office Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . 6920 Carroll Road INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://www.sdmmug.org PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, August 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 . . . . . Variety of Topics (see Website) DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, August 14 -------- 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 . . . . . Mission of the Integrated Combat System . . . . Test Division in Pt. Loma (presented by Michael Wiseman) DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, August 17 -------- 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 INFO . . . . .http://www.sdpcug.org PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, August 20 -------- 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 . . . . . DNA testing in Genealogy DATE AND TIME . .Saturday August 21---------- 9 AM SPONSOR . . Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego PLACE . . . . . new location .....UCSD . . . . .University of California, San Diego 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, August 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 INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HAVING YOUR OWN WEB ADDRESS First a definition of terms: Domain - a Web address; Note from Gini: mine is 'iteachyou.com'; the 'www' portion just indicates the name of the server at my Web Host on which this domain is hosted URL - Universal Resource Locator; complete Web address, including the WWW protocol; mine is http://www.iteachyou.com; this address then points to the Web Host (see below) Web Host - company that acts as a landlord for your Website, charging you varying amounts per month or year, depending on services/features you want; many offer a variety of services including web hosting, web design, registrar services, and more; Note from Gini: I use Big Planet's hosting services which I contract for through Ken Loomis -- kloomis@bigplanet.com or (619) 275-6919 Registrar - company that acts as a broker for domain names (for example, mine is iteachyou.com), offering to 'lease' it to you for 1 or more years for a fee; Note from Gini: I use NPSIS which costs about $13 per year per domain -- http://www.npsis.com Parking - Reserving a Web address for future use Access Provider - the company (AOL, Cox, EarthLink, etc.) you pay usually $20 to $40 per month so you can send and receive email, surf the Web, and more; some of these companies also provide Web Hosting services but it isn't necessary to use an Access Provider as your Web Host. Now, the explanation of how these all work together... If you paid the domain registration fee (usually $10 or more per year), then you can usually leave it parked at the domain registrar's service until you are ready to 'publish' your Website content for the world to see. At that time you will need to have your domain hosted by a Web Hosting company which usually costs around $25 or more per month. A domain registrar often offers hosting services and hopes that you will use their hosting service when you are ready to upload (publish) your Website content. However, you often will have different domain registrar and hosting companies. The domain registrar usually charges $10 or more per year and pays a portion of that fee to another company who keeps the 'master' database of addresses (so no duplicates are sold). Therefore, I would be wary of any registrar who offers to reserve a domain absolutely for no charge for any period of time. If they do, then they are possibly listing themselves as the owner of the domain which means that you don't really own it yourself so you COULD be faced with ownership and/or pricing challenges in the future. Read the fine print carefully -- and use only domain registrars that have been recommended by friends who have had no problems like this. No matter who you select for a Registrar or a Web Host, you can always change to a different company after the contract period expires. Always contact a new Registrar or Web Host before canceling your relationship with your old one. Having your own URL allows for portability, much as a 'vanity' license plate can be switched and registered to a different vehicle you own in the future. Always keep track of expiration dates -- particularly of your domain -- so that you maintain consistent ownership of a domain you have worked hard to develop and promote. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 . . . News You Can Use (shared by Lutz Winkler and Gerald Kahl) If you have an old computer, monitor, printer or other related stuff) to get rid of (even TVs up to 27' are included), for a limited time Office Depot will accept any of these (one per day) for disposal. For details, go to http://www.officedepot.com. Once at the website, scroll down until can click on the image on the left that reads 'Recycle your technology hardware.' Be sure to read the terms and conditions. ............ In addition, San Diego City and County services are jointly offering the following 3 free disposal/recycling options for most computer equipment. You need to call (858) 694-7000 to reserve an appointment. 1. August 21 - Rancho Penasquitos 2. September 18 - Kearny Mesa 3. October 2 - South Bay 5 . . . Interesting Sites INTERESTING LOOK AT PRESIDENTIAL TV COMMERCIALS FROM THE 'OLD' DAYS TO THE PRESENT http://www.ammi.org/livingroomcandidate ALL THINGS GENEALOGY The USGenWeb Project provides great genealogy resources! A group of volunteers has gathered a number of Web sites on genealogical research. Get started by choosing your county and state and go from there. TO VISIT THIS SITE, GO HERE: http://www.usgenweb.org/ 6 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats Did You Know? - Retirement planning time: Adults spend an average of 16 times as many hours selecting clothes (145.6 hours a year) as they do on planning their retirement. - When a piece of glass cracks, the crack travels faster than 3,000 miles per hour. - Roughly 40 percent of the population of the under-developed world is under 15 years old. - A Gallup Poll Social Audit on gambling showed that 57 percent of Americans have bought a lottery ticket in the last 12 months, making lotteries by far the favorite choice of gamblers. - A study conducted by the Shyness Clinic in Menlo Park, California, revealed that almost 90 percent of Americans label themselves as shy. - A stack of $1 dollar bills one-mile high would be worth more than $14 million dollars. - A ten-gallon hat holds 3/4 gallon or 3 quarts. - In 1970, only 5 percent of the American population lived in cities. - According to hospital figures, dogs bite an average of 1 million Americans a year. 7 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor At a fancy reception, a middle-aged woman asked a young man to guess her age. 'You must have some idea,' she urged when he hesitated. 'I have several ideas,' he admitted with a smile. 'The trouble is that I don't know whether to make it 10 years younger because of your looks or 10 years older because of your wisdom.' Your source for life-long learning
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