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CONTENTS -- 9/5/01 1. Upcoming FREE Classes 2. Upcoming Events 3. Interesting Sites 4. Non-Nerdy Stats 5. Tips and Tricks 6. Bits and Bytes of Humor If you have questions about anything contained in this e-newsletter, please post your question on my Discussion 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 Career Center at 8401 Aero Drive. ***ARRIVE EARLY -- MANY CLASSES FILL EARLY*** UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY GINI PEDERSEN TOPIC . . . . . Introduction to Computers DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, September 10 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . .This class is designed for beginners who either . . . . . . . . . . haven't worked work 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 . . . . . Developing a Webpage DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, September 10 and 17 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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 . . . . . Improving your Computer's Performance DATE . . . . . 4 Tuesdays, Sept. 11, 18, 25, and Oct. 2 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn how to improve your . . . . . . . . . . computer's performance, prevent and solve . . . . . . . . . . problems, and much more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Setting up an Internet Business DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, Sept. 11 and 18 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn how to set up a . . . . . . . . . . transactional Website that can grow with your . . . . . . . . . . business. This class will be helpful to anyone . . . . . . . . . . who currently has or anticipates having a . . . . . . . . . . a successful business website. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Windows 95/98/ME DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, September 17 and 24 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY OTHERS AT THE CAREER CENTER Notes: - 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. + Windows + Visual Basic + Visual Basic Applications + Excel + PowerPoint + Word + Dreamweaver + Dreamweaver Ultra Dev + Flash + HTML + Linux Script and Programming Basics + Oracle (various levels) + PERL/CGI Scripting + PHP and MYSQL + TCP/IP Basics + Web Server Security Basics + Digital Workshop for artists + Illustrator + Photoshop + QuarkXpress + Fireworks WANT MORE INFORMATION? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering through the Fall 2001 semester. At the end of that list is a link to a list of ALL classes offered at the Career Center -- plus details about each class. -- Call (858) 627-2545, Monday through Friday. 2. UPCOMING EVENTS . . . DATE . . . . . Wednesday, September 5 TIME . . . . . 7:00 PM PROGRAM . . . . . Configuring Your BIOS and . . . . . . . . . Selecting Hard Drives and Video Cards 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 DATE . . . . . Wednesday, September 5 TIME . . . . . 6:30 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Tips and tricks with AppleWorks v6 SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Macintosh User Group PLACE . . . . . Cox Communications -- 5651 Copley Dr. DIRECTIONS . . . http://www.sdmug.org/directions.html INFO . . . . . http://www.sdmug.org/ DATE . . . . . Thursday, September 6 TIME . . . . . 10 am SPONSOR . . . . . North County Computer Club PLACE . . . . . Rancho Bernardo Library . . . . . . . . . . 17110 Bernardo Center Drive MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . (858) 451-2599 DATE . . . . . Thursday, September 6 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Adding the Help Feature to a Web Site SPEAKER . . . . . Silke Fleischer from eHelp Corporation SPONSOR . . . . . World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) PLACE . . . . . SD City Schools Education Center Auditorium . . . . . . . . . . 4100 Normal Street (several blocks west of Texas St.) MISC . . . . . Free for members; $10 for non-members (pay at door) INFO . . . . . http://www.sdwow.org/meeting.html DATE . . . . . Thursday and Friday, September 6-7 TIME . . . . . 8:30 am - 4 pm PROGRAM . . . . . SD Web Design and Development Conference SPONSOR . . . . . Rockhurst University PLACE . . . . . Marriott Mission Valley MISC . . . . . $195-$340 (depending on portions you attend) INFO and REGISTRATION . . http://www.natsem.com or . . . . . . . . . . 800-682-5078 DATE . . . . . Saturday, September 8 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . Q&A plus mini seminars SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Street) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html DATE . . . . . Monday, September 10 TIME . . . . . 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Linux System Administrators PLACE . . . . . 9380 Carroll Park Drive, Mira Mesa MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . (858) 674-4542 or http://www.LxSA.org DATE . . . . . Tuesday, September 11 TIME . . . . . 8:30 am - 12:30 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Start Fast in Flash . . . . . . . . . . (for Web designers and developers) SPONSOR . . . . . Macromedia PLACE . . . . . UA Horton Plaza Movie Theater . . . . . . . . . 475 Horton Plaza MISC . . . . . FREE REGIS. . . . http://www.macromedia.com/go/q202startfastsem DATE . . . . . Wednesday, September 12 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Using Remote Control to access and control one . . . . . . . . . . computer from another on a LAN, over the Internet, . . . . . . . . . . or with modems SPONSOR . . . . . Internet Special Interest Group of the . . . . . . . . . . San Diego Computer Society PLACE . . . . . SD County Office of Education, Bldg. 2, Rm. LL4 . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., San Diego (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.isig.org . . . . . . . . . . or Peggy Schauer at (858) 560-5360 DATE . . . . . Saturday, September 15 TIME . . . . . 1-3 pm PROGRAM . . . . .Presentation by TechSmith Corporation on their . . . . . . . . . . special screen/video capture/edit software products SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Computer Society PLACE . . . . . Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd. (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . http://www.sdcs.org/present.htm DATE . . . . . Tuesday, September 18 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . Heather Wright of Corel will present some of . . . . . . . . their products, including WordPerfect Office 2002 SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User Group PLACE . . . . . Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Road, Room 401 (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . http://www.sdpcug.org 3. INTERESTING SITES . . . SURNAME DISTRIBUTION In which states is your last name more common? http://hamrick.com/names/ NIFTY 'HOW-TO' WEBSITE http://SoYouWanna.com 4. NON-NERDY STATS . . . Of the 18- to 24-year-old women participating in a MSN 2,000 person survey... - 10 percent had dumped a boyfriend by e-mail. - 66 percent said they're unconcerned with issues of punctuation, grammar, and style. Source: MSN 66 percent of people in the world have never made a phone call Source: Forrester Research (http://www.forrester.com) By 2005, Internet users will send more than 35 billion e-mail messages a day -- roughly six daily messages for each person on the planet! Source: International Data Corporation (http://www.idc.com) 60 percent of surveyed respondents believe that within 10 years, every room in their house will be wired for Internet access. Source: America Online (http://www.aol.com) 5. TIPS AND TRICKS . . . UPGRADING SOFTWARE When considering a new or an upgrade version of a software application, it is generally a good idea to wait until it has been released a while and includes with it (or is downloadable from the vendor's web site) bug fixes or patches to correct problems they didn't see or choose to fix prior to release. This is true not only for software applications (Word, Photoshop, etc.) but is especially true for new or upgraded versions of your operating system -- Windows for most of you. A new version of an application usually has a version number that ends in a '.0' I usually wait until it is available with bug fixes included or downloadable from the vendor. The version number then usually ends with some number greater than zero. If you do install an application that has some problems, you can usually find 'bug fixes' at the vendor's website. 6. BITS AND BYTES OF HUMOR . . . While you are reading this note, keep track of the number next to those things that you remember. At the end, you'll know what that means to you. Ready? Do you remember? 1 - Blackjack chewing gum 2 - Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3 - Candy cigarettes 4 - Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles 5 - Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes 6 - Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7 - Party telephone lines 8 - Newsreels before the movie 9 - P.F. Flyers 10 - Butch wax 11 - Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Liberty - 3866) 12 - Peashooters 13 - Howdy Doody 14 - 45 RPM records 15 - S&H Green Stamps 16 - Hi-Fi's 17 - Metal ice trays with levers 18 - Mimeograph paper 19 - Blue flashbulbs 20 - Beanie and Cecil 21 - Roller skate keys 22 - Cork popguns 23 - Drive-ins 24 - Studebakers 25 - Wash tub wringers And here's what it means: If you remembered 0-5: You're still young If you remembered 6-10: You are getting older If you remembered 11-15: Don't tell your age If you remembered 15-20: You are getting up there If you remembered 21-25: Congratulations! . . . . . I hope to live as long as you! Your source for life-long learning |
