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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 -- September 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 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 . . . . .Windows Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, October 4 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 . . . . . Using Effective Web Design Concepts DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, October 4 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about what web design elements are effective . . . . . . . . . . and what should be avoided. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word DATE . . . . . 3 Tuesdays, October 5, 12, and 19 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Excel Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, October 5 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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, October 11 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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 TOPIC . . . . .Tips for Finding Things on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, October 11 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 . . . . .PowerPoint DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, October 12 and 19 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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 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 ... Digital Photos (various topics) ... Spyware - Protecting your Computer ... Access (Intermediate/Advanced) ... Excel (Intermediate/Advanced) ... Visual Basic (Intermediate/Advanced) ... eBay - Simple Web Design for Sellers ... Dreamweaver (various levels) ... Dreamweaver MX Databases (Intermediate) ... Flash (various levels) ... HTML Fundamentals ... Marketing your Website ... Webpage Design using Netscape Composer ... ActionScript for Designers (Intermediate) ... Linux Web Server Security ... PHP and MYSQL (Intermediate/Advanced) ... Final Cut Pro (Intermediate/Advanced) ... Photoshop (various levels and special topics) ... Photoshop Elements (Intermediate/Advanced) ... Prepress ... Typography ... Web Best Practices 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 (858) 627-2553, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, October 1 -------- 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 . . . . .Price Grabber DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, October 2 ------- 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 . . Building WinForms Smart Clients with Visual Studio DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, October 5 ------- 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 . . . . . Network Drives DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, October 6 ------- 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, October 9 ------- 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 . . . . . Various Presentations DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, October 9 ---------- 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 . . . . . Intro to SQL Server 2005 Express DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, October 12 --------- 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 . . . . . Agendus Program DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, October 13 ------- 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 . . . . . Forms II DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, October 14 ------- 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 . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, October 15 -------- 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 . . . . .SecureClean, MoveMe, TrueImage DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, October 16 ------- 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 . . . . . Genealogy Software Extravaganza DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, October 23 ---------- 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, October 23 ------- 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, October 30 -------- 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 . . . . . 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WHERE TO SAVE FILES YOU'VE CREATED AND ACQUIRED Files created in Word, Excel, etc. are usually saved within your My Documents folder on your hard disk drive. This is good. However, files created in Quicken, QuickBooks, Photoshop, and a few other popular programs save files you create in a folder within their program folder. This becomes a problem in 2 ways: - If you reinstall the program, you may lose the files you've created in these programs. - Backup becomes more challenging if files are scattered throughout your hard disk drive. I suggest you check the various programs on your computer to see where files are being saved. In most programs you can click FILE- SAVE and see what is displayed in the Save In field at the top of the Save As dialog box. You can manually redirect each saved file into the My Documents folder or check the settings for each program (usually under TOOLS-OPTIONS) to see how/if you can permanently redirect all files saved in the future into the My Documents folder. If, in the past, you have used programs that saved files into a folder other than the My Documents folder, you can manually copy and paste them into your My Documents folder. You can usually locate them within the program's folder. For example, you probably will find Photoshop files you've created in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop (or similar wording) on your hard disk drive. .......... GETTING LISTED IN SEARCH ENGINES There are 2 basic types of 'search engines' ... - True search engines such as Google, Lycos, Hotbot, and many more - Directories (often called search engines) such as Yahoo and a few more Search engines 'spider' the Internet and will probably eventually find your site as they link through other sites to find you. Or, if you want to be found sooner, you can register with them and they will spider your site sooner. Most do not charge for this process but this has been changing with some over time. With directories, you need to register (submit) your site with them. Yahoo is the Mother of all Directories. It now costs $295 per year to register a business site with Yahoo. Other directories (such as www.dmoz.org) are *FREE* (at this time anyway). With both search engines and directories it is important to read their submission guidelines carefully. Sometimes the link to the guidelines is hard to find but it is usually toward the bottom of their home page. For example, to reach guidelines for... Yahoo: - Go to http://www.yahoo.com. - Scroll to the bottom of the page. - Click How to Suggest a Site. Google: - Go to http://www.google.com - Click About Google - Click Submitting Your Site. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 . . . News You Can Use INTERNET TURNS 35 YEARS OLD http://snipurl.com/8qmg EXCELLENT ARTICLE ABOUT EARTHQUAKE SURVIVAL http://www.bytesforall.org/8th/tips.htm 5 . . . Interesting Sites AWESOME PHOTOS FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography ..... MOTEL PICTURES FROM YEARS AGO http://www.lileks.com/postcards/motels/ This Web site has scanned postcards from motels across the United States. Most of the motels are from the 1950s and early 1960s. 6 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats Did You Know? - The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured in the U.S. annually. If these were laid end to end, they would circle the earth nine times. - More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. - Fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle. - From one cord of wood, 7.5 million toothpicks can be produced. - Over 15 billion prizes have been given away in Cracker Jacks boxes. - When it was opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome was the world's largest air-conditioned room -- reportedly, an 18-story building can fit inside it. - The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years. - Boulder Dam is as thick at its base (660 feet) as a city block is long. 7 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Gnii Pedreesn ..... The family had spent the day moving from their farmhouse into a new apartment house in town. Very early the next morning, the 3 1/2 -year-old ran into their bedroom to wake them up. Mom dressed him and told him to play in the yard and let them rest for a while longer. About 20 minutes later, he came running back. 'Mommy, Mommy,' he exclaimed, 'Everybody has doorbells.... and they all work!' Your source for life-long learning
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