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Oak Point Computer Club
The Oak Point Computer Club meets on the first Monday of every month at 7:00 PM at the back of the Ballroom.
Next meeting is Monday, April 5th
Contact Marty Foley or Tony Lawrence for more information.
All welcome (no dues), there is wireless access, feel free to bring your questions and problems on Windows, Mac or anything else.
If you are not getting email about club meetings, we don't have you on our list! Just send an email to "tony@aplawrence.com" or "pcunix@gmail.com" asking to be added.
Upcoming Meetings
We have nothing specific planned for April at this time, so we'll just do an open session.
Previous Meetings
March was an open meeting.
Links for some of what we talked about:
Googled: The End of the World As We Know It
Apple's iPad and books pricing and newspapers
Microsoft Security Advisory (980088)
New MA security laws affect small business
For February 1st, we had the folks from South Shore Computer Repair on a return visit.
January 4th, I talked on encrypting important data using TrueCrypt, an easy to use encryption tool and Marge explained using the Sail network to download free audio books.
Links: Ode To Forgetfulness, Middleboro Library, CancelCable.com, Sails Program.
For December (December 7th), Steve Dalton did a presentation on Upgrading to Windows 7.
If you are thinking of upgrading, you might want to read Windows 7 Secrets by Paul Thurrott & Rafael Rivera
For November, I talked about the new Google Wave
And yes - we have Google Wave invitations available if you'd like to try this out.
October - we heard from South Shore Computer Repair ( http://www.ssc-repair.com/ ) located in downtown Middleboro. EXCELLENT presentation; we'll be inviting them back! Their presentation is on line at http://www.ssc-repair.com/?p=392
July meeting was Using Skype and Gmail Video . I forgot to count attendance - maybe 15?
For June, it was "Why is my computer slow". Twenty-five attendees.
For May, Steve Dalton did a presentation on the Windows Control Panel. Twenty-two attendees.
April was about search engines. Rainy night, about 15 attendees.
March was on free word processors and RSS. Very few attendees because of the snow, but you didn't miss much because I've been ill and wasn't really up to a good presentation. Try What is RSS? and Free Word Processors.
For February, Art Lomker did a presentation on selling with Ebay.
January was adding memory to your computer.
Steven Dalton did a presentation on iPods, MP3's and so on at the December meeting. See the outline of his presentation here.
November meeting was "open mike" - questions from the audience. We'll do this regularly.
October 2008 meeting was How do I get the pictures out of my digital camera?
September 2008 meeting was Email questions and answers.
Email updates: We still have a few incorrect email addresses for our members! If you did NOT get email from me about this, we don't have your correct email address (or we're getting blocked). Please send a note to tony@aplawrence.com if that is the case.
There are other technical articles here at the Technology section.
Need to contact us? Email tony@aplawrence.com
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