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The Outer Edge Page 1 April 2016 The Outer Edge Page 1 The Whole No. 343 Outer ISSN 1055-4399 Edge April 2016 Vol. 29, No. 8 Newsletter of the Channel Islands PC Users Group, The Friendly Computer Club Helping Make Computers Friendly. On the Web at www.cipcug.org COMMAND.COM Attendance at the By Lisa Toth, president March general meeting: 46 members and guests. aster was a lovely day in Victorville. We enjoyed it with We welcome two new members. Andy’s mom and sister. I hope all our members also had a good day. The program by Norbert “Bob” Gostischa, entitled E“TECHNOLOGY FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE” was very entertaining. Bob gives talks about Avast all over the country and on How to contact us cruise ships. What a way to get a vacation! It was a very pleasant The Outer Edge presentation with lots of humor and great information. ……………[email protected] Hmmmm. Hey, Andy, what could we work up as a presentation to General Info (Ventura County Computers)..............805-289-3960 travel the world? Mailing Address: P.O. Box 51354, I’m currently reviewing the RoboForm program Bart offered last Oxnard, CA 93031-1354 month. I ran into a glitch about setting up a password, but Email addresses for board members are it wasn’t the program’s fault It was, as usual, the operator. on page 2 After some consternation, maybe a little unladylike lan- On the Web: cipcug.org guage, and research on the site, I got it untangled and am On Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/cipcug poking around in the software. It looks like a great pro- gram so far, and I have installed it on my phone and iPad. Still have to learn how to make it work on those devices. Inside Toth It is such a vast program with so many features I am not Facebook seminar explains how and why to advertise on the site. sure I can learn it all in one month. I’m working on it though. — Page 11 Speaking of consternation, my email program stopped letting me Is it better to buy a computer or build it click on links in the message. I even emailed Toby ’cuz he uses Win- yourself? It depends on the individual, but dows Live, too. This went on for a few days. I eventually tried other here’s what to look for whichever you do. email programs and had the same issue. I found I could click on email — Page 14 links and on everything except Internet links, including graphics. Final- USB is changing and the changes should ly, I did what I should have done as soon as there was a problem. I simplify our computing lives. turned the computer off, left it for a while, and after I restarted it, eve- — Page 16 rything was back to normal! Free, open source software available for I know this! Sometimes pages or programs get a glitch. The best many tasks. — Page 17 (Continued on page 3) Page 2 The Outer Edge April 2016 Channel Islands Root Directory PC Users Group CIPCUG mailing address: CIPCUG NEWS P.O. Box 51354, Oxnard, CA Benefits ......................................... 19 93031-1354 Board meeting minutes…………...10 CIPCUG sponsors ......................... 15 Coming CIPCUG events ................. 3 Executive Committee (Elected members of Board of Directors) Contributors to TOE ...................... 12 President………...........................Lisa Toth Command.com ................................ 1 .……………………[email protected] Editor’s corner ................................. 3 Vice President/Program Chairman Map to meeting place .................... 20 ………………..………………..Craig Ladd Membership report ........................ 12 ………………[email protected] Program: Technology from a Secretary…………….…….Bob Dinsmore Different Perspective .................. .7 ……………………[email protected] Recent items from our Treasurer……..…….……....…Andy Toth The Outer Edge Facebook page ........................... 18 …………………[email protected] Editor……………………..John Weigle SIG and Q&A sessions .................... 4 Immediate Past President P.O. Box 6536, Ventura CA 93006 …………………........Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo 485-7121………[email protected] GENERAL Building or buying a new The Outer Edge is published monthly by Channel (Appointed members Islands PC Users Group (CIPCUG), P.O. Box 51354, computer in 2016 ....................... 14 of Board of Directors) Oxnard, Calif. 93031-1354. an independent, nonprofit Facebook seminar explains Technical Adviser……….………..Toby Scott corporation. Contents of The Outer Edge copyright business uses.............................. 11 Web Page Editor….……………....Andy Toth 2001 by Channel Islands PC Users Group. Open source software .................... 17 ……………………[email protected] Permission for reproduction in whole or in part is Tips for safe computing ................. 18 TOE editor.…….………….…….John Weigle granted to other computer user groups for internal nonprofit use provided credit is given to The Outer USB changes on the way ............... 16 …………………………[email protected] Edge and the authors of the reproduced material. All Web help sites ............................... 18 Membership Chairman.………....Ken Church other reproduction is prohibited without prior written …………….………[email protected] consent of Channel Islands PC Users Group. ADVERTISEMENTS Reviews chairman………………Bart Koslow Opinions expressed in this journal are solely those of ……….….…………………[email protected] the authors or contributors, and do not necessarily Creative Technology ..................... 15 represent those of Channel Islands PC Users Group, Members’ classified ads ................ 15 Ex-officio members of Board of Directors its officers or membership as a whole. The O’Reilly ......................................... 15 CIPCUG ISP Signups……..……..Andy Totht information provided is believed to be correct and Ventura County Computers ........ 16 0 Sound Equipment Technicians useful; however, no warranty, express or implied, is made by Channel Islands PC Users Group, its officers, ...………….….Curt Davison and Tom Murray Program Chairman……………..…Craig Ladd editorial staff or contributors. This disclaimer extends to all losses, incidental or consequential, resulting from Publicity Chairman...…………..…Rick Curry the use or application of the information provided. SIG coordinator…..…………....Larry Hudson Channel Islands PC Users Group does not endorse or recommend any specific hardware or software products, Past Presidents dealers, distributors or manufacturers. All trademarked Walt Yates…………………………….…1987-1989 or registered trademarked names are acknowledged to Lois Evans de Violini…………………...1989-1991 be the property of their respective owners, and are used Terry Lee…………………………….…..1991-1993 for editorial purposes only. Jerry McLoud…………………….……...1993-1995 Robert Provart………………….………..1995-1997 Advertising in The Outer Edge Toby Scott…………………………….…1997-1999 Advertising is accepted for computer-related AWARDS George Lakes …………………………...1999-2001 materials, businesses and services only. Rates are 2004 APCUG: Large groups first Andy Toth……………………………….2001-2003 for Camera-Ready copy (clear, clean black and place for website. David Harris………………….………….2003-2005 white masters). Typesetting and graphics are Lois Evans de Violini………………….2005-2007 2006 Southwest User Group available at an additional fee. Paul Westefer…………………………...2007-2009 Conference: second place in both Rick Curry……………………………….2009-2011 SIZE Cost/Issue the newsletter and Web site James Brown………………………….…2011-2013 FULL-PAGE (9½”H x 7¼”W)................$50.00 contests. Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo………………….2013-2015 HALF-PAGE (4½”H x 7¼”W) (With the exception of the immediate past president, 2011 APCUG first place in the or (9½”H x 3½”W )....….........................$30.00 past presidents are not board members.) THIRD-PAGE (3”H x 7¼” W)………….$25.00 newsletter contest (medium QUARTER-PAGE (4½”H x 3½W)..........$20.00 groups). Life members BUSINESS CARD ad...............................$15.00 2012 APCUG first place in the Frank Segesman* Discounts for multiple issues (3, 6, 9 and 12 Toby Scott newsletter contest (medium months) Lois Evans de Violini Ad copy deadline is the 5th of the month of groups). Art Lewis* publication. Helen Long Make all checks payable to CIPCUG. *Deceased Members’ classified ads are free but are limited to 105 characters, including spaces. April 2016 The Outer Edge Page 3 CIPCUG news and events Starting in June, you’ll Coming CIPCUG events see fewer capital letters Speaker to discuss ou’re going to see more changes in TOE starting in June, although they won’t be as dramatic as becoming an electronic publication. As many of technology, learning you know, I spent my working career on a Ynewspaper. When I prepared a style sheet for TOE, I decid- Programs ed to follow the Associated Press Stylebook so I wouldn’t Patrice Wheeler of California State University at Northridge have to remember one style at work and a different one for will discuss devices and technological advances that can help stu- TOE. dents and others who are challenged by classrooms at our April 23 Editor’s The AP has announced two changes of meeting at the Camarillo Boys & Girls Club, 1500 Temple Ave. corner particular interest to me as TOE editor. Start- (Ponderosa Drive and Temple Avenue), Camarillo (see the map ing June 1, when the next printed version of on page 20). the stylebook is issued, AP is lowercasing Barring problems, the doors will open at 8 a.m., and the meet- Internet and Web after capitalizing them for ing will start at 8:45 a.m. with the pre-meeting SIG. The business as long as I can remember. There are some meeting will start at 9:30 a.m., followed by the Q&A session at 10 exceptions to the current Web rule, however. a.m., coffee break at 10:30 a.m. and the program at 11 a.m. Dates of other coming meetings: Weigle The current styles are: “Web Short form of World Wide Web, it May 28: Bob Crum will discuss “The Joys (and shortcuts) of is a service, or set of standards, that enables Computer Editing Photographs!” He will show how a photojour- the publishing of multimedia documents on the Internet. nalist for print and the Internet does photo editing right from a The Web is not the same as the Internet, but is a subset; “raw” image to computer editing with Adobe’s Lightroom and other applications, such as e-mail, exist on the Internet.
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