October Bits & Bytes is online!
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TBCS in the St. Petersburg Times!
Dave Gussow wrote an article for the St. Pete Times last Monday titled "The computer support tech next door". The article included a photo of Ron Kalmin sitting in the midst of his repair clinic in the TBCS Resource Center.
Our Random Acts of Kindness clinics were mentioned, and quotes from Ron, Jan Norman, and myself were included.
If you already lined the birdcage with the paper, but you would just LOVE to know why anyone would bother quoting Ron, Jan, or Doc, let me assure you that the article is saved for posterity on the Internet.
The online version doesn't include the snazzy picture of Ron Kalmin, but the full text can be found at:
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/29/Technology/The_computer_support_.shtml
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TBCS is hosting another Open House and Random Acts of Kindness Computer Clinic this month at our Resource Center in downtown Clearwater.
For more information...
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Howard Poindexter will schedule a return of his hands-on, Basic Paint Shop Pro if there's enough interest. I believe we've already had a couple of requests. Please email the club secretary (tbcs.office@verizon.net), and we'll see about scheduling a 2nd class soon. The opportunity to take a hands-on class in Paint Shop Pro may disappear in the near future so take advantage of it while you can. This class is a total of 4 hours of instruction at a cost of $20.
You can see our current classroom schedule and register
online by surfing over to:
http://tampa-bay.org/classroom.htm.
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Our SIGs (Special
Interest Groups)
all meet at our Resource Center (map: http://www.tampa-bay.org/maps.htm).
All of our SIGs are free to our members.
SIGs are a great place to get more personalized attention, and get your
questions answered. The following SIGs will meet this week:
Monday, October 6, 1-3pm
Beginning Embird
SIG. Led by Jan Norman
jannorman@tampabay.rr.com
Dorothy Lurati will be pinch-hitting for Jan this meeting.
Monday,
October 6, 6:30-8pm
Computer Q&A SIG.
Led by Cathy Benedict
cathy.don@verizon.net
I like to join in on this SIG. There's always interesting computer questions asked and useful information provided here. Doc
Tuesday, October 7, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by Jan Norman. EVERY Tuesday
afternoon.
jannorman@tampabay.rr.com
Lots of Windows basics info presented here.
Tuesday, October 7, 7-9pm
Visual Basic SIG.
Led by Tom Kiehl
tomk@anonabay.com
Thursday, October 9, 7-9pm
Web Design SIG.
Jim Cook
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Microsoft Office Launch
Thursday, Oct. 23rd, 9am to 5pm
Tampa Convention Center
Microsoft will soon be launching their latest Office software in Tampa next month. These events fill up fast so register asap at:
http://www.officesystemlaunch.com/
"All attendees will receive a FREE copy of the Microsoft Office System Evaluation 2003 Enterprise Edition Kit and will be eligible to win many other valuable prizes."
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Digital Photo Resources Page Jack Rowland, photo technology manager for the St. Petersburg Times, was the guest speaker at our General Meeting last month. Here's the photo he took that night plus a whole gaggle of links he recommends for digital photo resources: printing sites, photo recovery software, plug-ins, and more.
Thank You, TBCS! The club received 2 "Thank You" emails from people that we helped. Doc read both of these emails to our members at the September 2003 meeting.
Startup Programs Do you have too many programs running when you boot your computer, but you don't know which ones you actually NEED? This site tells you what all those cryptic names stand for.
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