PCC Newsletters

January 2010: Main Meeting: Presentations by PCC members, Jan Fagerholm, Diane George and Chuck Horner; President's Podium by Chuck Horner; President's Podium by Chuck Horner; Review of The DAM Book, 2nd Edition, Digital Asset Management for Photographers by Diane George; New Main Meeting Location! Read all about it!; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Penguinista; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights; Calendar

December 2009: Main Meeting: Presentations by PCC members, Jan Fagerholm, Diane George and Chuck Horner; President's Podium by Chuck Horner; Head First Algebra, 1st Edition, by Tracey Pilone, Dan Pilone and reviewed by Andre Marston, PCC Member; The Great Computer Build, 2009 by Jan Fagerholm, ‘Puter Parts Purveyor, DIY in the Decade of Dell
Part 2 - The Heart: CPU, Motherboard, and Memory; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings, by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights; Calendar

November 2009: Main Meeting: Iolo Technologies presents System Mechanics; Windows 7: Up and Running, A Quick, Hands-on Introduction by Wei-Meng Lee, edited by Elsie Smith; Windows 7: The Definitive Guide: The Essential Resource for Professionals and Power Users, By William R. Stanek, edited by Elsie Smith; The Great Computer Build, 2009, by Jan Fagerholm, ‘Puter Parts Purveyor, DIY in the Decade of Dell; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings, by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights.

October 2009: Main meeting: Gene and Linda Barlow, from User Group Relations, in a cutting-edge presentation via Webinar about Acronis True Image 2010, Acronis Disk Director 10, and Invisus Internet Protection Service; Windows 7 Launch Party by Bud Gallagher; review of How to Be a Geek Goddess, by Sandy Berger, CompuKISS; review of Netbooks: The Missing Manual bBy J.D. Biersdorfer, edited by Elsie Smith; review of Google Docs 4 Everyone
Authors: Steven Holtzer and Nancy Holtzer, review by John Krill, member North Orange County Computer Club; review of Wolverine F2D Slide Scanner by Joe Nuvolini, Pikes Peak Computer Application Society; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings, by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights.

September 2009: Main Meeting: Joy Somerville will show us how to convert paper photos to digitial images and Jan Fagerholm will do a tutorial on editing photos with GIMP; President's Podium by Chuck Horner--Computer Hygiene, Part 2; Your Body: The Missing Manual, review by Matthew McDonald, edited by Elsie Smith; review of Diskeeper 2009 Professional by Jan Fagerholm; review of Undelete Professional by Jan Fagerholm; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings, by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

August 2009: Main Meeting: Bud Gallagher will show us the Lapworks line of accessories that make laptop and desktop computers much easier to live with; President's Podium by Chuck Horner; Google Apps: The Missing Manual, review by Nancy Conner; review of ASUS VH242H 24 inch LCD monitor by Jan Fagerholm; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings, by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

July 2009: Main Meeting: Hendra Halim-Tambunan of BoxConsulting.com will be here to show us the most advanced SaaS (Software Applications As Service) suite available; Tips & Tricks for Word 2007 by Diane George; Kodak Z1085 IS EasyShare, review by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

June 2009: Main Meeting: Paul Cooper brings us up to date on what's inside your computer or should be and Jan Fagerholm will talk about your choices for LCD monitors; President's Podium by Chuck Horner--Don't Curse your Cursor, Take Control of It; How Can I Access Windows Desktop Icons Without Minimizing All Open Apps? by Gabe Goldberg; Great Free Utilities From Piriform by Ira Wilsher; The Penguin Partition, Llinux for Human Beings, by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

May 2009: Main Meeting: Bud Gallagher shows off Windows 7, President's Podium by Chuck Horner--You know you are living in 2009 when ...; iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind reviewed by Bayle Emlein; The Monsoon Hava Platinum HD home video controller, reviewed by Jan Fagerholm; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings, The XO Machine: After The New Wears Off by Jan Fagerholm; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

April 2009: Main Meeting: Linux Mint 6 Dazzles by Design, President's Podium by Chuck Horner--eBooks and Readers; O'Reilly eBook Bundles edited by Elsie Smith; Golla Makes Cases Cool by Bayle Emlein; LG Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit by Jan Fagerholm; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Penguinista; SIGs; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

March 2009: Main Meeting: Netbooks Galore, Mini-SIGS-Genealogy, Hardware, Mobile Computing, Linux, Smarter Computing and more; President's Podium by Chuck Horner--resources at the Hayward Adult School; How can I keep my PC clean and tidy? by Gabe Goldberg; Netbooks: Not Just The ‘Net When You Want The Very Least by Jan Fagerholm; The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Penguinista; PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

February 2009: Main Meeting: Zoomware, presented by Bayle Emlein, President's Podium by Chuck Horner on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Penguinista, Review of Zoomware 1.0 by Bayle Emlein, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

January 2009: Main Meeting: Paul Cooper on Windows Vista, Jan Fagerholm with tips on how to make Windows work better and Chuck Horner with tips for Microsoft Office users, Broadsides, tips from Ron Broadhurst, a member of the Space Coast PC Users Group, Inc., Florida, description of Hacking VoIP,Protocols, Attacks, and Countermeasures, Himanshu Dwivedi, author, edited by Elsie Smith, review of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS by Jan Fagerholm meandering mapper, The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Penguinista, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

December 2008: Main Meeting: Adriano Chiaretta from iambic is here to show us how to get the most from your mobile device, PCC Elections for Board of Directors, President's Podium by Chuck Horner--Cell Phones and More, review of "iPod: The Missing Manual" by author J.D. Biersdorfer with David Pogue, edited by Elsie Smith, review of iRobot Looj 150 by Jan Fagerholm, The Penguin Partition, Linux for Human Beings by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Penguinista, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

November 2008. Main Meeting: Presentation by Phoebe Ayers, one of the authors of the O’Reilly book, “How Wikipedia Works," President's Podium by Chuck Horner-Software as Service (SAS), How Wikipedia Works and How You Can Be a Part of It, by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates (edited by Elsie Smith), review of Boynq Vase speaker by Jan Fagerholm, Prepare for Hard Drive Recovery by Bob Hudak, Greater South Bay User Group Hardware SIG Leader (California), PCC Comes Through Again-community service by Bayle Emlein, Special Interest Groups, The Penguin Partition by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights, Let Me Count the Ways I Like Linux by Kerry Miller, Front Range PC Users Group, Northern Colorado and the calendar.

October 2008. Main Meeting: Presentation by iambic on hot mobile technologies and Jan Fagerholm will show off Google Pack and more about Google, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, iPhone, The Missing Manual, edited by Elsie Smith, review of Cricket Laptop Stand by Bayle Emlein, Special Interest Groups, The Penguin Partition by Jan Fagerholm, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

September 2008. Main Meeting: Member Paul Rogers presents Skype, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, review of Google, The Missing Manual, edited by Elsie Smith, PCC Clubhouse Honors Its Volunteers, by Bayle Emlein, LinuxWorld 2008, Where Geeks Go To Look Normal by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

August 2008. Main Meeting: Andy Marken presents the new CyberLink MediaShow 4 and PowerDVD v.8 player and PCC celebrates its 20th Anniversary, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Backup Data and Program Files Separately by Gene Barlow of User Group Relations, review of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 by Jan Fagerholm, The Penguin Partition: Linux for Humans by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

July 2008, Main Meeting: Google Pack and more presented by Jan Fagerholm, how to use the PCC forum. President's Podium by Chuck Horner, review of Your Brain: The Missing Manual, by Matthew McDonald, review of AmbiCom GPS-USB by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

June 2008, Main Meeting: Kevin McGary with LightsTogether will be here to make a presentation of their unique social networking solution, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, review by Del Parton of Linux Networking Cookbook With Easy-to-Use Recipes for Every Administrator, author: Carla Schroder, review by Linda E. Adams of QuickBooks Pro 2008 and Quickbooks 2008: The Missing Manual, author: Bonnie Biafore, Linux for Humans: The Penguin Partition by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

May 2008, Main Meeting: Dave Whittle is back to show Invisus PC Security Suite and to talk about Invisus Direct, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, review of Chris Seibold's Big Book of Apple Hacks, Gauging Google Pack by Jan Fagerholm, The Penguin Partition: Linux for Humans by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

April 2008, Main Meeting: Bill George will bring some ideas and resources for researching your family history, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm returns, review by John Broughton of Wikipedia: The Missing Manual from O'Reilly Books, The Penguin Partition, Linux Like You Would Not Believe, by Jan Fagerholm, The Otter Box, product review by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

March 2008, Main Meeting: Andy Marken is back with some interesting technologies, Cyberlink's DVD Suite 6 and YouCam and Pinnacle's VideoSpin, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Deconstructing Ergonomics by Deborah Quilter, Review of Dynamic Learning: Dreamweaver CS3 from O'Reilly, Review of Saitek's Cyborg 5.1 Headset by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

February 2008, Main Meeting: Lawrence Wong will talk about Kaiser Permanente's web site with emphasis on the resources therein for members and non-members and Bruce Hevelin will show some of the new features of Microsoft Publisher 2007, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, review of Quicken 2008, The Missing Manual, review of the Sansa Clip Media Player by Jan Fagerholm, review of the JVC HA-FX300 Stereo Headset by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, PCC Main and Executive Meeting Highlights and the calendar.

January 2008, Presentation on Windows Home Server by Bud Gallagher, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, see variations of the Mac vs. PC commercials, review of Windows Vista: The Missing Manual by David Pogue, One Laptop Per Child OX Laptop by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

December 2007, This month, we’re doing our annual holiday members presentation, with lots of goodies that you will want to see!, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Big Book of Windows Hacks from Make by Preston Gralla, Review of Saitek Optical Mouse and Mini-Hub by Bayle Emlein, The Penguin Partition by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

November 2007, Presentation by Gene Barlow, Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Computer, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Review of Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder by Bayle Emlein, iPod: The Missing Manual, Review of Pentax Optio M40 by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

October 2007, Presentation by Nancy Blachman, creator of Google Guide, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Review of Saitek P3200 and Cyborg Rumble (P3600) by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

September 2007, Presentation by Chuck Horner on Tips and Tricks and SuperTalk II, Presentation by Perla Mazzini from Open Workforce, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Linux World by Bayle Emlein and Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

August 2007, Presentation on Pinnacle HDTV tools by Andy Marken, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Review by Bayle Emlein of "We, The Media", book by Dan Gillmor, Review of Acronis True Image by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

July 2007, PCC User to User Presentations by Bayle Emlein, Jan Fagerholm and Chuck Horner. President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Review of SnagIt by Bayle Emlein, Review of Saitek My Spkr A-100 by Jan Fagerholm, Alternative Keyboards article from Smart Computing Magazine, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

June 2007, Main Meeting, Vijay Pullur for Pramati Technologies will show off their latest desktop platform product, Dekoh, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Silence Please - Music In Progress HA-NC80 Noise Cancelling Headphones by Jan Fagerholm, VCom Fix-It Utilities 7 by Jan Fagerholm Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

May 2007, Main Meeting-Greg Marek from GuardID Systems presents ID Vault, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Review of the X52 Pro,a USB flight control system for flight simulator programs on the PC. by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

April 2007, Main Meeting-Trend Micro's David Perry and what’s new in the world of PC security, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Review of Logitech Z-10 2.0 Speaker System by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, SIG and Clubhouse News, Calendar.

March 2007, Main Meeting, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Review of Diskeeper 2007 Pro Premium, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, Calendar

February 2007, Main Meeting, President's Podium by Chuck Horner, Tips & Tricks--Free Games by Diane George, Review of Inside the MachineAn Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture by Bob Kyle, VistaVexes - The Windows Vista Pains‘n’Gains Page by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, Calendar.

January 2007, Main Meeting moves to the Hayward Adult School, Tips & Tricks--Internet Explorer 7.0 by Diane George, review of Computer Privacy Annoyances: How to Avoid the Most Annoying Invasions of Your Personal and Online Privacy by Bayle Emlein, Vista Vexes The Windows Vista Pains 'n’ Gains Page by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, Calendar.

December 2006, Main Meeting: Learn about Titanize, the online backup service that automatically packs up your PC to their site over the Internet, and that you can then access from anywhere that you can get an Internet connection, President's Podium by Bruce Hevelin, Smart Computing Q & A, Vista Vexes by Jan Fagerholm, Traveling with Your Computer by Diane George, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, Calendar.

November 2006, Main Meeting: Gene Barlow will be presenting his take on the upcoming Windows Vista and how to prepare for it, Do You Use One Space or Two Spaces at the end of a sentence, by June Hall, Editor, Windows on the Rockies User Group, Colorado, Smart Computing Magazine, Q & A on Utilities, Windows Vista on the Cusp, A Perspective on Vista from Jan Fagerholm in VistaVision!, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee, Calendar.

October 2006, Main Meeting presents Larry Magid, nationally syndicated columnist, President's Podium by Bruce Hevelin, Tips & Tricks--U3 Flash drives, by Diane George, Review of The DAM Book, Digital Asset Management for Photographers by Diane George, Review of Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks, A Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done Guidebook by Bob Kyle, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee.

September 2006, Main Meeting: Command Prompt to Cubical Desktops
This month we cover it all, PCC Clubhouse Open House Celebration!--September 9th, PCC at the Hayward Street Party by Bayle Emlein, Party Girl, Next Street Party - Saturday, Sept. 21st!, CorelDRAW X3 Graphics Suite, Part Two, by Bayle Emlein, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main meeting and the Executive Committee.

August 2006, Main Meeting: Blake Ross will be back to talk about a new project at Mozilla and to feedback from PCC, Update on PCC's Recycling Program, Open House at the Clubhouse in September, Review of Firefox and Thunderbird:Beyond Browsing and Email (Book by Peter Hipson) by Bob Kyle, Review of CorelDRAW X3 Graphics Suite by Bayle Emlein, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee.

July 2006, Main Meeting: Host Your Web Site for Free, Make Your Own DVD Movies, PCC Financial Statements, Tips and Tricks from Diane George: Open Source Software, Review of Logitech mm28 Portable Speakers by Jan Fagerholm, Widen your User Group Horizons by Bayle Emlein, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee.

June 2006, Main Meeting: Internet Safety for Kids - A Presentation for Adults, President's Podium by Bruce Hevelin, It’s Never Done That Before! A Guide to Troubleshooting Windows XP by John Rosas, IGo everywhere 130 Power Adapter: Power Everything You Own by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee.

May 2006, Main Meeting: Smart Computing’s User Group Program Comes to PCC, President's Podium by Bruce Hevelin, Tips and Tricks by Diane George: Options for Microsoft Office, Telling Stories: Celebrate Life’s Memories!, review by Bayle Emlein, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee.

April 2006, Main Meeting: Lee Otsubo, The Digital Photo Guy (TDPG) will do a Webcast presentation of his informative and entertaining digital camera workshop. President's Podium by Bruce Hevelin, Tips and Tricks by Diane George: More Power Toys from Microsoft, Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, reviewed by Diane George, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Main Meeting and the Executive Committee.

March 2006, Main Meeting: Blake Ross and Asa Dotzler from the Mozilla Foundation speak about Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird. President's Podium by Bruce Hevelin. Tips and Tricks by Diane George: Yahoo Widgets. Review of O'Reilly's How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know by Bob Kyle, Special Interest Groups, and Minutes of the main meeting and the Executive Committee.

February 2006 Main Meeting: Presentation was Thin Clients from Paul Glanville and Open Office from Jan Fagerholm. President's Podium by Bruce Hevelin: report on the new slate of officers and reports from APCUG and CES, Tips and Tricks by Diane George: revisit MSN's screensaver and how to protect yourself from losing files in Word and Excel, Preview of next month's presentation by Blake Ross and Asa Dotzler on the history and development of Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird, Review of O'Reilly's Podcasting Pocket Guide by Jan Fagerholm, Special Interest Groups, and Minutes of the main meeting and the executive committee.

January 2006 Main Meeting: Ron Ring will demonstrate LogMeIn, an Internet service that allows you to log into your home computer remotely. Bud Gallagher will demonstrate Shadow, a continuous backup program. Jan Fagerholm will present OpenOffice, a free suite of applications similar to those in Microsoft Office. Tips and Tricks by Diane George: Free resources on the Microsoft site for donwloading software, Book Review by Bayle Emlein: Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain, Smart Computing Subscription Offer, Book Review by Bonnie Biafore: Quicken 2006 for Starters: The Missing Manual, Special Interest Groups and Minutes of the Executive and Main Meetings.