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General Discussion / T-Mobile Home Internet
« on: February 06, 2022, 12:18:14 PM »
One cord... No strings... Just $50 a month with AutoPay.

Get fast and reliable internet with no extra fees or annual service contracts. The 5G Gateway comes included and sets up in 15 minutes or less. Just plug it in, download the app, and get ready to go—it’s that simple.

Unlimited High-Speed 5G Home Internet Service
https://www.t-mobile.com/isp

Answers to popular questions about T-Mobile home internet speed, costs, setting up and ways to get help.
https://www.t-mobile.com/content/t-mobile/consumer/isp/FAQ.html


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General Discussion / Re: Notes on My Starlink Installation- Video Added
« on: February 03, 2022, 10:16:12 AM »
I just came across this article...

Starlink trots out faster 'Premium' tier fetching $500 per month
https://www.broadbandworldnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=775032

An interesting last paragraph...

Last November, reports circulated that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk warned in a companywide email that the company faces the "genuine risk of bankruptcy" if it can't work through a production crisis centered on the Raptor engine for Starship, SpaceX's new heavy-duty launch vehicle. Starship is expected to play a key role in a "Gen2" plan for Starlink that will involve heavier and more advanced broadband satellites.

Update...
A lot of customers are upset with Starlink throttling the speed for users of the original plan.
https://www.starlink.com/account/legal/documents/DOC-1002-69942-69

https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/spacex-introduces-starlink-premium-dish-service-at-5x-the-cost-offers-additional-location-support/



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General Discussion / "Street Photography" with or without people
« on: February 02, 2022, 09:04:02 PM »
Our February photo assignment is "Street Photography" with or without people.

B&H always has some good videos on such topics.
https://youtu.be/wQkhjUHuKfQ
https://youtu.be/jhNgMP4CU4o
https://youtu.be/KJQy3lqZrUU
https://youtu.be/MyZ5TRuGWJM

You can also do a hashtag search for streetphotography on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/streetphotography


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General Discussion / Alan Raul - February 6, 2022 Meeting Notes
« on: February 02, 2022, 09:23:34 AM »
B&H Payboo Credit Card
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/credit-cards

Online & California Privacy Policy
https://comenity.com/online-california-privacy-policy
 
Comenity Capital Bank
https://d.comenity.net/ac/bhphoto/public/home
 
From Gene Barlow’s UGR - January 2022 Newsletter
http://ugr7.com/

There are three tricks that will let you run an older Perpetual License safely:
1 - Uninstall True Image Perpetual from your hard drive after the first year and run all future backups from your bootable CD or thumb drive. Remove your bootable media from your computer between backups. This prevents hackers from messing with your backup program to prevent good backups in the future.
2 - Save your backups on an external hard drive. Physically disconnect your external hard drive between backups, to prevent hackers from deleting your backup image files.
3 - Make sure you do full backups each week. Without having your True Image do automatic backups, you can easily forget to do your weekly backups.

Follow these three steps and you can safely use True Image Perpetual for several years.
 
Office Watch - Windows 11 for Microsoft Office users “A practical guide the new, changed and unfamiliar in Windows 11” Windows 11 for Microsoft Office users is a focused and practical look at Windows 11, especially written for the many people who use Microsoft Office. Fully up-to-date to the latest major update.
https://office-watch.com/product/windows-11-for-microsoft-office-users/?attribute_subscriber-discount=yes

Informed Delivery by USPS - Digitally preview your mail and manage your packages scheduled to arrive soon! Informed Delivery allows you to view greyscale images of the exterior, address side of letter-sized mail pieces and track packages in one convenient location.
https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

The Case for Backup Over Sync - What’s the Difference Between Backup and Sync?
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-case-for-backup-over-sync/
 
OldVersion.com provides free software downloads for old versions of programs, drivers, and games. So why not downgrade to the version you love? Because newer is not always better!
http://www.oldversion.com/


 

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General Discussion / Acronis True Image 2021 Update 6 for Windows
« on: January 27, 2022, 10:35:16 AM »
Acronis True Image 2021 Update 6 for Windows

https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/updates/changes.html?p=42246

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General Discussion / Apple Ecosystem
« on: January 25, 2022, 10:22:26 AM »
I have diagrammed my Apple Ecosystem using the draw.io diagramming application demonstrated at the January meeeting.

Some quotes from the Internet.....

Apple's most valuable product is not the iPhone or the Mac. That would be the wall garden experience that is the ecosystem that is uniquely Apple.

The Apple Ecosystem: Enter Once and You’ll Never Leave!

It is often praised for its seamless integration and optimization between various networks of devices, software and services, and is largely emphasized by Apple's focus on privacy. It is also known for its ability to lock users into the network where it is difficult to escape

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General Discussion / Living Room Network with Home Theater PC (HTPC)
« on: January 25, 2022, 09:41:51 AM »
I have diagrammed my living room network using the draw.io diagramming application demonstrated at the January meeting.

Updated September 29, 2022.

http://slolug.com/htpc/



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General Discussion / 2022 Avila Beach Polar Bear Plunge Videos
« on: January 15, 2022, 09:06:09 PM »
After a year off due to COVID-19, we were again able to have the Avila Beach Polar Bear Plunge event.

You can find videos of the event on the home page.

http://www.avilabeachpolarbearplunge.com/

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General Discussion / Leisure Time
« on: January 15, 2022, 09:03:12 PM »
Leisure Time; Share images relating to what we do for fun... I enjoy walking along the Shell Beach coastline.

Here are some images from around the Shell Beach coastline which documented "King Tides" shot over a period of three days in the mid-morning and late afternoon. A "King Tide" is a popular, non-scientific term people often use to describe exceptionally high tides. With the high tides come exceptionally low tides. These images were captured with a Sony A7II w/a 24 - 70mm F4.0 lens.

http://www.365.acdsee.com/folders_public.php?profileid=1618852&folderid=2210951

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General Discussion / Re: Where to deposit unwanted printer
« on: January 06, 2022, 09:36:55 AM »
The E-Waste Recycling is back open. Just drop off your item on the corner of 9th and Ramona Grover Beach, CA.


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General Discussion / January 2, 2022 Chat
« on: January 02, 2022, 04:03:06 PM »
From Bob Ward:
   Brother Laser color printer HL-L3210CW

From Bob Ward:
   All replacement cartridges ~$50 Precovid

From Stanford Brown:
   Color LaserJet Pro M255dw (color)regular) $300 Printing HP In March 2021 Consumer Report

From Janet Thatcher:
   This worked for my Epson inkjet. After running the printer cleaning a couple of times, then leave the printer on, maybe a couple of hours. This worked for me when I had fuzzy printing in bands. I have to look in the manual for the timing on leaving it on.

From Stanford Brown:
   Consumer Report. 2021 Buying Guide 1. Brother MFC J895DW 2. Canon Pixma G4210

From Jim Buenrostro:
   I like my Epson EcoTank ET-3760 from Costco.

From Alan Raul:
   https://www.macrium.com/holidays

From Janet Thatcher:
   Another suggestion is to do a "print head alignment." This did not solve my specific printer problem. Check your user manual to find out if you can do this on your printer. You should look for an extensive User Manual for your printer on the internet. This user manual is 335 pages, much better than the 40 page manual for my Epson 645 that came in the printer box.

From Janet Thatcher:
   For the previous suggestion leave the printer on at least SIX hours, then try cleaning the print head again.

From Alan Raul:
   https://www.bayphoto.com/
   https://www.aspencreekphoto.com/
   https://www.adorama.com/Printique

From John Waller:
   My new laptop is the "MSI Creator Z16 Professional Laptop", Amazon page:
        https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Creator-Z16-Professional-Laptop/dp/B095XDMJLG

From Janet Thatcher:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0qxOIP05tw


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General Discussion / USB Tools
« on: January 01, 2022, 09:19:15 PM »
Hopefully the names on the USB flash drives explain the function. I use a Ventoy USB flash drive to boot a variety of backup, diagnostic, Linux and Windows installation media.

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General Discussion / Alan Raul - January 2, 2022 Meeting Notes
« on: December 31, 2021, 09:19:09 PM »
Digital Photography best practices and workflow. An ASMP initiative funded by the Library of Congress.
https://dpbestflow.org/
 
The 3-2-1 Rule
https://dpbestflow.org/node/262#321

The San Luis Obispo Camera Club (SLOCC) will be merging with the Central Coast Photographic Society (CCPS) on January 1, 2022.
http://www.slocameraclub.org/
http://centralcoastartistscollective.org/Photo%20Society.html

CAT5E VS CAT6 VS CAT7 VS CAT8 – WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?
https://www.telco-data.com/cat5e-vs-cat6-vs-cat7-vs-cat8/
 
Making a Hard Drive Unreadable
https://asktimgrey.com/2021/12/06/making-a-hard-drive-unreadable/
For example, let’s assume you have a drive with drive letter Z: assigned to it, and you wanted to use four passes to overwrite the drive. You would use this command at the Command Prompt:
Format Z: /P:4

Anker’s four-port 120W power brick is built for the USB-C warrior
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/23/22852051/anker-usb-c-4-port-120w-power-brick-547-charger
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J1XTLJ6
 
diagrams.net - is an open-source technology stack for building diagramming applications, and the world’s most widely used browser-based end-user diagramming software. – Janet Thatcher
https://www.diagrams.net/

Mail Merge with Microsoft Word – Ralph Sutter
https://youtu.be/T17SvLx5b40

Create labels with a mail merge in Microsoft Word
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/video-create-labels-with-a-mail-merge-in-word-4aa597cc-5a81-43fd-b829-9f50d54f5ef7

 

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General Discussion / SATA SSD vs. NVMe Gen. 4.0 SSD Speed Comparison
« on: December 31, 2021, 09:07:00 PM »
A picture is worth a thousand words so I won't have to explain the substantial speed difference.

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General Discussion / My ToGoBag of a single charger and 5 cables
« on: December 31, 2021, 08:58:11 PM »
My ToGoBag:

I can grab one bag with a single charger and 5 cables to take a trip and be able to charge all my electronic devices. This would include: Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad Pro, laptop, Sony camera, GoPro camera, Beats Solo 3 headphones and Powerbeats Pro headphones.

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