Hello All
Today I received the appended message from SLO Bytes parent group, APCUG
Ralph Sutter


June 26, 2024
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
 
Automating Your Mac
Joe Kissell, Take Control Books
and
Avoid the Trash Heap: 17 Creative Uses for an Old Computer
How to turn off Windows 11's Start Menu Ads
Dale Harrington, MiCRO-PC
 
Register here ? https://forms.gle/9xswjVzcDqyY4Nng6
 
After you click Submit, you will receive a pop-up acknowledgment of your registration. On June 25, after registration closes at 6 pm Pacific Time, you will receive the encrypted Zoom link.
 
Automating Your Mac, Joe Kissell, Author & Publisher, Take Control Books
https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/
 
Joe's presentation is a practical guide for Mac users who want to work more efficiently. He demonstrates how to save time and effort and avoid unnecessary errors using automation techniques. The presentation is designed to be accessible and beneficial to users of all experience levels.
 
You can begin by making the most of productivity features such as Siri, Spotlight (for launching apps), and text replacement?and then move on to the more sophisticated automation tools built into macOS, such as Shortcuts, Automator, AppleScript, services, and shell scripts.
 
Avoid the Trash Heap: 17 Creative Uses for an Old Computer. Keep your old laptop or desktop! With some effort and creativity, you can convert it to a NAS, try a new OS, set up a security camera, and more.
How to Turn Off Windows 11's Start Menu Ads. Dale Harrington, Program Chair, MiCRO-PC-Mile High Computer Resource Organization
 
We look forward to seeing you this Wednesday. Do you have a presentation you have given to your group? Please volunteer to give it at one of the WWs. Thanks, Judy & John (jtaylour@apcug.org -- jkennedy@apcug.org)

Hello All,
What follows is my SLO Bytes Photo Group Report for the meeting of 06/16/2024

TOPIC: Macro Photography

The meeting began with Ralph Sutter sharing the link to a presentation on SD Cards that he posted to the Digital Photography website at https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html

While Stanford Brown was out of town and couldn't join in today's photo session, he submitted five macro images. They included watch faces, rocks, fruit and tree bark

Ralph Sutter followed with closeups of leaves, orchids, microphones and frozen vegetables. Ralph commented that it was far easier to do macro photography with a smart phone than with a traditional camera at little or no sacrifice in image quality.

John Waller offered closeups of evaporated salt, mustard plants, Dandelions and Queen Anne's Lace.

Kaye Raul alternating between a smart phone and a Sony camera, focused on tight shots of sand dollars, scallops, building blocks, and artistic ash trays.

Alan Raul , again switching between phone and camera, shared flowers, rocks, stucco surfaces and objects found on beach sand.

The topic for July 14th will be Curves. The meeting will take place beginning at 2:00 pm.

The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2024 is as follows.

  August 11
  September 8
  October 13
  November 10
  December 8

See the Links page; https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
This is a re-post of an announcement from SLO Bytes' parent group, SPCUG
Ralph Sutter
MAY 22, 2024

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
 
Using the Census for Genealogy--More than you think
Sue Mueller, Genealogy Group Leader
Computer Users of Erie
and
The Dark Web
Al Williams, President
Willow Valley Computer Club
 
Register here ? https://forms.gle/8ZkMiHLmg6jfBLKs7
 
After you click Submit, you will receive a pop-up acknowledgment of your registration. On May 21, after registration closes at 6 pm Pacific Time, you will receive the encrypted Zoom link.
 
Census Records?More than you think. Explore federal and state census records, where and what you will find on the census, family, and neighbor clues, linking census clues to other sources, other census schedules, and census substitutes.
 
The Dark Web. What is it? Is it dangerous? Why would I want to use it? This presentation is for the curious.
 
We look forward to seeing you this Wednesday. The next WW is on June 12, a Linux WW on June 19, and a WW on June 26. Do you have a presentation you have given to your group? Please volunteer to give it at one of the WWs. Thanks, Judy & John (jtaylour@apcug.org -- jkennedy@apcug.org)