You’re right…
The piece on Lifehacker.com starts out
“If you feel like Facebook has more ads than usual, you aren’t imagining it: Facebook’s been inundating us with more and more ads lately, and using your information—both online and offline—to do it. Here’s how it works, and how you can opt out.”
and continues with explanations and fixes.
You do remember the 2nd Commandment from last month’s presentation, don’t you?
This month, you’re gonna find out ways to chose different options and strategies for your situation. Having a consistently-executed plan of regular backups is very important. It is not a question of if you will need it, only when.
We will be discussing types of backup media, keeping legacy backups up to date, hardware choices, and the different forms of backups. Included will be: local backups, file-by-file backups, incremental backups, data-only backups, history backups, full backups, clone backups, offsite backups, cloud backups, and backup services. Last but not least, we will cover backup security. Q & A discussion will be included; the only dumb question is one not asked!
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Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a Fantom Drives Mini USB 3.0/2.0 portable 500 GB 2.5″ hard drive. Don’t forget: members receive one free ticket for our drawing. Bring a guest and get another free ticket! Support our group and increase your chances of winning some goodies – drawing tickets are $1.00 each or six for $5.00. The odds are great that you can be a winner!
The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 N. Lake Ave. (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly St.).
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Navigating the Interface class at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Safenetting: Phishing for April 8th
02 Smarter Journaling Debuts in Journals 2.0
03 Offline+Maps 1.5.1 released for iOS – Custom Offline Maps
04 View Tweets as Pictures – Free App for iPad
05 Free Storage, Sync & Backup for Mac
06 More on Apps for Autism
07 10 Facebook Tricks You Should Know
08 Preparing audiobooks for the road
09 Apps free for Autism Awareness Month
10 idev101: Fonts, Colors, & UI Sizes – Quick Reference for iOS Developers
11 Big Brother Camera Security, A Banned App, Returns To The App Store
12 Hulu Offers Some April Fool’s Day Shows We Wish Were Real
13 “Godfather of Soul” Goes Digital
14 Norkoshop: How Pyongyang forked Adobe
15 Quotes: Thoughts for Tax time Continue reading
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Intro to the Interface class at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
Orkut Myspace April Fool Comments & Graphics
For your dining and dancing pleasure, here are a few Web sites you might find interesting/amusing/odd:
Hope you enjoyed these bits of tomfoolery. If you come across anything that strikes your fancy, leave a comment and let me know!
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the iPad class at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
From the OWC Blog today:
“When a company sells 2 billion of anything, there’s bound to be a good amount of competition that arises along the way. Unfortunately, with that much competition comes a fair number of casualties.”
It goes on a bit about the history of hard drives, and provides a link, HDD Graveyard, to a list of 217 hard drive manufacturers no longer with us.
Does this:
look like your computer desk (I only wish mine were this organized…)?
If so, you’re not alone, and MakeUseOf.com wants to help you out! Point your browser thusly: 5 Ways To Clean Up Computer Cable Clutter Under Your Desk and see how you make out. From the conclusion of the article:
Quickly organizing cables and getting them out of the way can be quite simple, but the result isn’t necessary beautiful. Perfection comes at a price. To tame the cables, you must tie them down. While this can keep them out of sight, it also makes it much harder to exchange cables or move a device later on. Which compromise do you choose?
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Mac Play class, focusing on iPhoto, at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
