December 19th General Meeting

Posted on December 18, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

 

Holiday Party

Top o’ the season to ye!

The holidays are almost upon us and that means it’s time for Apple users to get together to share some holiday spirit and talk about our favorite computers, phones, and tablets. Plus, you’ll have a chance to win a shiny new Apple TV to add to your holiday gift collection.  

Join us on Monday, December 19th, for our last meeting of 2016. We’ll spend some time talking about new Apple hardware and software, we’ll warn you about new insecurities in a popular piece of software, we’ll share info about apps to delight scientific types and you’ll get some tips and be warned of some traps. Plus, we’re going to have a holiday party with all the things you’d expect – cookies, egg nog, and other delights – along with a special present for all our members who’ve paid up for 2017.  And on top of that, we’ll be having an expanded Holiday-sized drawing and a special drawing for an Apple TV. 

Sounds like a lot of fun so don’t miss it.  We’re looking forward to seeing you at our holiday party.

So have a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Joyous Kwanzaa, and a celebratory Solstice.

Regular Features

Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.

appleSTEMs – Warren James presents interesting Apple science, technology, engineering, and math software.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes two $25.00 iTunes gift cards, a ProHT notebook cooler pad, a Patriot Fuel+ 2000mAh mobile rechargeable battery, a Gear Head 5-in-1 SD card reader, a Hornettek 2000mAh portable battery, and a Rocksoul Magic Mouse for Mac. Don’t forget: members receive one free ticket for the 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 in the Donald Wright Auditorium, at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Conrads, 861 E. Walnut St. (at the NW corner of Walnut and Lake).

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

Posted on November 22, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

If not, you’ll have a lot fewer temptations when you go Christmas shopping.

At Du-Par’s, the various Star Treks, Yiddish, Harlan Ellison’s novel, missions to Mars, Voyager, and the DSN came up.

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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Who are you and what do you do

Posted on November 21, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

At The Sweet Setup:

Every week we try to post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.

Today’s victim, er, interviewee:

I’m Jeffrey Shih, an Emergency Room Physician and lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto with a specialized interest in Emergency Ultrasound. The use of ultrasound allows me to visualize and diagnose diseases right at the bedside, thus providing a higher quality of care to my patients.

I’m also the Program Director of an Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Training Program for Emergency Physicians and recently published a book, Ultrasound for the Win! Emergency Medicine Cases.

You can catch Jeffrey’s complete story here: Jeffrey Shih’s Mac and iPhone setup.

“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.

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Bumper Snickers

Posted on November 20, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

 

In my blog, I have a recurring post title, Bumper Snicker. It started out as snapshots of amusing bumper stickers spotted whilst I was out and about. It wasn’t long before it included license plate frames and license plates, themselves. There may even be some window decorations.

As Dave so readily proves in every edition of Apps & Traps, the tech world is a veritable Niagra Falls of humor and hysteria, so I thought it might be fun to post funny/silly/hysterical stuff that I come across. Since non-tech stuff can be pretty knee-slapping, too, that will also make appearances. Here goes!

Got an e-mail from amazon.com this morning, featuring “Woot, the wildest, cheapest corner of the Amazon world”. Not having associated the word woot with Amazon previously, I took a look and got no further than the title bar: woot! Deals & Shenanigans

You’ve been warned…

 
SGVAUG and I have no connection whatever with Amazon. Neither are we shilling for them here.

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Who are you and what do you do

Posted on November 14, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

At The Sweet Setup:

Every week we try to post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.

Today’s victim, er, interviewee:

I am Jordan Fourcher, student and tech wizard for my school.

You can catch Jordan’s complete story here: Jordan Fourcher’s Mac, iOS, and watchOS setup.

“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.

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November 21st General Meeting

Posted on November 1, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

 

Planning for the Holidays

Yes, it’s that time of the year already…

Regular Features

Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.

appleSTEMs – Warren James presents interesting Apple science, technology, engineering, and math software.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a $25.00 Amazon gift card, an Xtreme VR VUE virtual reality viewer, an iHome compressed air duster, a bumper for iPhone 5g/SE, and UT-Wire’s Flexi Ties. Don’t forget: members receive one free ticket for the 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 in the Donald Wright Auditorium, at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Du-par’s Restaurant & Bakery, 214 S. Lake Ave. (between Cordova St. and Del Mar Blvd., at the southeast corner of Cordova and Lake).

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Did You Know?

Posted on October 25, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Just in time for Hallowee’n…

In his post, Google Gets Creepier, David Sparks brings up (via ProPublica, by way of Daring Fireball) recent changes in Google’s terms of service (have you read them lately?):

…Traditionally, Google has kept web-browsing information segregated from your personally identifiable information. Not anymore.…

Not surprised, are we?? Head on over to MacSparky and check it out.

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

Posted on October 18, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

If not, you missed a lot of really cool iOS and MacOS tips and tricks, and your golden ticket was not drawn.

At Coco’s, we touched on exploding galaxies, 3D printing, serving temperatures of wine, and upscale restaurants. Restaurants of various scale in the general vicinity also came up.

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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October 17th General Meeting

Posted on October 1, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

 

New Apple Stuff

Apple’s new hardware and software

In September, Apple released two new iPhones along with iOS 10 and macOS Sierra. This month, in-the-know Board members will tell you all about this cool new Apple stuff and even have an iPhone 7+ for you to check out.

Dave and Andrew will be talking about the new features in iOS 10 and the new iPhones, as well as telling you about the best and safest ways to upgrade your existing iOS devices to iOS 10.

Warren will be showing us some of the new features in macOS Sierra, as well as showing us the safest ways to upgrade to this new version of the OS we all love.

Regular Features

Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.

appleSTEMs – Warren James presents interesting Apple science, technology, engineering, and math software.

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a $25.00 Apple gift card, a Sentry Bluetooth stereo headphones with mic, UT-Wire’s Flexi Ties, an iHome air duster, and an iHome 5′ 2-in-1 Lightning-to-MicroUSB cable. Don’t forget: members receive one free ticket for the 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 in the Donald Wright Auditorium, at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch 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 Union St. and Colorado Blvd., at the southwest corner of Union and Lake).

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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No

Posted on September 19, 2016 by SGVAUG BlogMaster

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Mac Work class, subject TBA, at Di-No Computers.

Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA  91107
(626) 795-6674

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