Internet SIG, April 2012, cancelled
April 6th, 2012The meeting for this month is cancelled. Happy Easter, y’all!
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General Meeting, April 2012
April 1st, 2012| April 3, 2012 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
April 3, 2012 (Tuesday)
General Meeting
North Village Library,
2505 Steck Ave., 78757; (512) 974-9960
3-D Printing, ‘Additive Manufacturing’,
“process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data”
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· 3D Printing: Making Parts Directly from a Computer · Why 3D printers? · Current 3D printer market · Current applications for 3D printing · Processes for 3D printing · Web access to 3D printed parts · The future of 3D printing |
Presenter: Dr. David Bourell,
Professor Of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. David L. Bourell earned his Ph.D. in material science and engineering from Stanford University in 1979. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin that same year. He is affiliated with the Texas Materials Institute. Dr. Bourell researches properties of plastic and metal powders and other materials, and their uses in fabrication processes. He studies deformation and powder processing, failure analysis and nanocrystalline materials. Bourell researches the kinetics of sintering and selective laser sintering, a fabrication technique that uses virtual designs on a computer and a laser to fabricate items, from human prosthetic devices to titanium missile tips, using metal or plastic powder. He is internationally recognized in the field of Solid Freeform Fabrication, a manufacturing technique that produces freeform solid objects directly from a computer model. Solid freeform fabrication reduces cost and design time because it can manufacture objects in one operation instead of multiple steps.
PS …exciting prize drawing! Door prizes are for Computer Club Of Austin Members. Meeting is free of charge, non-members are eligible for a drawing for a One-Year Club Membership. Everyone come! Invite your friends for an exciting learning experience! North Village Library, 2505 Steck Ave., 78757; (512) 974-9960 6:30-7:00pm. We close by 9:00pm and venture to local Restaurant for the “Pizza Sig”.
Questions: Jim Fahrnkopf, President. (512) 921-9882
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Board of Directors, April 2012
March 28th, 2012| April 2, 2012 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Attend to club business.
All members and visitors are welcome.
See the Board of Directors page for location and more.
Windows SIG, March 2012
March 23rd, 2012| March 28, 2012 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Kelly will speak on using Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Malicious
Software Removal Tool and Windows Defender Offline.
Griff will give us a sneak peak at the new Windows 8.
See the Windows SIG page for location, contacts, more.
Mobile Wireless SIG, March 2012
March 19th, 2012| March 20, 2012 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
The topic is NEW Tablets running Android 3.2, 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ICS, and The NEW iPad just being released as the 3rd Generation model. We will discuss NEW Mobile phones, especially the Samsung NOTE 5.3 inch “phablet”. Come and share, or learn what’s happening in this exciting Community of Mobility.
See the Mobile Wireless SIG page for location, contacts, etc.
Grab Bag SIG, March 2012
March 19th, 2012| March 21, 2012 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
AGENDA
o Is your data safe if you use off site backup or use the Cloud?
You may want to consider data encryption.
Why and how to encrypt.
o Do you remember all your passwords?
A review of some popular password managers that can be a huge help.
o How to tell if your passwords are secure enough.
Strategies and testers.
o The latest ID theft scam has come to Austin by phone.
How it works, and how to protect yourself.
o Mints on the Pillow
See the Grab Bag SIG page for location, contacts, more.
Beginners MS Office, March 2012
March 14th, 2012| March 17, 2012 | ||
| 10:10 am | to | 12:15 pm |
AGENDA Learning from the beginning.
MS Office
How to love the Ribbon
Word
How to interpret the hidden messages that can save you lots of time and effort
Excel
What’s really important to know.
See the Beginners MS Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc
Linux Beginners SIG, March 2012, Lisa, Precise Pangolin
March 13th, 2012| March 13, 2012 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
This month I have two Linux distributions to demonstrate/contrast. First is the KDE version of Mint 12 (aka Lisa), and the second is the first beta of what will become Ubuntu 12.04 next month, aka Precise Pangolin. (If you don’t know what kind of an animal a pangolin might be, it is the scaly anteater.)
12.04 is a LTS (long-term support) release of Ubuntu. In fact it is the first extra-long-term support release, since Canonical intends to support the desktop version for FIVE years instead of the normal three. (Other releases, like the current 11.10, are supported for 18 months on the desktop. Server LTS has always been for five years.)
Since Ubuntu and Mint are the #1 and #2 most popular distributions at the moment (in one order or another), come to the meeting and see the future. I”ll have CD/DVD installation disk handouts for both.
See the Linux Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc
Office SIG, March 2012
March 12th, 2012| March 15, 2012 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
The topic is TBA.
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Beginners SIG, March 2012
March 7th, 2012| March 10, 2012 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Spreadsheets for Number Crunching: We’ll introduce you to Spreadsheets which make working with numbers as easy as word processors work with words. You’ll want to throw away your calculator once you’ve tried spreadsheets. (Well, almost.) Spreadsheets are the easiest way to do income tax tallies, mortgage & amortizations, balance sheets, income statements, ledgers, small mailing lists, bids, invoices, graphs and much more.
See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.
