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Sunday, May 18th. at 2pm
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You can read his technology blog at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/etanontech.
He writes a weekly column and item called How 2 that appear every Saturday in the Sentinel's Tech Support section.
He will give an overview of the latest trends in consumer electronics such as cell phones, HDTVs and GPS devices.
He'll also go over some great free web sites and services and shed some light on Facebook and other sites and services that are popular with young people.
Windows SIG: 12.30pm before the General Meeting
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The first meeting of the Security SIG will be held this Thursday 5/1/08 at 7:00 PM at New Horizons Computer Learning Center.
The New Horizons Computer Learning Center is at 1221 Lee Road, Orlando. It is located about a mile West of I-4 on Lee Road, just past Kingswood Drive.
April Meeting Audio Files:...........
Courtesy Roger Van Syoc
Windows SIG - Hewie Poplock: File Size 5MG...WMA AUDIO File
Presenter Glenn Coffield: File Size 7.5MG...WMA AUDIO File
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Hewie's Views and Reviews.
Each month Hewie Poplock writes for the CFCS Newsletter.
This is the link to his website where you can read his latest Edition. |
100 Years for Ed Hillstead
 Ed Hillstead has paid his dues for mem-bership in the Central Florida Computer Society which he’s been a part of for over thirty years. That’s a long time for a computer club, but even longer for Ed; the next time he pays, he’ll be 100 years old.
As humans go, 100 is not so rare anymore, although you’d still be impressed with Ed. He spends hours each day on his computer, often working with the stock market, but he did give up his square dancing recently. His sage stock market advice: “You never go broke taking a profit.”
When Ed joined the Central Florida Computer Society (CFCS), which meets at the Bahia Shrine on Pembrook Ave. the third Sunday of each month, he owned a TRS-80. There were no IBM-PCs yet, nor Apple Macintoshes. The Apple I had been introduced (at another computer group in California called “The Homebrew Computer Club” with members Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak) in 1976; the IBM-PC came out in 1981, the Macintosh in 1984. more.....
by Robert Black - Editor CFCS - February 2008
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