PCUGR Shareware SIG - July 27,
2002
Rawls Frazier,
Facilitator
rfrazier
Summer vacation time is
here and lots of people couldn't make it. The four who did had fun crusin'
the web. Here's where we went.
Mozilla
1.0
This is the first official public release of the Mozilla
web browser suite based on thesource Gecko engine (which also powers
the latest Netscape release). We used it to do all our subsequent web
browsing, exploring its various features along the way. This browser suite
is also the PCUGR July 2002 DOM.
Lindows
Lindows is a serious attempt to bring Linux to the desktop and challenge the
dominant Windows position. This is the official Lindows
site. What was really interesting was to go to the Wal-Mart
link where you can purchase ready to go Lindows machines for very
affordable prices (on-line only!).
PC
Mag "Best" Solutions
This is a collection of tips for various using various Microsoft Office
products. Some really cool tips
for Power Point are listed here.
WOPR
Speaking of Office, and
more specifically, MS Word, it always pays to check WOPR - Woody's
Office Portal. Lots of good information about Word from a real Word
guru.
Bates
Label Maker
This is small, free MS Word template that makes it easy to create
sequentially numbered labels for Avery 5267 labels. From the Payne
Consulting Group.
Links
for the Traveler
Three stops
for the world traveler. For a selection of travel bags, including some tips
on how to minimize wrinkles and maximize efficiency when packing, take a
look at PackingLight.com.
Need info on country voltages and transformers? Go to VoltageValet.
And for help with the language, get a translation at Alta-Vista's Babelfish.
DVD
Links
With the emergence of affordable (well, almost) DVD recorders, it seemed
like a good time to gather up some places for info about the bewildering
formats in play at the moment. Try these: www.dvdform.org,
www.dvdplusrw.org, Pioneer
Press.
Bill
Gates is Dead
Uh, well not really. But there is this little spoof film. From
Nothing So Strange.
Longbets
Lots of people
make predictions about the future. Most are wrong and most are just hot air.
Not the folks at Longbets.
These prognosticators put up real money behind their words. Some famous
folks here. And the winner's prize gets donated to a worthy cause.
Free
Images
A bunch of places to find free images:
www.freeimages.co.uk
www.free-graphics.com
www.coolarchive.com
Sacramento
PC User's Group
This used to be a really huge
UG. It has contracted some, like the rest of us, but it is still kicking!
Take a look and see what's still cooking at the Sacramento
PCUG.
Gorilla
This is an old, old BASIC (DOS
graphics) game that came with old IBM PCs. It's cute and little kids (and
some big ones :-) get a kick out of it. More interestingly, it leads us to
QBasic, the old BASIC interpreter - it's still available on on the Win9x
CDs. Amazing.
Always-Freeware
Somehow the last topic lead us here. Another place to browse around for
freeware.
Webpages
that Suck
A rude name, but a good purpose: learning good design by looking at bad
design. Webpages
that Suck also became a book as well (now in it's 2nd edition) and is
worth a visit for anyone who is contemplating creating a web page - or any
sort of publication with graphics, too.
Ultratech
Knowledge Base
Bookmark the Ultratech
Knowledge Base site! It is filled with all sorts of tips and links. For
example, you will find the lowdown on how to make an XP
boot disk that actually boots you to XP.
Thanks to everyone who
joined our meeting and to those who also chipped into the kitty for the
goodies. Thanks, as always, to Bernie Stepan, too, for the meeting room, Internet connection and coffee supplies
at RE/MAX Marina, Petaluma. Click on the RE/MAX balloon icon below for
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in Petaluma!
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