Living Through the 20th Century
Nat Landes
The 20th Century saw major breakthroughs in technology, from radio to television to computers, and multiple wars. Our former SPAUG Treasurer, Nat Landes, lived through it all. Come join with other SPAUG members as we help Nat celebrate his 97th birthday. He will regale us with stories of all the changes in technology and computers he has seen. [Read more…]
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee.
Living Through the 20th Century
PART 2
Nat Landes
A continuation of the talk from the July meeting which was interrupted by the birthday party for our former SPAUG Treasurer, Nat Landes. He will describe for us many of the changes in technology and computers he has seen. [Read more…]
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee.
Laptop & Smartphone CryptoParty
Rhona Mahony
Join us and learn how to stay safe online. Learn what vulnerabilities you face based on your work, travel, family, and activities. Protect yourself from abuse by your ISP, telephone company, data miners, criminals, and law enforcement agencies.
Bring your smartphone and laptop and leave with new encryption software and several helpful tools, working on your own devices. Gain new understanding and skills to shield yourself from privacy violations. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted a wonderful guide, called Surveillance Self-Defense. It will give you a good idea of the topics which will be covered.
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee.
Agenda items:
- Evaluation of the September meeting and new sound system arrangement.
- Preliminary report on review of the Bylaws by John Buck and John Sleeman so we can begin to plan for revisions that may be needed.
- Plans for the election process for the October and November meetings.
- Final decision regarding the membership roster update.
- Presentation of website and social media page content.
- Replacement of the old SPAUG email system.
- Identification of moderators for activation of the online forum system
Installing Windows 10
Robert Mitchell
Robert Mitchell started experimenting with Windows 10 from day one when it was released. The first time he downloaded it, he was using an 8-year-old computer. The original Windows XP OS was replaced by Windows 7. The original system hard drive had been replaced by an SSD drive and several other modifications were made.
Robert will describe the various steps he took to install and tune the new OS. Installing Windows 10 was a great experience and he found it was worthwhile. It is much lighter weight than other Windows versions and runs well with an older machine. He will also discuss how to do a ‘clean install’ and to obtain ISO versions of the system. Following Robert’s talk he will be joined by Brad Youngman for a Q&A session on Windows 10.
Robert Mitchell has been a member of SPAUG for 20 years. He enjoys creating photo album books and was the leader of the SPAUG History project. He is also the editor for the DVD videos of the SPAUG meetings.
Agenda:
- 7:00 Registration
- 7:15 Business meeting – Elections
- 7:30 Tech Talk: Software for Cleaning and Tuning Your Computer,
Eric Schug, Central Computers, - 7:45 Coffee Break
- 8:00 Lecture: Installing Windows 10 – Robert Mitchell
- 8:45 Q&A session: Robert Mitchell, Brad Youngman, Kevin Lynn
The meeting will be held at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Meeting registration starts at 7PM in the Lodge room on the second floor. The featured talks begins at 7:30PM.
All members and guests are invited to attend a NO-host dinner prior to our general meeting. Dinner will be at 5:45 PM at The Bistro located on the ground floor of the Elks Lodge.
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee.
Agenda items to be announced
Digital Devices, Cyber Security, and Privacy
Sanjiv Pandey, RSA
With the burgeoning use of digital devices we feel connected. We can share pictures, send messages, download apps, FaceTime, hangout on google, and what not. Along with all the good stuff comes the dangers of cyber security and concerns over privacy. With a click we can download a malware that sends all our logins, and passwords to an attacker. Unknowingly the use of free wifi can expose us to a potential attack on our devices. I’ll talk about various issues related to digital devices and what you can do to protect yourself.
Sanjiv is Manager, Software Engineering at RSA, the security division of EMC Corporation. Together with his team they develop threat detection solutions to secure fortune 500 companies. Sanjiv has an MS degree in Computer Engineering from University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
In addition to the featured talk, there will be a Technical Presentation by Richard Man of ImageCraft (C4Everyone.com) on the JumpStart Microbox Education Kit for the Cortex-M.
The meeting will be held at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Meeting registration starts at 7PM in the Lodge room on the second floor. The featured talks begins at 7:30PM.
All members and guests are invited to attend a NO-host dinner prior to our general meeting. Dinner will be at 5:45 PM at The Bistro located on the ground floor of the Elks Lodge.