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Mar 13 @ 2:15 am – 2:30 am
SPAUG Meeting @ Palo Alto Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Loading Linux Mint Brad Youngman, President, SPAUG Brad will install Linux Mint 13 (long term release) onto a Windows 8.1 Acer V5 laptop using Virtual Box. To avoid the slow installation by way of a CD/DVD[...]
Jan 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Lock Up Your Passwords Safe practices on the internet require that you use multiple long and strong passwords which are hard to break and also hard to remember. Password vaults allow you to generate strong[...]
Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sound Engineering: From Vinyl to Digital Editing Fred Catero, NARAS Recording legend Fred Catero has worked with some of music’s greatest stars. Beginning his career at Columbia Records in New York during the early 1960’s.[...]
Mar 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Devoxx4Kids: STEMing the kids at an early age Arun Gupta Devoxx4Kids USA wants to get kids excited about technology with the hope that many of them will become producers of technology in future. We conduct a[...]
Apr 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Members’ Presentations Using Social Media: Facebook, Twitter & Skype Christie Bilikam and Aldora Lee Upgrading Your Computer with an SSD Maurice Green   The meeting will be held at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249[...]
May 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Members’ Presentations Virtual Computers: An Overview Bill Young Building a Website with WordPress Maurice Green What is a virtual computer and why would you want to use one? Bill Young will describe the installation of[...]
Jun 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
A Slice of Pi Maurice Green, PhD Over the past 10 years we have seen a burgeoning interest in small microprocessor boards which can be programmed using a variety of software. They are being used[...]
Jul 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
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[...]
Aug 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
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[...]
Sep 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
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,[...]
Oct 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
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[...]
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
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[...]
Jan 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Droning On Drones are the hot consumer product of the year, and 2015 saw an explosion in automation software that made the devices easier to fly and easier to control.  Anyone you know get a[...]
Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Review of CES There’s a reason the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is in Vegas every year…things look more real, better on the stage…you get entertained no matter where you turn.  Once the stage show ends[...]
Mar 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Online Learning Courses Matthew O’Dell, Udemy With the explosion in Edtech over the past few years, millions of people are now learning online, and many of the early adopters are techies. Some are looking to[...]
Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Organize, Protect, and Share your Hard Drive Gene Barlow, User Group Relations NOTE: This will be a Webinar presentation via Skype Backing up your computer’s hard drive on a regular basis is the best way[...]
May 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Ask the Experts Join us for an evening of latest tips and tricks for your computer and problem solving. Our panel of ‘experts’ include: Kevin Lynn (Windows) Glen Murray (Hardware) Bill Young (Linux) Agenda for the[...]
Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Upgrading to Windows 10 Sue Kayton, The Computer Doctor Windows 10 is now ready for prime time. It is safe to upgrade, if you do it correctly. Come learn about Windows 10 while you can still[...]
Jul 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Computer Clinic Sue Kayton, The Computer Doctor Slow operating system? Virus infection? Blue Screen of Death? The Doctor is In!  Sue Kayton, the Computer Doctor, will do a diagnostic and repair/virus removal clinic for your computer at our meeting.[...]
Sep 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Creating an Instructional Video Maurice Green and Robert Mitchell Following up on last month’s demonstration of upgrading an HP laptop to an SSD drive, we will demonstrate the use of multi-track editing with added still images[...]
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Privacy John Buck John will lead a discussion on computer privacy based on the recent articles published in the November 2016 issue of Consumer Reports. Members are encouraged to review the articles before the meeting. Read[...]
Nov 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Security and Privacy Forum Sue Kayton (The Computer Doctor) and Michael Barclay (Electronic Frontier Foundation) will moderate an open forum on computer security and privacy issues. Please go to the link below to submit your[...]
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
CES 2017 Andy Marken Andy Marken returns to SPAUG to review some of the new and exciting developments from CES 2017. Read more…