Be a Blogger! Here is Step One - and Two.

Have you ever wanted to be a blogger?

Photo credit: woodleywonderworks on Flickr.

There are some pretty successful bloggers out there. Have you dreamed of making money or having a huge readership?

Or maybe you just want a personal blog  - - maybe even with your photos added.

It's easier than you think.

Maybe you keep a diary at home. Having a blog can be just as easy. Updating can be once a week, or even more often.

It's fun to post photos there, during or even after a vacation.

You can join the free Blogger service or get your own web page and put a Wordpress blog on it.

It's fun! And not too hard either.

BGAMUG Club members, if you would like to have a blog, just call me and I'll help you out with advice.

I can also just be here at the end of a phone if you are a do-it-yourselfer and you have a question.

Have a great week!

B. Sheppard
Webmaster, 2012
The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, Kentucky


PS When you get a blog, you can "advertise" it for free by Pinging it at Pingler and Feedburner. Feedburner has lots of tools you can use to get signups for your blog too. It's fun to learn what you can add to your blog too.

PPS Then you can go to Google Webmaster Tools to make your blog even better.

BGAMUG Computer Club members, do you have a favorite hobby online or something you would like to write about? Just let me know and I will put you on this blog as a contributor. Thanks!

And here is our website (a map to the meeting is there) - plus our Facebook page. See you there!

Welcome new BGAMUG Computer Club members and guests...

This photo is from Georgy90 at the Wikimedia.org website.

About our BGAMUG Computer Club
The BGAMUG Computer Club helps its members and the public learn more about computing and personal computers. They also help people who do not have computers get them.

The BGAMUG Computer club meets on the 4th Tuesday of every month except December.

Our next meeting is October 23rd. Guests are always welcome. The meeting starts at 6:30 and is located at Building F at the Bowling Green Technical College.

The group also has a newsletter that comes out every month. You can go here to see that latest issues and also back issues.

The Genealogy Special Interest Group
We will have a Genealogy Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting first for anyone who is interested. It begins at 5:45.

I have gone to many of these meetings. We learn about how to search for your family tree, how to use a census, how to access birth and death records, sites online, and much more.

The BGAMUG Computer Club meeting follows.

What is being discussed at the October meeting
This month we will be hearing about CCleaner, a clean-up program for Windows computers, that is free. He will have hands-on training so that anyone who wants to use this program can use it.

Joe E. from Western Kentucky Computers will be the speaker. He has a website here.

We have a cash drawing plus a prize drawing too.

A reminder: if you are not a member, you can come to the meeting as a guest.  We love to have new guests.

All for now,

Betsy Sheppard
Webmaster, 2012
The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, Kentucky

And here is our website (a map to the meeting is there) - plus our Facebook page. See you there!

Some photos from the recent Auction meeting

I took many more photos than this of the latest BGAMUG meeting. But I did get a few that turned out.

Here they are:

A really nice laptop for auction.

A really neat house made of matchsticks.

Desktop computers at the auction.

 

The Free Stuff Table.

Unfortunately, the matchstick house was not for sale. I did hear some people saying that it would have been a good addition to the auction!

 I have a feeling that this auction event will be even bigger next year. I know I will be saving things for it.

E. Sheppard
Webmaster, 2012
The BGAMUG Computer Club.

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Computer Auction a Great Success!

This is just a quick note from your President.  Tuesday night's auction was fun and netted over $900 for the club.  We will report the exact profits when all the expenses are complete.  Everyone got rid of extra 'stuff' and others got bargains. Let's do this again next year!

Here are the latest items for the BGAMUG Auction tomorrow

Here are the latest items for tomorrow's auction from the latest email.

Here is the latest Auction items list:

"Toshiba Laptop w/ Windows 7 & MS Office 10
Sony E Book Reader
2 HP Color Laser Printers
HP Laser Printer
3 or 4 Desktop PC's w/ WIN 7
Collectable Trivia Game (complete)
ACER Laptop PC w/ Win XP & Office 2003
Photo Scanner - for prints & negatives
3 PC headphones - new just not in the box (don't work on Macs)
1 PC Camera in the box
1 brand new book "Organized Family Historian", include CD with forms.
1 Flower shaped pendant (Very, very nice dress jewelry)
1 hardback NY Times Puzzle Dictionary
2 Leather wallets - 1 small & 1 large (women's - lime green)
1 laptop computer bag - (Has Texas Instruments India Conference Logo but bag in great shape)
Many keyboards, mice, & books (Free while they last)" (from Jerry.)

I am excited! I will be there early to help set up tables. The Auction should start shortly after 6:30 p.m. 

Go here to the BGAMUG WEBSITE check out the map to the event. (Just scroll down to see it).

 

Remember, the BGAMUG Computer Club Auction is tomorrow at 6:30! Be there for some GREAT deals!

E. Sheppard
Webmaster, 2012
The BGAMUG Computer Club.

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New items are on the Auction list for BGAMUG! And one item is no longer offered...

Here is the newest update of the official BGAMUG Auction information.

In case you didn't know about it yet, this Auction meeting is coming up on Tuesday, September 25th.

The public is invited!

Here are the latest items. Note that the Visio Tablet is no longer there, but there have been a couple of other items added, such as an Exercise Trampoline and a Maxtor External Hard Drive.

Members bringing items to be donated and auctioned for the club are asked to bring these items before the meeting, between 5 and 6:15.

The meeting itself starts at 6:30.

I hopefully will be attending. It sounds fun!

There is a map on the website showing how to get to the meeting.

 I hope to see you there if you are in the area!

Later,
Betsy
BGAMUG Webmaster, 2012

Download the new issue of BGA-Bytes for September 2012

The new issue of BGA-Bytes is out today.

You can download it at the BGAMUG website here: Download the BGAMUG Newsletter.

We have many back issues there too.

What's neat about these BGAMUG BGA-Bytes Newsletter issues is that they have lots of good computer information and advice there from all over, plus news, stories, and articles from BGAMUG Club members, located in and near Bowling Green, Kentucky.

You will find out more about the upcoming Auction meeting there too.

In case you didn't know about it yet, here is the official up-to-date flyer about the Auction meeting coming up on Tuesday, September 25th that is featured on the website.

There is also a map on the website. Visitors are most welcome!

Later,
Betsy
BGAMUG Webmaster, 2012