Happy New Year from the BGAMUG Computer Club 2013

From the BGAMUG Computer Club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

May you have a GREAT year in 2013.

ES
Webmaster, 2012-13
and Volunteer Part-time Scribe
and Website Helper

The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Here is our BGAMUG Website

Also: Join us on Facebook!

Write for the BGAMUG Blog! It's the Cat's Meow. Really.

Would you like to write for the BGAMUG Blog? 

If you are a member, you may want to talk about your favorite website - - your new Tech gadget, a favorite app, or what you love about surfing the web.

The sky's pretty much the limit. AND you don't have to write a lot. A short and sweet posting is often the cat's meow.

By Cindy McCravey CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Send me an email if you want to contribute every now and then. I'll put you on the Permissions List here.

It might be fun, and great practice for writing your own blog too.

ES
Webmaster, 2012-13
and Volunteer Part-time Scribe
and Website Helper

The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Here is our BGAMUG Website

Also: Join us on Facebook!

Trifid Nebula [M20] by Akarsh Simha on Flickr CC Attribution/Sharealike license.

PS I just ran across a neat app (well, a list of them) and one of them was this neat stargazer app for an iPad. You hold up your iPad and the app finds constellations and shows you the picture! How cool. http://mashable.com/2012/11/18/ipad-apps/

Just hit the forward button at the right, and pretty soon you will come to it. It is #7.

PPS I don't like slideshows as much as a scroll-down article. Just saying. What do you think?

Merry Christmas from the BGAMUG Computer Club! And from Bossie.

The latest version of the BGAMUG News is out today. It is the December, 2012 issue.

My cat Boss Kittie wishes you a great holiday too!

Click here to go to the download page at the BGAMUG Computer Club website.

When you click the link above, the newsletter will download to your computer.

There are some great tips in this issue, as usual.




Have a great holiday, everyone! 

Merry Christmas, Happy Yule and Solstice, and Happy Hanukkah to all our BGAMUG friends and readers!

E. Sheppard
Webmaster, 2012-13
The BGAMUG Computer Club

How far we have come! Old vs. New Computers and more

I love how far computing has come since its invention.

Now everyone can use one if they want to, and they are much simpler to understand.

I can remember using an old Compugraphic system for printing. To make forms, you had to input the parameters. Another machine let you change fonts with filmstrips.

And for one machine, you couldn't just print the output, you made tape which you fed through another machine to get film to use (with a canister holder to keep out the light).

Next year in this area there will be another recycling event for computers. I have a couple of old computers plus printers I will be taking there.

By Marcin Wichary [CC-BY-2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Did you ever play a text game on a computer? They were pretty fun. Did you ever play Pong? I wasn't totally mesmerized by it, I must say, but it was new and made noise and light. So it was neat.

Now with 3D realism technology, games are intricate and spellbinding.

Who knows what advances we will see next?

I personally like the techie glasses that let you watch TV and do other things. I haven't seen one yet, but I think that would be useful.

I also like it that you can watch shows on a digital TV from online. The picture quality on TV's (which sometimes are also computers) really has become outstanding.

What is your favorite computer tech invention? Leave a comment!

ES
Webmaster, 2012-13
and Volunteer Part-time Scribe
and Website Helper

The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Here is our BGAMUG Website

Also: Join us on Facebook!

Have a GREAT holiday 2012!!

A quick note to all my friends at the BGAMUG Computer Club!

A cute Christmas Card via Louis Prang at the Wikimedia site.

Hello, everyone!

Whether you are on our Facebook page, read this blog, or go to our website, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, Great Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, and New Year too.

May Santa bring you everything you want.

Consider joining us for our January meeting, which is on January 22nd, the 4th Tuesday, at the Bowling Green Technical College.

All for now,
Betsy Sheppard
Webmaster, 2012-2013

PS I liked this one too:

Santa Snowglobes via Wikimedia and from Picdrome.com

Who needs to learn more about their computer or smart phone?

It's great how many kinds of computers there are nowadays.

There are notepads, ipads, smart phones, and all kinds of computer-aided devices out there. It's a learning curve, for sure.

If you live in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area, you can learn about your computer and your computer devices at the local BGAMUG Computer Club.

They meet once a month. They have a website, this blog, and a Facebook page too.

Come as a visitor, and you could win a door prize!

E. Sheppard
BGAMUG Webmaster, 2012-13

BGAMUG Computer Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky - it's a place to learn about your computer

The BGAMUG Computer Club is a great place to learn more about your computer, whether you use a PC or a Mac. 

We have fun and free presentations each month. And our location is at the Bowling Green Technical College. You can find a map to the meeting here:

 
Our next BGAMUG Computer Club meeting is on January 22nd, at 6:30 p.m. You are most welcome to come and check it out.

And have a great holiday too.

Santa and some helpers - from Rjcastillo on Flickr - Muñecos San Nicolas

ES
Volunteer Part-time Scribe
and Website Helper

The BGAMUG Computer Club
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Here is our BGAMUG Website

Also: Join us on Facebook!