Past Meetings (most recent first):
Aug 28, 2010 -
Schaumburg Township District Library
Meeting begins at 10:00 am.
Speaker: Ben or Mike
Topic: Extended Random Access
A popular "all Random Access (Question & Answer)" meeting.
Please contact Sid Bratkovich to volunteer to speak or with program suggestions.
Jul 31, 2010 -
Schaumburg Township District Library
Meeting begins at 10:00 am.
Speaker: Ben or Mike
Topic: Extended Random Access
A popular "all Random Access (Question & Answer)" meeting.
Please contact Sid Bratkovich to volunteer to speak or with program suggestions.
Jun 26, 2010 -
Schaumburg Township District Library
Sorry, South-siders!
Speaker: David Jewell
Topic: Why a Mac?
Document: Presentation slides [3.9MB PDF]
Many Macs perform in PC environments. In fact, 53% of businesses that
use Macs also use PCs. If your business has a PC, why would you also
want a Mac? What do Macs offer that add benefits and make an investment
in additional hardware and another OS worthwhile?
Presentation items will include (in no particular order):
Current Macs use Intel processors, are Unix "under the hood"
Transition aids (from Win to Mac)
Closed systems: Apple as sole hardware source
Lack of backward compatibility with earlier Macs
"Macs are more expensive than Windows machines"
Compatibility with Windows systems, servers, and Exchange
The Speaker:
David Jewell works at Apple's Deer Park store, helping customers who
use their computers, mobile phones, pods, and pads in their work. He's
been with Apple for six years, and has used personal computers --
including
Apple's -- since 1985.
In addition to his background as a computer user, David has worked for
ComEd, Peoples Energy, and has owned a publishing company.
His history includes thirteen years facilitating organizational change,
twenty-five years in theatre, a Web store experiment, and working as a
typesetter, a union carpenter, and a U.S. Army Signal Corps officer.
He is an Eagle Scout.
May 29, 2010 -
Schaumburg Township District Library
Meeting begins at 10:00 am.
Speaker: Ben or Mike
Topic: Extended Random Access
A popular "all Random Access (Question & Answer)" meeting.
Please contact Sid Bratkovich to volunteer to speak or with program suggestions.
Apr 24, 2010 -
Bucktown-Wicker Park Chicago Public Library
New location!
Speaker: Conrad Weisert
Topic: Design Patterns and Beyond for Numeric Objects
Document: Conrad Weisert: Object-Oriented Computation in C++ and Java
Despite early expectations, the use of object-oriented programming (OOP) for
computation has declined in the past decade, due largely to:
Emphasis in OOP courses and textbooks on user-interfaces and
containers rather than application-domain objects.
Misinformation in textbooks and articles about operator
overloading and other essential tools.
Growing popularity of Java.
Instead of using modern OOP languages to build Fortran-like programs,
we should
exploit OOP to build robust programs that:
simplify interactions among different numeric types ,
eliminate opportunities for many kinds of program bug,
model physical systems at a level close to the application.
Conrad Weisert will explore the common shortcomings of today's
computational programming and will show examples from his recent book
that illustrate common reusable design patterns for modeling the external world.
Easy-to-understand examples will be shown in C++ and Java, but will not depend on knowledge
of either programming language.
The Speaker:
Conrad Weisert has been using and teaching C++ for two decades,
and is an enthusiastic advocate of OOP. His recent book, Object
Oriented Computation in C++ and Java
Mar 27, 2010 -
Schaumburg Township District Library
Meeting begins at 10:00 am.
Speaker: Ward Christensen
Topic: WIKIs
Document: APCU Wiki
Quoting Ward:
I have put up the APCU WIKI:
http://WardsDiskSpace.com/pmwikitest/apcu/
and can discuss it, etc.
I decided to put together this Wiki in Feb 2010 as a way for us all to have a place to see [APCU meeting] notes anyone might have taken.
I'm no "expert" but it is an interesting way to put up a web page - or
host one on your own machine for your own use -- or email it to friends,
customers, etc.
As a homework assignment anyone can browse the web for "Wiki on a stick"
or "WOAS" and grab one for themselves - a 1-html-file-wiki.
Feb 27, 2010 -
Elk Grove Village Bank
Sorry, South-siders!
Speaker: Ben or Mike
Topic: Extended Random Access
A popular "all Random Access (Question & Answer)" meeting.
Please contact Sid Bratkovich to volunteer to speak or with program suggestions.
Jan 30, 2010 -
Schaumburg Township District Library
New location! Meeting begins at 10:00 am.
Speaker: Ben or Mike
Topic: Extended Random Access
A popular "all Random Access (Question & Answer)" meeting.
Dec 19, 2009 -
Toscana (Restaurant) : 4907 Oakton St, Skokie
Not a last Saturday! Meeting begins at 10:00 am. This is our annual holiday meeting and election of officers.(R.S.V.P. required.)
Speaker: TBA
Topic:
Gala Xmas luncheon and election of officers
Schedule:
10:00 -
11:00
We're still looking for a speaker! Any
volunteers?
11:00 -
11:30
Club business (election)
11:30 -
3:00
Lunch, schmoozing
Price:
Members in good standing have already paid for lunch.
Guests pay $20 each for lunch.
In either case, contact Ben Weaver with your reservations no later than
December 11 .
By e-mail: Ben Weaver
Nov 21, 2009 -
Elk Grove Village Bank
Not a last Saturday!
Speaker: Ben or Mike
Topic: Extended Random Access
A popular "all Random Access (Question & Answer)" meeting.
Oct 31, 2009 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: John Donahue
Topic: Everything you always wanted to know about RAID
but didn't know enough to ask
Document: John's Powerpoint slides (669k)
Webopedia says:
RAID is short for R edundant A rray
of I ndependent (or I nexpensive) D isks,
a category of disk drives that employ
two or more drives in combination for
fault tolerance and performance. . .
Long time APCU member and past presenter John Donahue
will share his knowledge and experience working with RAIDs.
If anyone wants to send him questions in advance he will
attempt to answer them during his presentation. His e-mail is:
Sep 26, 2009 -
Elk Grove Village Bank
NEW LOCATION!
Video: Fifth in the Discovery series (science).
Speaker: Sidney Bratkovich
Topic: Windows 7: Tips, Tricks, Traps and Hacks
The retail version of Windows 7 is scheduled for release
on October 22, however leaked versions have been available for
download on BitTorrent since the beginning of the year, and select
Microsoft partners have had beta versions even longer.
At the September meeting, Sid and other APCU members will
share their experiences with this latest Microsoft
operating system.
Aug 29, 2009 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Clyde Forrester
Topic: "Hello" ...and Beyond
The "Hello" program is usually the minimal amount of coding required to
determine if a compiler has been properly installed. It is also the
first task to accomplish when learning a new computer language.
Clyde Forrester will show "Hello" programs in a whole slew of computer
languages, and present some lessons learned from them. He will go on to
show some other fundamental programming exercises in many of those
languages. These exercises generally relate to strengths and features of
a particular computer language.
Jul 25, 2009 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Ben or Mike
Topic: Extended Random Access
A popular "all Random Access (Question & Answer)" meeting.
May 30, 2009 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Panel: Hugo Hsiung and Ben Weaver
Topic: The Computer(s) in your Automobile
Hugo and Ben share what they have learned about the embedded systems in modern automobiles.
Apr 25, 2009 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Mike Warot
Topic: Virtualizing the other servers
Mike says:
"We've got a lot of miscellaneous things going on, and I'll be
discussing how VMware allowed me to get rid of physical boxes
and condense things down to reasonable size."
" . . . and I'll have some
other time fillers."
Mar 28, 2009 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Panel: Roy Lipscomb, Lee Ruttenberg and ?
Topic: The Digital TV Tuner Crisis
Our volunteer experts will share what they've learned and answer
questions about the current transition from analog to
digital television.
Feb 28, 2009 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Charlie Dobey
Topic: Trading as a Business
This is not a product demo.
This is not an INVESTMENT seminar.
This will be a window into the activities of an active intra-day trader not an investor.
I will present one of my trading strategies used on the DJ mini futures contract.
Who am I?
former member of the Chicago Board of Trade
actively traded my own account for 20 years
currently conducting my trading operation from my home office.
Dec 20, 2008 -
Reza's (north) : 5255 N. Clark, Chicago
Not a last Saturday! Meeting begins at 10:00 am. This is our annual holiday meeting and election of officers.(R.S.V.P. required.)
Speaker: XMAS GALA - John Chapman
Topic:
Everyone is Entitled to my Opinion
Document: PDF of John's talk here
Topic Outline:
Thoughts about technology
Schedule:
10:00 -
11:00
John's presentation
11:00 -
11:30
Club business (election)
11:30 -
3:00
Lunch, schmoozing
Parking:
Andersonville is heavily metered. As we recall, street parking is
the only option. There's often parking on the side street to the
north of the restaurant.
Price:
Members in good standing have already paid for lunch.
Guests pay $20 each for lunch.
In either case, contact Ben Weaver with your reservations no later than
December 12 .
By e-mail: Bennett Weaver
Nov 29, 2008 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Panel: Ben W., Sid B., Neal S.
Topic: Firefox Add-ons
Panel members will describe and discuss Firefox add-ons
that they find especially useful.
Sep 27, 2008 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Bennett Weaver
Topic: An Intro to Web Style Sheets and Web Page Manipulation - Using Style
Sheets and JavaScript to Solve a Web Page Configuration Problem
Ben Weaver is a long time member of APCU. For the past several years
he has been the usual moderator for Random Access portions of the
monthly club meetings.
Mar 22, 2008 -
Wilmette Public Library
NOT A LAST SATURDAY!
Speaker: Ward Christensen
Topic: FreeMind - free mind mapping software
Freemind is a wonderful graphical outline program, available from
SourceForge :
FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link" operations.
So you want to write a completely new metaphysics? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to refactor your essays in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal knowledge base, which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to prioritize, know where you are, where you've been and where you are heading, as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?
Complete article
at sourceforge.net.
Dec 15, 2007 -
Kabul House ,
3320 W. Dempster St, Skokie, IL
Not a last Saturday! Meeting begins at 11:00 am. This is our annual holiday meeting and election of officers.
Speaker: None
Topic: Elections and Lunch
The restaurant is just west of McCormick Blvd.
Schedule:
11:00 -
11:30
Club business (election)
11:30 -
3:00
Lunch, schmoozing
Price:
Members in good standing have already paid for lunch.
Guests pay $15 each for lunch.
In either case, contact Ben Weaver with your reservations no later than
December 12.
By e-mail: Bennett Weaver
Nov 24, 2007 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Ward Christensen
Topic: AUTO-it: Windows Scripting Language
Yes, it is free.
AutoIT, which is either AUTO I.T. (Information Technology) or AUTO-it (it =
some task) - is a tool for automating tasks within windows.
AutoIT is a scripting language, capable of interacting with windows, files,
directories, the mouse, keyboard, even the internet.
Ward for example has a "close these windows" script for some pop-up ads,
extra cmd.com's left over by Kedit launching external apps, an annoying
"PDA Sync" that pops up every hour when your phone isn't connected, etc.
Another example is a restartable FTP transfer that keeps dropping. Ward's
AutoIT script "keep FTP going" monitors for the "Confirm restarting?"
window, and presses a "Y", and logs in its window, how many restarts have
been done.
Perhaps the best thing about AutoIT is that you can write "real" Windows
programs, (either scripts or stand alone executables) that present a window
capable of most of the familiar "widgets" from radio buttons, progress
bars, input fields, sliders, animated GIFs, images, resizeability (an
advanced topic in itself), etc. As a result, you can learn the concepts of
windows programming(*) in a friendly scriptable language.
Sep 29, 2007 -
Wilmette Public Library
Video: The History of One
Speaker: Sid Bratkovich
Topic: Virtualization - What's it good for?
Using QEMU, testing new software without affecting existing operating system, learning new operating systems
Aug 25, 2007 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Charlie Dobey
Topic: New Developments in the Money-Making Business
Charlie will fill us in on how, over the years, the sophistication of web sites and of local software has made trading much less of a hassle than it used to be.
Jul 28, 2007 -
Wilmette Public Library
Video: Sid's description: It will include one of the best demonstrations of
programming that you will ever see. And, no, I am not exaggerating. If
you thought you understood programming you really need to see this
segment.
Speaker: Sid Bratkovich
Topic: Privacy Self-Defense- Pros and Cons
1) Basic terminology, 2) Programs and Techniques, 3) Discussion of practicalities and tradeoffs, 4) Your ideas
May 19, 2007 -
Wilmette Public Library
Not a last Saturday!
Speaker: TBA
Topic: To be determined . . .
We're hoping to get a speaker who can
talk on video conversion technologies. The topic was
prompted by a vendor
(M2 Solutions )
sending us some freebies to give away.
More details at the meeting.
Apr 28, 2007 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: John Chapman
Topic: Get on the Stick - A Road Warrior's Guide to replacing your laptop with a USB memory stick
Document: Pdf from John's talk.
Document: Print version of pdf from John's talk.
Are you used to traveling with a laptop? How will you manage if you must travel without one? Recent security problems sugget that restrictions on carry-on electronics may obstruct laptop use in the future.
This session will offer tool suggestions, structure, and specific tips for traveling with a USB portable application environment instead of a Windows laptop.
Mar 17, 2007 -
Wilmette Public Library
DATE CHANGED...AND...Not a last Saturday!
Speaker: John Wilhelmi
Topic: Content and Control in Modern AV Systems
John will discuss modern content and control methodologies that are prevalent in today's AV systems. He’ll also discuss why the pc computer industry (led by Microsoft) has succumbed to the AV industry and is no longer dominant.
John Wilhelmi, CTS is a software developer for the AV industry and specializes in custom systems used in academic, commercial, and governmental settings
Feb 24, 2007 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Marilyn Justman and Chuck Goldstein
Topic: How APCU communicates
Everything you wanted to know about our web site (including its recent redesign), Ward's forum and chat space, our Yahoo email system. Are we getting the maximum benefits we could from each?
Dec 16, 2006 -
Wilmette Public Library
Not a last Saturday! Meeting begins at 9:00 am. This is also our annual holiday lunch and election of officers.
Speaker: John Chapman (Cooperative Processes)
Topic: Road Warrior Self Defense: Tuning and protecting your laptop
Document: Index to downloadables
A major issue with mobile computing is the performance and maintenance, from
both hardware and software perspectives, of your laptop. The speaker will
discuss and demonstrate various tools and techniques you can use to
improve the performance of your laptop, as well as strategies to maintain it
and protect it on the road. And at the end, a few words on how to get along
when you can't take your laptop, and/or some laptop performance tips.
Nov 18, 2006 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Special November Meeting Speaker: Ward, Ben and Sid
Topic: Videos and Random Access
Ward, Ben and Sid will lead discussion centered on favorite sites & favorite utilities,
with emphasis on managing hard disks, "small" boxes,
and remote access.
Oct 28, 2006 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Marilyn, Clyde, Chuck, Lee, Alan M.
Topic: Linux Panel
Five of our own "experts" who have used or are using Linux will compare notes on what they use it for, what versions each uses and why and similar questions. Audience questions will be entertained.
Sep 30, 2006 -
Wilmette Public Library
YOM KIPPUR STARTS AFTERWARDS!
Speaker: Howard Fosdick, Pres FCI
Topic: REXX Scripting
Document: Learn Rexx with Others
Howard Fosdick is a local DBA consultant. He was Founder and past Pres, IDUG and MDUG, and is the author of 'Rexx Programmers Reference'
Aug 26, 2006 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Clyde Forester and Chuck Goldstein
Topic: Command Line Solutions (for graphic desktop systems)
Clyde and Chuck are both dedicated command line users, and solvers of tricky problems. All of us who remember ONCE being able to do some of these tricks will appreciate the refresher course.
Jun 24, 2006 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Alan Sobel
Topic: Update on Display Technology
Document: Alan's Power Point Presentation (COMING!)
Intense competition is driving prices down and performance up in all segments: LCDs, plasma panels (PDPs), projectors, and CRTs. Newer technologies are beginning to appear: organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), field-emission displays (FEDs). LEDs and lasers are becoming real for projection displays, including microprojectors.
All of this is good for consumers and not so good for the battling producers.
This will be a brief survey of the technologies, their strong points, and their (current) limitations, as updated at the recent Society for Information Display clambake.
BIO Alan Sobel has been working on various aspects of display-device and display-system technologies since the late Miocene and has seen many good-looking ideas come and go. He has reported on these for APCU and in other publications over the years.
May 20, 2006 -
Wilmette Public Library
Not a last Saturday!
Speaker: Andrew Arbetter
Topic: Digitizing Sound - What's State of the Art?
Andrew is a recording engineer at Studiomedia Recording Co. in Evanston, an instructor for Columbia College...and a musician in his own right!
Apr 29, 2006 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Bob Fruit, Six Sigma Black Belt Holder
Topic: Six Sigma Quality: What is it?
Document: Six Sigma Lesson (Powerpoint)
Six Sigma is an industrial quality standard. (see website at: www.isixsigma.com/sixsigma/six_sigma.asp for background). Bob Fruit holds a Black Belt, and travels, training others on the standard. Prepare to be educated!
Mar 18, 2006 -
Wilmette Public Library
Not a last Saturday!
Speaker: Dave Knutson, Deputy Laboratory Director, Chicago Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory
Topic: Computer Forensics: Tips and Tricks
Been watching too much CSI on TV? This is the real thing! The Chicago RCFL is a one-stop, full service forensics laboratory and
training center devoted entirely to the examination of digital evidence in support of criminal investigations, such as terrorism, child pornography, crimes of violence, theft or destruction of intellectual property, internet crime, and fraud.
Feb 25, 2006 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Topic: The State of the Art of Garage Virtual Reality
Alan will discuss display devices, input, and stereoscopic
techniques. He will also describe how to build your own VR
system from spare (or not-so-spare) parts, for relatively
little money.
Jan 21, 2006 -
Wilmette Public Library
Not a last Saturday!
Speaker: Sid Bratkovich
Topic: Consumer Electronics Show Report
Sid will show and tell about the gadgets that caught his eye at CES.
Dec 17, 2005 -
Wilmette Public Library
Special Holiday Meeting (Lunch will be served AT THE LIBRARY).
Topic: The Fifth Medium
How software is simply the most recent of the knowledge storage media available to the human race (the only presentation on software that includes a collection of Paleolithic hand axes and spear points).
For bio see: Armour's bio
Nov 26, 2005 - On your PC
Time: 10:00 am
Speaker: APCU Members
Topic: Experimental "Virtual Meeting"
This is our first attempt at conducting a meeting
using an HTTP based chat server. Attendance is
for APCU members only .
Oct 29, 2005 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Alan Sobel
Topic: UPDATE ON DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Document: Alan's Power Point Presentation
Intense competition is driving prices down and performance up in all segments: LCDs, plasma panels (PDPs), projectors, and CRTs. Newer technologies are beginning to appear: organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), field-emission displays (FEDs). All of this is good for consumers and not so good for the battling producers.
This will be a brief survey of the technologies, their strong points, and their (current) limitations.
BIO Alan Sobel has been working on various aspects of display-device and -system technologies since the late Miocene and has seen many good-looking ideas come and go. He has reported on these for APCU and in other publications over the years.
Sep 24, 2005 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Clyde Forrester
Topic: 4 HTML Editors
Document: Clyde's Slides
Clyde will contrast and compare 4 marked text editors that are in the public domain-- Amaya, Arachnophilia, Nvu, and PageBreeze.
Jul 30, 2005 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Allan Wolff
Topic: Run Windows Safely as User with Least Privileges
Long time apcu member Allan Wolf has recently been involved in many coding adventures, and new user groups. He has an ongoing blog at awdev.blogspot.com where he discusses .NET and Windows issues.
Allan notes that many of us who run XP, do so as administrator by default, thereby exposing the sensitive guts of our systems unnecessarily. This month, he'll review the configuration settings necessary to to run XP as a non-privileged user.
May 28, 2005 -
Wilmette Public Library
Special TIME. After LUNCH at CJ Arthur's at noon, meeting begins at 1:00 pm.
Speaker: Conrad Weisert
Topic: UML: "Unified Modeling" or "Unstructured Muddling" Language?
Document: UML: Unified Modeling
The UML is enjoying growing acceptance among I.S. professionals as the preferred set of tools for "analysis and design". It is being endorsed and publicized by leading writers and teachers. It has been blessed as a standard for system modeling by the Object Management Group (OMG). It is assumed to fit especially well with object-oriented techniques. Therefore, any organization involved with systems analysis must recognize the importance of UML and choose:
to embrace it as the main components of its systems analysis methodology,
to reject it in favor of some well-defined practical alternative, or
to integrate selectively the UML's best features into an established mainstream systems analysis methodology.
Packaged with the UML are two non-object-oriented methodology components: use cases and the so-called "Unified Process" life cycle.
Conrad Weisert will examine critically the strengths and weaknesses of UML in comparison with other approaches to systems analysis, emphasizing its suitability for capturing and organizing user requirements and documenting a rigorous system specification. He will offer guidelines for making choices.
Apr 30, 2005 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: John Donahue and Bennett Weaver
Topic: What is Internet P2P file sharing and what are programs like eDonkey, eMule,
BitTorrent, Kazaa
Document: P2P (Power Point)
Peer to Peer (or P2P) is the Internet's amazing and fastest growing method
to get and share files of all types and sizes and already provides an enormous variety of content. The speakers will discuss the principles that
make it work, the client software that is available, how you can get started
using P2P, and what are the risks.
Mar 26, 2005 -
Wilmette Public Library
Special TIME. After LUNCH at CJ Arthur's at noon, meeting begins at 1:00 pm.
Speaker: Mike Warot
Topic: PGP update
Document: Mike's notes on Random Access AND his notes for the talk
Mike will be discussing the high price of PGP, and the arbitrary policies that apply to users who happen to have a Microsoft Exchange account. He'll also demostrate the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG), how it works (and doesn't) with Microsoft Outlook. He's also hoping to explore how Eudora interoperates with PGP.
Jan 29, 2005 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Prof. Joe Hummel, Lake Forest College
Topic: An Introduction to .NET and ASP.NET
Document: 2 similar talks, plus demos (4M DL, 11M expanded)
Joe Hummel is an associate professor of Computer Science at Lake Forest College, a professional trainer of .NET for Barracuda.NET, and an avid sailor. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, and has been consulting on Microsoft technologies since 1993. He really enjoys webcast training, and is the author of the highly-regarded 15-part series 'Modern Software Development in .NET using Visual Basic'.
Joe is a co-author of two books on Visual Basic, his most recent written with Ted Pattison entitled 'Building Applications and Components with Visual Basic .NET'. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, newly-adopted daughter, dog, and boat.
Dec 18, 2004 -
Rosal's Restaurant Not a last Saturday! Meeting begins at 10:00 am. This is also our annual meeting and election of officers.
Speaker: John Donahue
Topic: Satellite communications: How a major oil company uses
it to connect its retail sites
Nov 27, 2004 -
Wilmette Public Library
Special November Meeting Video: Laura Chappel on Network tricks and tips
Speaker: Sid Bratkovich
Topic: TCP/IP Security - all Laura Chappel videos
This specially scheduled meeting is an extended training session continuing the TCP/IP Security presentation we saw in August.
Oct 30, 2004 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Video: Photoshop (4 x 15-min "teaches")
Speaker: Mike Warot and Chuck Goldstein
Topic: IPCOP, Firewalls, and remote access
Sep 18, 2004 -
Wilmette Public Library
NOT a LAST Saturday Speaker: Harv Millman
Topic: Title: Microsoft Word -- Tips, Tricks, and Traps
M$ Word tries to be all things to all people, but
is actually master of none. This presentation will discuss
Word features you'll want to take advantage of, some that
might be useful to you, and some you'll want to avoid like
the plague. The presentation will be Web-based, and will be
available on a Web site for review afterward. It will
include useful links to augment the presentation.
Jul 24, 2004 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Prof. Carol Davids, IIT-Rice
Topic: Telephone Service as an Application
Document: VoIP_References.doc
Prof. Davids will explain how the VOIP systems work
at a technical level, and will lead us through the
details of the trace data she and her students at IIT
collected in a semester long experiment to
build...and break..two systems.
May 29, 2004 -
Wilmette Public Library
Speaker: Sid Bratkovich
Topic: VOIP
Replacement for Ninad and Dennis, students at IIT's Rice campus, where they've recently built a VOIP test lab, using both Cisco and a web-service structures.
Apr 24, 2004 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Speaker: Justine Gotshall and Jamie Rubin, lawyers at Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP, specializing in privacy, spam laws and related issues
Topic: Privacy, Copyright and Spam laws
Privacy and security . She will do an overview of the legal status of privacy and security issues.
She will also cover copyright issues as they concern both users and creators (especially of software).
if there is time will address the Can-Spam legislation.
Mar 20, 2004 -
Wilmette Public Library
This meeting will end at 12 noon promptly!
Speaker: Marilyn Justman
Topic: History of Communications
Document: histcommunication.pdf
Marilyn will reprise the talk she recently delivered to the Rockford STC group. The accompanying timeline shows how virtually ALL the developments in science, philosophy, ETC. since Gutenberg have come together to create today's communication devices and culture. There'll be plenty of opportunities for contributions from the crowd of additional 'landmarks' -- thus we can all do our nostalgia thing. There may also be a few surprises!
Feb 28, 2004 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
Roy will share his research (and, most likely, his enlightened opinions on developments in the electronic voting machine area.
Speaker: Roy Lipscomb
Topic: Computers' Contribution to Democracy?--Voting Automation
Jan 31, 2004 -
HARPER COLLEGE <-- See
SEE DETAILS
Speaker: Bratkovich & The Gang
Topic: CES
TOYS, ToYS, TOYS! What you got for Xmas -- or didn't get -- whether you needed it or not. Our annual review of the shiny, flashy, cutesy things somebody else wants us to buy....
Dec 13, 2003 -
U of C Bio Learning Center (BSLC)
NOT a LAST Saturday - Special Time: 11:00 am (Lunch will be at another location following.)Speaker: John Chapman
Topic: XP: Protecting yourself
Document: get links here
Windows XP self-defense, with a
few "Necessary" and a few "Favorite" tweaks and tools
included.
A version of this month's entry suitable for
cellular / PDA wireless access can be found at
<http://apcu.org/wap/ >.
Caution : Your cellular provider might apply additional charges for internet access.
Hours:
Instructional videos from a variety of sources often open the meeting at 9:00 am.
Random Access , an open exchange of questions, answers, and opinions follow.
After business and break, formal program starts at about 11:00 am and continues until lunch.
Discussions traditionally continue at a congenial eatery.Locations: Vendors note: If
you have a technology which you believe would be of interest
to our membership, and would like to address our group,
we'd like to hear from you. Please send email and you'll
hear back almost immediately. This is the one place you
can get a FREE LUNCH, and an intelligent, probing audience.
Except for future business, that is all we are prepared
to pay! Click here to send us a note: Vendor2APCU
