The March general meeting will happen on the regular day, Monday, 16 March, but… the location will be different: we’re meeting at Di-No Computers, 2817 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena; (626) 795-6674.
The Meeting after the Meeting location will also be different in March: Denny’s, 2627 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena.
As previously threatened, the February general meeting was last night. Please do not go to the library on Monday the 17th.
You’ve been warned!
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Intro to eMail class, at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Intro to Internet class, at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
Di-No Computers, in Pasadena, hosts a rotating set of Mac/iPhone/iPad classes on Tuesdays from 2:00p to 3:30p. These classes are all no-cost; feel free to contribute to the tip jar, though, if you feel so moved! The schedule for the next few weeks is as follows:
| 18 February 2020 | Intro to Internet | This class will focus on the basics of browsing and searching the Internet. |
| 25 February 2020 | Intro to eMail | This class will focus on the basics of sending and receiving e-mail. |
Call Jordan at Di-No for further details, including what you should bring with you, etc. You can check out the full schedule here.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
We have confirmed the meeting schedule with the library until the middle of this year. Please note that, as has been the case recently, the January and February meetings are not on the the third Monday, but on the second Monday. We have two other date aberrations to keep track of: the November meeting is on the first Monday and the April meeting is on the second Monday.
| March 2020 | 16th | third Monday |
| April 2020 | 13th | second Monday |
| May 2020 | 18th | third Monday |
| June 2020 | 15th | third Monday |
If not, you missed a gobsmacking Apps & Traps and great presentations on Dropbox and CES.
At Conrad’s, we heard about iCamera lenses, the (a?) Viacom app, iPhone misbehaviors, Star Trek: Picard, Criminal Minds, Terry Bradshaw, USFL, the Industry Hills landfill, BKK, the Manson family, and the Van Nuys drive-in.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
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The meeting will be held in the Donald Wright Auditorium, at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Conrads, 861 E. Walnut St. (at the NW corner of Walnut and Lake).
If not, you missed way too much stuff you need to know about Catalina, and, it turns out, CES was pretty interesting this year.
At Conrad’s, that Monster Energy used to own Hansen (soda), lentil soup, Miller Brewing’s going away from Irwindale, further CES discussions, Apple stock, various burger joints, architecture, Duane Eddy & Rebel Rouser, and Stars Wars movies came up.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
Way back when (when I worked at Sears in Brand Central, the electronics department (in the early 90s)), one of the big selling points for car phones vs hand-held cell phones was that car phones had better coverage because they had more power (6 watts vs 3 watts, IIRC).
And the reason car phones had more power was the handset (yes, they had handsets!) was separate from the body of the phone. And they were safer to use than hand-helds. Another big selling point.
But… are cell phones really bad for us?
Glenn Fleishman posted on that issue today on TidBITS. He starts out:
Can cell phones or Wi-Fi give you cancer? The answer is reasonably definitive: No. That’s equally true for new 5G cellular networks currently being rolled out worldwide, all previous cellular networks, and all versions of Wi-Fi.
Decades of research make it clear that the use of wireless networking, whether through mobile phones or Wi-Fi devices, carries with it no elevated risk for cancers or other diseases in humans. Some studies with rodents have garnered attention, but in a recent much-cited one that delivered a mix of results, some rats lived longer under high exposure to cellular signals than their control group counterparts.
PYBT for the whole article: Worried about 5G and Cancer? Here’s Why Wireless Networks Pose No Known Health Risk. The comments are also interesting.
