COMPUTER CLUB MEETS TOMMOROW AT 1:00PM
RON THOMAS
THE computer club meets tommorow. This will be just an informal gathering to test the waters and see what ideas can be exchanged in a coffee drinking , popcorn eating environment. I hope we resist the gavel and president thing and just meet as interested friends helping one another enjoy the computing experience.
Formal classes in stuff that interests a group can be talked about but this will not be that. One person told me they won't come because they can't learn anything with out seeing it. Well, I'm hoping that those of you who have laptops will bring them so points can be illustrated.
One thing I'm hoping to see us talk about is a way to acquire high speed internet installed in the clubhouse. If we can do that then we can work on getting a LAN set up. (LOCAL AREA NETWORK) With a LAN we can connect all private computers and all clubhouse computers together so that they can share the one high speed internet connection and be on the internet simultaneously and go wherever they want on the internet independant of each other. In addition each of the LAN connected computers can share the same printer and can have print jobs lined up (this is called a que=pronounced Q). The TV in the book reading area can be hooked to the LAN and it can display any LAN connected computer's pictures and music albumns. The music from the computer then can be played over the high fidelity system of the TV.
We can talk about neat free downloads we know about such as PICASA. The problems we have been having with our computers. Learn computer jargon so we can talk to our grandkids on the same wavelength... be a hip Grandma so to speak. We can talk about computer repairs we know about. You see ... we will just be sharing information and if everything works well we will all be yaking in different conversations about what we know and what we want to know... For me this sounds like fun. If it does to you too don't be intimidated by being a beginner. There is nothing one who knows something enjoys more than showing it to someone else who doesn't.
Consider this... When we were all children folks used to walk by on the sidewalk and chat with their neighbors and kids played well into the evening on front and back lawns. When our generation grew older there was no time for this. We had to make a living and were tired at the end of our 12 to 16 hour days. That took a toll on just neighborily visiting. Now folks say they want to be left alone to do their own thing. Well I don't and some folks are like me we thirst for that time when neighbor visited neighbor and talked about..... about .... stuff. Be involved find an activity that you like and start a club today.
THE computer club meets tommorow. This will be just an informal gathering to test the waters and see what ideas can be exchanged in a coffee drinking , popcorn eating environment. I hope we resist the gavel and president thing and just meet as interested friends helping one another enjoy the computing experience.
Formal classes in stuff that interests a group can be talked about but this will not be that. One person told me they won't come because they can't learn anything with out seeing it. Well, I'm hoping that those of you who have laptops will bring them so points can be illustrated.
One thing I'm hoping to see us talk about is a way to acquire high speed internet installed in the clubhouse. If we can do that then we can work on getting a LAN set up. (LOCAL AREA NETWORK) With a LAN we can connect all private computers and all clubhouse computers together so that they can share the one high speed internet connection and be on the internet simultaneously and go wherever they want on the internet independant of each other. In addition each of the LAN connected computers can share the same printer and can have print jobs lined up (this is called a que=pronounced Q). The TV in the book reading area can be hooked to the LAN and it can display any LAN connected computer's pictures and music albumns. The music from the computer then can be played over the high fidelity system of the TV.
We can talk about neat free downloads we know about such as PICASA. The problems we have been having with our computers. Learn computer jargon so we can talk to our grandkids on the same wavelength... be a hip Grandma so to speak. We can talk about computer repairs we know about. You see ... we will just be sharing information and if everything works well we will all be yaking in different conversations about what we know and what we want to know... For me this sounds like fun. If it does to you too don't be intimidated by being a beginner. There is nothing one who knows something enjoys more than showing it to someone else who doesn't.
Consider this... When we were all children folks used to walk by on the sidewalk and chat with their neighbors and kids played well into the evening on front and back lawns. When our generation grew older there was no time for this. We had to make a living and were tired at the end of our 12 to 16 hour days. That took a toll on just neighborily visiting. Now folks say they want to be left alone to do their own thing. Well I don't and some folks are like me we thirst for that time when neighbor visited neighbor and talked about..... about .... stuff. Be involved find an activity that you like and start a club today.
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