SENIORNET OF
PUGET SOUND
COMPUTER LEARNING
CENTER NEWS
January
1, 2004, Vol. 5; Issue #1
Mail
Address: PMB 44, 12819 SE 38th St., Bellevue, WA 98006-1326
Voice
Mail: 206-232-5892; Email: senior@seniornetps.org
Classroom
at Phantom Lake Elementary School, Bellevue
For
detailed Information, Class Schedules: www.seniornetps.org
By Helen Hesketh, Interim
Editor
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
JANUARY 6 – KOFFEE
KLATCH
JANUARY 13 – OPEN LAB
ASSISTANCE
JANUARY 20 - MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
JANUARY 27 – OPEN LAB
ASSISTANCE
KOFFEE KLATCH
Tuesday, January 6, at 11:30 am at Crossroads Mall. Time to
come out and share you New Year’s resolutions with your friends! Will not be
rescheduled if it snows.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
SENIORNET OF PUGET SOUND MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tuesday, January 20, at 10:00 am at the Crossroads Community
Center (near Bartells) we will be gathering for our monthly meeting. If you
have a Palm Pilot or any of the latest gadgets, please bring them to share with
our members.
FREE LAB ASSISTANCE CLASSES
The first labs for year 2004 start on Tuesday,
January 13 and 27 from 9:30 am until Noon. Come in work on your class
assignment and get instant answers if you have a problem or bring your
questions or concerns. Our Instructors are available to assist you.
13 WONDERFUL YEARS OF
MEMORIES
Yes,
that’s what Harry Sully gave to our SeniorNet members. On November 28, 2003 at
the “young at heart” age of 83 Harry died peacefully (and I’ll bet with a smile
on his face). We will miss his jovial mischief, his ability to get a project
done (did you know it was because of Harry that we are associated with Phantom
Lake School? and that he dreamed up the Koffee Klatch?), his “devil advocate”
attitude, his laughter and smiles but most of all we will just miss him and his
marvelous personality. In addition, to his active participation in SeniorNet,
he was also heavily involved in the Lions Club right up until the end. One of
his recent loves was remaining active and participating in “Motion Commotion”
in the retirement home where he had recently moved. He was married for 57 years
to his wife, Lois and I’m sure she would love to hear from some of you.
Memorial gifts in his name can be sent to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of
America (www.myasthenia.org).
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SPECIAL NOTICE - ADDED CLASSES
SeniorNet
of Puget Sound has added the following classes to the Winter/Spring 2004
listing. These classes are not in the
current catalog and are available for registration.
Exploring Windows 95/98/ME
– Friday January 9 thru January 23
1:15 – 3:15 – 3 sessions –
Cost $20.00
This class will provide the
student already familiar with Windows 95/98/ME with understanding of more
detailed techniques used to maintain Windows and use it productively. It combines how to information with
practical exercises. The student will
learn to optimize the mouse, keyboard and menu system for usability, run System
Utilities to correct errors and defragment disks, perform Backup and Restore
operations, and install and uninstall applications and operating system
applets.
Prerequisites: Completion of Intro to Windows 95/98/ME or
equivalent.
Using Windows XP – Friday
– January 16 thru February 13 –
10:00 – 12:00 5 sessions –
Cost $30.00
Providing the student
already familiar with Windows XP with understanding of more detailed techniques
used to maintain Windows XP and use it productively. It combines theoretical, how-to-information with practical
exercises. The student will learn to
optimize the mouse, keyboard and menu system for usability, run System
Utilities to correct errors and defragment disks, perform Backup and Restore
operations, and install and uninstall applications.
Prerequisites: Completion of Intro to Windows XP or
equivalent
Call the Voice Mail
206-232-5892 or e-mail
senior@seniornetps.org for further information. Mail your application and funds to address in heading of this
newsletter.
CANCELLED CLASS
The Publishing Projects Class has been cancelled
SOME CLASSES STILL HAVE OPENINGS. CHECK
OUT THE STATUS OF THESE CLASSES ON THE WEBSITE.
REDESIGNED SENIORNET WEBSITE SITE
Visit the newly redesigned website at www.seniornetps.org
Thanks
to Hal Mozer for jumping in, finding software for web design, (he says
it’s easy to use), and then building the website.
WORKSHOPS (further details on the website)
January
30 – 1-3 pm Lake Hills
Library
STOP
THOSE WORMS AND VIRUSES
Presented
by Ken Crandall
February
6 – 1-3 pm Newport Way Library
SHOW
AND TELL FOR ANCIENT COMPUTER ‘STUFF’
Presented
by Bob Balsley & John Wise
February
13 – 1-3 pm Lake Hills Library
Basics
of Burning CDs
Presented
by John Wise
CONVERSIONS FROM OUR WEDNESDAY
WISDOM FRIEND
Do you realize that one second
equals 1.1574074 blinks? You can discover this, and other conversions between
measures of distance, area, volume, weight, temperature, cooking, computer
capacity, and time online at the Conversion Calculator at
http://www.infoplease.com/pages/unitconversion.html
.
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Copyright 2003 by Richard Schenkar, Attorney, Columnist
Phone/Fax: 206-232-2282
CAUTION IN LINKING TO WEBSITES
There are a number of people who are now sending e-mails to
people asking them to link to specific web sites that are included in the
e-mail text. When you click on these links, it appears that you have gone to
the well-known web site (Microsoft, Amazon, or similar site). The address
bar will indicate that you have gone to the correct site, but when you enter
personal data, it will be sent to the individual who has spoofed the web site
and not to the site you thought that you had used.
The following article discusses this problem and how to protect yourself.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/spoof.asp
Submitted
by Ken Crandall
ARE YOU SQUINTING?
ENLARGE THE
TYPE IN YOUR BROWSER
The type on some Web pages is too small to read. You have to
wonder what they were thinking. Anyway, you can enlarge it. In
Internet Explorer, click View-Text Size. For Netscape, hit View-Text Zoom.
Sometimes, type cannot be enlarged because of the coding. You can
often get around this in Internet Explorer. Click Tools-Internet
Options-Accessibility. Select the three boxes under Formatting and
click OK-OK. Now, click View-Text Size.
HI PUGET SOUND SENIORNETTERS:
Looks like the SeniorNet Computer Learning Center of Puget Sound has again made the national print edition of National SeniorNet, as shown below:
(From just-issued national SeniorNet Annual Report,
2002-2003 print edition by SeniorNet Computer Learning Center 12-8-03) Reunited
Cousins
By way of SeniorNet’s print newsletter, Newsline, our web site and Learning
Centers, SeniorNet facilitates, sometimes with unexpected results, the
formation of connections that support older adults’ use of digital technologies
for continuing lifelong learning, personal development and sharing of
experience.
Two long-lost cousins, 3,000 miles apart, who had not seen each other for
almost 45 years, were reunited –by email–thanks to the far reach of SeniorNet,
their shared passion for computers and the closely read SeniorNet newsletter,
Newsline.
Cousin One, a Ph.D. clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, became interested
in the possibilities of the computer for helping seniors develop new
enthusiasms and skills and a greater sense of achievement and growth. (Because
of her clinical work, her name is not being used.) The doctor started working
on her theory as a SeniorNet volunteer and later received a private $2.3
million grant to expand her work.
Cousin Two, Philip R. Scheier, longtime member of the Puget Sound SeniorNet
Learning Center, wrote a profile that was printed in Newsline.
In New York City, while reading her new issue of Newsline, Cousin One saw the
name Scheier. Unsure if this was the cousin she had briefly met so long ago on
the East Coast, she contacted him and the email reunion was on, thanks to
SeniorNet.
Submitted by Phil Scheier
LOVE starts
with a SMILE , grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR.
DON'T cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
Good FRIENDS are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
You can only go as far as you push.
ACTIONS speak louder than words.
The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it.
A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover, HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE.
Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it.
BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us.
When it HURTS to look back, and you're SCARED to look ahead, you can look
beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there.
TRUE FRIENDSHIP "NEVER" ENDS. Friends are FOREVER.
Good friends are like STARS. You don't always see them, but you know they
are ALWAYS THERE.
DON'T frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person
who made you cry?
Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave
footprints in your heart..
Submitted by Betty
Schmeck
