First up for this meeting is a presentation/discussion on "Multiple Passwords With A Script" -- about a recent article in Full Circle Magazine written by yours truly. Of course all-things-Linux remains the focus of our group and discussions can change at any time. We continue with those people … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2014
Board Candidates December 2014
The following DACS members have been nominated for the Board of Directors for 2014-2015. Please show your support by voting at the annual meeting, December 3, or by volunteering to serve on our Board. Richard Corzo (incumbent) — Richard Corzo has been a computer programmer for over 35 … [Read more...]
Ask DACS, November 2014
Moderated and reported by Jim Scheef Q – My wife and I are downsizing our home and I have some stuff I no longer have space to store. There are lots of old cables and some vintage MAC software. Is anyone interested? A – No one jumped up, but there are people who are interested in vintage … [Read more...]
President’s Column December 2014
Annual meeting - There are five openings on the board to fill this year that require your vote at our general meeting on Tuesday, December 2nd. Coincidently there are 5 candidates. A voice vote will be held at approximately 7:45pm. The candidates are: Richard Corzo (incumbent) Dick Gingras … [Read more...]
OS X Yosemite, Apple SIG November 2014
We took OS X Yosemite for a spin at the November meeting. It’s a free upgrade from OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later (Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks). It looks quite nice with new fonts and a flatter, more streamlined look similar to iOS 7 and 8 including translucency effects. There have been … [Read more...]
DACS Board Minutes for Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Called to Order: 7:20PM Attending: Dick Gingras, Bruce Preston, Richard Corzo, Jim Scheef, Andy Woodruff, Lisa Leifels, Bert Goff Guest: Cathy Quaranta Minutes of Last Meeting: Accepted Treasurer Report Balance on hand 10/1/2014 $3,441.92 … [Read more...]
Secure Digital Communications – Bruce Preston
DACS guru Bruce Preston was our presenter at the November 2014 general meeting on the topic of secure digital communications. He covered a lot of technical content but made it accessible by relating it to historical and current use of the technology for encrypting data. First he got some … [Read more...]
An Overview of 3D Printing, 3D Printers, and Design Software
Presenter: Julia Truchsess Date: Tuesday, December 2, 7 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Auditorium by Andy Woodruff Would you like to see a 3D printer in action? Or perhaps you have already seen demonstrations … would you like to hear about 3D printer models and prices and review comments? … [Read more...]
Upcoming Linux SIG – November 19th
We'll meet and continue with the discussion about 'shellshock' fixes and after effects as they apply to Ubuntu and OS X 10.9.5. A quick look will be made of the Bash utility 'menu'. For those interested, we'll continue with those users migrating their computers from Windows XP to Ubuntu 14.04 or … [Read more...]