Hello everyone! Thanks so much to SCORE, DACS, and Constant Contact for coming together for this upcoming event. Here are the details: Date and Time: Saturday, December 12th 8am – 10am The mall opens at 9am this day Features: Product demos from MSFT, Holiday presentation from Robert … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
DACS Board Candidates December 2015
The following DACS members have been nominated for the Board of Directors for 2015-2016. Please show your support by voting at the annual meeting, December 1st, or by volunteering to serve on our Board. Bert Goff (incumbent) — has been the DACS Treasurer and a Board member for the past 2 years; … [Read more...]
November 2015: Apple Monthly Workshop Notes
This month we explored the Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan release. It’s available free from the Mac App Store, and is mostly a refinement of the previous Yosemite release. Split View is similar to the feature on the newest iPads, allowing two full-screen applications to sit side by side on the Mac … [Read more...]
November 2015: Computers in Amateur Radio
Speaker: Mike Walters, W8ZY Computers and ham radio? There is more than a slight connection and Mike Walters showed us that the link is more than just electricity and cool technology, but a synergy that has grown over the years. A couple of times I was wondering where was the line between ham … [Read more...]
November 25th: Social Media Workshop Canceled
The social media workshop scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 25, will not be held because it’s Thanksgiving Eve! The workshop will return at its regular time, the 4th Wednesday of the month, on December 23rd, from 6:30 to 8:00PM in the DACS resource center. For questions, contact workshop session … [Read more...]
Chuck Fizer, Longtime DACS Member Dies
Another DACS member noticed Chuck’s obit in the Ridgefield Press. Chuck and I started the Visual Basic SIG back in 1993 or 4 – I’m not exactly sure – and ran it together for ten years. Chuck continued the SIG for several more years after I moved on to running other SIGs before he moved to … [Read more...]
Board Meeting Minutes, November 4, 2015
The meeting was called to order at 7:18pm by Dick Gingras. In attendance were Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras (President), Bert Goff (Treasurer & Secretary), Lisa Leifels, and Andy Woodruff. Charlie Bovaird was present as a guest for part of the meeting, and the minutes were taken by Richard … [Read more...]
November 19th: Single Board Computer Workshop
This month the Arduino oil tank application continues. We'll adapt the sample code I ran last month to measure a simple distance and write that value to the serial console. If I get far enough before the meeting, we'll look at using the Ethernet shield to put network the Arduino. I had found what I … [Read more...]
November 17th: Video Workshop
We have rescheduled the Video Workshop to third Tuesday this month because of a conflict with Thanksgiving. There will be no workshop in December but we will resume meeting on the 4th Thursday in January and beyond. We will be having some fun Tuesday evening with a mock studio shoot and walk … [Read more...]
Video Workshop Notes – October 2015
Video workshop notes October 22nd: Our first session began with a tour of Charter Communications studio and video production facilities. We then discussed our individual video recording experience, interests and set some meeting topics and activities for future workshops. The tour and much of the … [Read more...]