In this edition of NOOZ: 1. POSSIBLE Advertising in Your Newsletter 2. APCUG Member Groups Appreciate Their Volunteers 3. 2017 Q2 Reports 4. Spring VTC Reminder – May 6 1. POSSIBLE Advertising for Your Newsletter APCUG does not endorse this product but is just passing the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2017
Voice For Joanie, Inc. and “Give Local” Fundraising 4/25 & 4/26, 2017
Voice For Joanie, Inc. has joined the "Give Local" fundraising program to collect donations so we can continue to carry out our mission to provide adaptive communication equipment at no charge to victims of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), commonly know as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Give … [Read more...]
APCUG 2017 Spring Virtual Technology Conference (VTC24)
Attend the FREE conference from the convenience of your own home! All you need is your computer, tablet, etc. and Internet access. Register at: https://apcug-spring-2017-vtc.eventbrite.com The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions … [Read more...]
April 2017 General Meeting: Full-Stack WAMP Development
DACS took a deep dive into website programming at the April General Meeting - no holds barred! Dan O'Connor gave us an in-depth view of the tools he uses to develop interactive web applications. This field is literally an alphabet soup of acronyms - Dan helped us a lot to make sense of them. The … [Read more...]
DACS Board Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, March 8, 2017 (corrected)
The meeting was called to order at 7:10pm by the DACS President, Dave Green. In attendance were board members Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras, Bert Goff (Secretary & Treasurer), Dave Green (President), and Andy Woodruff. The minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale. (Names in italics denote … [Read more...]
DACS Board Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, April 5, 2017
The meeting was called to order at 7:07pm by the DACS President, Dave Green. In attendance were Board members Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras, Bert Goff (Secretary & Treasurer), Dave Green (President), and Andy Woodruff. The minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale. Two members of DACS were present … [Read more...]
April 18, Web Design Workshop: Email Obfuscation
At this meeting we’ll take a look at strategies to protect email addresses placed on websites from email-harvesting robots who troll the internet looking for vulnerable addresses visible in web page code. How does this work, and what can be done to “obfuscate” the email address (but still remain … [Read more...]
Your Home Router may be Vulnerable – Again!
The Internet of Things is striking once again, or more accurately, the IoT is being exploited again for nefarious purposes. The Bad Guys (yes, them again) have taken a reported vulnerability in many home routers and turned it into massive botnets. This article includes a test to see if your router … [Read more...]
May 2017 Preview: Drones and Their Future
Meeting Preview: Drones and Their Future with John Gallagher of Hobby Hangout Date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 7:30 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Auditorium By Bert Goff DACS is pleased to have John E. Gallagher, owner of Unmanned Aircraft, LLC and The Hobby Hangout, LLC, speak to us about drones, … [Read more...]
Linux Workshop for April 19th
This month's workshop will begin at 7:30 pm. Our workshop features discussions and demonstrations of software and hardware as they relate to Linux. Issues of privacy, encryption, security and fixing bugs on our Linux systems tend to come up in the discussions. We also discuss comparisons and … [Read more...]