The Philadelphia Area Computer Society meets monthly at the Giant Food Store in Willow Grove, PA. PACS is a computer user group where members fix problems, share knowledge, and learn from each other. All platforms and levels of experience are supported. Guests are welcome to attend.

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Doug Wolff of Joe's Train Station speaks at the March 2012 main meeting on "Computers Meet Model Railroading"

NEXT MEETING:
May 19, 2012
Carlos Felix on
"Virtualization - And why you should be using it"

This presentation will focus on virtualization technology in general and why you should be using it. We will go over the reasons that virtualization should be an essential tool in your tool bag and what virtualization solutions you can use depending on your environment. There will also be a demonstration of how to get started with virtualization and getting your first virtual machine running.

Carlos Felix's passion for technology started at a young age. His path was laid in Third Grade when he first experienced an Apple IIe. Carlos started his professional technology career in the U.S. Army in 1994 and started his private sector work in 1998. He has been a systems integrator, installer, maintainer and consultant since entering the private sector in 1998. Now part owner of BrainStomp, Inc. in Huntington Indiana, the company focuses on providing I.T. Support for small businesses and consulting services to companies with established I.T. departments. With a focus on network security and virtualization as his niche of choice today's technology are vmware and Check Point firewalls. (More info)

Print and post an announcement for the May meeting.


Link: O'Reilly Press

PACS members get a 40% discount off the list price of any O'Reilly print book and 50% off any ebook. Enter the discount coupon code DSUG after the title is added to your shopping cart.


Link: Peachpit Press

PACS members get a 35% discount off the list price of any Peachpit book. At checkout, before entering your credit card number, enter the user group coupon code UE-23AA-PEUF (case-sensitive). This coupon code is an exclusive offer that may not be used in conjunction with any other coupon code.


Link: Microsoft TechNet Subscription

PACS participates in Microsoft's User Group Support Services (UGSS) program. One benefit of that is that PACS members get a 15% discount off the list price of a new Microsoft TechNet Professional subscription. Offer expires June 30, 2012. Click the image above to subscribe.


APCUG Logo

PACS is a member of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups. APCUG promotes and assists computer user groups worldwide. More information is at the APCUG website

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WHAT'S NEW:


HOW TO GET RID OF YOUR ELECTRONICS STUFF

If you have too much 'stuff' to bring to the PACS give-away table or the stuff just plain doesn't work, read on.

UseItAgainInPA encourages reuse of electronics where possible. This is a comprehensive list of area programs.

The southeastern Pennsylvania counties have again joined forces to collect household hazardous waste (HHW) and electronics through 30+ collection sites in the five county region for 2012. Here are links for each county's dates and locations. Any resident of any of the five counties may bring electronic waste to any county's event.

If you live in a different PA County, check this PA State listing of recycling by county



PACS caps, shirts, mugs, and other items are available for sale thru Cafe Press.

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Check out John Davey and Reed Gustow doing a promotional spot for PACS. Feel free to embed this clip from viddler.com on any web site that you maintain.

Photo: John Davey and Reed Gustow

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