Calendar

Date Event
Thursday,
May 17, 2012		 7:00pm - Mercer County Park Boathouse Marina, West Windsor, NJ - Dinner meeting: Reservations Required. The meeting will feature an electronic music performance by Joo Won Park. He performs with toys, kitchenware, vegetables, umbrellas, and other non-musical objects by digitally processing their sounds. He also uses field recordings, sine waves, and many other sources he can record or synthesize. Joo Won Park is an assistant professor of music at Community College of Philadelphia. He has a B.M. from Berklee College of Music and a Ph.D. from University of Florida. For more about the speaker, visit his website at http://www.joowonpark.net.; princetonacm.acm.org
Friday,
May 18, 2012		 Bruce Fowler: Linux Basics - Brookdale Community College, Building MAS, Room 100, Lincroft, NJ, 7PM; www.bcug.com
Saturday,
May 19, 2012		 PACS Meeting. The main meeting at noon will feature Carlos Felix on "Virtualization - And why you should be using it"; pacsnet.org
Monday,
May 21, 2012		 Mon 21 and Tue 22 May - 35th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, NJIT, Newark, NJ; ewh.ieee.org
Tuesday,
May 22, 2012		 7:00 PM - Princeton PC Users Group - Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville NJ - New Digital Cameras for 2012: The War for your $$ - Carl Geisler; www.ppcug-nj.org
Thursday,
May 31, 2012		 6:00 - 8:30 PM - Philly Dot Net - An Evening with Scott Hanselman; PhillyDotNet.org
Monday,
June 4, 2012		 6:30 - 8:30 PM - Exton PC Council - "Twitter for News and Information" by Izzi Bourrie at the Chester County Library, 450 Exton Square Parkway, Exton, PA; www.extonpccouncil.org
Tuesday,
June 5, 2012		 Computer Learning Center at Ewing - 1:30 PM - Q & A; 2 PM - Anna Van Scoyoc will speak on "Downloading eBooks"; Free and open to the public; 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing NJ; (609) 883-1776 ext 6205; clcewing.org
Saturday,
June 9, 2012		 Main Line Macintosh Users Group - Annual Picnic in the Park; www.mlmug.org
Saturday,
June 16, 2012		 PACS Meeting - the main meeting at noon will feature David Ciotti on converting "Video to DVD"; pacsnet.org
Wednesday,
June 20, 2012		 5:30 - 8:30 PM - Philly Dot Net - ; in Malvern, PA;; phillydotnet.org
Friday,
June 22, 2012		 June 22-24 - Southwest Technology and Computer Conference at Town & Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, California; theswcc.org
Tuesday,
June 26, 2012		 7:00 PM - Princeton PC Users Group - John LeMasney - Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville NJ; www.ppcug-nj.org
Thursday,
July 12, 2012		 July 12-14 - APCUG/CAMUG Regional Computer Conference in Canton, Ohio; apcugcamug2012.eventbrite.com
Saturday,
July 14, 2012		 9 AM - noon - Main Line Macintosh Users Group - Sue Czarneki - "Astronomy" at the Church of the Good Samaritan, 212 West Lancaster Ave., Paoli PA; www.mlmug.org
Wednesday,
July 18, 2012		 5:30 - 8:30 PM - Philly Dot Net - ; in Malvern, PA;; phillydotnet.org
Tuesday,
July 24, 2012		 7:00 PM - Princeton PC Users Group - Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville NJ; www.ppcug-nj.org
Saturday,
August 4, 2012		 APCUG Virtual Conference - enjoy up to 5 hours of computer sessions from the comfort of your home.; apcug.net
Wednesday,
August 15, 2012		 5:30 - 8:30 PM - Philly Dot Net - ; in Malvern, PA;; phillydotnet.org
Tuesday,
August 28, 2012		 7:00 PM - Princeton PC Users Group - Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville NJ; www.ppcug-nj.org
Saturday,
September 8, 2012		 9 AM - noon - Main Line Macintosh Users Group - Chris Heimark - "Search Engine DuckDuckGo " at the Church of the Good Samaritan, 212 West Lancaster Ave., Paoli PA; www.mlmug.org
Wednesday,
September 19, 2012		 5:30 - 8:30 PM - Philly Dot Net - ; in Malvern, PA;; phillydotnet.org
Tuesday,
September 25, 2012		 7:00 PM - Princeton PC Users Group - Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville NJ; www.ppcug-nj.org
Saturday,
October 13, 2012		 9 AM - noon - Main Line Macintosh Users Group - Dave Marra - "Topic TBD" at the Church of the Good Samaritan, 212 West Lancaster Ave., Paoli PA; www.mlmug.org
Tuesday,
October 23, 2012		 7:00 PM - Princeton PC Users Group - Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville NJ; www.ppcug-nj.org
Saturday,
November 3, 2012		 APCUG Virtual Conference - enjoy up to 5 hours of computer sessions from the comfort of your home.; apcug.net
Saturday,
November 10, 2012		 9 AM - noon - Main Line Macintosh Users Group - Bill Achuff - "Gizmos and Gadgets" at the Church of the Good Samaritan, 212 West Lancaster Ave., Paoli PA; www.mlmug.org
Saturday,
November 17, 2012		 Philly Dot Net - Code Camp; phillydotnet.org
Tuesday,
November 27, 2012		 7:00 PM - Princeton PC Users Group - Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville NJ; www.ppcug-nj.org
Saturday,
December 8, 2012		 9 AM - noon - Main Line Macintosh Users Group - Holiday Party, Swap Meet, Q&A, and Elections of Board Members at the Church of the Good Samaritan, 212 West Lancaster Ave., Paoli PA; www.mlmug.org
Monday,
February 25, 2013		 February 25-28 - FACUG Technology Symposium at Club Med in Port St. Lucie, Florida; facug.org

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PACS News

Archive of PACS Data Bus newsletters
PACS had published a monthly newsletter called the Data Bus. We may put up an archive of them in the future. Here is a list of the paper copies that we are storing. If you have any missing issues, please contact us.
Tax Savings Opportunity for Senior Members
The "Pension Protection Act of 2006" became law in August 2006. Of potential interest to qualifying donors is one of the charitable giving incentives included in the bill: For individuals who have reached the age of 70.5 and who have Individual Retirement Accounts, tax-free distributions to non-profit organizations are now possible for a limited time. More >>>

Articles by PACS members

How to Do a Clean Install of the Microsoft XP Operating System
By Computer Repair & Upgrade SIG members.
Follow these simple steps to correctly do a clean install of Microsoft XP. More >>>
Excel Spreadsheet for Medicare Plan "D"
The zip file contains an Excel spreadsheet Med-D_Rx_v2.xls and instructions to calculate near and long term monetary outcomes of user-selected scenarios for the Medicare Part D Drug Coverage program. More >>>
Living Wills and Healthcare Proxies
The information here leads to various choices regarding living wills and healthcare proxies. The files are given in PDF format. More >>>
Beginners Guide to Selling on eBay
By Linda McNeil, MACS @ PACS
The easy steps to selling an item on eBay were made relevant by my goal of placing my collectible light blue, hook-lid teapot (created by the notorious pottery maker, Hall), in the popular online auction. More >>>
Creating a KVM Network
By Ed Masoorli, Computer Repair & Upgrade SIG Leader
A KVM switch enables you to connect two computer units to one video monitor, one keyboard and one mouse, hence the name KVM. This switch is very inexpensive with a cost of about $39-$49. More >>>