2011 FACUG Technology Conference Mexico Cruise Early Sign Up Incentive Ends Today!

Today is your last chance to be entered into the drawing for a free berth (1/2 cabin). See the attached flyer, for details, or go directly to http://facug.org/.
Don't miss out.

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FACUG 2011 Early Sign Up Incentive Deadline March 31, 2010

I received the flyer from the FACUG president, via email. FACUG has
added an incentive for booking early for the 2011 FACUG Conference @
Sea.

If you book before the end of March, you will be entered for a drawing
for a free berth.

Don't miss out! Check out the flyer, visit the site at www.facug.org,
register for the conference, and book your cruise before March 31,
2010.

I am already registered and booked. In fact, my wife and I were so
happy with the 2010 conference at sea that as soon as we were
unpacked, and I had hooked all the computer equipment back up, I
immediately went to the site, registered, and booked us a balcony for
2011.

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Stalled Printer Repair Cancels Print Jobs Without Waiting Years, No Batch File Required [Downloads]

Stalled Printer Repair Cancels Print Jobs Without Waiting Years, No Batch File Required

Windows: Last week we highlighted a batch script capable of canceling a stalled print job without waiting years. Free, lightweight utility Stalled Printer Repair covers the same territory, only better.

Just fire up Stalled Printer Repair next time you're staring at a stuck job in the print queue that won't be deleted. The app will detect stalled print jobs, purge any stalled jobs, and get your printer back up and running. It basically performs the same task we described in our previous post, only you don't risk any problems from a mistyped batch file.

Stalled Printer Repair is a free, portable download for Windows that could save you a whole lot of headaches in the future. Thanks Angus and Chris!

Stalled Printer Repair [Fantastic Freeware]

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The subject of stalled print jobs was just discussed at the Boca Raton Computer Society, Inc. (BRCS) Hardware & Software SIG (Special Interest Group) Tuesday night.

When I saw this in my Google Reader, I thought it would be good for my readers to know about.

Thanks Lifehacker.

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TWAIN (Not Mark)

Last night I attended the Boca Raton Computer Society, Inc. (BRCS) Hardware / Software SIG. (http://brcs.org/)

One of questions, related to scanners, was: Can someone explain what TWAIN is?

There was no internet access during the SIG, so it could not be looked up. There was a lot of speculation, the consensus being it is a machine language, used to communicate between a scanner and the PC.

I ran a Google Advanced search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&as_q=what+is+twain+-mark&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=mark&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=.com&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=active

Here are some of the results that made some sort of sense to me:

http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/1209

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/glossary/f/twain.htm


http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213232,00.html

I also found the following through Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWAIN; they are a little more technical:

http://www.dosadi.com/twain1.htm

http://www.twain.org/

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I hope this helps anyone needing more knowledge about TWAIN.

If you know of any other information, that may help in understanding TWAIN and what it does, please leave a comment with a link below.

Facebook Information Available At MakeUseOf #facebook

MakeUseOf Facebook Information

I have only recently started with Facebook myself, so I decided to check out what was available regarding setting it up and using it at one of my favorite sites for that purpose MakeUseOf.

There is a lot of information available there. I know a few others, from the FACUG 2010 Technology Conference @ Sea, who have recently started using Facebook also, so am posting the following link to help them, and you out: http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/facebook/. Check it out, there is information for the newbie and the long time user.

FACUG

For more information regarding the FACUG 2010 Technology Conference @ Sea, as well as the upcoming 2011 FACUG Technology Conference Mexico Cruise, which should be even better just go to http://facug.org/.

You will find links to photos, videos, and a lot more information regarding the 2010 event, as well as how to register for the 2011 event. I have already registered for the conference itself, and booked my cabin for 2011.

Some photos are also available on this Posterous blog, just click on the facug2010 tag.

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Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

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Bahamas Cruise - Norwegien Sky - Feb 2010

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Link shared by Dave Gerber on Facebook.
Some more great photos from the FACUG 2010 Technology @ Sea conference cruise.

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Mobile Learning Devices in the Classroom « Verizon Business Tools

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This came from a tweet from @alvintrusty: Excellent video of a local school using cell phones in the classroom - vzwbusinesstools.... - fav line "using pencil and paper took so long"

March 9th.

Very interesting!

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FACUG Conference@Sea - a set on Flickr from Stu Silverman

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Found these today.

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More FACUG 2010 Technology Conference at Sea - A set on Flickr from superj25

You should also search for the tag "facug2010" on Flickr to see if others have uploaded their photos.

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I Am Now On Facebook

Luc Legay Friendwheel generated with Facebook friends

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I am finally on Facebook, you can find me at: http://www.facebook.com/sefcug.

Everywhere I have gone for the last couple of months, people I know have been telling me that I just have to get a Facebook account. Even a couple of the sessions I attended on the FACUG 2010 Technology Conference at Sea, emphasized obtaining a Facebook account.

So, last night I signed up and checking everything out.

Please bear with me, as I am a complete newbie here.

FACUG 2010 Technology Conference at Sea - a set on Flickr from Hewie Poplock #facug

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Check out Hewie Poplock's photo set from: the "Florida Association of Computer User Group Conference at Sea on the Norwegian Sky cruise ship from Miami to the Bahamas from February 26 through March 1, 2010".

Also, you should also search for the tag "facug2010" on Flickr to see if others
have also uploaded their photos.

There will be more postings regarding this first ever technology conference on a cruise ship, but I thought this would be a good introduction.

I have already registered and booked my cabin for the 2011 conference/cruise. If you would like to join us check out http://facug.org.

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