APCUG/FACUG Spring Conference 2009

I attended the conference this weekend, in Zephyrhills, Florida, and did not have adequate access to post as things went along, so here are a few highlights:

I am proud to announce that Boca Bits, the Boca Raton Computer Society, Inc. (BRCS) newsletter, took second place in the APCUG newsletter contest.

On Friday there was a dinner at Lupton's BBQ Buffet, followed by a dessert gathering at the American Legion Post 118 in Zephyrhills. These were basically meet and greet functions, where I did meet some old friends from previous conferences as well as some new friends, some from outside of Florida.

The basic theme of the conference, Saturday and Sunday, was Social Networking, with sessions such as Virtual Worlds, Wikis, Ning, Twitter, and many more. Some sessions were recorded and can be viewed at Ustream.tv.

I wish to thank all the hard working APCUG and FACUG volunteers, the sponsors,and Lupton's Catering, for a great conference, that gave me a lot of things to think about for use in both of the Computer Groups, in which I am involved, and personally as well.

Relaxing Place

While wandering around, looking for inspiration, I came across the photo above at http://www.imageafter.com/.

Except for the abandoned soda can, it reminds me of an area I used to visit in Connecticut, before I moved to South Florida. I would go there on weekends, and just sit and enjoy the day, sometimes just watching the birds and insects, other times reading a good book.

I miss having a special spot like this. I am going to look around for something similar here, but it will probably be hard to find, as Coconut Creek is fairly urban, though it has quite a few parks.

Well, enough for today.

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Selecting Files in Vista's Windows Explorer

In XP to select files in Windows Explorer, you select the first file by clicking and holding the Shift key click on the last file to select all those and all the files in between, or click the first file and holding the Ctrl key while clicking on each non adjacent file.

Vista's Windows Explorer make selecting files much easier, by supplying check boxes, see screenshot:

You can check the box next to name to select all the files, or check a box next to each file you want to select.

I find this makes selecting files much easier in Vista.