Registered Group Newsletter Columns Newsletter Downloads Reviews Membership Info Listserve Info Member Directory Links Meeting Photos Send all comments to: webmaster@mlmug.org		Welcome to MLMUG, Paoli, PA Our Most Recent Meeting August 14, 2010 Web Browsers — Bob Barton Bob walks through his Keynote presentation on Browsers Photo by Moe Comeau View more photos from the August 14 meeting Read the minutes from this meeting We all use one — or more than one. Safari is Apple's free offering for Macs. It is also available for PCs. FireFox is frequently used, is also multi-platform and is also free. SeaMonkey is multi-platform and free from Mozilla and is what I like to say Netscape Communicator turned into. Google Chrome recently became available for Macs. M$ Internet Explorer is still around and there are several others available such as Opera and Shiira. Are you getting all you can out of your browser? Have you modified preferences for security and cache space? Have you organized your bookmarks? Do you know what a bookmark is? Bob gave us an overview of web browsers from a user viewpoint including toolbars, settings, add-ons and plug-ins. And, as email clients such as Apple Mail and SeaMonkey are integral parts of our web experience, Bob looked at some of those features too. We also looked at spam message filtering rules and other behaviors. View Bob's Slides Bob Barton has been a MLMUG member since the group was started. He is currently Treasurer (again). He also leads the newer users special interest groups at the main meetings and at two hour 4th Saturday sessions at Hershey's Mill. Bob is retired (2009) from Lockheed-Martin where he did systems analysis stuff. He also worked on large wind turbine design in the 1970's - about 30 years before the current interest in alternative energy. Bob and his wife, Karen, have used Macs at home since the Mac Plus came out. ~~ Our Next Meeting — September 11, 2010: Dave Marra One of our favorite presenters, Dave Marra of Apple, returns to update us on the latest and greatest from Apple. He plans to start out with a new product overview, then focus on the iPad. His demos will be on the iPad, but he plans to go in other fun directions, as well. There should be something for everyone to enjoy! On September 1, Apple announced new models of AppleTV at $99, iPod touch, iPod nano, and an all new iPod shuffle at $49. Surely Dave will have the inside scoop on all that as well. Dave Marra is an Apple Senior Systems Engineer who has presented at MLMUG many times before. He has also given technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for schools, Mac and PC user groups, businesses and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. He is both an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and an Apple Certified Systems Administrator. His specialty areas include digital multimedia, Internet technologies, accessibility and Mac/PC integration. For more information about Dave, visit his web site at www.marrathon.com. ~~ Look-ahead to Future Meetings: October 9: Bill Achuff — Gizmos and Gadgets November 13: Andy Ihnatko — Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and Macworld Magazine December 11: Holiday Party and Board Elections ~~ MLMUG meets on 2nd Saturdays of each month from 9 am - noon, in Paoli, PA. The meeting agenda is here. Click here for a meeting map and directions. Click here for directions from the origin of your choice! Please note, that photos are taken and published at all our meetings. Any attendee or parent objecting should make that known to the photographer(s). What is here, at MLMUG.org: Read the on-line columns from our Newsletter, MLMUG Journal Read the SW/HW/Game Reviews written by MLMUG members. Read the Book Reviews written by MLMUG members. Read all about how to get FREE stuff by writing reviews. Checkout all the MLMUG Members-of-the-Month Download current and past Newsletters, in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). [Get Adobe's FREE Acrobat Reader here.] Newer Users' Podcasts! Read about them here! The sudden death of MLMUG member Mark Corchin left us in shock. Mark contributed so much to the group. We have assembled a tribute to his memory here. Check out this link to MLMUG's own Poster Girl. Past President Maria as a 4-year-old March of Dimes Poster Child! Enjoy! Read MLMUG's Bylaws. Read the Proposed Bylaws change. MLMUG's shareware page has been overcome by the Internet. But this link will take you to a page of links for shareware and other resources. For Members Only, you can: Sign up to join the MLMUG Listserve, where you can post questions, discussion, humor or items for sale. Browse the Member Directory for contact information about our members (Requires a member ID & password). Use the MLMUG Book Lending Library. View the current book holdings in the members-only area of this site. Note: Requires the same password and ID members use to access the Member Directory. Use the MLMUG Video Lending Library. View the current video holdings in the members-only area of this site. Note: Also requires the same password and ID members use to access the Member Directory. In addition, we'd like to thank some special benefactors to the video library. Read the minutes from MLMUG board meetings (Requires a member ID & password). Check out the MLMUG New Membership Kit (PDF) for all the familiarization information we hand out to our newest members (Requires a member ID & password). Note: This kit is out-of-date and no longer handed out. Meeting Particulars MLMUG meets on 2nd Saturdays of each month from 9 am - noon, in Paoli, PA. Map and directions to our meeting location are posted here. Nominal Agenda is at: MLMUG Agenda Membership specifics are at: MLMUG Membership ~~ MLMUG's Macintosh Programming Special Interest Group (SIG) John Ashmead and Deivy Petrescu chair the Macintosh Programming SIG, on first Saturdays, at 10:30 am, unless announced otherwise. Contact them for venue information. New Users—Lite New Users—Lite, AKA Startup Folder Lite (SFL) meets at Hershey's Mill on fourth Saturdays, at 10:00 am, unless announced otherwise. Click here for directions. Genealogy SIG The MLMUG Genealogy SIG, aka "Main Line Genealogists" meets the second Thursday of each month at 1 PM at the Easttown Library in Berwyn. For the latest information about this SIG, go to their website at www.mainlineroots.org. There you will find an email link to Craig TenBroeck, for more information. The Library is on First Avenue between Bridge and Waterloo Avenues. All who are interested in genealogy are welcome. It is not platform-specific; both PC and Mac users are welcome regardless of genealogical expertise. MLMUG's Community Service Project In May 2000, MLMUG had the privilege and opportunity to make a difference in the life of Richard Copp, someone with special needs. Read our writeup on his special needs and how we helped. Read Richard's medical story , as he wrote it, back in October 2000. Regretably, Richard passed away on Friday, Oct. 24, 2003. Read Richard's Obituary, as provided by Jan Feigus, from a local paper. Richard's family has asked that we re-donate his beige G3, and peripheral equipment. Any ideas? Contact Jan. View the Moegoe Galleries! Search WWW Search mlmug.org [ newsletter | past | join | listserve | shareware | directory | links | md9 | md11 ] ©2010 by MLMUG Last Updated: 09/01/10