Home Automation

We had our first session in 2025 of the Computer Club Hour (CCH) on Friday, Jan 10, at Pinckney Hall - 10 AM. Tom Dodrill presented on Home Automation - door bells, cameras, cloud vs. local storage, lighting, etc.

The slides are located at: Slides

The recording of the presentation is located at: Recording

The video from Big Bang Theory in the recording can be viewed here: Big Bang Theory

Black Friday

Bill McKinnery gave an overview of Black Friday, its history and suggestions for finding the best prices, at yesterday's CCH.  His slides with notes are attached below.

Slides:  Black Friday Slides

Cybersecurity

October is Cybersecurity Awareness month.  This past Friday, Ted Steinhauser gave a presentation on Cybersecurity at the first session of the CCH for 2024-25.  His slides and a two-page handout are available in the links below.

Slides

Handout

Electric Vehicles -- One Year Later

One year ago, Bill Altman gave a presentation on electric vehicles, on the technology and not focusing on one brand.  It's been a year and he gave another presentation on what has happened in the industry and lessons learned.  There has been a lot going on.  He also invited owners of EVs to provide their thoughts and comments.

Video Recording:  EVs - An Update

Slides:  EVs - An Update

 Office Suites

Brian Osgood gave a presentation on Office Suites on April 26.  Most of us are familiar with Microsoft 365 but there are free alternatives - i.e. Google, LibreOffice, and Apple. His 25 minute presentation and slides are available below.

Video recording:  Office Suites

Slides:  Office Suites Slides

 Woodworkers Guild Technology SIG

On April 12, Charlie Bess gave a presentation on the Technology SIG.  Charlie focussed on the various flexible manufacturing technologies and what is being taught at the Sun City Woodworkers and Model Makers Guild. Topics included:  Flexible manufacturing; 3D printing; CNC; Laser cutting and engraving.  He also discussed training in Sun City Woodshop and lessons learned.

Unfortunately, the video recording was unusable but the slides presented are located at this link: Slides

 Improving PC Performance

Does your old PC seem sluggish? Or maybe your new PC is not optimized for performance? Either way, Phil Blecker gave a talk about how to improve/optimize your PCs performance at last week's CCH. There were several positive comments and if you missed it (or want to hear/see it again) click on the link below.

The recording the session is at: Recording

The slide is located at: Slide