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Drupal Camp 2012

Registration Open
February 11 & 12, 2012
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

http://fldrupalcamp.org/

 

Ink - Toner - Solid Ink - POS & Cash Register Ribbons - Save 30% to 70% on Ink & Toner Supplies

Please support the Central Florida Computer Society by purchasing your ink, toner and Printer Supplies from our web store.
http://cfcs.InkRaiser.Com

 

CONFERENCES

2012 FACUG Technology Conference Bahamas Cruise
January 23rd through January 27th- 2012

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - CLICK HERE

Four-night/five-day Bahamas cruise, sailing from Miami, FL on Monday, January 23, 2012, calling on Grand Bahama Island, Nassau, Great Stirrup Cay and returning to Miami on Friday, January 27, 2012

 

The Recycle Bin

by Stan Wallner,  President Emeritus, CFCS

This a separate, continuing monthly column. Check here regularly for updates and new infor. This a MOST important issue regarding our environment; and can't be over- emphasized!  It is changing frequently, so keep reading!  If you just have one or two items for any of the following places, contact me. If I know well in advance, I may agree to have you can bring them to a meeting (especially out-of-towners, and I'll take them from there.  I DO need to know in advance so there aren't too many items on any one day. AND, I do plan do do less of this now that there are more options.

Category "A" -  For Monitors, Printers, Scanners that still work, and PC's that are repairable)

Southeastern Data, at 142 Park Road in Oviedo, FL 32765 (Off Alafaya Trail, just north of E. McCulloch Road); phone 407-971-4654

They've been very helpful in allowing CFCS members to drop off most recyclables with no service charge for quite some time; greatly appreciated! (There ARE places that do have fees to recycle all items - I am not going to include them in this column) Offers free recycling to CFCS members with the exception of CRT monitors, terminals, and some TVs. CRTs and terminals are $3.00 each. TVs need to be evaluated, but most are free. It is best to call before you take items there to be sure you don't arrive at a bad time, Also, do let them know you are involved with CFCS. Southeastern Data is also a great place to pick up parts and accessories, and they accept trade ins against purchases. In some cases they will even outright purchase your components. Their hours are 8:00 am til 5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday, with other hours available by appointment.

Goodwill
I was just told they have recently changed their policy, and WILL now accept WORKING Monitors, Printers, Scanners, PC's, DVD or CD or Hcrd Drives at all of their locations, including the manned Trucks around town.

Salvation Army
Not sure;  contacting them;  stay tuned.

Vietnam Vets
Not sure;  contacting them;  stay tuned.

Category "B" - Scrap - For Monitors, Printers, Scanners that DON'T work, and PC's that are too old, and/or NOT repairable)

Best Buy Stores

New to us!  All local stores; no need to contact them first. All items listed above; all at NO CHARGE, limited to three items per visit.
The only exceptions here are CRT Monitors or TV's.
First, there is a maximum size of 32", and there will be a fee of $10.00 each. However, they do immediately return the $10.00 to you in the form of a Cash Card!
You can go to www.bestbuy.com/recycling for more info, or 'CALL - we're available 24/7' at 1-888-BEST BUY (1-888-237-8289)!

Recycling Directory:   http://earth911.com/

Earth911 is an accurate and comprehensive directory containing information for recycling over 240 different products that are free for consumers.
There are over 127,000 locations and programs that people can search to find local recycling and disposal resources. Thanks to Mike Ungerman and Hewie Poplock for sending this to me - includes County Waste Collection places, AND, Staples; HOWEVER, what is NOT mentioned on this site is that Staples CHARGES $10 EACH for any PC, Printer, Scanner, Monitor (CRT OR LCD), even Hard Drive! Only small items, like mice & KB's are free! So, I'd say 'Buyer Beware' Applies! Call or Go First, as I did. However, there are many, many other listings, sorted by ZIP - VERY thorough, so it is worth a look!

We will be adding to this list. There are additional places, and we want as many listed here as possible for our members’ convenience! If you have suggestions or comments, send an email to presidentemeritus@cfcs.org.

Affliliate Programs

Folding at Home distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. The goal: to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases.

CFCS is participating in this worthwhile project that uses the spare computer cycles of your computer when it's not doing anything as a member of the "super computer" team. Learn more about it at http://folding.stanford.edu.

If you decide to download and install the client, join our team to give CFCS credit for the work your computer accomplishes by entering in team number 70013.

Articles

Hewie's Views and Reviews. Each month Hewie Poplock writes for the CFCS Newsletter. This is the link to his website where you can read his latest Edition. You can follow Hewie on Twitter

 

The solution to this disaster is to regularly backup your computer's hard drive. This is the most important thing that every computer user should do to protect their system and files. With a good backup, you can restore your hard drive to the way it was before the crash. You will have your computer running again in a matter of minutes. Your important data files are safe from being lost. What a difference having a backup makes when your hard drive crashes on you.

Running backups is not that difficult using the latest technology and following the right backup approach. Our presenter this month will show you a quick and simple backup process that is also the most effective. He has years of experience in this topic and will show you his Perfect Backup Approach that is used by thousands of users around the world. With it, you can also easily get a good backup system running on your computer or greatly improve the way you are currently backing up your system. This is perhaps the most important computer presentation you will hear this year, so don't miss it.

Gene Barlow has been a presenter in the user group community for over 25 years. He spent his career with IBM in various technical and managerial positions. Back in the 80's when IBM first introduced the PC, Gene and a small handful of others establish the IBM PC User Group program. He spent the last 15 years of his career with IBM working with user groups all over the world, supporting this effort from every aspect. Gene has since retired, started his own consulting business called User Group Relations, and now lives in beautiful southern Utah, close to Zion's National Park. His presentations are interesting and easy to understand. So, don't be left out, be at the meeting this month for some important information.

 

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