Pulborough Computer Club
2005 Calendar
We meet on the first Tuesday of each month and (except in December) on the Wednesday two weeks later.
Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are in the Rother Hall of Pulborough Village Hall and commence at 7:30pm. The hall is available from 7pm for setting up equipment. Please click here for directions.
| 7:30-8:45ish | Tutorial |
| 8:45ish-9:00ish | Refreshments |
| 9:00ish-9:50 | Burning questions about any topic and hopefully, answers |
| 9:50-10:00 | Clear up |
2005 |
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Tuesday 4th January |
Downloading - Finding useful programs, many of them free, on the internet and installing them. |
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Wednesday 19th January |
Back to Basics - A refresher on standard operations such as resizing windows and copying and moving files. |
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Tuesday 1st February |
AGM and choosing meeting topics for the year. |
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Wednesday 16th February |
Making cut outs and creating collages in Photoshop (John Beard). |
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Tuesday 1st March |
How to choose a broadband or dialup Internet Service Provider (ISP) with recommendations Read the notes (115kB).(Dean Smith) |
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Wednesday 16th March |
An introduction to Linux - a free alternative to Windows with a wealth of free applications (John Boswell) |
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Tuesday 5th April |
An introduction to Usenet, Google Groups and forums. Will include a demonstration of a new forum on the club website. Read Dean's notes (94kB). (Dean Smith/Jim Noble) |
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Wednesday 20th April |
Future Technology - Ian Greenslade of IBM and the Village Computer Club who will describe his view of the future of computing and communications. |
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Tuesday 3rd May |
Picture editing, printing and publishing part I View slide show (717kB). (Stuart Crump) |
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Wednesday 18th May |
Picture editing, printing and publishing part II View slide show (664kB). (Stuart Crump) |
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Tuesday 7th June |
Internet Hygiene - How to keep your system safe from intruders and malware by using a firewall, antivirus
software and other malware scanners. Read lecture notes. (Jim Noble) |
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Wednesday 22nd June |
Accessing music and radio stations via the internet including information about Ipods and similar gadgets. Read internet radio notes. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 5th July |
Webcams View slide show (816kB). (Stuart Crump) |
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Wednesday 20th July |
Keeping your data safe. Backups, ZIP and RAR files. Read the notes (148kB).(Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 2nd August |
Scanning - How to operate a scanner to import images and documents with discussion about selecting an appropriate resolution. Includes a demonstration of Optical Character Recognition to convert a picture of text into an editable Word document or spreadsheet. (Jim Noble) |
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Wednesday 17th August |
Video editing part I View slide show (478kB). (Stuart Crump) |
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Tuesday 6th September |
Video editing part II (Stuart Crump) |
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Wednesday 21st September |
Setting up a new internet account from scratch and how to configure and use the Outlook Express email program. Includes discussion on web based email and the advantages of buying your own domain name. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 4th October |
Makeover for Pulborough's Community Care Website (Jim Noble) |
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Wednesday 19th October |
Technology Update - what's available in the world of home computing. Read Dean's notes (39kB). (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 1st November |
Transferring music from vinyl into a computer where clicks and scratches can be removed before saving the results to audio CD. Read notes (Jim Noble) |
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Wednesday 16th November |
A closer look at the Firefox web browser including how to add extra features to it. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 6th December |
How to select a digital camera - followed by mince pies and maybe more  (Stuart Crump).
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2006 |
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Tuesday 3rd January |
Back to Basics - A refresher on standard operations such as resizing windows and copying and moving files. (Jim Noble) |
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Wednesday 18th January |
Freeware - A look at some recommended free programs which can be downloaded from the internet (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 7th February |
AGM and choosing meeting topics for the year. |
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Wednesday 22nd February |
Making CDs and DVDs (?) |