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Sunday Plans
Dec. 3rd, 2022 10:49 pmI've got a ByMUG meeting tomorrow, so I'll be in the house for that. Bedding as laundry, maybe, too. Or that might wait another week. Depends on what the rest of the household needs to do in the morning.
ByMUG Meeting in Progress Today
Dec. 6th, 2020 01:09 pmFrom ByMUG.ca:
December 6, 2020 Meeting Information
For December’s meeting will be full of great stuff! Marc will talk about CIRA DNS and their other offerings, Dave will demo how he uses NetNewsWire, Tom will show how he manages Photos and Family data, then we’ll talk about the new Mac mini, MacBook Air, and 13” MacBook Pro, the M1 chip, Big Sur, Hazel 5, and Pixelmator Pro 2.
We will also try to answer any other iOS/Mac-related questions as best as we can.
The meeting takes place on Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 1 p.m. and we will send the link & instructions out via the mailing list about fifteen minutes before 1pm on Sunday.
December 6, 2020 Meeting Information
For December’s meeting will be full of great stuff! Marc will talk about CIRA DNS and their other offerings, Dave will demo how he uses NetNewsWire, Tom will show how he manages Photos and Family data, then we’ll talk about the new Mac mini, MacBook Air, and 13” MacBook Pro, the M1 chip, Big Sur, Hazel 5, and Pixelmator Pro 2.
We will also try to answer any other iOS/Mac-related questions as best as we can.
The meeting takes place on Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 1 p.m. and we will send the link & instructions out via the mailing list about fifteen minutes before 1pm on Sunday.
Numbers '08 has crashed three times on me today. I'd like to update to something more compatible with High Sierra but the App Store isn't carrying that version. If there's a legal fix for the issue, I'd be glad to know of it. Will keep looking.
(And I just found out: Keynote crashes whenever I try to launch it.)
And my address book files imported successfully into Contacts...but have since been reduced to two contacts. Not sure how that happened, and not happy about it.
(And I just found out: Keynote crashes whenever I try to launch it.)
And my address book files imported successfully into Contacts...but have since been reduced to two contacts. Not sure how that happened, and not happy about it.
MAC/TECH: Intuos 4 Needs New "Pen"
Feb. 27th, 2020 07:15 pmUpdate 1: There may be a solution in hand by Saturday. Stay tuned.
Update 2: The solution is in hand. Thanks be to the Ottawa Comic Jam network of artists.
Lost History: the Mac Group
Jan. 26th, 2017 03:34 pmThe first place that ever sold me Mac gear was the Mac Group. Back then, they were a second-story walkup in an office building off of Gladstone, near the city's traffic management centre and the O-Train tracks. I still have that machine.
They're apparently gone now. Three moves later, and the website's gone, the phone number is "this cellular number is currently unassigned" and their Facebook page has been left fallow for two years, apparently.
Last I visited them, they were in a second-story walk-up off of Nelson near the Rideau Library.
I miss them.
They're apparently gone now. Three moves later, and the website's gone, the phone number is "this cellular number is currently unassigned" and their Facebook page has been left fallow for two years, apparently.
Last I visited them, they were in a second-story walk-up off of Nelson near the Rideau Library.
I miss them.
ByMUG Plus Five
Apr. 4th, 2011 06:04 amYesterday, the Bytown Mac Users Group quietly celebrated our fifth anniversary and got down to a bunch of "how to" stuff. This time, it was MS Excel spreadsheet tips and techniques, and a fair-sized dose of info about French-language immersion resources, along with a side of iPad related stuff.
I don't own an iPad, and I'm not sure that I need/want one. As for the other stuff discussed?
I could stand to know more about how to work with Excel, and the French-language online resources could be very useful down the road...if I can but make the time!
I don't own an iPad, and I'm not sure that I need/want one. As for the other stuff discussed?
I could stand to know more about how to work with Excel, and the French-language online resources could be very useful down the road...if I can but make the time!
Progress? I think so
Oct. 4th, 2009 09:48 pmGot some house chores done this morning and evening. In between, I went to the ByMUG meeting this afternoon and learned stuff about Snow Leopard, and other software of interest. Tonight I got some illustration practice with an old creation in.
Productive day.
Productive day.
Sunday, Busy Sunday
Sep. 6th, 2009 10:03 amI'll be at the ByMUG meeting from 1 to 3 this afternoon at Patty Boland's in the Market on Clarence Street. After that, I'm hoping that I'll be meeting up with a bunch of fellow Saskatchewan Roughrider fans to watch the Labour Day Classic at one of the other watering holes of the city. No idea which watering hole that'll be, though.
At least I won't be bored today! :-)
At least I won't be bored today! :-)
Every so often, I feel compelled to try out new software "toys" on one or more of my computers. Thankfully, there's more than enough open source stuff to keep me busy if I really have to scratch that particular itch.
Today, I'm considering three different items, two of them open source, the other payware, all available via the Mac Format(UK Edition) # 161 cover disc, all for the iBook:
Back to you, friends and neighbours.
Today, I'm considering three different items, two of them open source, the other payware, all available via the Mac Format(UK Edition) # 161 cover disc, all for the iBook:
- Scribus 1.3: a DTP package that looks interesting enough to someone who's eyed users of Pagemaker, InDesign and Quark with no small amount of envy for some years now.
- oXygen/: an XML editor. Not sure if I really need this at the moment, given all the web-editing stuff I've already got on my Windows and Mac hardware at the moment, most of it focused mainly on HTML. But I have to admit to some curiosity.
- Inkscape: An open-source competitor with the likes of Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw. I'm still Corel-loyal, but if they're still staying done with Mac after v.11...
Back to you, friends and neighbours.
