eBlue, Sacra Blue Online Magazine

May 2003 — Issue 250	*Sacra Blue* is available in Adobe's Acrobat PDF format. Right-click on the Sacra Blue link (955KB, 10Min@56K) and select "Save Target\|Link As...". Print these pages and read them whenever, and wherever, at your leisure.

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April's Presentations
New Horizons Learning Centers

SPCUG's Business
A review of the business portion of April's Main Meeting.

Feature Articles

Mind That Patch
Just because a patch is available is not a valid enough reason to do it.

—Timothy Everingham

HOLLYWOOD
Trying to Control Your Behavior Because It Can’t Change Its Own.

—Timothy Everingham

Doh! Avoiding Self-Inflicted Computer Disasters
Who among us has not been the victim of a computer disaster?

—Alan Luber

The Sorry State of Software
Dumb applications one can do without.

—George Siegel

Guest Contributions

Lockergnome’s Win XP Tips
A collection of useful information.

—Chris Pirillo

Choosing a Digital Camera
Digital cameras have become one of the most popular new consumer items.

—Ira Wilsker

Columns

Prez.Com
President's Thoughts
Domain Names and Backups

—Milt Hull

The Volunteer Page
Training Opportunities, Community Outreach
Thank You Dennis Duffy!

—Stan Morris

Solutions

Tech Talk
Tips and Tricks

—Charlotte Semple

Reviews

Hardcopy
The 50 Biggest Computer Mistakes
A Tour of the Calculus
Edited by Sacra Blue Staff

Chapter and SIG Reports
Davis Chapter
Digital Imaging

Et Cetera
Consultants' Corner

This page prepared by:

Brian Smither