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Build It Yourself SIG Meeting

03/01/2010 7:00 pm

Selecting Components for a Video Editing Workstation
Maurice Green

The choice of components for your computer is clearly determined by the expected usage of the system. From the typical office systems for email, document composition and web surfing to high end gaming, components need to be selected for performance and value.

Windows SIG Meeting

03/08/2010 7:00 pm

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Installations
Kevin Lynn

There are lots of web pages and advice to be found by simply  entering "Trouble-Shooting Windows 7 Installation" in a Google (or Bing) search box. Google about 22,800,000 entries,
Bing found 8,900,000.

Kevin will focus on cleaning up and speeding up a Windows 7 installation on a Laptop using msconfig and easy BCD. He will also discuss Vista and XP problems, especially dual-boot.

SPAUG Meeting

03/10/2010 7:15 pm

Public Access Television and Community Media Centers
Elliot Margolies, Midpeninsula Media Center

NOTE: This meeting will be held at the Midpeninsula Community Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. A tour of the Center operations and studio is included.

media center logoFounded in 1990, the Midpeninsula Community Media Center helps local individuals and groups use the power of video, television and the internet to inform, persuade and build community. They provide video production and editing services, offer classes and seminars, broadcast local government meetings and operate five cable television channels serving the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Stanford. 

Web Design SIG Meeting

02/22/2010 7:00 pm

Drupal: Installing Contributed Modules
Maurice Green, SVUGA Webmaster

Drupal logoWe continue our construction of a model Drupal website. In this session we will install and configure several additional contributed modules to enhance our site.

Windows SIG Meeting

02/08/2010 7:00 pm

Build Your Own PC, Session II
Kevin Lynn

In this session in our series on building your own PC, Kevin will present a detailed discussion of  the quad-core Intel i7 processors and some of the ASUS socket 1366 boards which are available for this chip. This will be the last SVCS session prior to the actual BYOPC workshop at Microcenter.

Build It Yourself SIG Meeting

02/01/2010 7:00 pm

Component Selection: A Panel Discussion
Maurice Green, Kevin Lynn, Bill Young

How fast a processor do I need? Is Intel a better choice than AMD? How much memory should I install? What kind of video card is required? Should I buy more memory or a faster video card? How big a power supply do I need? Which operating system should I use? How much of my old system can I reuse?

Digital Imaging SIG

01/18/2010 7:00 pm

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Maurice Green

Creating a Multi-Camera Video Presentation
Robert Mitchell

Beginning with the January 2010 meeting of DISIG, we have combined the former Multimedia SIG into the Digital Imaging SIG. This means that we will be covering topics of both video and audio production and editing along with still image photography, Photoshop and graphics.

Web Design SIG Meeting

01/25/2010 7:00 pm

Drupal: Configuring the WYSIWYG Editor and Creating Content
Maurice Green, SVUGA Webmaster

Drupal logoWe continue our construction of a model Drupal website. In this session we will install and configure the WYSIWYG and FCK Editor modules, setting up multiple user roles and matching input formats and toolbars. Then we will demonstrate the process of creating several different kinds of content for the site.

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