*CyberCoyote - March 15, 2007*

NEWS, NOTES and NOTICES

*HTCC Yahoo Group*
Here's the link to the Yahoo! Group for Happy Trails Computer Club:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HappyTrailsComputerClub/

*Backup Workshop*
Our Workshop on Backup is the last game in town... well, our last "learning experience" anyway. There's been a lot of interest. Each session is more-or-less stand-alone, so you can come any or all of them. Wednesdays 9-11 in the Computer Lab. http://cybercoyote.org/classes/backup/bu-wiki.html

Success: I built this computer that I'm using right now over 3 years ago. I went back to the first drive-image that I made for it, got it running again, and now I'm updating it with current versions of my favorite software. I didn't need to dig out all the floppies and CDs that I needed the first time because they're all captured by the image. This old computer will be "better-than-new" when I get done. :-)
http://cybercoyote.org/computer/bu-sys.shtml

TIPS, TOPICS and TWEAKS

*Trouble Updating Firefox*
Mozilla recently added automatic updating to Firefox (and Thunderbird), but things haven't gone perfectly for them. ;-) I've had a little trouble myself, but I was able to work around it by downloading the complete new file, not just the update. However, that hasn't work for some of our members. One thing about Firefox though. You can easily excise it -- with no harm to Windows -- and start over. :-)
http://cybercoyote.org/software/firefox.shtml#clean

*Minimum Text Size*
Some websites display text that is absurdly small. You can set a minimum font size in Firefox to make the text easier to read. Go to "Tools" > "Options" in the Menu and select the "Content" panel. In the "Fonts & Colors" section at the bottom, click the "Advanced" button over at the right.

Specify a "Minimum font size" -- at least 13, maybe even 16 -- from the drop down menu, and click OK (twice). (Don't change any other settings.) Note that some web pages may now display incorrectly, but they'll be easier to read.

*Daylight Savings Time*
You won't need to fix your computer here if you leave it in Arizona for the summer, but you may need some "DST" help with the one at home, or for one you take with you.
http://blogs.pcworld.com/tipsandtweaks/archives/003859.html

INTERNET

*One of the Top 99 Undiscovered Websites*
"This is a wonderfully constructed website. Not to little, not too much and very well organized. Even the black-background motif (to go with cameras I guess) is well done. Do not miss the "SimCam".

Photonhead
www.photonhead.com
By Tony Hoffman
Filled with tips, tricks, and tutorials, Photonhead is a great resource for newbies and not-so-newbies to digital photography. Photonhead covers choosing a camera, taking photos, and photo editing, and has a cool "SimCam," which lets you adjust shutter speed, aperture, and ISO on a test image and see the results as if it were a real camera. Look elsewhere for camera and software reviews, though, as the ones on the site are ancient.

Source: Consumer Electronics & Photography
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2006961,00.asp

ECLECTIC

*Surround Sound*
http://cybercoyote.org/links/052.html

*Anthropomorphize This*
http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2007/01/sup.html

*Telephones*
I wonder what Mark Twain would think of cell phones?
http://cybercoyote.org/links/053.html