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Do you want your grandchild to learn: Logical reasoning Algorithmic thinking Pattern recognition Debugging Problem-solving The goal of Pi Camp, taught by instructors from Victoria PiMakers, is to help teens learn about computers, to help them participate in shaping a digital … Continue reading →

Materials for this class Click for the slides A mess of links

Click the picture on the left to open Rick’s updated presentation on Computer Maintenance

The Victoria Computer Club moved to Silver Threads, 286 Hampton Rd, on May 15th 2017.  Because of the new lower club membership fees ($25 per year), regular memberships have been extended based on the remaining equity in the membership.  New membership expiry … Continue reading →

The Victoria Computer Club has moved to Silver Threads, 286 Hampton Road.  Activities are: – Seniors SIG Monday 10am to noon – Tutorials Tuesday 10am to 2pm – All other SIGs Thursdays, 10am to noon, starting in June – Tutorials … Continue reading →

Computerworld states that Microsoft announced at its Build developer conference that the next major update to Windows 10, codenamed Redstone 3 and due in September, will be called the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Click for more info

BBC News – A massive cyber-attack using tools believed to have been stolen from the US National Security Agency (NSA) has struck organisations around the world. Cyber-security firm Avast said it had seen 75,000 cases of the ransomware – known … Continue reading →

Google says it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users. The scam claimed to come from Google Docs – a service that allows people to share and edit documents online. Users who clicked a … Continue reading →

Your membership in the Association of PC Users Groups lets you attend the Virtual Technology Conference May 6th 10am to 2pm.   A few members can get together and watch the sessions together. Or, members can ‘attend’ different presentations at … Continue reading →

Rick summarizes file management in Windows at the Seniors SIG The Mouse