The first half was presented to the Seniors Group on April 10th, up to the middle of slide 5.
See http://tinyurl.com/mj2rx54
April 17th we will finish the second half
Over the years we have had a few members offering in-home help. We have had no problems arise that I know of. However, our insurance does not cover such activities. The Victoria Computer Club offers no in-home services. Members that offer in-home help do so privately, and not as representatives of the Victoria Computer Club in any way.
George Bowden, President
The slides for the Seniors SIG presentation March 20th on computer backups can be found here, at http://tinyurl.com/mu5fla8. March 27th we will cover slides 16 to the end.
According to the 2011 census, the total number of seniors (65+) in Greater Victoria was 18.4 % of the total population. This is above the national proportion of seniors (14.8%) and the provincial share of seniors (15.7%).
With the significant number of seniors its essential that information on seniors services be maintained and made available for seniors.
Jane Sheaff, Executive Director of Seniors Serving Seniors will be speaking about seniors’ services in Greater Victoria.
Optional lunch of soup and sandwich for $7 is at 1pm. Choose which sandwich (salmon, egg, or chicken salad) in your RSVP to BigBlueSocial@gmail.com for lunch and/or presentation. Arrive for lunch by 12:45 please.
Even if you are only coming to the presentation please RSVP by Sunday, March 26th so that we will know which room to set up.
Ross Bay Cemetery
Ogden Point Breakwater
Westshore Quilt Show
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Starting February 8, 2017, Google will show a banner at the top of the Gmail interface for users who are still on Google Chrome Browser v53 and below to encourage upgrading to the latest version of Chrome, currently version 55 and/or above. Chrome Browser v55 contains several important security updates. Gmail users that are still on Windows XP and Windows Vista are the most likely to be affected, because v49 was the last released version which supported those operating systems. As previously announced in April 2015 and November 2015, these systems are no longer maintained by Microsoft, and we strongly encourage you to migrate to more secure and supported systems. What happens if users continue to use Chrome Browser v53 and below? Continue reading
If you fall in the bathroom, you may be in for a terrible time trying to raise a neighbour. To counter this, “Fall Alert” devices, worn on the wrist or around the neck, can be rented for about $40 per month and up. There are also free apps for smart phones that use the smartphone’s accelerometer . This 2014 article from National Institute of Health in the USA gives great info, concluding “… the performance and usability of current systems remain limited…” But if you carry a smart phone, you might google “google play fall alert” and try out a free app anyway.
Recognizing that phones are not well suited to showering, I thought a different approach might work for me — a hazard count-down timer “app” that I click before entering a hazardous situation, like a shower. Continue reading
In our era, most of us are connected to the internet almost all the time. Although this connectivity brings a lot of opportunity for all of us, it raises unprecedented threats for some of us too. In this talk, we introduce a brief picture about the history of computer security and the most known threats in cyberspace. Some of the best practices and well-known stories on this subject will be delineated in detail for the audiences to get more familiar with the risks and counter measures.
Presented by Seyed Dawood Sajjadi February 28th, 2pm at Silver Threads, Les Passmore 286 Hampton Road, Saanich. Click for a pdf of this presentation. And here are links to the videos:
Even if you are only coming to the presentation please RSVP by Sunday, February 26th so that we will know which room to set up.
