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The November Monthly Meeting (including Annual General Meeting) will be held Wednesday November 5 at 7pm Guest Topic: Tim Talks Tech Our November speaker is Melbourne PC User Group member and frequent and popular meeting guest speaker, Tim McQueen. What exactly is he talking about this time? You’ll have to attend the meeting or tune...Continue reading→

Roger Brown DOTW (whatever that stands for) is our weekly poll and light hearted review of the sillier events of the week. Thanks to those who vote and also to the odd member who might “feature” – all in fun of course. Last month’s “winners” were: Centrelink for issuing a $14,500 robodebt to a disability...Continue reading→

David Stonier-Gibson Hydroponics Project Update In Sci/Tech meeting on Sunday 20th October we decided to enter our hydroponics project in the upcoming Monash Mini Maker Faire on Sunday 1st December. This has somewhat taken focus off an all-singing all-dancing setup and onto something that can be cobbled together quickly for the show. The initial concept...Continue reading→

Jan Whitaker Ed: This article is based on a presentation that Jan Whitaker gave to the Monthly Meeting on October 2 2019. If you’d like to see the full presentation please go to https://tinyurl.com/y2v5q5c4 Why do genealogy? Discover awesome family stories: the highs, the lows and the heartbreaks You’ll be in awe of your pioneering...Continue reading→

Neil Muller Ed: This article was originally part of the East SIG Report but is being run as a standalone article due to the fact that this app could be important and useful to members over summer. Thanks to Malcolm Miles for the suggestion. Brian Heywood introduced members to a smartphone app that’s comparatively unknown...Continue reading→

John Hall The meeting opened with John Thomson’s “What’s New” section where he showed us the Sony FX9 Pro Video Camera and gave us some facts about its amazing capabilities. He also showed new Cameras from Canon – the EOSC500, Sony – the A9 II, Nikon – the Z50, but the highlight was a video...Continue reading→

John Hall Our new committee In my September President’s Report I asked for volunteers to nominate for the upcoming committee and I am very pleased to say that we have filled all of the “executive” positions and we also have 9 nominees for the rest of the committee which has resulted in us having to...Continue reading→

Words: Phil Lew, Photos: Phil Lew and George Skarbek   The “Let’s Make It” theme invited many other like minded groups to exhibit their projects which showcased each groups knowledge, expertise and ingenuity in the various areas of technology and engineering. It was held at Oakleigh South Secondary College on the weekend  of 5-6th October...Continue reading→

Hugh Macdonald Like me, you might have always wondered whether a Chromebook would be a useful computing device for everyday use. But also like me, you might have been reluctant to actually purchase a Chromebook, lest it wasn’t suitable, and you were left with an underwhelming computer you couldn’t do much with. Well now there...Continue reading→