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Tim McQueen Programmers, mathematicians, engineers and statisticians should all enjoy Humble Pi (a comedy of maths errors). Matt Parker is Australian and currently Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University in London. The pages are numbered from 313 to 0, with the index starting at 4,294,697,293 (apparently a Microsoft InstallShield error exit code). He...Continue reading→

Hugh Macdonald Thank you, David Stonier-Gibson! I begin this month with a thank you to David, both for the stellar effort he has done over the past eighteen months in editing PC Update and for the help he is given me in transitioning into the role of editor. The good job that David has done...Continue reading→

David Stonier-Gibson The club’s Annual General Meeting will take place on 6th November. That is when we elect a new committee for the coming year. I have been nominated for President next year by John Hall (President), seconded by Stephen Zuluaga (Vice President). I was urged to stand by several people I respect. I expressed...Continue reading→

David Stonier-Gibson Hydroponics at Moorabbin Lettuces? Basil? Radishes? What should we grow in our hydroponics setup?  Interestingly that is the question least occupying the minds of us young folk in the Science and Technology (Sci/Tech) SIG. OK, so at 73 I can’t really call myself young, but young at heart, I hope, and hanging out...Continue reading→

John Oswald Every month we delve into the PC Update archive to take a look at what computing was like in the past…this month, a laptop review from July 1999. I have always wanted a portable computer, or at least since the early days of computing. I remember lugging my computer components to a meeting...Continue reading→

Neil Muller Paul Woolard opened the August meeting with sad news of the sudden passing of member Andre Rigoni. Illness to another member resulted in a call for a permanent volunteer to assist with the mid break tea/coffee preparations. Paul then thanked Dave, Stuart and George for the many presentations they make at East and...Continue reading→

The newsletter of Melbourne PC User Group Suite 26, Level 1, 479 Warrigal Road Moorabbin 3189 Office hours 9.30am – 4.30pm (Mon-Friday) Email office@melbpc.org.au ABN 43 196 519 351 Victorian Association Registration A0003293V Editor Hugh Macdonald (editorpc@melbpc.org.au) Technical Editors Roger Brown, Kevin Martin, Dennis Parsons, Malcolm Miles Proof Readers Harry Lewis, Tim McQueen, Paul Woolard...Continue reading→

  John Hall Supporting your local Interest Groups Our Interest Groups (otherwise known as “SIGs” – for “Special Interest Groups”) have long been the life-blood of our organisation. On Saturday the 7th of September we will be holding our annual “SIG Leaders Meeting” at Moorabbin where the leaders and helpers at those local Groups can...Continue reading→