Computing group taking August off
Since its peak festival season, the computing group is taking August off. Next meeting will be September 17th when we will discuss virtual machines, containers and related subjects. If interested,[…]
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Author: peter
Although now retired, I worked in Software Engineering most of my career in areas such as Telecoms, Finance, Cloud Computing and AI.
Moving away from Windows .. to Linux – followup
This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month, David Price takes us through how and why we could move away from Windows to[…]
Read moreHow to reduce your electricity bill to zero – followup
This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we have a talk about reducing your electricity bill. We’ve previously discussed home automation with[…]
Read moreGenerating Documents – followup
This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month Frank Nicholson took us through Google Slides vs Microsoft PowerPoint. (the planned talk on WYSIWYG[…]
Read moreEmail – followup
This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at Email, including a breakdown of an email message, sending with SMTP, routing[…]
Read moreGenerative AI – followup
This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at generative AI, including a bit of history, opening the pandoras box, how[…]
Read morePassword – followup
This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at passwords. Areas covered includes early days, local login, remote login, single sign[…]
Read moreUniversal Serial Bus – follow-up
This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at the Universal Serial Bus, or USB. Areas covered include what it is,[…]
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Tom Holloway
Tom Holloway The following has been put together by Jo Corke and Miall James, with input from several other U3A colleagues, notably Ian Funnell. The authors have never physically met[…]
Read moreArt history – Mary Fedden, Norman Thelwell and Charles Tunnicliffe
Please note that the Art History meeting scheduled for 28th Nov has been deferred. It will now be held on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 12 noon. How to join the[…]
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