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Open Source Software of the Month – May, Geof Good-
rum, Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society
(Approx. 667 words). Geof accumulates and sends me the
Musing of an Apple Tyro and his Open Source Software of
the Month articles. The articles are reading-to-use with all
the information I put at the beginning of articles. Jmil,
Notepad++, Python Solitaire Fan Club Edition, VideoLAN
Client and more.

Open Source Software of the Month – June (Approx.
656 words). 7-Zip, BZFlag, GIMP, TuxGuitar.

NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Confer-
ence, Review by George Harding, Tucson Computer Socie-
ty (380 words). Francis Chao, a member of TCS, sends me
a few of George’s reviews at a time.

Niterie, review by George Harding (Approx. 415 words).
This company has a wide range of useful products and the
list keeps getting longer. Your members might be inter-
ested in buying some of them. George has been reviewing
products for a gazillion years and has a great track record
with vendors. He regularly visits COMDEX and meets with
vendors to obtain product to review – and, they send it to Dwight “J.J.” Johnson
him. U.S. Navy Retired (1962-1982)

Pay with your phone – Maybe soon, using Android Pay
or Apple Pay, Phil Sorrentino (Approx. 1017 words). This October 17, 2017
article got me to start using Android Pay. Android and United States of American Vietnam War Com-
Apple Pay are payment services developed and supported memoration
by Google and Apple respectively. They both support in-
app and tap-to-pay purchases on their respective mobile Dwight receives the official Vietnam War 50th
devices (phones, tablets, watches). Commemoration pin and certificates from Rep.
Brad Schneider D-Ill.
The Case of the Random Keystroke Repeats, Bob
Woods, UCHUG (Approx. 520 words). A couple of years
ago Bob decided he needed a new laptop and bought an
Acer on sale at Costco. Overall, it has been an excellent
choice with one exception, the keyboard. It has a nice feel Answer: On this day in 1867,
but randomly repeats keystrokes. the U.S. formally took possession
of Alaska after purchasing the terri-
System Upgrade, Jim Quinn, UCHUG (Approx. 380 tory from Russia for $7.2 million, or
words). Jim’s Linux computer system drive (SSD) was run- less than two cents an acre. The
ning out of space. It was installed February 2015. Jim’s
article covers how he moved everything to a 1TB SSD. Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square
miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was
What is a “Database” Anyway?, Jim Cerny, Sarasota championed by William Henry Seward, the enthu-
Technology User’s Group (Approx. 684 words). A database siasticly expansionist secretary of state under
is an organized collection of data (accessed online or President Andrew Johnson. At the time, critics
through a software program on your computer). Your thought Seward was crazy and called the deal
members might not realize it but they are probably using "Seward's folly." The Senate ratified the treaty that
a database every day. approved the purchase by just one vote.

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