LAMALUG

At 6:30 this Thursday, May 16, Andy Leigh, Technical Officer for the London (UK) Mac User Group, will share his knowledge about backing up: why, what, and how you should. He’ll discuss products and services available, with special emphasis on the need for multiple backups and the virtue of local and remote backups; convenience, availability and security.

Andy Leigh is a software engineer based in London, UK. His company, Baconium, develops mobile apps. In his spare time, Andy enjoys photography, sampling cider, voiding warranties, tinkering with the Raspberry Pi & Arduino, and spends far too much time flying Internet spaceships in EVE Online. You can find him online: @LongBall on Twitter, www.andyleigh.com, www.baconium.com

Jonathan Stars said, “I spent years advising my clients about proper backups and thinking I had a pretty good system in place. And I did. I just had to use it regularly. And I didn’t. Then came the day my hard drive went down. I smirked and reached for my backup drive. My Mac said, ‘This drive has been damaged and is unreadable.’

‘What?!’ I choked on the the word because my heart was already in my throat.”

Come to this meeting and follow his directions. Then you won’t come to a future meeting and tell us your hard-luck, hard-drive horror story.

WHERE: Room 165 on first floor on the north side of Communication Arts building (WKAR) on MSU campus.

Free parking after 6:00 PM in the ramp on the south side of the building.

On Thursday, April 18th, Brian Winn will demo several of the game projects developed by MSU’s GEL* Lab and take us on a tour of the facilities—which just happen to be right there in the Comm Arts building. Several of the games are Mac and iOS titles. He will discuss how Macs are used in game development.

Brian is Director of the *Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab at Michigan State University and coordinator of the top-ranked Game Design and Development program at Michigan State University.

NOTE: Be there on time. Once we leave room 165, you won’t be able to find us.

WHEN: 6:30 PM, Thursday, March 18

WHERE: Room 165 on first floor on the north side of Communication Arts building (WKAR) on MSU campus.

Free parking after 6:00 PM in the ramp on the south side of the building.

We had a great presentation last night by Drew Macon and Andrew Norton on Internet Safety. It was almost a full house with much lively discussion.

Drew sent along the following online resources:

On Thursday, March 21st, Internet scam experts Drew Macon and Andrew Norton will give a presentation on computer security. Mac users may not have to deal with viruses, but there are many other ways computer crooks are trying to separate you from your money. Phishing, email cons, fake websites, unprotected Wi-Fi, keyboard capture and weak passwords are just a few topics they’ll discuss with us. Come to this important meeting and learn how to protect yourself.

Drew Macon is Special Agent at Michigan Attorney General with more than 20 years of IT experience. Andrew Norton is an investigator for The Hanover Insurance Group. Both are former Lansing police officers. This presentation is sponsored by Ingham County Triad <www.inghamcountytriad.org>

WHO: All interested people

WHAT: Internet Scams

WHEN: 6:30 PM, Thursday, March 21

WHERE: Room 165 on first floor on the north side of Communication Arts building (WKAR) on MSU campus. (See map links below.)

Free parking after 6:00 PM in the ramp on the south side of the building.

Come in the main door on the southwest side of the building and look for the LAMALUG signs with the little gray mouse.

MAPS & PARKING INFO:

Comm Arts Building

Interactive MSU map

If you use the first map, it’s the balloon marked with the letter “A” over on the right side (you may have to scroll the map a little). If you expand and zoom in on the map you’ll see the parking ramp just to the south where there is free parking starting at 6:00. (There are meters, but you don’t have to feed them after 6 PM.) Come in the doors closest to the parking ramp. Room 165 is on the north side of the building (far from the parking ramp). Look for the LAMALUG signs.