Dorchester — Jul 13th 2021

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Our first meeting since March 2020, really a social get together, hosted by Georgia Cheer in her lovely garden in Poundbury was a most enjoyable occasion and great to meet up physically rather than from behind our Mac screens. Fourteen of us attended and many had the added pleasure/education of Georgia's husband John showing them/us his stunning 1924 Rolls Royce beautifully renovated to original specification. The meeting started at 7.00 pm with… Read more…

Online — Jun 1st 2021

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David’s talk illustrated how drones, even the type that are available to a domestic market are finding applications in all walks of life. The basic rules and features of the drones were described. The talk finished with examples of some of the images that can be taken using the vantage point that a drone offers.… Read more…

Online — May 18th 2021

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We had a look at Pages tonight. We looked at the use of templates, styles, columns and flowing text around objects then finished with a quick look at how Pages could be used to lay out and print different sized photos on an A4 sheet.… Read more…

Online — May 4th 2021

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By popular request, John Lemon gave a reprise of his talk on ViewRanger he first presented four years ago. At that time, you could download maps or just portions of maps to the device you'd be taking with you to guide you on your pre-planned route by foot or bike. However, lots has happened since then, principally that ViewRanger has been bought by German company OutdoorActive. The takeover has not worked to John's liking… Read more…

Online — Apr 20th 2021

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Not much to say really except there was a lively discussion about all things Apple are releasing, especially the new iMac, and about what we'd buy and why as well as what we won't buy and why not! If you missed the broadcast, it's available to watch (about an hour) here:

Apple's April Event

Of course, the Apple Store has all the latest launches available to buy even though it may be "… Read more…

Online — Apr 6th 2021

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It's surprising how many of our group actually have trail cameras and/or cameras in bird boxes. Mick showed the sort of cameras he uses in both situations and then some footage of hedgehogs, foxes, cats chasing foxes(!) and a blue tit in a newly installed nest box. Tricia then talked us through her setup which is slightly different so a wide variety of possibilities was covered. A pleasing number of attendees were then able… Read more…

Online — Mar 23rd 2021

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Rick now has over 100 apps on his phone so is well placed to offer a selection of some that we may not know of yet may find useful. He made a selection of these and took us through how each of them worked and how he used them. There was naturally a bias towards his interests of cycling and bird watching but plenty of others ranging from the very useful to plain entertaining.
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Online — Mar 9th 2021

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Euan wanted to open up the standard “A4 Portrait, Times / Helvetica” page by looking at page dynamics. The terms ‘Design’, ‘Art’ and ‘Beautify’ were discarded in favour of the populating of a village or town with visible and invisible networks, relationships and facilities. Paul Klee’s “Pedagogical Sketchbook” (the Weimar Bauhaus) offers insights which Euan used to open up the subject. These, with short… Read more…

Online — Feb 23rd 2021

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David, wearing his Positive Money hat, explained how money is created when banks make loans and is destroyed when loans are repaid. Borrowing creates savings rather than vice versa. He stressed that it is private debt not Government debt which is the cause of financial crises.

He explained the differences between Central Bank Reserves plus Cash and Commercial Bank Deposit Money (Commercial Banks IOU’s). QE is new money but, being mostly… Read more…

Online — Feb 9th 2021

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This talk was solely for iOS users - how to use the Shortcuts app. Trevor took us through several of the many supplied shortcuts and how to adapt them to your own version to do what you want. We looked through the various categories and at the workings of some that Trevor had already changed and a brief look at how to set one up from scratch. He also went through how shortcuts can be added… Read more…