THE VENICE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

MASTER ASSOCIATION

WEBMASTER'S ADVICE

Some thoughts about digital pictures

Here's an idea for you if you use a digital camera.  My old friend GOOGLE provides a magnificent tool for handling digital photos.   It's called PICASA and is available fee as a download from the GOOGLE website.  With PICASA you can edit your photos, correct for red eye and a plethora of other photo adjustments such as cropping, correcting color casts, lightening or darkening, improving contrast, etc.  And you can email your photos and have PICASA automatically resize them for optimum viewing and fast emailing.  All of PICASA's features are way too numerous to mention here so my recommendation is to download and install a copy and try it out.  Just click HERE.  Guaranteed you won't be disappointed.  (2/6/10)

Here's something you'll find very useful

Ever been sent a WORD document you couldn't open because it was in DOCX format instead of DOC format?  Ever been sent a spreadsheet that you couldn't open because you didn't have EXCEL?  Now a group of major software companies have collaborated on the design and distribution of Open Source Software for office applications.  This is free software, maintained by the OpenSource organization and available free.  Give it a try - you may find it valuable.

OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Get OpenOffice.org 3 now
 

Just leave it up to Google to come up with something like this!!!

Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone, or your home phone speed dial: 1-800-goog411 or 1-800-466-4411.

This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great when you are on the road.  Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time manually dialing the number.
I am driving along in my car and I need to call the club and I don't know the number.  I hit the speed dial for information that I have programmed (1-800-goog411).  The voice at the other end says, "Say the name of the business and the City and State."  I say, "Venice, Florida".  The voice says "say the name of the business."  I say "Venice Golf and Country Club" and it repeats the name and connects me!  How great is that?  This is nationwide, Canada & US, and it is absolutely free!  Works on cell and landline phones.

Click on the link below and watch the short clip for a quick demonstration.

http://www.google.com/goog411/

Please Beware!

Many of us have been receiving Emails from what appears to be a close friend that says you could see their photos by going to a site called Tagged.  If you go there it may suck up your address book.  If you get an Email with the word TAGGED, DELETE it.  Don't open it, as it puts your address book at risk of being violated.

We received the following email from a neighbor and we're sure everyone who uses a computer can benefit from its advice.

 
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