Category: Presentations 2023
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Global connections through music this Christmas 2023 – some YouTube videos with a difference
On Thursday, December 21st, Chris shared video clips which reflect our shared humanity through music – sometimes in unexpected ways! Carols with interesting origins Gabriel’s Message” or “The angel Gabriel from heaven came”How many people realise that this … Read more
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Welcome to our new premises – Christmas ads and YouTube favourites (plus a bit of Christmas cheer)
On Thursday 14th December we inaugurated our new home at the Jávea School of Bridge premises in the Centro Comercial La Plaza with a critique of some of the TV ads this year, and a selection of members’ favourite YouTube … Read more
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Where do you get your news in November 2023?
With the world becoming ever more polarised and unstable, we revisited this topic we last discussed in 2021. Here are the previous notes updated to reflect today’s reality. The introductory paragraphs hold true today – and will hold true tomorrow … Read more
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Downloading music from YouTube to play offline
Most people use Spotify to stream their music – https://open.spotify.com However, you have to sign up for an account to use it and a Premium (paid subscription) account to listen without adverts and to be able to download tracks. https://support.spotify.com/us/article/listen-offline/… Read more
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Untangling the TV Turmoil
Last Thursday, 9 November, we examined the different options for receiving UK TV in Spain. These boil down to two: Satellite (with a dish on your roof or in the garden) or IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) – i.e. TV over … Read more
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Searching the Internet successfully – Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer
On Thursday November 2nd we played around with several searches and search engines, Basic tips:Think carefully: What exactly are you looking for? Draw up your query and be as specific as possible. We had some success with this search … Read more
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Clean up your files and Photos
On Thursday 26th October we discussed: What is the clutter problem? Freeing up space? Duplicate files? PC Slowdown? Running out of cloud storage? Untidy desktop? Bookmarks? Note that the number of files on your device will not noticeably affect the … Read more
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Social media – it’s everywhere, and you are probably participating without knowing it.
Remember “MySpace” ? It was one of the social media pioneers. People wonder if it is still around. Indeed it is! “Myspace is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, the … Read more
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Get the best out of your Browser!
Your Browser is your interface with the Internet: Web pages, online media, social media and often e-mail. There are several different competing browser programmes. Many have versions for Windows, Android, Apple and Linux so that you can synchronise things such … Read more
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What in the world has happened, and continues to happen – to Windows?
Windows 11 was released in October 2021, but has not taken the world by storm, indeed 71% of Windows users are on Windows 10, with only 23% on Win 11 (as of Oct 2023). The good news for Win 10 … Read more