Hutt SIG Meeting, Monday November 14, 2011

Tonight's topic is file storage and backup. And there might be popcorn.

Home networking, file storage options. Demo of a QNAP 4-bay NAS, including its management interface and some of its different capabilities as they relate to the home environment (iTunes server, DLNA streaming, bittorrent downloading, etc). These are very capable devices that can replace some of the functions that might normally be performed by a desktop or other PC.

Demo of Microsoft SyncToy used as backup software. Part of managing large file collections is backing them up; I can demo the NAS' built in capabilities but of more general interest to everybody, Microsoft SyncToy is the easiest way to back up files by far.

Decide on a topic for the December meeting - so bring your ideas!

Everybody welcome!

This meeting will be held in Eastbourne, contact robin@hindesite.co.nz for details.

Hutt SIG Meeting, Monday 8 November 2010

November's Hutt SIG meeting will cover using software to make timelapse videos. This is an interesting technique that can produce interesting and stunning videos from still cameras, and are remarkably easy to make. Almost any subject is likely to be viewed differently as a timelapse video - for example, even sheep can be funny. Come along to the meeting to see why.

The techniques covered will include batch processing images (between 1000-2000 at a time) and then converting these to video with some simple effects and filters applied.

As usual, other topics will be covered if there are any specific suggestions; be sure to come along, this is almost the last meeting for 2010!