U3A Signposts

Issue number one hundred (April 2009) in a series of Signposts from WorldU3A International Group and U3AOnline Australia, sent once a month, to any and all U3A members anywhere in the world. Please send snippets of possible interest to one of the editors. Feel free to copy this information in your newsletters.		April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 Web manager Vennela vennela@holloways.org 11th March 2009
	Protect yourself from the Conficker computer worm. On April 1st the Conficker worm will simply start taking more steps to protect itself. Beginning on April 1st the worm will use a communications system that is more difficult for security researchers to interrupt. Just in case, for a few sites for removal tools that will help you rid your computer of it see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/ viruses/worms/conficker.mspx or you can try http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx
	ALL GROUPS: This is the education part of YOUTUBE - http://www.youtube.com/edu and there's something here for everyone. You will need broadband connection/laptop and a projector, so probably most suitable for a small home group.
	HISTORY GROUPS: HistoryNet.com is the world’s largest publisher of history magazines. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in our various magazines. If you are interested in a specific history subject, try searching their archives.
	GARDENING GROUPS: Shrinking pension? Need exercise? Fancy growing your own fruit and veg but don't have the land? Cleve West tells us how to go about getting an allotment. If you like the idea get in touch with your local council, and there's lots of good advice at http://www.saga.co.uk/homeandlifestyle/gardening/ allotments/cleve-west-allotment-guide.asp
	SCI/TECH GROUPS: Strongly recommended; extracts would make a very good series of illustrated talks. http://www.badscience.net/ is run by Dr Ben Goldacre, the award winning writer, broadcaster, and medical doctor who has written the weekly Bad Science column in the Guardian since 2003. (Thank you Miall James - U3A Witham & Braintree).
	Local U3A Groups with members from India and South Asia may like to alert them to the monthly U3A Patrika newsletter, which can be found at http://u3aindia.org/patrika/up2.html
	WRITERS/BOOK Groups: WeBOOK describes itself as "A Decidedly Different Book Publishing Company With an Unconventional Approach to Conventional Publishing". It requires you to join (which could put some people off) but the idea behind it seems really interesting, and especially the 'collaborative writing' aspect. Please go to http://www.webook.com to learn more, and you can also see a video about it if you click on http://pitches.techcrunch.com/pitch/36-webook
	TECHNICAL TOPICS: BEGINNERS: What’s a Byte - www.whatsabyte.com - was recently featured on the BBC as one of the “Best Sites on the World Wide Web”
	Computer Hope - http://www.computerhope.com - has been designed to assist all types of computer users with any of their computer related questions as well as a great location to learn more about your computer and its hardware and software.

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