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May Technology Learning Day

If you have questions or need help, Technology Learning Day is the place to be for "hands-on" assistance! Support is available on a number of topics, so stop in if you have questions, need help, or just want to shoot the breeze about Mac stuff.

Drop by the Matthews Community Center on Saturday, May 19 any time between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

May 2012 Meeting: Anniversary of the Apple II

Thanks to everybody who joined us for our May 8 meeting - and a special thanks to Marcelo Yanez and Eddy Nivens for a great meeting! Did you leave the meeting inspired to breathe new life into your retro Macs? After the discussion of ADTPro, Retr0bright, and RetroFloppy - and a quick game of Leisure Suit Larry - the “good ole’ days” seem fresh again!

Check back soon for information about our June meeting.

Disc and Hard Drive Recycling Service for Members

Committed to improving your environmental footprint and looking for a responsible way to dispose of your old CDs, DVDs, and hard drives? CACC provides dues-paying members a complimentary disc and disk recycling service. Simply bring your old CDs, DVDs, and hard drives to any CACC event and give them to us. We’ll take care of recycling them for you.

Please note that if you’re bringing a hard disk containing sensitive information, you should format the drive or otherwise destroy the data. If you’re bringing a CD or DVD that contains sensitive information, consider scratching the disc surface.

Why not just throw discs and disks in the trash? Consider these facts:
CD/DVD Recycling Facts
  • A cd/dvd is considered a class 7 recyclable plastic
  • To manufacture a pound of plastic (30 CDs per pound), it requires 300 cubic feet of natural gas, 2 cups of crude oil and 24 gallons of water
  • It is estimated that AOL alone has distributed more than 2 billion CDs. That is the natural gas equivalent of heating 200,000 homes for 1 year
  • It is estimated that it will take over 1 million years for a CD to completely decompose in a landfill

Hard Drive Recycling Facts
  • Each hard drive contains over one pound of recyclable aluminum
  • Recycling one hard drive saves enough energy to:
    • light a 100 watt bulb for 134 hours, or
    • run your television for 102 hours or
    • the energy equivalent of 1.5 gallons of gasoline
  • Recycling aluminum is 95% more energy efficient than producing aluminum from ore
  • Recycling aluminum results in 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution than producing aluminum from ore

Technology Learning Day

We regularly are asked how Learning Day works, and if there is a structured program on Learning Day Saturdays. CACC hosts a monthly Learning Day on the third Saturday of the month. Learning Day is an informal and unstructured session where you can drop-in and we'll help with any specific questions you have or specific topics you'd like assistance learning.  

If you have questions or need help, Technology Learning Day is the place to be for one-on-one assistance! Support is available on a number of topics, so stop by a Learning Day one Saturday if you have questions, need help, or just want to shoot the breeze about Mac stuff.

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