The UMass Amherst Libraries announce the acquisition of the Terri Cappucci Glass Plate Negative collection. The archive, from local photographer Terri Cappucci ’00BA,’03MFA, of 2,500-3,000 glass plate negatives that date back to the 1860s, was gifted to Cappucci in July of 2019. Cappucci donated them to the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives …
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Update LibreOffice Now to Fix a Security Flaw
If you use LibreOffice (as I do… almost all articles in this newsletter are composed in LibreOffice), you need to update your copy NOW. Earlier this month, a security vulnerability in the popular libwebp software library was discovered, affecting everything from web browsers to email clients. The Document Foundation, the developers behind the free and …
It is the First Day of the Month(+1): Back Up Your Genealogy Files
Yesterday was the first day of the month. That is a good time to back up your genealogy files. Then test your backups! I normally post a message about all this on the first day of every month. However, yesterday was the first and also was a Sunday. I normally don’t post new articles on …